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Telemarketers in California

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-4% Jobs Projection

$27,450 Median Salary

1,990 Job Openings

While jobs for Telemarketers in California are decreasing, those who do work in these jobs get paid higher than average.

Employment for Telemarketers in California is expected to decrease.
Telemarketers in California earn lower salaries than the typical U.S. wage earner.

How Many Telemarketers Work in California?

In California, there were 11,100 people working as Telemarketers in the year 2018.

There were 11,870 Telemarketers employed in this state in 2017.

That’s a decline of 770 jobs between 2017 and 2018.

The typical state has 2,220 Telemarketers working in it, which means California has more Telemarketers than average.

Job Projections for California

Jobs for Telemarketers in this state are declining at a rate of 4.4% which is a faster decline than the nationwide estimated projection of 0.0%.

California Annual Job Openings

The BLS estimates there will be 1,990 annual job openings, and 13,000 total jobs in 2026 for Telemarketers in this state.

Nationwide, the prediction is 33,300 annual jobs and 216,600 total jobs in 2026.

What do Telemarketers Make in California?

In 2018 wages for Telemarketers ranged from $22,780 to $48,090 with $27,450 being the median annual salary.

Broken down to an hourly rate, workers in this field made anywhere from $10.95 to $23.12. The median hourly rate was $13.2.

Workers in this field were paid a median of $12.52 an hour in 2017.

The hourly rate grew by $0.68.

The median salary in California is higher than the nationwide median salary.

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Top California Metros for Telemarketers

The table below shows some of the metros in this state with the most Telemarketers.

Metro	Number Employed	Annual Median Salary
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	4,920	$27,400
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA	1,590	$32,850
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA	1,090	$27,990
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	1,020	$24,810
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	860	n/a
Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade, CA	420	$24,370
Modesto, CA	140	$28,460
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	130	$54,470
Fresno, CA	80	$25,540
Redding, CA	30	$26,340

Top States for Telemarketers Employment

View the list below to see where most Telemarketers work.

State	Number Employed	Annual Median Salary
Florida	21,700	$22,960
Texas	19,260	$25,920
Ohio	14,060	$23,660
California	11,100	$27,450
Arizona	8,980	$28,350
Pennsylvania	6,900	$25,520
Virginia	5,890	$25,770
Illinois	5,540	$26,020
New York	5,450	$25,180
Colorado	4,370	$27,060
Georgia	4,130	$23,080
Indiana	3,680	$24,800
Missouri	3,570	$20,540
New Jersey	3,440	$25,280
Wisconsin	3,140	$28,620
Nevada	2,930	$27,110
Tennessee	2,880	$23,810
Utah	2,500	$28,940
Idaho	2,480	$23,140
Arkansas	2,420	$20,400

Below are the states where Telemarketers get paid the most:

State	Annual Median Salary
Washington	$33,560
Massachusetts	$32,250
New Hampshire	$30,700
Connecticut	$30,610
Oregon	$30,560
Louisiana	$30,140
Minnesota	$29,360
Delaware	$29,200
Maryland	$29,100
Rhode Island	$29,080

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