Pharmacy Aides Salary — Sacramento, California

The average Pharmacy Aides in Sacramento, California earns $53,790 a year.

$53,790 / year, mean
↑ 30.1% above national average 86th percentile in California

Sacramento pays well above most of California for this role, landing in the top third statewide. That's a substantial premium — this metro pays far more for pharmacy aides than the U.S. average. 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)
430
Estimate confidence
RSE 4.3%
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.

Vallejo $60,660 Santa Rosa $57,600 San Francisco $56,390 Sacramento $53,790 San Jose $53,210 San Diego $52,090 Salem $50,490 Oxnard $50,220 Riverside $49,760 Bend $47,140 Stockton $47,060 San Luis Obispo $46,640 Seattle $46,290 Los Angeles $46,220 Olympia $46,090 Bremerton $45,810 Portland $45,490 Yuba City $45,050 Medford $44,880 Spokane $44,780 Jacksonville $44,530 Redding $44,370 Chico $43,890 Eugene $43,670 Santa Maria $43,530 Austin $42,780 Bakersfield $42,720 San Antonio $42,670 Fresno $42,340 New York $42,260 Bellingham $41,750 Houston $41,520 Salinas $41,450 Kennewick $41,290 Modesto $40,690 Dallas $40,570 Yakima $40,510 Visalia $40,350 Philadelphia $40,090 Merced $39,930 Allentown $39,670 Harrisburg $39,610 Orlando $39,550 Deltona $39,430 Baltimore $39,400 Brownsville $39,340 Binghamton $39,310 Laredo $39,310 Kiryas Joel $39,250 Rochester $39,230 Fort Wayne $38,920 Corpus Christi $38,810 Pittsburgh $38,760 Grand Rapids $38,650 Utica $38,570 Lancaster $38,480 Miami $38,280 Trenton $38,170 Syracuse $38,130 Chicago $37,620 Beaumont $37,550 Albany $37,490 Killeen $37,400 Amarillo $37,300 Atlantic City $37,190 Louisville $37,060 Lubbock $37,060 Sarasota $37,020 Richmond $37,000 Detroit $36,970 Indianapolis $36,750 McAllen $36,320 Buffalo $35,900 Tampa $35,470 Evansville $34,960 El Paso $34,590 Lexington $34,460 Huntington $33,370 Pensacola $33,210 Palm Bay $32,240
CityMean salaryvs. Sacramento
Albany, New York$37,490-30.3%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$39,670-26.3%
Amarillo, Texas$37,300-30.7%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$37,190-30.9%
Austin, Texas$42,780-20.5%
Bakersfield, California$42,720-20.6%
Baltimore, Maryland$39,400-26.8%
Beaumont, Texas$37,550-30.2%
Bellingham, Washington$41,750-22.4%
Bend, Oregon$47,140-12.4%
Binghamton, New York$39,310-26.9%
Bremerton, Washington$45,810-14.8%
Brownsville, Texas$39,340-26.9%
Buffalo, New York$35,900-33.3%
Chicago, Illinois$37,620-30.1%
Chico, California$43,890-18.4%
Corpus Christi, Texas$38,810-27.8%
Dallas, Texas$40,570-24.6%
Deltona, Florida$39,430-26.7%
Detroit, Michigan$36,970-31.3%
El Paso, Texas$34,590-35.7%
Eugene, Oregon$43,670-18.8%
Evansville, Indiana$34,960-35.0%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$38,920-27.6%
Fresno, California$42,340-21.3%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$38,650-28.1%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$39,610-26.4%
Houston, Texas$41,520-22.8%
Huntington, West Virginia$33,370-38.0%
Indianapolis, Indiana$36,750-31.7%
Jacksonville, Florida$44,530-17.2%
Kennewick, Washington$41,290-23.2%
Killeen, Texas$37,400-30.5%
Kiryas Joel, New York$39,250-27.0%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$38,480-28.5%
Laredo, Texas$39,310-26.9%
Lexington, Kentucky$34,460-35.9%
Los Angeles, California$46,220-14.1%
Louisville, Kentucky$37,060-31.1%
Lubbock, Texas$37,060-31.1%
McAllen, Texas$36,320-32.5%
Medford, Oregon$44,880-16.6%
Merced, California$39,930-25.8%
Miami, Florida$38,280-28.8%
Modesto, California$40,690-24.4%
New York, New York$42,260-21.4%
Sarasota, Florida$37,020-31.2%
Olympia, Washington$46,090-14.3%
Orlando, Florida$39,550-26.5%
Oxnard, California$50,220-6.6%
Palm Bay, Florida$32,240-40.1%
Pensacola, Florida$33,210-38.3%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$40,090-25.5%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$38,760-27.9%
Portland, Oregon$45,490-15.4%
Redding, California$44,370-17.5%
Richmond, Virginia$37,000-31.2%
Riverside, California$49,760-7.5%
Rochester, New York$39,230-27.1%
Salem, Oregon$50,490-6.1%
Salinas, California$41,450-22.9%
San Antonio, Texas$42,670-20.7%
San Diego, California$52,090-3.2%
San Francisco, California$56,390+4.8%
San Jose, California$53,210-1.1%
San Luis Obispo, California$46,640-13.3%
Santa Maria, California$43,530-19.1%
Santa Rosa, California$57,600+7.1%
Seattle, Washington$46,290-13.9%
Spokane, Washington$44,780-16.8%
Stockton, California$47,060-12.5%
Syracuse, New York$38,130-29.1%
Tampa, Florida$35,470-34.1%
Trenton, New Jersey$38,170-29.0%
Utica, New York$38,570-28.3%
Vallejo, California$60,660+12.8%
Visalia, California$40,350-25.0%
Yakima, Washington$40,510-24.7%
Yuba City, California$45,050-16.2%
Gross salary
53,790/yr
Estimated take-home
43,980/yr
Est. total withheld
18.2%

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.

View cost of living in this state All Pharmacy Aides salaries in California → All Pharmacy Aides salaries →
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 31-9095 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