Real Estate Sales Agents salary in Santa Rosa, CA

Median pay for real estate sales agents in Santa Rosa, CA: $60,470/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $36,280 – $126,030

Above the typical metro median ($50,020) by +$10,450 (+21%).

What it's really worth in Santa Rosa

With Santa Rosa's cost of living at 110 (US=100), that $60,470 has the buying power of about $54,847 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $99,266 · median home $796,761 · median rent $2,637/mo.

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How Santa Rosa ranks for this job

On raw pay, Santa Rosa, CA is 36th of the 167 metros we hold real estate sales agents wages for. Once Santa Rosa's cost of living is applied, it ranks 69th.

The headline number flatters Santa Rosa. Once housing and everyday costs are taken into account, real estate sales agents here keep less of what they earn than the raw salary implies.

What that salary buys in Santa Rosa

A median home in Santa Rosa, CA costs $796,761 — about 13.2× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is harder here than in the average metro on this income.

Median rent of $2,637/mo works out at 52% of gross pay — above the conventional 30% affordability ceiling, so renting would stretch this salary.

Where real estate sales agents earn more

Pay on its own is only half the picture, so each row shows what rent costs there relative to Santa Rosa.

Metro	Median pay	vs Santa Rosa	Rent vs Santa Rosa
New York, NY	$103,960	+72%	1.3×
Buffalo, NY	$83,670	+38%	0.5×
Rochester, NY	$83,200	+38%	0.6×
Seattle, WA	$80,950	+34%	0.8×

Same job elsewhere in CA

Metro	Median pay	vs Santa Rosa	Rent vs Santa Rosa
Oxnard, CA	$79,720	+32%	1.1×
San Diego, CA	$72,550	+20%	1.1×
San Jose, CA	$65,370	+8%	1.4×
San Francisco, CA	$65,190	+8%	1.2×

Staying in CA keeps state income tax and licensing the same, which makes these the most directly comparable moves.

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