First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers in California
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$45,705
after federal, FICA and California tax
Tax takes
$10,405
18.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,598
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
$56,110
Kept after tax
$45,705
Worth in national money
$40,598
State rank
7
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. California pays this job a middle wage of $56,110, ranking 7 of 51 states and sitting about 15.48% above the national middle.
- Against other work in California, this sits in the middle: 333 of 492 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- California is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $56,110 the take-home is $45,705; in national-average money that behaves like $40,598. The average comes to $57,200, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- California's median for first-line supervisors of personal service workers is $56,110, about 15.48% above the national figure and 7 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- First-line supervisors of personal service workers ranks 333 of 492 occupations in California by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Take-home for first-line supervisors of personal service workers in California, on $56,110, is $45,705; deflated by the state's price level, $40,598. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $57,200 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,460 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $56,110 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,700 |
| This salary | $56,110 |
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 | $45,705 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $47,264 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,041 |
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 | $54,170 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,724 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 113 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $56,110 as a midpoint for California, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $37,460 and the ninetieth is $77,700 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $45,705 take-home in California comes from $56,110. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 333 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of California, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $40,598, the adjusted value of that $56,110 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 333 of 492 in the state.
- The California median of $56,110 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $37,460 to $77,700. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $45,705, from $56,110, assumes a single California filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 333 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 7 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for California, so $40,598 — the adjusted value of that $56,110 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 333 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $37,460 at the tenth percentile, $77,700 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in California run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $40,598 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; California then takes its own share, leaving $45,705.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,460 to $77,700) 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 $40,598 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 $45,705 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.