SOC 41-9022 · Sales and Related Occupations · May 2025
How much do Real Estate Sales Agents make in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Real Estate Sales Agents in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA is $115,820. The 10th percentile is $52,520 and the 90th percentile is $164,040. Employment was not published.
Median annual wage
$115,820
- 10th percentile
- $52,520
- 25th percentile
- $60,370
- Median
- $115,820
- 75th percentile
- $115,870
- 90th percentile
- $164,040
- Mean
- $100,760
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Real Estate Sales Agents, the published 10th percentile is $52,520 and the 90th percentile is $164,040. The difference is $111,520, which is 96.3% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.
The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $60,370 to the 75th at $115,870, covers $55,500.
The mean annual wage is $100,760, which sits below the median of $115,820. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA median is 119.2% higher than the national median of $52,830 for Real Estate Sales Agents. In 2024 national prices the local median is $107,456, which is 103.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 101.2% higher than the California median of $57,560.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA is 107.784, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $115,820 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Real Estate Sales Agents at $107,456 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
12 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Real Estate Sales Agents. Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA ranks 1st of 13 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).
- Vallejo, CA is 56 miles away, with a median of $63,670 and employment of 70. That median is 45% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $58,693, against $107,456 here.
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 63 miles away, with a median of $70,990 and employment of 2,100. That median is 38.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $61,403, against $107,456 here.
- Yuba City, CA is 88 miles away, with a median of $77,440 and employment of 90. That median is 33.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $74,295, against $107,456 here.
Highest-paying jobs in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA · Real Estate Sales Agents by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices
Questions this page answers
How much do Real Estate Sales Agents make in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Real Estate Sales Agents in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA is $115,820. The 10th percentile is $52,520 and the 90th percentile is $164,040.
How does that compare with the national median for Real Estate Sales Agents?
The local median is 119.2% higher than the national median of $52,830.
What is Real Estate Sales Agents pay in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA is 107.784, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $115,820 is $107,456. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.
How does Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA compare with nearby metros for Real Estate Sales Agents?
Vallejo, CA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 56 miles away, at $63,670. Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA ranks 1st of 13 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.