Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA moved from $55,140 in May 2024 to $56,850 in May 2025 (+3.1%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA sits +0.0 pp near 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 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA
Registered Nurses publishes $174,550 here versus $97,550 nationally (+78.9%; 3,720metro-area jobs). Next is Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education at $99,060 locally versus $63,970 nationally (+54.9%).
- Registered Nurses$174,550 in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA sits 78.9% above the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (3,720 published local jobs).
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$99,060 in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA sits 54.9% above the national Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education median of $63,970 (2,180 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$43,610 in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA sits 39.8% above the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (4,720 published local jobs).
- Carpenters$80,520 in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA sits 32.9% above the national Carpenters median of $60,580 (2,150 published local jobs).
Registered Nurses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 42220 · Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $73K mean
MEAN-MEGA · RPP-ELEV · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MEGA #29/528
- RPP-ELEV 107.8
- OCC-MOST 418 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $421K
- EMP-MIX Registered N…
- TREND-INLINE +0.0 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Alaska nonmetrop…
- BOOK-FULL 412 rows · May 2025
Read with Alaska nonmetropolitan area (+$8 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 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA
Employment scale inside Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA's top-pay list
Registered Nurses and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Registered Nurses 3,720 jobs · $174,550
- 2. Financial Managers 800 jobs · $164,140
- 3. Lawyers 590 jobs · $181,560
- 4. Computer and Information Systems Managers 400 jobs · $173,840
- 5. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 360 jobs · $155,780
- 6. Chief Executives 350 jobs · $218,690
- 7. Pharmacists 330 jobs · $170,570
- 8. Marketing Managers 300 jobs · $161,720
- 9. Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 290 jobs · $172,290
- 10. Nurse Practitioners 280 jobs · $167,040
- 11. Physicians, All Other 270 jobs · $421,490
- 12. Human Resources Managers 240 jobs · $161,550
- 13. Dentists, General 230 jobs · $169,160
- 14. Veterinarians 210 jobs · $158,770
- 15. Architectural and Engineering Managers 190 jobs · $207,140
- 16. Family Medicine Physicians 140 jobs · $258,500
- 17. Physician Assistants 140 jobs · $172,750
- 18. Commercial Pilots 130 jobs · $274,730
Occupations Tracked
418
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$72,619
employment-weighted, 412 complete rows
Top Salary
$421,490
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
107.8
8% above US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Physicians, All Other | $421,490 |
| 2 | Psychiatrists | $337,970 |
| 3 | Commercial Pilots | $274,730 |
| 4 | Family Medicine Physicians | $258,500 |
| 5 | Chief Executives | $218,690 |
| 6 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $207,140 |
| 7 | Lawyers | $181,560 |
| 8 | Registered Nurses | $174,550 |
| 9 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $173,840 |
| 10 | Physician Assistants | $172,750 |
| 11 | Electronics Engineers, Except Computer | $172,290 |
| 12 | Pharmacists | $170,570 |
| 13 | Dentists, General | $169,160 |
| 14 | Nurse Practitioners | $167,040 |
| 15 | Optometrists | $165,360 |
| 16 | Electrical Engineers | $164,880 |
| 17 | Financial Managers | $164,140 |
| 18 | Marketing Managers | $161,720 |
| 19 | Diagnostic Medical Sonographers | $161,570 |
| 20 | Human Resources Managers | $161,550 |
| 21 | Natural Sciences Managers | $158,770 |
| 22 | Veterinarians | $158,770 |
| 23 | First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives | $157,650 |
| 24 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $155,780 |
| 25 | Purchasing Managers | $152,000 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $36,750 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $36,830 |
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $36,850 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $37,320 |
| Parking Attendants | $37,510 |
| Physical Therapist Aides | $37,620 |
| Bartenders | $37,680 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $37,720 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $37,760 |
| Manicurists and Pedicurists | $37,870 |
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 ($72,619 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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How to use Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA at $421,490/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $72,619 adjusts to about $67,375 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 107.8. 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.