Marriage and Family Therapists Salary — Santa Rosa, California

The average Marriage and Family Therapists in Santa Rosa, California earns $93,930 a year.

$93,930 / year, mean
↑ 21.0% above national average 82th percentile in California

Santa Rosa pays well above most of California for this role, landing in the top third statewide. That's a solid premium over the national average for marriage and family therapists. 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)
290
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.

Eugene $109,120 San Jose $105,320 Bend $103,960 Napa $100,790 Sarasota $99,480 Portland $98,610 Trenton $98,030 Vallejo $97,720 San Francisco $95,400 Santa Rosa $93,930 Santa Maria $93,290 Chico $90,700 Atlantic City $89,950 New York $86,480 El Centro $84,500 Sacramento $84,310 Stockton $84,160 Santa Cruz $83,810 Fresno $83,550 Bakersfield $80,090 Corvallis $79,450 Redding $78,970 Visalia $78,720 Salinas $78,570 Modesto $78,510 Philadelphia $77,800 Virginia Beach $77,390 Los Angeles $77,240 Yuba City $76,860 Allentown $75,250 Riverside $75,210 Baltimore $74,010 Harrisburg $72,990 Dover $72,180 Scranton $72,080 San Antonio $71,360 Chicago $71,020 Syracuse $69,520 Lebanon $69,120 Albany $68,110 Seattle $68,030 Pittsburgh $67,220 Chambersburg $66,910 Lancaster $66,300 Oxnard $66,140 San Diego $65,440 Reading $65,350 Richmond $64,870 Rochester $63,890 York $62,570 Miami $61,990 Grand Rapids $61,880 Dallas $60,910 Indianapolis $59,710 Fort Wayne $59,690 Detroit $58,130 Orlando $57,420 Erie $56,990 Louisville $56,370 Houston $56,340 Huntington $54,580 Jacksonville $53,250 Tampa $53,170 Fort Myers $52,230 Lansing $45,770
CityMean salaryvs. Santa Rosa
Albany, New York$68,110-27.5%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$75,250-19.9%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$89,950-4.2%
Bakersfield, California$80,090-14.7%
Baltimore, Maryland$74,010-21.2%
Bend, Oregon$103,960+10.7%
Fort Myers, Florida$52,230-44.4%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$66,910-28.8%
Chicago, Illinois$71,020-24.4%
Chico, California$90,700-3.4%
Corvallis, Oregon$79,450-15.4%
Dallas, Texas$60,910-35.2%
Detroit, Michigan$58,130-38.1%
Dover, Delaware$72,180-23.2%
El Centro, California$84,500-10.0%
Erie, Pennsylvania$56,990-39.3%
Eugene, Oregon$109,120+16.2%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$59,690-36.5%
Fresno, California$83,550-11.1%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$61,880-34.1%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$72,990-22.3%
Houston, Texas$56,340-40.0%
Huntington, West Virginia$54,580-41.9%
Indianapolis, Indiana$59,710-36.4%
Jacksonville, Florida$53,250-43.3%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$66,300-29.4%
Lansing, Michigan$45,770-51.3%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$69,120-26.4%
Los Angeles, California$77,240-17.8%
Louisville, Kentucky$56,370-40.0%
Miami, Florida$61,990-34.0%
Modesto, California$78,510-16.4%
Napa, California$100,790+7.3%
New York, New York$86,480-7.9%
Sarasota, Florida$99,480+5.9%
Orlando, Florida$57,420-38.9%
Oxnard, California$66,140-29.6%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$77,800-17.2%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$67,220-28.4%
Portland, Oregon$98,610+5.0%
Reading, Pennsylvania$65,350-30.4%
Redding, California$78,970-15.9%
Richmond, Virginia$64,870-30.9%
Riverside, California$75,210-19.9%
Rochester, New York$63,890-32.0%
Sacramento, California$84,310-10.2%
Salinas, California$78,570-16.4%
San Antonio, Texas$71,360-24.0%
San Diego, California$65,440-30.3%
San Francisco, California$95,400+1.6%
San Jose, California$105,320+12.1%
Santa Cruz, California$83,810-10.8%
Santa Maria, California$93,290-0.7%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$72,080-23.3%
Seattle, Washington$68,030-27.6%
Stockton, California$84,160-10.4%
Syracuse, New York$69,520-26.0%
Tampa, Florida$53,170-43.4%
Trenton, New Jersey$98,030+4.4%
Vallejo, California$97,720+4.0%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$77,390-17.6%
Visalia, California$78,720-16.2%
York, Pennsylvania$62,570-33.4%
Yuba City, California$76,860-18.2%
Gross salary
93,930/yr
Estimated take-home
70,266/yr
Est. total withheld
25.2%

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.

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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 21-1013 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