Dishwashers
SOC 35-9021 · 2024-2034
Clean dishes, kitchen, food preparation equipment, or utensils.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $38,829per year
- Projected openings
- 124,120
- Projected change
- +3.6%
- Usually needs
- No formal educational credential
Bright Outlook — a U.S. Department of Labor designation
Numerous Job Openings
The Department's own designation, made from its national projections. It is not this project's assessment and it is not California's: every other figure on this page comes from California's projection, which can point the other way and for some occupations does.
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Operation and Control
- Coordination
- Time Management
- Active Listening
- Social Perceptiveness
- Operations Monitoring
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $44,171 | 6,720 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $42,782 | 8,430 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $40,959 | 6,270 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $40,740 | 890 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $39,739 | 1,060 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $39,060 | 2,340 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $38,773 | 14,720 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $38,533 | 37,450 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $38,011 | 12,840 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $37,980 | 960 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $37,959 | 1,740 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $37,558 | 920 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $37,476 | 6,350 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $37,281 | 2,270 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $36,931 | 1,300 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $36,787 | 650 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $36,581 | 13,950 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $36,396 | 2,480 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $36,314 | 720 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $36,211 | 300 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $36,088 | 770 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $36,036 | 420 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $35,892 | 1,390 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $35,831 | 520 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $35,820 | 620 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $35,779 | 170 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $35,769 | 1,950 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $35,594 | 910 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $35,573 | 2,660 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $35,234 | 410 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $35,234 | 1,330 |
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment | $38,750 | 69,180 | +4.8% |
| Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers | $38,652 | 36,380 | +8.5% |
| Food Preparation Workers | $40,347 | 195,850 | +1% |
| Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | $42,131 | 372,180 | +4.9% |
| Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders | $46,180 | 2,970 | +3.8% |
| Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | $43,741 | 206,290 | +3.7% |