High paying management jobs in Bakersfield-Delano, CA

Every management occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Bakersfield-Delano, CA. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single management 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 Bakersfield-Delano, CA run 0.9% above the national average (2024), so a Bakersfield-Delano, 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, Bakersfield-Delano, CA · Employed

1Chief Executives$195,400
Bachelor's degree
$93,290 – $386,830390
2Architectural and Engineering Managers$179,980
Bachelor's degree
$117,030 – $250,980220
3Computer and Information Systems Managers$164,470
Bachelor's degree
$101,820 – $271,190430
4Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary$154,410
Master's degree
$106,460 – $170,340800
5Financial Managers$153,030
Bachelor's degree
$90,070 – $276,790900
6Marketing Managers$149,960
Bachelor's degree
$87,740 – $271,050240
7Managers, All Other$145,690
Bachelor's degree
$78,350 – $225,060800
8Human Resources Managers$138,130
Bachelor's degree
$87,960 – $216,540240
9Medical and Health Services Managers$132,670
Bachelor's degree
$66,700 – $220,4801,020
10Construction Managers$127,890
Bachelor's degree
$83,600 – $204,170720
11Industrial Production Managers$126,520
Bachelor's degree
$79,340 – $202,640300
12Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers$123,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$77,220 – $195,030130
13Education Administrators, Postsecondary$119,160
Master's degree
$80,240 – $194,840170
14Facilities Managers$107,190
Bachelor's degree
$66,990 – $177,130310
15General and Operations Managers$104,460
Bachelor's degree
$53,910 – $218,7404,100
16Administrative Services Managers$101,780
Bachelor's degree
$62,550 – $170,150490
17Sales Managers$98,270
Bachelor's degree
$57,410 – $211,0001,220
18Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers$95,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$69,690 – $162,500490
19Social and Community Service Managers$75,600
Bachelor's degree
$46,520 – $126,370490
20Food Service Managers$70,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,000 – $107,620390
21Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare$64,420
Bachelor's degree
$44,070 – $110,910150
22Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers$63,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,390 – $159,140470

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

#	Occupation	MedianBakersfield-Delano, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Chief ExecutivesBachelor's degree	$195,400	$93,290 – $386,830	390
2	Architectural and Engineering ManagersBachelor's degree	$179,980	$117,030 – $250,980	220
3	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$164,470	$101,820 – $271,190	430
4	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through SecondaryMaster's degree	$154,410	$106,460 – $170,340	800
5	Financial ManagersBachelor's degree	$153,030	$90,070 – $276,790	900
6	Marketing ManagersBachelor's degree	$149,960	$87,740 – $271,050	240
7	Managers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$145,690	$78,350 – $225,060	800
8	Human Resources ManagersBachelor's degree	$138,130	$87,960 – $216,540	240
9	Medical and Health Services ManagersBachelor's degree	$132,670	$66,700 – $220,480	1,020
10	Construction ManagersBachelor's degree	$127,890	$83,600 – $204,170	720
11	Industrial Production ManagersBachelor's degree	$126,520	$79,340 – $202,640	300
12	Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$123,340	$77,220 – $195,030	130
13	Education Administrators, PostsecondaryMaster's degree	$119,160	$80,240 – $194,840	170
14	Facilities ManagersBachelor's degree	$107,190	$66,990 – $177,130	310
15	General and Operations ManagersBachelor's degree	$104,460	$53,910 – $218,740	4,100
16	Administrative Services ManagersBachelor's degree	$101,780	$62,550 – $170,150	490
17	Sales ManagersBachelor's degree	$98,270	$57,410 – $211,000	1,220
18	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$95,510	$69,690 – $162,500	490
19	Social and Community Service ManagersBachelor's degree	$75,600	$46,520 – $126,370	490
20	Food Service ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,610	$44,000 – $107,620	390
21	Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and DaycareBachelor's degree	$64,420	$44,070 – $110,910	150
22	Property, Real Estate, and Community Association ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,700	$41,390 – $159,140	470

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Bakersfield-Delano, 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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