Wages by Occupation in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA

Pay and jobs by occupation in the Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA metropolitan area (BLS, May 2025). BLS counts about 205,260 jobs across all occupations here, with a median annual wage of $56,850 for all occupations combined. 419 occupations have a published median wage in this area.

Education and earnings of residents

Who lives in the Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA area and what they earn, by education, from federal survey data (not a measure of any one employer or college).

38.5% of adults 25 and over in this area have a bachelor’s degree or higher (±0.8), compared with 35.7% nationally.

Prices of goods and services here run at 107.8 when the whole U.S. is 100 (housing 139.6; U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024; estimates are revised). A higher number means prices are higher on average, not that the area is better or worse.

About 29,603 residents (6.3% of those 3 and older; U.S. 6.6%) are enrolled in college or graduate school, at any school (±1,394; ACS 2020-2024, Table B14001).

The unemployment rate in this area averaged 4.4% in 2025, with a labor force of about 248,687 people (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted annual average; estimates are model-based and revised).

33.3% of adults 25 to 34 have a bachelor’s degree or higher (±1.7), compared with 39.6% nationally (Table B15001).

Median yearly earnings by education, adults 25 and over who have earnings

Education	This area	United States
Less than high school	$38,865	$32,485
High school graduate	$47,008	$40,153
Some college or associate's degree	$55,532	$47,260
Bachelor's degree	$80,301	$70,044
Graduate or professional degree	$95,166	$90,720

Poverty rate by education, adults 25 and over

Education	This area	United States
Less than high school	16.4% (±1.9)	24.2%
High school graduate	11.2% (±1.1)	14.4%
Some college or associate's degree	8.6% (±0.7)	9.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.7% (±0.5)	4.5%

Unemployment rate by education, ages 25 to 64

Education	This area	United States
Less than high school	7.3% (±1.7)	7.7%
High school graduate	6.5% (±1.2)	5.9%
Some college or associate's degree	5.4% (±0.9)	4.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.5% (±0.6)	2.8%

What residents with a bachelor’s degree studied

Field of first major	This area	United States
Science and engineering	41.2%	36.1%
Science and engineering related fields	7.9%	10.0%
Business	15.2%	20.1%
Education	6.0%	10.9%
Arts, humanities and other	29.6%	23.0%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, Tables B15003, B20004 (earnings shown only when the margin of error is at most 20% of the value), B23006 (unemployment shown only when every margin is at most 3 points), B17003 (margins of error at the 90% level; poverty shown only when every margin is at most 8 points) and C15010 (the Census Bureau’s own field groups, in a fixed order, not ranked). Describes residents of the area, not a prediction for any person; the Census Bureau has not endorsed this presentation. MajorPays does not provide advice.

Wages by occupation

Occupation	Jobs	Median annual wage	Mean annual wage	Jobs per 1,000 jobs here	Concentration vs. U.S.
Accountants and Auditors	1,740	$94,690	$101,960	8.49	0.91
Acupuncturists	60	$64,420	$75,730	0.30	5.97
Administrative Services Managers	420	$107,700	$125,530	2.05	1.21
Advertising Sales Agents	50	$64,690	$74,350	0.22	0.37
Agricultural Equipment Operators	280	$44,260	$46,180	1.38	7.52
Agricultural Technicians	30	$66,540	$65,110	0.17	1.69
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians	40	$79,810	$86,520	0.18	0.21
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	760	$37,760	$39,400	3.69	1.44
Animal Caretakers	600	$38,840	$42,370	2.91	1.69
Animal Trainers	60	$58,160	$59,370	0.27	2.24
Anthropologists and Archeologists	40	$74,490	$78,270	0.20	3.54
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval	150	$107,300	$115,070	0.71	1.03
Architectural and Civil Drafters	150	$80,040	$83,110	0.74	1.11
Architectural and Engineering Managers	190	$207,140	$201,640	0.92	0.65
Art Directors	40	$110,180	$113,570	0.19	0.57
Audio and Video Technicians	40	$55,290	$62,500	0.21	0.46
Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers	30	$65,610	$79,800	0.15	1.17
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	150	$44,140	$44,300	0.72	1.09
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	260	$78,060	$76,190	1.28	1.33
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	1,000	$75,080	$70,890	4.87	1.07
Baggage Porters and Bellhops	30	$40,210	$41,320	0.15	0.83
Bakers	560	$44,650	$45,030	2.71	1.79
Bartenders	1,310	$37,680	$46,650	6.38	1.31
Bill and Account Collectors	110	$57,120	$59,140	0.52	0.50
Billing and Posting Clerks	350	$58,350	$57,960	1.71	0.66
Biological Scientists, All Other	70	$110,330	$117,530	0.34	0.93
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	2,040	$61,140	$63,200	9.95	1.13
Brickmasons and Blockmasons	50	$74,410	$75,640	0.25	0.74
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	240	$68,410	$72,480	1.16	0.62
Bus Drivers, School	190	$57,050	$60,120	0.92	0.35
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity	180	$60,320	$60,000	0.89	0.87
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	1,280	$79,960	$86,510	6.25	0.89
Butchers and Meat Cutters	390	$47,600	$49,420	1.92	2.19
Buyers and Purchasing Agents	460	$79,700	$84,800	2.24	0.71
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	130	$49,610	$54,140	0.65	1.30
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians	40	$92,110	$102,700	0.19	0.48
Carpenters	2,150	$80,520	$83,430	10.49	2.43
Cashiers	5,030	$38,440	$41,880	24.53	1.23
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	570	$61,980	$72,050	2.78	2.10
Chefs and Head Cooks	460	$73,570	$71,510	2.26	1.76
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	70	$54,560	$56,910	0.33	0.36
Chemical Technicians	90	$57,380	$58,670	0.46	1.23
Chemists	80	$92,240	$100,440	0.40	0.76
Chief Executives	350	$218,690	$252,630	1.72	1.31
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	720	$56,810	$67,020	3.49	1.38
Childcare Workers	620	$41,260	$43,840	3.03	0.91
Chiropractors	70	$74,930	$105,860	0.33	1.27
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	130	$97,410	$93,750	0.64	1.45
Civil Engineers	490	$111,740	$122,750	2.38	1.01
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	150	$96,970	$96,480	0.75	0.36
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	590	$39,590	$42,790	2.87	1.17
Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders	30	$46,370	$49,500	0.15	1.56
Clergy	70	$80,760	$85,300	0.32	0.86
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists	200	$116,620	$127,910	0.98	2.00
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	340	$84,200	$81,180	1.64	0.77
Coaches and Scouts	370	$48,440	$54,620	1.82	1.14
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	140	$58,240	$61,810	0.71	0.69
Commercial Pilots	130	$274,730	$218,810	0.65	2.12
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	170	$60,260	$64,890	0.84	1.22
Community Health Workers	100	$64,720	$64,710	0.49	1.24
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	80	$87,570	$94,520	0.38	0.52
Compliance Officers	410	$94,420	$96,580	1.99	0.74
Computer and Information Systems Managers	400	$173,840	$181,340	1.96	0.45
Computer Network Architects	150	$118,340	$109,110	0.74	0.64
Computer Network Support Specialists	190	$78,450	$81,730	0.91	0.97
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	110	$59,930	$60,230	0.51	0.47
Computer Occupations, All Other	380	$87,530	$98,600	1.87	0.67
Computer Programmers	80	$108,060	$112,410	0.38	0.64
Computer Systems Analysts	330	$113,520	$111,650	1.63	0.49
Computer User Support Specialists	520	$76,900	$78,160	2.53	0.55
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers	60	$46,260	$54,630	0.31	0.73
Concierges	120	$42,930	$47,740	0.60	1.90
Conservation Scientists	90	$80,900	$85,840	0.43	2.58
Construction and Building Inspectors	140	$102,060	$110,080	0.67	0.71
Construction Laborers	1,550	$60,270	$65,600	7.57	1.07
Construction Managers	560	$124,700	$131,430	2.75	1.12
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door	90	$95,680	$98,020	0.42	1.37
Cooks, All Other	180	$47,840	$47,470	0.88	7.03
Cooks, Fast Food	1,050	$43,840	$43,620	5.11	1.24
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	420	$47,260	$49,000	2.04	0.72
Cooks, Restaurant	2,340	$45,720	$46,470	11.39	1.26
Cooks, Short Order	700	$46,450	$45,590	3.43	3.85
Cost Estimators	490	$95,650	$101,290	2.40	1.66
Counselors, All Other	180	$55,120	$60,740	0.86	4.67
Counter and Rental Clerks	860	$45,780	$51,860	4.18	1.62
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	280	$63,720	$68,030	1.37	1.18
Credit Analysts	30	$90,720	$100,050	0.17	0.41
Crossing Guards and Flaggers	170	$45,650	$50,060	0.84	1.39
Customer Service Representatives	1,750	$51,810	$56,180	8.54	0.51
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	40	$50,610	$53,710	0.21	0.19
Data Entry Keyers	160	$48,350	$49,230	0.78	0.96
Data Scientists	130	$119,930	$122,240	0.63	0.37
Database Administrators	40	$104,340	$104,950	0.20	0.44
Demonstrators and Product Promoters	1,250	$45,540	$47,730	6.09	14.69
Dental Assistants	680	$60,590	$62,500	3.30	1.32
Dental Hygienists	310	$136,210	$137,050	1.50	1.05
Dental Laboratory Technicians	40	$65,500	$69,150	0.18	0.80
Dentists, General	230	$169,160	$166,050	1.11	1.38
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	60	$133,100	$125,820	0.30	0.40
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	90	$161,570	$152,780	0.42	0.73
Dietetic Technicians	90	$50,630	$49,220	0.43	2.10
Dietitians and Nutritionists	110	$99,720	$101,400	0.53	1.07
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	1,080	$36,750	$40,090	5.26	1.51
Dishwashers	1,160	$38,810	$40,220	5.66	1.84
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	250	$54,250	$60,400	1.24	0.95
Driver/Sales Workers	400	$49,000	$52,100	1.93	0.73
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers	700	$82,650	$92,730	3.39	6.34
Editors	110	$81,330	$95,580	0.55	0.93
Education Administrators, All Other	70	$105,350	$116,580	0.32	0.91
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	360	$155,780	$150,770	1.77	0.84
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	190	$58,330	$67,020	0.91	1.92
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	420	$49,330	$67,820	2.05	2.69
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	500	$98,480	$100,610	2.41	1.06
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment	40	$100,260	$97,740	0.19	0.46
Electrical Engineers	100	$164,880	$148,660	0.46	0.36
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers	480	$49,540	$54,800	2.35	1.48
Electricians	1,080	$77,380	$86,020	5.28	1.09
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	290	$172,290	$160,490	1.41	2.25
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	2,180	$99,060	$90,620	10.62	1.19
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	240	$80,330	$77,550	1.15	1.15
Emergency Medical Technicians	350	$45,750	$55,510	1.71	1.47
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other	30	$84,240	$85,060	0.17	0.44
Engineers, All Other	160	$104,750	$121,780	0.79	0.80
Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling	110	$83,190	$102,650	0.55	2.26
Environmental Engineers	100	$141,560	$138,740	0.51	2.07
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health	80	$74,170	$79,940	0.40	1.81
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	190	$109,710	$113,580	0.91	1.59
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	490	$92,240	$94,460	2.39	0.81
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	780	$62,500	$66,260	3.81	1.84
Facilities Managers	270	$111,620	$118,860	1.33	1.33
Family Medicine Physicians	140	$258,500	$246,910	0.70	1.01
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	120	$63,180	$69,230	0.59	2.41
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers	90	$108,310	$121,420	0.45	10.68
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	1,950	$43,200	$43,050	9.48	5.55
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals	100	$45,970	$46,840	0.47	2.22
Fast Food and Counter Workers	4,720	$43,610	$42,640	22.99	0.93
File Clerks	70	$46,160	$50,480	0.32	0.68
Financial and Investment Analysts	150	$109,780	$117,530	0.73	0.32
Financial Managers	800	$164,140	$181,760	3.92	0.72
Financial Specialists, All Other	170	$72,100	$75,670	0.82	0.97
Fire Inspectors and Investigators	30	$99,660	$97,510	0.17	1.86
Firefighters	310	$87,400	$86,410	1.51	0.68
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	1,200	$103,600	$108,830	5.83	1.12
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	230	$53,440	$60,400	1.10	1.65
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers	220	$61,500	$66,940	1.07	5.95
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	80	$140,830	$135,620	0.37	0.58
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	1,470	$52,380	$57,330	7.14	0.91
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	330	$62,360	$63,590	1.63	1.42
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	320	$72,800	$70,780	1.54	1.83
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	720	$92,620	$99,640	3.51	0.88
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	300	$82,510	$93,600	1.46	1.06
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	1,730	$76,320	$79,200	8.43	0.91
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	170	$59,610	$62,130	0.84	1.14
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	80	$157,650	$159,090	0.41	0.41
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	660	$75,790	$81,570	3.22	0.74
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	1,630	$58,190	$59,160	7.96	1.10
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers	110	$58,490	$61,100	0.54	1.03
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	680	$65,440	$70,450	3.30	0.82
Floral Designers	60	$48,410	$49,580	0.31	1.20
Food Batchmakers	250	$45,590	$46,850	1.20	1.07
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other	390	$38,910	$41,390	1.92	3.52
Food Preparation Workers	1,410	$42,640	$43,450	6.85	1.19
Food Science Technicians	110	$58,640	$60,720	0.56	5.95
Food Scientists and Technologists	90	$85,610	$94,240	0.43	5.09
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	520	$40,180	$43,510	2.54	1.34
Food Service Managers	330	$79,750	$85,080	1.61	1.05
Forest and Conservation Technicians	90	$74,410	$77,010	0.42	2.17
Fundraisers	160	$78,720	$88,080	0.76	1.06
Fundraising Managers	60	$138,650	$153,900	0.29	1.15
General and Operations Managers	4,090	$109,970	$134,810	19.93	0.88
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers	60	$132,790	$119,950	0.30	2.00
Glaziers	80	$61,430	$69,340	0.39	1.04
Graphic Designers	210	$75,750	$82,320	1.01	0.80
Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other	90	$51,000	$54,730	0.45	5.10
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	370	$38,280	$45,490	1.83	0.93
Health Education Specialists	150	$65,230	$79,210	0.72	1.72
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	200	$64,970	$74,060	0.99	0.85
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other	50	$63,810	$81,520	0.22	0.98
Healthcare Social Workers	280	$108,530	$106,760	1.35	1.12
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other	100	$59,560	$59,570	0.51	0.72
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	560	$79,510	$84,230	2.75	1.04
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	1,860	$62,620	$63,580	9.08	0.69
Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters	70	$52,630	$54,940	0.36	3.99
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	90	$47,350	$49,770	0.46	0.75
Helpers--Production Workers	230	$49,920	$51,270	1.12	1.05
Highway Maintenance Workers	70	$59,500	$65,830	0.33	0.33
Home Appliance Repairers	30	$64,310	$63,160	0.15	0.74
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	10,150	$36,850	$38,400	49.47	1.79
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	650	$37,720	$39,560	3.17	1.14
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	530	$39,560	$42,700	2.60	1.54
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	90	$57,820	$59,740	0.45	0.78
Human Resources Managers	240	$161,550	$162,680	1.18	0.83
Human Resources Specialists	920	$81,540	$87,650	4.47	0.76
Hydrologic Technicians	30	$79,860	$77,570	0.15	8.02
Industrial Engineers	230	$121,660	$120,700	1.10	0.47
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	260	$77,020	$79,980	1.24	0.44
Industrial Production Managers	330	$132,210	$149,200	1.61	1.02
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	670	$46,970	$50,190	3.27	0.66
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	150	$62,080	$64,450	0.74	0.85
Information Security Analysts	40	$110,340	$113,120	0.20	0.16
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	480	$51,520	$57,050	2.32	0.61
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	310	$50,880	$57,670	1.50	1.32
Instructional Coordinators	200	$93,430	$98,770	0.96	0.66
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	230	$61,410	$62,080	1.13	0.82
Insurance Sales Agents	440	$79,680	$94,360	2.17	0.70
Interior Designers	110	$77,970	$84,560	0.55	1.19
Interpreters and Translators	30	$84,960	$82,600	0.17	0.50
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	160	$60,610	$61,890	0.80	0.84
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	3,620	$39,210	$43,800	17.65	1.24
Judicial Law Clerks	30	$79,770	$76,430	0.16	1.83
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	130	$92,910	$88,910	0.66	0.94
Labor Relations Specialists	30	$101,660	$108,370	0.15	0.35
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	2,810	$46,640	$47,030	13.68	0.72
Landscape Architects	40	$86,060	$103,160	0.22	1.72
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	2,740	$46,740	$49,590	13.37	2.18
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	260	$41,080	$41,560	1.25	0.98
Lawyers	590	$181,560	$248,950	2.88	0.59
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	220	$61,880	$67,960	1.06	1.06
Legal Support Workers, All Other	40	$94,320	$95,060	0.19	0.63
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	150	$81,890	$85,910	0.75	0.87
Library Assistants, Clerical	160	$48,890	$49,140	0.78	1.41
Library Technicians	160	$61,470	$63,260	0.76	1.71
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	870	$92,580	$90,480	4.22	1.01
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other	30	$77,510	$78,970	0.16	0.33
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers	150	$37,320	$39,170	0.75	0.74
Light Truck Drivers	1,070	$49,410	$56,640	5.23	0.83
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	140	$60,680	$62,590	0.66	0.62
Loan Officers	290	$80,370	$93,840	1.41	0.80
Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants	40	$46,300	$45,810	0.20	1.97
Locksmiths and Safe Repairers	30	$59,940	$62,890	0.16	1.61
Lodging Managers	130	$79,410	$91,710	0.65	2.37
Logisticians	210	$89,740	$92,190	1.03	0.64
Machinists	230	$56,200	$60,000	1.12	0.61
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	1,690	$42,740	$46,650	8.24	1.49
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service	50	$40,600	$45,250	0.25	0.70
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	1,930	$58,170	$61,330	9.40	0.96
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	80	$75,780	$72,460	0.37	0.96
Management Analysts	880	$108,490	$110,110	4.30	0.75
Managers, All Other	520	$150,180	$160,790	2.51	0.63
Manicurists and Pedicurists	390	$37,870	$41,240	1.90	1.94
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	960	$78,810	$88,910	4.70	0.81
Marketing Managers	300	$161,720	$176,050	1.48	0.58
Marriage and Family Therapists	290	$84,080	$93,930	1.43	3.33
Massage Therapists	310	$50,620	$58,190	1.51	2.38
Material Moving Workers, All Other	90	$41,760	$42,460	0.42	2.75
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	140	$38,750	$41,620	0.67	0.72
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians	30	$94,960	$86,890	0.17	0.71
Mechanical Engineers	150	$120,650	$120,110	0.72	0.38
Medical and Health Services Managers	910	$143,150	$155,570	4.43	1.15
Medical Appliance Technicians	80	$44,850	$47,310	0.38	5.22
Medical Assistants	1,550	$64,820	$64,160	7.58	1.44
Medical Equipment Preparers	150	$60,980	$65,140	0.72	1.44
Medical Equipment Repairers	40	$75,000	$82,560	0.19	0.45
Medical Records Specialists	170	$61,670	$65,920	0.82	0.65
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	150	$145,340	$149,990	0.71	0.64
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	1,190	$60,240	$60,980	5.79	0.94
Medical Transcriptionists	50	$53,330	$53,000	0.23	0.86
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	390	$60,260	$67,530	1.91	2.08
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	160	$84,190	$94,510	0.76	0.89
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	160	$46,790	$48,360	0.80	0.76
Microbiologists	30	$123,590	$126,450	0.16	1.32
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	380	$98,020	$92,020	1.86	0.47
Millwrights	30	$65,200	$69,310	0.17	0.66
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	790	$48,260	$50,810	3.87	0.43
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	100	$56,460	$58,190	0.51	0.83
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	180	$78,960	$80,080	0.87	0.76
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic	80	$56,320	$55,040	0.38	1.77
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	250	$43,370	$47,260	1.21	1.25
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other	—	$39,760	$47,310	—	—
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	—	$45,820	$50,220	—	—
Natural Sciences Managers	80	$158,770	$165,840	0.38	0.54
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	230	$103,170	$105,580	1.10	0.54
Nurse Anesthetists	30	$239,200 or more	$239,200 or more	0.17	0.51
Nurse Practitioners	280	$167,040	$172,330	1.35	0.65
Nursing Assistants	1,250	$49,240	$50,260	6.08	0.65
Obstetricians and Gynecologists	30	$149,040	$208,020	0.16	1.18
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	150	$102,270	$107,530	0.72	0.79
Occupational Therapists	130	$128,010	$128,610	0.64	0.62
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	180	$59,270	$60,070	0.90	0.73
Office Clerks, General	3,350	$51,780	$55,020	16.30	1.03
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	710	$105,080	$101,710	3.44	1.12
Operations Research Analysts	50	$97,450	$106,340	0.23	0.34
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	40	$102,540	$91,160	0.19	0.42
Opticians, Dispensing	120	$77,460	$70,420	0.56	1.19
Optometrists	80	$165,360	$172,860	0.39	1.42
Order Clerks	220	$45,760	$50,050	1.09	2.26
Orderlies	40	$63,780	$59,870	0.21	0.62
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics	50	$46,710	$51,340	0.23	0.99
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	770	$44,970	$46,450	3.74	1.53
Packers and Packagers, Hand	710	$38,470	$40,790	3.46	0.96
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	730	$62,790	$66,600	3.57	2.46
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	290	$78,160	$77,820	1.43	0.56
Paramedics	70	$74,080	$76,340	0.34	0.53
Parking Attendants	70	$37,510	$40,600	0.36	0.40
Parts Salespersons	320	$48,410	$53,500	1.58	0.91
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	300	$68,870	$69,640	1.46	1.48
Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other	60	$40,710	$44,580	0.29	0.75
Personal Financial Advisors	190	$103,680	$140,920	0.91	0.53
Personal Service Managers, All Other	50	$77,110	$88,730	0.23	3.43
Pest Control Workers	220	$48,140	$52,720	1.07	1.63
Pharmacists	330	$170,570	$175,910	1.62	0.78
Pharmacy Aides	70	$55,710	$57,600	0.36	1.44
Pharmacy Technicians	370	$61,800	$63,760	1.83	0.60
Phlebotomists	100	$62,350	$62,300	0.49	0.53
Photographers	60	$50,500	$72,250	0.29	0.88
Physical Therapist Aides	60	$37,620	$40,480	0.28	0.91
Physical Therapist Assistants	90	$87,300	$86,840	0.44	0.61
Physical Therapists	290	$140,100	$135,520	1.39	0.81
Physician Assistants	140	$172,750	$171,940	0.70	0.67
Physicians, All Other	270	$421,490	$342,000	1.34	0.61
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	70	$50,520	$53,630	0.33	1.57
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	560	$64,700	$78,080	2.73	0.91
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	590	$125,910	$118,750	2.89	0.67
Postal Service Clerks	110	$61,570	$63,240	0.53	1.11
Postal Service Mail Carriers	510	$59,880	$62,810	2.46	1.17
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators	100	$58,470	$62,050	0.47	0.70
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	620	$46,710	$50,260	3.01	0.98
Printing Press Operators	130	$48,570	$52,610	0.64	0.69
Procurement Clerks	50	$56,450	$58,120	0.26	0.72
Production Workers, All Other	360	$41,210	$44,490	1.75	1.08
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	460	$63,070	$67,000	2.23	0.89
Project Management Specialists	1,000	$107,340	$115,250	4.85	0.71
Property Appraisers and Assessors	70	$91,230	$99,210	0.33	0.91
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	480	$77,910	$93,060	2.36	1.18
Protective Service Workers, All Other	240	$44,980	$47,640	1.17	2.24
Psychiatric Technicians	80	$51,370	$60,190	0.41	0.41
Psychiatrists	30	$337,970	$319,680	0.16	0.90
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary	40	$126,080	$129,300	0.17	0.65
Public Relations Managers	70	$138,900	$155,740	0.34	0.70
Public Relations Specialists	270	$80,700	$88,300	1.34	0.73
Public Safety Telecommunicators	100	$81,990	$81,100	0.47	0.71
Purchasing Managers	40	$152,000	$156,070	0.22	0.40
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	200	$137,530	$137,780	1.00	0.67
Real Estate Sales Agents	—	$115,820	$100,760	—	—
Receptionists and Information Clerks	1,160	$45,550	$49,340	5.63	0.96
Recreation Workers	760	$40,010	$44,760	3.72	1.75
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	320	$73,110	$70,560	1.56	1.65
Registered Nurses	3,720	$174,550	$170,000	18.12	0.83
Rehabilitation Counselors	90	$44,970	$54,280	0.42	0.69
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks	80	$45,240	$47,660	0.41	0.53
Residential Advisors	100	$43,260	$45,990	0.51	0.93
Respiratory Therapists	200	$123,220	$120,450	0.96	1.07
Retail Salespersons	5,720	$39,570	$44,180	27.87	1.11
Roofers	430	$64,020	$69,890	2.07	2.38
Sales and Related Workers, All Other	300	$57,140	$65,670	1.45	2.41
Sales Engineers	50	$97,800	$121,840	0.23	0.68
Sales Managers	1,360	$117,940	$134,450	6.62	1.62
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	1,330	$66,890	$76,860	6.46	0.80
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	1,840	$79,350	$90,840	8.98	1.13
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	90	$131,890	$141,040	0.46	0.25
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	80	$50,250	$51,070	0.39	1.47
School Psychologists	70	$126,710	$129,200	0.32	0.78
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	1,040	$101,730	$103,360	5.04	0.74
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	2,150	$57,720	$59,530	10.48	0.95
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	590	$72,490	$90,930	2.90	0.92
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers	150	$61,120	$66,980	0.73	1.32
Security Guards	1,560	$45,160	$46,490	7.60	0.92
Self-Enrichment Teachers	750	$54,360	$62,400	3.64	1.71
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	970	$61,550	$70,000	4.75	12.28
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners	70	$59,400	$59,520	0.36	1.82
Sewing Machine Operators	160	$38,610	$41,780	0.76	1.13
Sheet Metal Workers	110	$74,440	$90,490	0.55	0.71
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	830	$49,210	$52,300	4.04	0.77
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	440	$44,270	$47,090	2.16	1.35
Skincare Specialists	—	$41,960	$50,280	—	—
Social and Community Service Managers	490	$84,310	$95,870	2.38	1.77
Social and Human Service Assistants	790	$58,580	$62,010	3.84	1.36
Social Workers, All Other	40	$102,040	$101,860	0.21	0.52
Software Developers	560	$148,630	$152,280	2.73	0.25
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	80	$124,400	$122,460	0.41	0.34
Soil and Plant Scientists	50	$101,660	$91,990	0.24	2.40
Solar Photovoltaic Installers	100	$61,810	$66,410	0.51	2.51
Special Education Teachers, All Other	100	$106,650	$104,450	0.47	2.16
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School	250	$81,910	$89,540	1.20	0.71
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	—	$97,000	$93,770	—	—
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	150	$100,880	$96,630	0.71	0.67
Speech-Language Pathologists	160	$127,470	$132,480	0.77	0.65
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators	70	$64,470	$80,730	0.33	1.80
Stockers and Order Fillers	2,580	$40,650	$43,830	12.56	0.69
Structural Iron and Steel Workers	60	$75,380	$76,600	0.29	0.66
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors	870	$63,980	$76,770	4.23	1.34
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	1,430	$61,290	$63,850	6.96	2.06
Surgical Technologists	120	$99,960	$93,780	0.61	0.80
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	50	$79,450	$81,970	0.26	0.69
Surveyors	130	$100,920	$105,720	0.65	1.98
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service	90	$46,330	$52,410	0.44	2.01
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents	30	$98,590	$107,980	0.17	0.47
Tax Preparers	130	$65,930	$71,350	0.62	1.26
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	230	$85,640	$90,730	1.12	1.53
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	1,930	$48,270	$50,180	9.40	1.03
Technical Writers	40	$129,590	$127,330	0.21	0.72
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	120	$79,410	$86,370	0.60	0.67
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	180	$99,560	$94,490	0.89	1.42
Tellers	350	$46,980	$48,600	1.69	0.80
Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other	40	$50,440	$52,620	0.19	2.18
Tile and Stone Setters	280	$58,070	$66,300	1.39	6.01
Tire Repairers and Changers	180	$41,850	$43,780	0.89	1.28
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	40	$70,300	$86,210	0.20	0.65
Tour and Travel Guides	110	$45,620	$49,770	0.52	1.51
Training and Development Managers	70	$141,800	$143,680	0.34	1.11
Training and Development Specialists	450	$75,590	$80,250	2.18	0.74
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	270	$122,360	$142,790	1.32	0.93
Travel Agents	50	$51,760	$55,930	0.22	0.62
Tree Trimmers and Pruners	190	$73,570	$76,580	0.91	2.57
Tutors	380	$49,170	$49,370	1.86	1.65
Urban and Regional Planners	110	$123,090	$123,620	0.55	1.92
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers	190	$38,090	$39,060	0.94	1.20
Veterinarians	210	$158,770	$171,160	1.02	1.88
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	350	$47,270	$47,490	1.72	2.11
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	250	$61,940	$62,770	1.22	1.46
Waiters and Waitresses	3,670	$36,830	$43,890	17.88	1.22
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	190	$82,200	$84,790	0.91	1.10
Web and Digital Interface Designers	70	$97,420	$104,740	0.34	0.46
Web Developers	—	$103,530	$110,140	—	—
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	70	$46,760	$47,990	0.35	1.01
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	260	$56,720	$61,320	1.28	0.48
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	100	$47,390	$48,960	0.50	1.27
Writers and Authors	50	$107,700	$113,000	0.23	0.74
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	70	$86,670	$92,680	0.33	2.79

Colleges in this area

4 colleges in the federal directory have a campus in this area, listed alphabetically; MajorPays does not rank colleges. Each name links to the college’s profile.

College	Type	Level	Students, fall 2024
Lytles Redwood Empire Beauty College	Private for-profit	Less than 2-year	86
Meridian University	Private for-profit	4-year or above	297
Santa Rosa Junior College	Public	2-year	17,854
Sonoma State University	Public	4-year or above	5,891

Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS directory (HD 2024, core-based statistical area of the campus) and Fall Enrollment 2024 (total headcount). A count of students is the size of the college, not its quality; the Department has not endorsed this presentation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, metropolitan area estimates (cross-industry, all ownerships). Wages are pay for all workers in an occupation in this area, not any one person or employer; a dash means BLS does not publish the figure (often to protect privacy or because the estimate is unreliable), and “or more” marks a wage at or above BLS’s top reporting limit. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: the occupation's share of jobs in this area divided by its share nationally (1.00 = the same share as the U.S.; above 1.00 = a larger share); it says nothing about pay or openings. Jobs per 1,000 is the occupation's jobs per 1,000 jobs of all kinds in this area. Occupations that BLS reports only as hourly wages are not listed, and BLS shows some wages above its top limit as plain numbers while others read “or more”. Occupations are listed alphabetically; click a heading to sort. MajorPays does not rank places or occupations. MajorPays selected and reorganized these figures; the Bureau of Labor Statistics has not approved or endorsed this presentation. MajorPays does not provide advice. See Data sources.

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