With fiscal cliff fast approaching, House and Senate still on holiday President Obama and the Senate are returning to Washington to work out a deal to avoid going over the fiscal cliff. Nancy Cordes reports the Ho...
California was the top-paying state for clinical laboratory scientists in 2009, with an average salary of $35.27 per hour, or $73,350 per year. Nevada ranked second at $67,550 per year. The California average pay rate for this profession was about 24 percent higher than the nationwide average of $55,620 per year. The middle 50 percent in California were making $30.07 to $40.95 per hour, or $62,540 to $85,170 per year.
The median annual salary for receptionists was $26,410 in 2013, or $12.70 an hour, according to the BLS. The best-paid in the profession earned $38,170, while the least-paid earned $18,330. The highest-paid receptionists work in California in the metropolitan areas of San Francisco, Oakland, Santa Rosa, Vallejo and San Jose.