Audio and Video Technicians Salary — Sacramento, California

The average Audio and Video Technicians in Sacramento, California earns $62,100 a year.

$62,100 / year, mean
↓ 4.5% below national average 61th percentile in California

Sacramento sits roughly in the middle of the pack for this role within California — neither a standout nor a laggard. That's close to the national average for audio and video technicians — 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)
280
Estimate confidence
RSE 2.4%
Cost of living 107 #18 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 $582,707 #20 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $93,986 #21 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Sacramento ranks #18 for cost of living and #20 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 Francisco $82,250 San Jose $81,730 Seattle $79,730 Atlantic City $78,560 New York $77,780 Trenton $75,380 Los Angeles $74,760 Baltimore $71,320 Santa Maria $70,170 Syracuse $69,930 Chicago $69,470 Sarasota $69,050 Champaign $68,800 Philadelphia $67,530 Salinas $66,950 Buffalo $65,880 State College $65,160 Spokane $64,990 Allentown $64,420 Stockton $63,190 Palm Bay $62,640 Santa Rosa $62,500 Tampa $62,350 Sacramento $62,100 San Diego $62,070 Santa Cruz $62,040 Riverside $61,880 Bakersfield $61,860 Harrisburg $61,600 Fresno $61,220 Reading $61,170 Naples $61,160 Miami $60,670 Albany $60,570 Rochester $60,560 Ithaca $60,290 Portland $60,270 Detroit $59,850 Oxnard $59,320 Port St. Lucie $58,590 Grand Rapids $58,430 Killeen $58,270 York $58,270 Scranton $58,250 Austin $58,230 Orlando $58,040 Indianapolis $57,840 Vallejo $57,790 Kiryas Joel $57,440 Dallas $57,370 Jacksonville $57,060 Fort Myers $56,960 Glens Falls $56,610 Charlottesville $55,850 Kalamazoo $55,710 Lakeland $55,590 Louisville $55,230 Erie $55,160 Pittsburgh $55,030 Richmond $54,930 Modesto $54,890 Lexington $54,860 Pensacola $54,800 Peoria $54,140 Houston $54,130 Fort Wayne $54,030 Charleston $53,920 Lancaster $53,890 Eugene $53,660 Virginia Beach $53,470 Lansing $53,450 Tallahassee $53,380 Deltona $52,570 Visalia $52,520 Bend $52,310 Ann Arbor $52,180 Lafayette $52,170 Midland $51,660 San Antonio $50,960 Gainesville $49,130 Utica $48,880 Elkhart $48,670 Harrisonburg $48,500 Huntington $48,410 San Luis Obispo $47,910 Bloomington $47,800 Roanoke $47,410 Waco $47,340 McAllen $46,360 South Bend $46,190 Corpus Christi $46,050 Tyler $45,630 Bowling Green $45,260 Amarillo $45,150 El Paso $44,700 Lubbock $42,740 Evansville $42,320 College Station $41,870
CityMean salaryvs. Sacramento
Albany, New York$60,570-2.5%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$64,420+3.7%
Amarillo, Texas$45,150-27.3%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$52,180-16.0%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$78,560+26.5%
Austin, Texas$58,230-6.2%
Bakersfield, California$61,860-0.4%
Baltimore, Maryland$71,320+14.8%
Bend, Oregon$52,310-15.8%
Bloomington, Indiana$47,800-23.0%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$45,260-27.1%
Buffalo, New York$65,880+6.1%
Fort Myers, Florida$56,960-8.3%
Champaign, Illinois$68,800+10.8%
Charleston, West Virginia$53,920-13.2%
Charlottesville, Virginia$55,850-10.1%
Chicago, Illinois$69,470+11.9%
College Station, Texas$41,870-32.6%
Corpus Christi, Texas$46,050-25.8%
Dallas, Texas$57,370-7.6%
Deltona, Florida$52,570-15.3%
Detroit, Michigan$59,850-3.6%
Elkhart, Indiana$48,670-21.6%
El Paso, Texas$44,700-28.0%
Erie, Pennsylvania$55,160-11.2%
Eugene, Oregon$53,660-13.6%
Evansville, Indiana$42,320-31.9%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$54,030-13.0%
Fresno, California$61,220-1.4%
Gainesville, Florida$49,130-20.9%
Glens Falls, New York$56,610-8.8%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$58,430-5.9%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$61,600-0.8%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$48,500-21.9%
Houston, Texas$54,130-12.8%
Huntington, West Virginia$48,410-22.0%
Indianapolis, Indiana$57,840-6.9%
Ithaca, New York$60,290-2.9%
Jacksonville, Florida$57,060-8.1%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$55,710-10.3%
Killeen, Texas$58,270-6.2%
Kiryas Joel, New York$57,440-7.5%
Lafayette, Indiana$52,170-16.0%
Lakeland, Florida$55,590-10.5%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$53,890-13.2%
Lansing, Michigan$53,450-13.9%
Lexington, Kentucky$54,860-11.7%
Los Angeles, California$74,760+20.4%
Louisville, Kentucky$55,230-11.1%
Lubbock, Texas$42,740-31.2%
McAllen, Texas$46,360-25.3%
Miami, Florida$60,670-2.3%
Midland, Texas$51,660-16.8%
Modesto, California$54,890-11.6%
Naples, Florida$61,160-1.5%
New York, New York$77,780+25.2%
Sarasota, Florida$69,050+11.2%
Orlando, Florida$58,040-6.5%
Oxnard, California$59,320-4.5%
Palm Bay, Florida$62,640+0.9%
Pensacola, Florida$54,800-11.8%
Peoria, Illinois$54,140-12.8%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$67,530+8.7%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$55,030-11.4%
Portland, Oregon$60,270-2.9%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$58,590-5.7%
Reading, Pennsylvania$61,170-1.5%
Richmond, Virginia$54,930-11.5%
Riverside, California$61,880-0.4%
Roanoke, Virginia$47,410-23.7%
Rochester, New York$60,560-2.5%
Salinas, California$66,950+7.8%
San Antonio, Texas$50,960-17.9%
San Diego, California$62,070-0.0%
San Francisco, California$82,250+32.4%
San Jose, California$81,730+31.6%
San Luis Obispo, California$47,910-22.9%
Santa Cruz, California$62,040-0.1%
Santa Maria, California$70,170+13.0%
Santa Rosa, California$62,500+0.6%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$58,250-6.2%
Seattle, Washington$79,730+28.4%
South Bend, Indiana$46,190-25.6%
Spokane, Washington$64,990+4.7%
State College, Pennsylvania$65,160+4.9%
Stockton, California$63,190+1.8%
Syracuse, New York$69,930+12.6%
Tallahassee, Florida$53,380-14.0%
Tampa, Florida$62,350+0.4%
Trenton, New Jersey$75,380+21.4%
Tyler, Texas$45,630-26.5%
Utica, New York$48,880-21.3%
Vallejo, California$57,790-6.9%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$53,470-13.9%
Visalia, California$52,520-15.4%
Waco, Texas$47,340-23.8%
York, Pennsylvania$58,270-6.2%
Gross salary
62,100/yr
Estimated take-home
50,159/yr
Est. total withheld
19.2%

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 Sacramento

These notes add local color around Sacramento, 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 27-4011 SOC code
Official area Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 40900 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: ca_ftb_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
RosevilleFolsom
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)
2,406,563