California
Wireless Facts
| Subscribers: | 32,247,015 |
| Population: | 36,654,941 |
| Percentage of Wireless Consumers: | 88% |
| Wireless-Only Households: | 8.4% |
Industry in California
| Service Providers: | 12 (in urban areas) |
| Wireless Employees in the State: | 31,668 |
| Average Annual Wireless Payroll: | $3,201,676,000 |
| Average Annual Wireless Employee Wage: | $101,101 |
Wireless Subscriber Growth
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Wireless Tax Rate
- State-Local Rate
- 10.67%
- Federal Rate
- 5.05%
- Combined Monthly Tax Rate
- 15.72%
- Rank Nationally
- 20th
Breakdown
- Local Utility User Tax (Avg. of Los Angeles, 10%, and Sacramento, 7.5%) 8.75%
- State 9-1-1 (Reduced to 0.5% on 11/1/2007) 0.65%
- Public Utility Commission Fee (Intrastate) 0.11%
- Universal Lifeline Telephone Service (Intrastate) 1.15%
- Deaf/California Relay Service (Intrastate) 0.37%
- California High Cost Fund - A & B (Intrastate) 1.51%
- California Teleconnect Fund (Intrastate) 0.13%
Federal Wireless
Issues
Helpful State
Legislative Links
- State Homepage http://www.ca.gov
- Legislature link: http://www.legislature.ca.gov
- Governor’s link: gov.ca.gov
All Information Compiled from the Following Sources:
- Dr. Robert Roche, CTIA-The Wireless Association’s Vice President for Research, Washington, D.C., http://www.ctia.org.
- Scott Mackey, Partner and Economist, Kimbell Sherman Ellis, LLP, Montpelier, VT, http://www.ksefocus.com/why-kse/people/scott-mackey, from Tax Analysts, Special Report, State Tax Notes, February, 2008, “Excessive Taxes and Fees on Wireless Service: Recent Trends,” by Scott Mackey.
- Federal Communications Commission, FCC’s Industry Analysis and Technology Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, July 2009, “Local Telephone Competition: Status as of June 30, 2008,” http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-292193A1.pdf.
- Data on employment and wages by state are available from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Census of Employment and Wages (CEW) at http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/outside.jsp?survey=en. The wireless industry data is retrievable through NAICS 5172 - Wireless Telecommunications Carriers.
- The data on state population and household income is available via drop down menu from the Fact Sheets available from the U.S. Census Fact Finder page, at http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en.