How much do Solar Photovoltaic Installers make in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA?

Percentile spread

For Solar Photovoltaic Installers, the published 10th percentile is $43,440 and the 90th percentile is $80,540. The difference is $37,100, which is 61.9% 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 $48,420 to the 75th at $65,420, covers $17,000.

The mean annual wage is $60,500, which sits above the median of $59,930. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA median is 12.8% higher than the national median of $53,140 for Solar Photovoltaic Installers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $56,183, which is 5.7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.1% lower than the California median of $60,600.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA is 106.670, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $59,930 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Solar Photovoltaic Installers at $56,183 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

8 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Solar Photovoltaic Installers. Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA ranks 6th of 9 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).).

• Stockton-Lodi, CA is 61 miles away, with a median of $59,110 and employment of 120. That median is 1.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $56,248, against $56,183 here.
• Modesto, CA is 85 miles away, with a median of $59,920 and employment of 50. That median is about the same as the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $57,556, against $56,183 here.
• San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 98 miles away, with a median of $72,150 and employment of 710. That median is 20.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $62,406, against $56,183 here.

Employment share

Solar Photovoltaic Installers accounts for 0.06% of wage-and-salary employment in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA (700 of 1,080,590). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (31,350 of 155,495,730). The local share is 3.21 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.