Logisticians Salary — El Centro, California

The average Logisticians in El Centro, California earns $70,580 a year.

$70,580 / year, mean
↓ 22.1% below national average 4th percentile in California

El Centro is among the lowest-paying cities in California for this specific role. That's noticeably below the national average for logisticians, worth factoring into any relocation math. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within California

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
50
Estimate confidence
RSE 4.3%
Cost of living 95 #101 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2124 #140 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $379,330 #63 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $56,393 #178 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: El Centro ranks #101 for cost of living and #63 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Lexington Park $128,170 San Jose $122,380 Seattle $118,550 San Francisco $111,680 Oxnard $107,780 Santa Cruz $105,630 Baltimore $105,170 Bremerton $104,390 Bakersfield $101,160 San Diego $100,210 Corvallis $99,860 Columbus $99,330 New York $99,180 Santa Maria $98,750 Trenton $98,620 Crestview $98,130 Portland $98,080 Wheeling $96,950 Walla Walla $96,900 San Luis Obispo $96,860 Binghamton $96,030 Sacramento $95,830 Detroit $95,600 Watertown $95,450 Richmond $94,700 Kiryas Joel $93,850 Virginia Beach $93,740 Atlantic City $92,380 Vallejo $92,340 Vineland $92,340 Peoria $92,210 Santa Rosa $92,190 Lafayette $92,060 Killeen $91,880 York $91,680 Philadelphia $91,250 Midland $91,200 Syracuse $91,070 Olympia $91,000 Los Angeles $90,960 Staunton $90,960 Panama City $90,840 Elizabethtown $90,590 Niles $90,470 Albany $90,290 Salinas $89,920 Yuba City $89,850 Chico $89,730 Modesto $89,610 Blacksburg $89,070 Redding $88,950 Albany $88,940 Ann Arbor $88,700 Harrisburg $88,490 Odessa $88,050 Charlottesville $87,790 Beaumont $87,640 Palm Bay $87,050 Decatur $86,750 Naples $86,580 Dover $86,420 Kalamazoo $86,230 Rockford $86,080 Austin $85,850 Spokane $85,850 Jacksonville $85,840 Battle Creek $85,250 Kennewick $84,970 Chicago $84,480 Rochester $84,460 Napa $84,190 Riverside $84,140 Corpus Christi $83,840 San Antonio $83,640 Lynchburg $83,490 Chambersburg $83,440 Buffalo $83,410 Saginaw $83,410 Fresno $83,400 Bloomington $83,360 Sebastian $83,280 Johnstown $83,260 Merced $82,890 Visalia $82,620 Monroe $82,580 Roanoke $82,380 Stockton $82,290 Springfield $82,200 Salem $81,960 Tampa $81,490 Indianapolis $81,360 Houston $80,980 Bellingham $80,790 Utica $80,760 Pittsburgh $80,720 Flint $80,610 Dallas $80,330 Hanford $80,230 Bend $79,800 Grand Rapids $79,300 Orlando $79,150 Allentown $79,070 Ocala $79,020 Medford $79,010 Sarasota $79,010 Traverse City $78,730 Lansing $78,590 Kankakee $78,480 Reading $78,160 Hagerstown $77,860 Eugene $77,840 Wildwood $77,060 Fort Wayne $76,870 Harrisonburg $76,740 Huntington $76,670 South Bend $76,670 Fort Myers $76,570 Winchester $76,130 Lakeland $76,020 Elkhart $75,940 Lexington $75,870 Sherman $75,670 Muskegon $75,650 Charleston $75,600 Pensacola $75,500 Bowling Green $75,100 Waco $74,940 Jackson $74,760 Miami $74,590 Terre Haute $74,290 Erie $73,930 Bloomington $73,870 Scranton $73,520 Owensboro $73,390 Deltona $73,300 Lancaster $73,260 Morgantown $73,130 Longview $73,100 Tyler $73,010 San Angelo $72,940 Evansville $72,190 Tallahassee $71,880 Louisville $71,190 Gettysburg $71,070 Wichita Falls $70,840 Victoria $70,640 El Centro $70,580 Gainesville $70,510 Lebanon $69,870 Lubbock $69,850 Bay City $69,250 Longview $68,600 Abilene $68,510 Altoona $67,720 Champaign $67,180 Williamsport $65,940 El Paso $65,170 Port St. Lucie $65,170 College Station $63,940 McAllen $62,830 Brownsville $62,010 Amarillo $61,920 Laredo $48,580
CityMean salaryvs. El Centro
Abilene, Texas$68,510-2.9%
Albany, Oregon$90,290+27.9%
Albany, New York$88,940+26.0%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$79,070+12.0%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$67,720-4.1%
Amarillo, Texas$61,920-12.3%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$88,700+25.7%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$92,380+30.9%
Austin, Texas$85,850+21.6%
Bakersfield, California$101,160+43.3%
Baltimore, Maryland$105,170+49.0%
Battle Creek, Michigan$85,250+20.8%
Bay City, Michigan$69,250-1.9%
Beaumont, Texas$87,640+24.2%
Bellingham, Washington$80,790+14.5%
Bend, Oregon$79,800+13.1%
Binghamton, New York$96,030+36.1%
Blacksburg, Virginia$89,070+26.2%
Bloomington, Illinois$73,870+4.7%
Bloomington, Indiana$83,360+18.1%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$75,100+6.4%
Bremerton, Washington$104,390+47.9%
Brownsville, Texas$62,010-12.1%
Buffalo, New York$83,410+18.2%
Fort Myers, Florida$76,570+8.5%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$83,440+18.2%
Champaign, Illinois$67,180-4.8%
Charleston, West Virginia$75,600+7.1%
Charlottesville, Virginia$87,790+24.4%
Chicago, Illinois$84,480+19.7%
Chico, California$89,730+27.1%
College Station, Texas$63,940-9.4%
Columbus, Indiana$99,330+40.7%
Corpus Christi, Texas$83,840+18.8%
Corvallis, Oregon$99,860+41.5%
Crestview, Florida$98,130+39.0%
Dallas, Texas$80,330+13.8%
Decatur, Illinois$86,750+22.9%
Deltona, Florida$73,300+3.9%
Detroit, Michigan$95,600+35.4%
Dover, Delaware$86,420+22.4%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$90,590+28.4%
Elkhart, Indiana$75,940+7.6%
El Paso, Texas$65,170-7.7%
Erie, Pennsylvania$73,930+4.7%
Eugene, Oregon$77,840+10.3%
Evansville, Indiana$72,190+2.3%
Flint, Michigan$80,610+14.2%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$76,870+8.9%
Fresno, California$83,400+18.2%
Gainesville, Florida$70,510-0.1%
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania$71,070+0.7%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$79,300+12.4%
Hagerstown, Maryland$77,860+10.3%
Hanford, California$80,230+13.7%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$88,490+25.4%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$76,740+8.7%
Houston, Texas$80,980+14.7%
Huntington, West Virginia$76,670+8.6%
Indianapolis, Indiana$81,360+15.3%
Jackson, Michigan$74,760+5.9%
Jacksonville, Florida$85,840+21.6%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$83,260+18.0%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$86,230+22.2%
Kankakee, Illinois$78,480+11.2%
Kennewick, Washington$84,970+20.4%
Killeen, Texas$91,880+30.2%
Kiryas Joel, New York$93,850+33.0%
Lafayette, Indiana$92,060+30.4%
Lakeland, Florida$76,020+7.7%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$73,260+3.8%
Lansing, Michigan$78,590+11.3%
Laredo, Texas$48,580-31.2%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$69,870-1.0%
Lexington, Kentucky$75,870+7.5%
Lexington Park, Maryland$128,170+81.6%
Longview, Texas$73,100+3.6%
Longview, Washington$68,600-2.8%
Los Angeles, California$90,960+28.9%
Louisville, Kentucky$71,190+0.9%
Lubbock, Texas$69,850-1.0%
Lynchburg, Virginia$83,490+18.3%
McAllen, Texas$62,830-11.0%
Medford, Oregon$79,010+11.9%
Merced, California$82,890+17.4%
Miami, Florida$74,590+5.7%
Midland, Texas$91,200+29.2%
Modesto, California$89,610+27.0%
Monroe, Michigan$82,580+17.0%
Morgantown, West Virginia$73,130+3.6%
Muskegon, Michigan$75,650+7.2%
Napa, California$84,190+19.3%
Naples, Florida$86,580+22.7%
New York, New York$99,180+40.5%
Niles, Michigan$90,470+28.2%
Sarasota, Florida$79,010+11.9%
Ocala, Florida$79,020+12.0%
Odessa, Texas$88,050+24.8%
Olympia, Washington$91,000+28.9%
Orlando, Florida$79,150+12.1%
Owensboro, Kentucky$73,390+4.0%
Oxnard, California$107,780+52.7%
Palm Bay, Florida$87,050+23.3%
Panama City, Florida$90,840+28.7%
Pensacola, Florida$75,500+7.0%
Peoria, Illinois$92,210+30.6%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$91,250+29.3%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$80,720+14.4%
Portland, Oregon$98,080+39.0%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$65,170-7.7%
Reading, Pennsylvania$78,160+10.7%
Redding, California$88,950+26.0%
Richmond, Virginia$94,700+34.2%
Riverside, California$84,140+19.2%
Roanoke, Virginia$82,380+16.7%
Rochester, New York$84,460+19.7%
Rockford, Illinois$86,080+22.0%
Sacramento, California$95,830+35.8%
Saginaw, Michigan$83,410+18.2%
Salem, Oregon$81,960+16.1%
Salinas, California$89,920+27.4%
San Angelo, Texas$72,940+3.3%
San Antonio, Texas$83,640+18.5%
San Diego, California$100,210+42.0%
San Francisco, California$111,680+58.2%
San Jose, California$122,380+73.4%
San Luis Obispo, California$96,860+37.2%
Santa Cruz, California$105,630+49.7%
Santa Maria, California$98,750+39.9%
Santa Rosa, California$92,190+30.6%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$73,520+4.2%
Seattle, Washington$118,550+68.0%
Sebastian, Florida$83,280+18.0%
Sherman, Texas$75,670+7.2%
South Bend, Indiana$76,670+8.6%
Spokane, Washington$85,850+21.6%
Springfield, Illinois$82,200+16.5%
Staunton, Virginia$90,960+28.9%
Stockton, California$82,290+16.6%
Syracuse, New York$91,070+29.0%
Tallahassee, Florida$71,880+1.8%
Tampa, Florida$81,490+15.5%
Terre Haute, Indiana$74,290+5.3%
Traverse City, Michigan$78,730+11.5%
Trenton, New Jersey$98,620+39.7%
Tyler, Texas$73,010+3.4%
Utica, New York$80,760+14.4%
Vallejo, California$92,340+30.8%
Victoria, Texas$70,640+0.1%
Vineland, New Jersey$92,340+30.8%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$93,740+32.8%
Visalia, California$82,620+17.1%
Waco, Texas$74,940+6.2%
Walla Walla, Washington$96,900+37.3%
Watertown, New York$95,450+35.2%
Wheeling, West Virginia$96,950+37.4%
Wichita Falls, Texas$70,840+0.4%
Wildwood, Florida$77,060+9.2%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$65,940-6.6%
Winchester, Virginia$76,130+7.9%
York, Pennsylvania$91,680+29.9%
Yuba City, California$89,850+27.3%
Gross salary
70,580/yr
Estimated take-home
55,909/yr
Est. total withheld
20.8%

Single filer, federal + California state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

View cost of living in this state All Logisticians salaries in California → All Logisticians salaries →
Community reality check

Community reality check for El Centro

These notes add local color around El Centro, California: comfort ranges, budget constraints and location trade-offs reported in public discussions.

Relocation gap2.0× calculator gap
City comparison anecdotal

Discussion highlights that calculators may imply roughly 2x gross income for comparable standard of living, while some employers offer only about 10% location premiums. Tech total compensation can be an exception, so the page should distinguish salary from total compensation.

2.0×calculator multiplier10%HCOL premium cited$200KAtlanta TC example$450KBay Area TC example

Anecdotal public-discussion signals, not official salary data, rent data or financial advice. Read this alongside the official figures on the page.

Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 13-1081 SOC code
Official area El Centro, CA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 20940 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: ca_ftb_verificado 2025
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Where this is

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Highlighted: California

Population (metro area)
179,319