Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA moved from $58,880 in May 2024 to $59,750 in May 2025 (+1.5%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA sits -1.6 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power from BLS and BEA sources, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability.
Registered Nurses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA
Registered Nurses publishes $171,460 here versus $97,550 nationally (+75.8%; 23,590metro-area jobs). Next is Postsecondary Teachers, All Other at $135,060 locally versus $77,640 nationally (+74.0%).
- Registered Nurses$171,460 in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA sits 75.8% above the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (23,590 published local jobs).
- Postsecondary Teachers, All Other$135,060 in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA sits 74.0% above the national Postsecondary Teachers, All Other median of $77,640 (2,070 published local jobs).
- Computer User Support Specialists$106,040 in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA sits 71.4% above the national Computer User Support Specialists median of $61,860 (13,820 published local jobs).
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$103,390 in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA sits 61.6% above the national Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education median of $63,970 (10,480 published local jobs).
Registered Nurses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 40900 · Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $76K mean
MEAN-MEGA · RPP-ELEV · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MEGA #17/528
- RPP-ELEV 106.7
- OCC-MOST 645 occs
- TOP-LEAD Pediatricians,… · $395K
- EMP-MIX Registered N…
- TREND-INLINE -1.6 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Los Angeles-Long…
- BOOK-FULL 634 rows · May 2025
Read with Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA (+$1 on published-row mean) · Highest-paying careers
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer, not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom
Employment scale inside Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA's top-pay list
Registered Nurses and Lawyers lead published employment inside Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Registered Nurses 23,590 jobs · $171,460
- 2. Lawyers 7,620 jobs · $178,540
- 3. Chief Executives 3,680 jobs · $169,770
- 4. Pharmacists 2,310 jobs · $172,680
- 5. Architectural and Engineering Managers 1,570 jobs · $193,970
- 6. Physicians, All Other 1,270 jobs · $308,280
- 7. Nurse Practitioners 1,170 jobs · $172,010
- 8. Dentists, General 970 jobs · $170,500
- 9. Family Medicine Physicians 830 jobs · $345,310
- 10. Natural Sciences Managers 680 jobs · $170,010
- 11. Psychiatrists 320 jobs · $230,560
- 12. Air Traffic Controllers 240 jobs · $196,290
- 13. Database Architects 230 jobs · $169,310
- 14. Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers 160 jobs · $166,770
- 15. Nuclear Medicine Technologists 130 jobs · $173,260
- 16. Radiation Therapists 110 jobs · $182,240
- 17. Pediatricians, General 100 jobs · $395,040
- 18. Nurse Midwives 80 jobs · $191,220
Occupations Tracked
645
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$76,298
employment-weighted, 634 complete rows
Top Salary
$395,040
Pediatricians, General
Cost of Living
106.7
7% above US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pediatricians, General | $395,040 |
| 2 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $361,590 |
| 3 | Family Medicine Physicians | $345,310 |
| 4 | Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric | $312,610 |
| 5 | Physicians, All Other | $308,280 |
| 6 | Psychiatrists | $230,560 |
| 7 | Podiatrists | $206,200 |
| 8 | Dentists, All Other Specialists | $199,300 |
| 9 | Air Traffic Controllers | $196,290 |
| 10 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $193,970 |
| 11 | Nurse Midwives | $191,220 |
| 12 | Radiation Therapists | $182,240 |
| 13 | Lawyers | $178,540 |
| 14 | Nuclear Medicine Technologists | $173,260 |
| 15 | Pharmacists | $172,680 |
| 16 | Nurse Practitioners | $172,010 |
| 17 | Registered Nurses | $171,460 |
| 18 | Dentists, General | $170,500 |
| 19 | Natural Sciences Managers | $170,010 |
| 20 | Power Distributors and Dispatchers | $169,920 |
| 21 | Chief Executives | $169,770 |
| 22 | Social Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, All Other | $169,660 |
| 23 | Database Architects | $169,310 |
| 24 | Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers | $166,770 |
| 25 | Petroleum Engineers | $166,570 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $34,320 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $35,070 |
| Gambling Dealers | $35,210 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $35,330 |
| Manicurists and Pedicurists | $35,340 |
| Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners | $35,370 |
| Bartenders | $35,510 |
| Food Processing Workers, All Other | $35,710 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $36,010 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $36,110 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in CA
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside CA. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($76,298 here) and summed published employment.
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Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
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Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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How to use Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA wage figures in a real decision
- Pediatricians, General leads published medians in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA at $395,040/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Pediatricians, General
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $76,298 adjusts to about $71,527 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 106.7. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for CA before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.