Concierges in California
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,302
after federal, FICA and California tax
Tax takes
$7,258
16.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$32,246
California costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in California — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$43,560
Kept after tax
$36,302
Worth in national money
$32,246
State rank
9
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- California is one of the better-paying states for concierges. The middle earner takes $43,560, which ranks 9 of 47 states with published figures. That is about 11.84% above the national middle.
- Against 492 occupations California publishes, concierges lands at 443. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $43,560, tax leaves $36,302 — and because California is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $32,246 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $46,870, since top earners drag the number up.
- California ranks 9 of 47 states publishing a median for concierges, at $43,560 — about 11.84% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Within California, this work ranks 443 of 492 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- After tax, $36,302 remains from the California median of $43,560 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $32,246 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $46,870 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Concierges
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,750 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $43,560 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,360 |
| This salary | $43,560 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in California | $36,302 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,180 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,016 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $42,467 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,275 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 113 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $43,560 as a midpoint for California, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $36,750 and the ninetieth is $60,360 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind California's $36,302, worked from $43,560. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 443 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of California, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $32,246, the adjusted value of that $43,560 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 443 of 492 in the state.
- The California median of $43,560 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $36,750 to $60,360. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The California take-home of $36,302, on $43,560 for work ranking 443 of 492 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 443 of 492 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for California, so $32,246 — the adjusted value of that $43,560 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 443 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $46,870, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $36,750 at the bottom tenth to $60,360 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $32,246 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and California's own levy, $36,302 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 47 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in California is $46,870. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,750 to $60,360) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to California rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
California's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $32,246 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $36,302 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and California income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.