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.
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.
Similar employment scale
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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