Sacramento County · California
Sacramento, CA jobs and wages
Who works here, what they earn, and which industries carry the local economy — Census ACS estimates for the city itself, not the wider metro.
Quick answer
Workers in Sacramento, CA earn a median of $47,441 a year, 6% above the national median of $44,587. Unemployment is 6.2% against 5.2% nationally, and education, health care & social assistance is the largest employer at 22.4% of jobs.
- Median earnings
- $47,441#23 of 94 metros
- Unemployment rate
- 6.2%US 5.2%
- Labor force participation
- 64.8%US 63.5%
- People employed
- 257,517Civilian employed, age 16+
What Sacramento does for a living
Share of the civilian employed population by industry, largest first.
- Education, health care & social assistance22.4%
- Professional, scientific & management12.6%
- Public administration12.2%
- Retail trade9.8%
- Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food9.4%
- Construction6.6%
- Transportation, warehousing & utilities6.5%
- Finance, insurance & real estate5.6%
- Manufacturing5.4%
- Other services, except public administration4.7%
- Wholesale trade2.2%
- Information1.6%
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting & mining0.9%
Related data for Sacramento
Earnings only mean something next to what things cost.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates
Tables B23025, B20002 and C24030, 2019-2023 ACS 5-year. Industry shares combine the male and female columns of C24030 and are rounded, so they may not total exactly 100%.