High paying business and finance jobs in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA

Every business and finance occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single business and finance job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA run 7.8% above the national average (2024), so a Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA salary is worth about 0.93× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA · Employed

1Financial and Investment Analysts$109,780
Bachelor's degree
$77,420 – $173,650150
2Management Analysts$108,490
Bachelor's degree
$59,500 – $166,260880
3Project Management Specialists$107,340
Bachelor's degree
$64,480 – $172,6801,000
4Personal Financial Advisors$103,680
Bachelor's degree
$60,600 – $298,130190
5Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators$96,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$66,290 – $124,940150
6Cost Estimators$95,650
Bachelor's degree
$57,880 – $154,180490
7Accountants and Auditors$94,690
Bachelor's degree
$62,180 – $151,7901,740
8Compliance Officers$94,420
Bachelor's degree
$59,890 – $137,150410
9Property Appraisers and Assessors$91,230
Bachelor's degree
$64,130 – $130,72070
10Logisticians$89,740
Bachelor's degree
$60,170 – $130,710210
11Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists$87,570
Bachelor's degree
$67,560 – $134,94080
12Human Resources Specialists$81,540
Bachelor's degree
$50,090 – $130,920920
13Loan Officers$80,370
Bachelor's degree
$44,310 – $156,290290
14Business Operations Specialists, All Other$79,960
Bachelor's degree
$41,420 – $139,5501,280
15Buyers and Purchasing Agents$79,700
Bachelor's degree
$54,600 – $119,140460
16Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists$78,810
Bachelor's degree
$50,120 – $138,700960
17Fundraisers$78,720
Bachelor's degree
$56,450 – $130,940160
18Training and Development Specialists$75,590
Bachelor's degree
$46,280 – $123,070450
19Financial Specialists, All Other$72,100
Bachelor's degree
$38,540 – $126,530170
20Tax Preparers$65,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,670 – $97,300130
21Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners$60,260
Bachelor's degree
$46,860 – $95,760390

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianSanta Rosa-Petaluma, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Financial and Investment AnalystsBachelor's degree	$109,780	$77,420 – $173,650	150
2	Management AnalystsBachelor's degree	$108,490	$59,500 – $166,260	880
3	Project Management SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$107,340	$64,480 – $172,680	1,000
4	Personal Financial AdvisorsBachelor's degree	$103,680	$60,600 – $298,130	190
5	Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$96,970	$66,290 – $124,940	150
6	Cost EstimatorsBachelor's degree	$95,650	$57,880 – $154,180	490
7	Accountants and AuditorsBachelor's degree	$94,690	$62,180 – $151,790	1,740
8	Compliance OfficersBachelor's degree	$94,420	$59,890 – $137,150	410
9	Property Appraisers and AssessorsBachelor's degree	$91,230	$64,130 – $130,720	70
10	LogisticiansBachelor's degree	$89,740	$60,170 – $130,710	210
11	Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$87,570	$67,560 – $134,940	80
12	Human Resources SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$81,540	$50,090 – $130,920	920
13	Loan OfficersBachelor's degree	$80,370	$44,310 – $156,290	290
14	Business Operations Specialists, All OtherBachelor's degree	$79,960	$41,420 – $139,550	1,280
15	Buyers and Purchasing AgentsBachelor's degree	$79,700	$54,600 – $119,140	460
16	Market Research Analysts and Marketing SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$78,810	$50,120 – $138,700	960
17	FundraisersBachelor's degree	$78,720	$56,450 – $130,940	160
18	Training and Development SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$75,590	$46,280 – $123,070	450
19	Financial Specialists, All OtherBachelor's degree	$72,100	$38,540 – $126,530	170
20	Tax PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,930	$45,670 – $97,300	130
21	Meeting, Convention, and Event PlannersBachelor's degree	$60,260	$46,860 – $95,760	390

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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