Editors Salary — Santa Rosa, California

The average Editors in Santa Rosa, California earns $95,580 a year.

$95,580 / year, mean
↑ 1.4% above national average 80th percentile in California

Santa Rosa pays well above most of California for this role, landing in the top third statewide. That's close to the national average for editors — a fairly typical rate for this role. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within California

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
110
Estimate confidence
RSE 4.2%
Cost of living 108 #17 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2124 #140 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $796,761 #11 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $102,840 #9 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Santa Rosa ranks #17 for cost of living and #11 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

San Jose $120,530 Los Angeles $119,300 New York $119,160 San Francisco $114,540 Trenton $97,150 Santa Rosa $95,580 Glens Falls $92,260 Albany $89,500 Sacramento $88,410 Kiryas Joel $88,090 Rochester $87,310 Oxnard $86,840 Baltimore $86,170 Seattle $85,440 Lakeland $85,010 San Diego $84,000 Spokane $83,730 Bremerton $83,510 San Luis Obispo $82,570 Palm Bay $82,220 Miami $82,070 Salem $81,880 Philadelphia $81,610 Buffalo $81,370 Chicago $81,020 Allentown $80,260 Sarasota $79,310 Fresno $78,580 Santa Maria $77,750 Syracuse $77,530 Riverside $77,460 Charlottesville $77,390 Portland $77,300 Richmond $76,670 Tampa $76,620 Chico $75,070 Bakersfield $74,920 Salinas $74,920 Orlando $74,560 Gainesville $74,380 Detroit $74,250 Santa Cruz $73,750 Olympia $73,430 Bend $72,480 Jacksonville $72,320 Atlantic City $72,210 Ann Arbor $71,920 Waco $71,630 Pittsburgh $71,250 Bellingham $71,050 Indianapolis $70,690 Killeen $70,460 Springfield $70,340 Harrisburg $70,200 Lansing $69,750 Fort Myers $69,590 Deltona $69,400 Tallahassee $69,340 Lancaster $68,550 Hagerstown $68,340 Roanoke $67,670 Midland $67,430 Lexington $67,080 Scranton $66,980 Rockford $66,870 Virginia Beach $66,760 College Station $66,010 Eugene $65,660 Grand Rapids $65,420 Erie $65,400 Reading $65,240 Champaign $65,090 San Antonio $63,830 Peoria $62,210 El Paso $61,800 Austin $60,350 Traverse City $60,070 Medford $59,920 Corpus Christi $57,680 Fort Wayne $57,390 Lubbock $55,780 Lafayette $51,950 Houston $45,040
CityMean salaryvs. Santa Rosa
Albany, New York$89,500-6.4%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$80,260-16.0%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$71,920-24.8%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$72,210-24.5%
Austin, Texas$60,350-36.9%
Bakersfield, California$74,920-21.6%
Baltimore, Maryland$86,170-9.8%
Bellingham, Washington$71,050-25.7%
Bend, Oregon$72,480-24.2%
Bremerton, Washington$83,510-12.6%
Buffalo, New York$81,370-14.9%
Fort Myers, Florida$69,590-27.2%
Champaign, Illinois$65,090-31.9%
Charlottesville, Virginia$77,390-19.0%
Chicago, Illinois$81,020-15.2%
Chico, California$75,070-21.5%
College Station, Texas$66,010-30.9%
Corpus Christi, Texas$57,680-39.7%
Deltona, Florida$69,400-27.4%
Detroit, Michigan$74,250-22.3%
El Paso, Texas$61,800-35.3%
Erie, Pennsylvania$65,400-31.6%
Eugene, Oregon$65,660-31.3%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$57,390-40.0%
Fresno, California$78,580-17.8%
Gainesville, Florida$74,380-22.2%
Glens Falls, New York$92,260-3.5%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$65,420-31.6%
Hagerstown, Maryland$68,340-28.5%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$70,200-26.6%
Houston, Texas$45,040-52.9%
Indianapolis, Indiana$70,690-26.0%
Jacksonville, Florida$72,320-24.3%
Killeen, Texas$70,460-26.3%
Kiryas Joel, New York$88,090-7.8%
Lafayette, Indiana$51,950-45.6%
Lakeland, Florida$85,010-11.1%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$68,550-28.3%
Lansing, Michigan$69,750-27.0%
Lexington, Kentucky$67,080-29.8%
Los Angeles, California$119,300+24.8%
Lubbock, Texas$55,780-41.6%
Medford, Oregon$59,920-37.3%
Miami, Florida$82,070-14.1%
Midland, Texas$67,430-29.5%
New York, New York$119,160+24.7%
Sarasota, Florida$79,310-17.0%
Olympia, Washington$73,430-23.2%
Orlando, Florida$74,560-22.0%
Oxnard, California$86,840-9.1%
Palm Bay, Florida$82,220-14.0%
Peoria, Illinois$62,210-34.9%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$81,610-14.6%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$71,250-25.5%
Portland, Oregon$77,300-19.1%
Reading, Pennsylvania$65,240-31.7%
Richmond, Virginia$76,670-19.8%
Riverside, California$77,460-19.0%
Roanoke, Virginia$67,670-29.2%
Rochester, New York$87,310-8.7%
Rockford, Illinois$66,870-30.0%
Sacramento, California$88,410-7.5%
Salem, Oregon$81,880-14.3%
Salinas, California$74,920-21.6%
San Antonio, Texas$63,830-33.2%
San Diego, California$84,000-12.1%
San Francisco, California$114,540+19.8%
San Jose, California$120,530+26.1%
San Luis Obispo, California$82,570-13.6%
Santa Cruz, California$73,750-22.8%
Santa Maria, California$77,750-18.7%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$66,980-29.9%
Seattle, Washington$85,440-10.6%
Spokane, Washington$83,730-12.4%
Springfield, Illinois$70,340-26.4%
Syracuse, New York$77,530-18.9%
Tallahassee, Florida$69,340-27.5%
Tampa, Florida$76,620-19.8%
Traverse City, Michigan$60,070-37.2%
Trenton, New Jersey$97,150+1.6%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$66,760-30.2%
Waco, Texas$71,630-25.1%
Gross salary
95,580/yr
Estimated take-home
71,274/yr
Est. total withheld
25.4%

Single filer, federal + California state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

View cost of living in this state All Editors salaries in California → All Editors salaries →
Community reality check

Community reality check for Santa Rosa

These notes add local color around Santa Rosa, California: comfort ranges, budget constraints and location trade-offs reported in public discussions.

Relocation gap2.0× calculator gap
City comparison anecdotal

Discussion highlights that calculators may imply roughly 2x gross income for comparable standard of living, while some employers offer only about 10% location premiums. Tech total compensation can be an exception, so the page should distinguish salary from total compensation.

2.0×calculator multiplier10%HCOL premium cited$200KAtlanta TC example$450KBay Area TC example

Anecdotal public-discussion signals, not official salary data, rent data or financial advice. Read this alongside the official figures on the page.

Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 27-3041 SOC code
Official area Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 42220 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: ca_ftb_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
Petaluma
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Where this is

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Highlighted: California

Population (metro area)
485,642