High paying business and finance jobs in Chico, CA

Every business and finance occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Chico, CA. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single business and finance job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Chico, CA run 1.2% above the national average (2024), so a Chico, CA salary is worth about 0.99× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Chico, CA · Employed

1Project Management Specialists$103,320
Bachelor's degree
$61,580 – $181,480320
2Financial and Investment Analysts$91,100
Bachelor's degree
$62,800 – $144,02070
3Personal Financial Advisors$88,600
Bachelor's degree
$60,950 – $200,41060
4Compliance Officers$84,080
Bachelor's degree
$49,650 – $132,920240
5Cost Estimators$81,140
Bachelor's degree
$46,090 – $159,570140
6Business Operations Specialists, All Other$78,450
Bachelor's degree
$45,310 – $140,170400
7Management Analysts$78,380
Bachelor's degree
$57,240 – $127,470350
8Accountants and Auditors$77,680
Bachelor's degree
$55,940 – $126,280420
9Fundraisers$75,970
Bachelor's degree
$54,120 – $127,08070
10Logisticians$75,760
Bachelor's degree
$53,650 – $169,54070
11Human Resources Specialists$73,910
Bachelor's degree
$47,820 – $120,770310
12Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists$70,820
Bachelor's degree
$40,200 – $120,140320
13Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists$70,400
Bachelor's degree
$52,610 – $113,62040
14Loan Officers$68,170
Bachelor's degree
$34,320 – $176,70080
15Buyers and Purchasing Agents$67,410
Bachelor's degree
$49,870 – $102,100160
16Property Appraisers and Assessors$62,760
Bachelor's degree
$36,690 – $81,86050
17Financial Specialists, All Other$60,910
Bachelor's degree
$46,970 – $79,460110
18Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners$59,190
Bachelor's degree
$34,860 – $127,50060
19Training and Development Specialists$58,790
Bachelor's degree
$40,030 – $125,110160
20Tax Preparers$41,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,680 – $75,73040

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianChico, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Project Management SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$103,320	$61,580 – $181,480	320
2	Financial and Investment AnalystsBachelor's degree	$91,100	$62,800 – $144,020	70
3	Personal Financial AdvisorsBachelor's degree	$88,600	$60,950 – $200,410	60
4	Compliance OfficersBachelor's degree	$84,080	$49,650 – $132,920	240
5	Cost EstimatorsBachelor's degree	$81,140	$46,090 – $159,570	140
6	Business Operations Specialists, All OtherBachelor's degree	$78,450	$45,310 – $140,170	400
7	Management AnalystsBachelor's degree	$78,380	$57,240 – $127,470	350
8	Accountants and AuditorsBachelor's degree	$77,680	$55,940 – $126,280	420
9	FundraisersBachelor's degree	$75,970	$54,120 – $127,080	70
10	LogisticiansBachelor's degree	$75,760	$53,650 – $169,540	70
11	Human Resources SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$73,910	$47,820 – $120,770	310
12	Market Research Analysts and Marketing SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$70,820	$40,200 – $120,140	320
13	Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$70,400	$52,610 – $113,620	40
14	Loan OfficersBachelor's degree	$68,170	$34,320 – $176,700	80
15	Buyers and Purchasing AgentsBachelor's degree	$67,410	$49,870 – $102,100	160
16	Property Appraisers and AssessorsBachelor's degree	$62,760	$36,690 – $81,860	50
17	Financial Specialists, All OtherBachelor's degree	$60,910	$46,970 – $79,460	110
18	Meeting, Convention, and Event PlannersBachelor's degree	$59,190	$34,860 – $127,500	60
19	Training and Development SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$58,790	$40,030 – $125,110	160
20	Tax PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,600	$37,680 – $75,730	40

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Chico, CA. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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