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Community health worker salary in California

Open community health worker jobs in California post a median of $27.75 an hour, the middle half $25.75–$30.25 (about $57,700 a year full time), $2.25 above the national posted median. From 13 jobs at 13 employers that state their pay.

$27.75
Median posted /hr
$26–$30
Middle half /hr
$57,700
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$27.91
BLS median in CA
May 2025

The jobs themselves: Community health worker jobs in California · Community health worker pay nationwide

What community health workers are paid in California

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint).

Posted hourly rates of 13 open jobs in California. Lowest posted $17, highest $47.70.

Posted on open jobs in California

$25.75–$30.25/hr

Middle half of 13 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $27.75. 100% of the 13 open community health worker jobs in California state an hourly rate.

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Community health worker pay by employer in California

What each employer posts for community health workers here, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first.

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
Alameda Health System$47.75$47.701
Asian Health Services$34.50$33.97–$35.221
Cedars-Sinai$31.25$25–$37.741
AltaMed Health Services$30.25$26.91–$33.531
Wellness and Equity Alliance$30$25–$351
Emanate Health$28.75$23–$34.501
CommonSpirit Health$27.75$23–$32.491
Loma Linda University Health$27.25$25.88–$28.571
Exceptional Parents Unlimited$26$25–$271
Trinity Health$25.75$23–$28.651
St Jude Neighborhood Health$24.75$23–$26.681
Comprehensive Community Health Centers$23.50$22–$251
Arrae Health$19$17–$211

Median of each employer's jobs in California (a range at its midpoint), and its lowest and highest rate here. An employer's name opens its pay for community health workers nationwide when it has such a page.

Best-paid open community health worker jobs in California

The open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight, at most two from one employer.

What BLS measures in California

What people employed in the occupation earned in the state, at every level of experience, from the BLS survey. A posting advertises what a new hire is offered.

Hourly wages, BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, California. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Community Health Workers (21-1094)$22.27 (source: BLS OEWS, Community Health Workers, opens in a new tab)$24.06 (source: BLS OEWS, Community Health Workers, opens in a new tab)$27.91 (source: BLS OEWS, Community Health Workers, opens in a new tab)$34.98 (source: BLS OEWS, Community Health Workers, opens in a new tab)$42.59 (source: BLS OEWS, Community Health Workers, opens in a new tab)9,500 (source: BLS OEWS, Community Health Workers, opens in a new tab)

BLS median by metro area

Community health worker salary in California: common questions

How much does a community health worker make in California?

Open community health worker jobs in California that state an hourly rate post a median of $27.75, the middle half $25.75–$30.25 (13 jobs from 13 employers). Full time that is about $57,700 a year. BLS measured a median of $27.91/hr ($58,050 a year) for people employed in the occupation in California (May 2025).

How does California compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in California ($27.75) is $2.25 above the national posted median of $25.50. In the BLS survey California ranks 7 of 52 by median wage.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 13 of 13 open community health worker jobs in California (100%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

Community health worker pay in other states

Community health worker salary nationwide →Every healthcare salary →

Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used, a range at its midpoint. In the state's median and middle half each employer's advertised range counts once, so an employer posting one range in many towns does not set the figure; a town's median follows the same rule. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates far from the occupation's median are left out. A state has a page while at least 8 jobs from 3 employers state a rate there. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours. BLS figures are as published.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 24, 2026
  2. BLS OEWS May 2025: Community Health Workers (SOC 21-1094), every state, published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Community Health Workers, national, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Community Health Workers by metropolitan area, published May 15, 2026

Cite this page

CareJobs.Now. (2026). Community health worker salary in California. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/community-health-worker/california

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