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Respiratory Therapists in California
$104,820median, a year
$109,440mean (average), a year
18,650people employed in this job here
$77,010
median $104,820
$145,510
US median $82,280
The bar runs from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the darker part is the middle half of earners.
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How pay for this job is spread here: higher means more people earn around that amount, and the darker middle is the middle half of earners. The dots are BLS's published 10th, 25th, median, 75th and 90th percentiles; the curve between them is our smooth estimate. Hover or tap a dot for its figure.
This job is more common here than nationally: 1 in every 1,000 jobs (location quotient 1.14).
Where this job pays most
Median a year by state, from lower to higher pay as in the key below. Hover or tap a state for its figure. Living costs differ too, so a higher wage is not always more to spend.
- AL, Alabama, median $66,150
- AK, Alaska, median $97,950
- AZ, Arizona, median $79,780
- AR, Arkansas, median $73,870
- CA, California, median $104,820
- CO, Colorado, median $86,220
- CT, Connecticut, median $85,230
- DE, Delaware, median $91,080
- DC, District of Columbia, median $111,950
- FL, Florida, median $81,160
- GA, Georgia, median $83,700
- HI, Hawaii, median $94,210
- ID, Idaho, median $78,460
- IL, Illinois, median $84,090
- IN, Indiana, median $79,730
- IA, Iowa, median $74,760
- KS, Kansas, median $76,970
- KY, Kentucky, median $72,750
- LA, Louisiana, median $75,240
- ME, Maine, median $82,470
- MD, Maryland, median $88,960
- MA, Massachusetts, median $102,170
- MI, Michigan, median $79,850
- MN, Minnesota, median $98,710
- MS, Mississippi, median $63,270
- MO, Missouri, median $78,390
- MT, Montana, median $81,190
- NE, Nebraska, median $81,590
- NV, Nevada, median $85,480
- NH, New Hampshire, median $95,940
- NJ, New Jersey, median $100,810
- NM, New Mexico, median $68,870
- NY, New York, median $107,810
- NC, North Carolina, median $80,090
- ND, North Dakota, median $81,230
- OH, Ohio, median $79,920
- OK, Oklahoma, median $78,800
- OR, Oregon, median $100,560
- PA, Pennsylvania, median $78,490
- RI, Rhode Island, median $86,900
- SC, South Carolina, median $77,740
- SD, South Dakota, median $68,240
- TN, Tennessee, median $72,140
- TX, Texas, median $79,540
- UT, Utah, median $80,650
- VT, Vermont, median $83,820
- VA, Virginia, median $82,910
- WA, Washington, median $101,130
- WV, West Virginia, median $68,670
- WI, Wisconsin, median $84,210
- WY, Wyoming, median $79,330
- PR, Puerto Rico, median $35,000
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Across California
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