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Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door salary in California

The median control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door in California earns $100,260 a year, 35% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $6,029 a month.

10th percentile
$60,360
25th percentile
$78,860
Median percentile
$100,260
75th percentile
$130,800
90th percentile
$137,030

Based on 4,310 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$72,345 take-home a year
Gross pay$100,260
Federal income tax−$13,227
Social Security + Medicare−$7,670
California income tax (approx.)−$7,018
Monthly take-home$6,029
Every two weeks$2,782

Does it go far here?

$90,553Median pay in California is worth this at average US prices (local price level 110.7 vs 100).
34%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($2,036 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in California

JobMedian pay
Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric$400,150
Neurologists$357,080
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$353,900
Psychiatrists$353,500
General Internal Medicine Physicians$313,890
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$301,240
Nurse Anesthetists$292,410
Physicians, All Other$281,590

All control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door salaries · Take-home pay in California