High paying tech and IT jobs in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA

Every tech and IT 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 tech and IT 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

1Computer and Information Systems Managers$173,840
Bachelor's degree
$100,480 – $280,130400
2Software Developers$148,630
Bachelor's degree
$94,080 – $214,360560
3Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$124,400
Bachelor's degree
$76,550 – $168,97080
4Data Scientists$119,930
Bachelor's degree
$64,410 – $176,510130
5Computer Network Architects$118,340
Bachelor's degree
$60,830 – $161,650150
6Computer Systems Analysts$113,520
Bachelor's degree
$53,420 – $153,310330
7Computer Programmers$108,060
Bachelor's degree
$67,520 – $153,75080
8Network and Computer Systems Administrators$103,170
Bachelor's degree
$62,710 – $142,290230
9Web and Digital Interface Designers$97,420
Bachelor's degree
$58,090 – $159,46070
10Computer Occupations, All Other$87,530
Bachelor's degree
$42,620 – $166,840380
11Computer Network Support Specialists$78,450
Associate's degree
$44,630 – $121,620190
12Computer User Support Specialists$76,900
Some college, no degree
$58,380 – $101,960520

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	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$173,840	$100,480 – $280,130	400
2	Software DevelopersBachelor's degree	$148,630	$94,080 – $214,360	560
3	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and TestersBachelor's degree	$124,400	$76,550 – $168,970	80
4	Data ScientistsBachelor's degree	$119,930	$64,410 – $176,510	130
5	Computer Network ArchitectsBachelor's degree	$118,340	$60,830 – $161,650	150
6	Computer Systems AnalystsBachelor's degree	$113,520	$53,420 – $153,310	330
7	Computer ProgrammersBachelor's degree	$108,060	$67,520 – $153,750	80
8	Network and Computer Systems AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$103,170	$62,710 – $142,290	230
9	Web and Digital Interface DesignersBachelor's degree	$97,420	$58,090 – $159,460	70
10	Computer Occupations, All OtherBachelor's degree	$87,530	$42,620 – $166,840	380
11	Computer Network Support SpecialistsAssociate's degree	$78,450	$44,630 – $121,620	190
12	Computer User Support SpecialistsSome college, no degree	$76,900	$58,380 – $101,960	520

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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