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Salaries & Cost of Living in Kern County, CA

Median pay, take-home pay and what is left after rent, food and energy for 1 occupations in Kern County, CA.

Jobs listed
1
Bakersfield-Delano, CA
Median of medians
$34,620
per year, before tax
1-bedroom rent
$1,273
HUD Fair Market Rent / month
Jobs covering basics
100%
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Pay and cost of living in Kern County, CA

Kern County, CA is part of the Bakersfield-Delano, CA labor market, and this page summarizes 1 occupations with published wages there. The median of their median salaries is $34,620 a year. The best-paid occupation listed is Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse at $34,620, and the lowest is Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse at $34,620.

A one-bedroom apartment in Kern County, CA has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,273 a month and a two-bedroom $1,656. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $24,887 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $29,549 a year, and every one of the 1 occupations listed here earns enough take-home pay to cover the four basics.

Each occupation links to a detailed page with gross pay, take-home pay, rent, food and energy costs, and the monthly budget margin. All pages share one method, which makes it easy to compare jobs inside Kern County, CA or against other counties.

All jobs in Kern County, CA, highest paying first

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Occupations in Kern County, CA ranked by median salary
#OccupationMedian salaryTake-homeLeft per month
1Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse$34,620$29,549$388