Salaries in California
Average salary
$198.2–299.5K/ year
25th percentile
$152K
Median
$235.8K
75th percentile
$356.5K
Based on
8,119 jobs
Cities in California
San Francisco, CA, United States
4,095 jobs
$225.2–306.5K
Palo Alto, CA, United States
205 jobs
$165.6–353.8K
Santa Clara, CA, United States
2,572 jobs
$177.3–314.7K
Menlo Park, CA, United States
33 jobs
$204.9–282.9K
San Mateo, CA, United States
12 jobs
$205–278.8K
Mountain View, CA, United States
33 jobs
$185.8–275.4K
San Francisco, CA, United States
10 jobs
$185.8–257.7K
Foster City, CA, United States
127 jobs
$180–253.8K
San Jose, CA, United States
220 jobs
$151.8–241.9K
Milpitas, CA, United States
7 jobs
$165.4–225.8K
Sunnyvale, CA, United States
672 jobs
$153.8–232.7K
Poway, CA, United States
10 jobs
$149–213K
Los Angeles, CA, United States
31 jobs
$150.2–207.5K
San Diego, CA, United States
10 jobs
$145.4–201.7K
South San Francisco, CA, United States
45 jobs
$132.6–176.9K
Los Angeles, CA, United States
11 jobs
$128.5–178.5K
Top titles
Software Engineering
1,351 jobs
$189.5–307.8K
Hardware Engineering
652 jobs
$160.9–296.5K
Infrastructure Engineering
643 jobs
$197.8–312.1K
Platform Engineering
628 jobs
$205.2–322.2K
Software Engineer
534 jobs
$197.9–319.6K
Technical Program Management
490 jobs
$198.3–304.4K
Systems Engineering
452 jobs
$183.3–302.9K
Backend Engineering
437 jobs
$202.6–316.2K
Product Management
422 jobs
$212.6–310.7K
Program Management
415 jobs
$186.1–265.9K
Top skills
Python
4,226 jobs
$181.3–292.3K
Kubernetes
1,733 jobs
$184.7–289.9K
C++
1,448 jobs
$169.9–291.1K
Machine Learning
1,160 jobs
$202.9–324.2K
Distributed Systems
1,130 jobs
$208.9–331.2K
Data Analysis
1,080 jobs
$179.1–250.2K
Linux
1,046 jobs
$158.9–258.7K
Go
1,013 jobs
$192.7–300.6K
SQL
869 jobs
$189.1–266.4K
Stakeholder Management
829 jobs
$194.6–258K
Frequently asked questions
- What is the average salary for California?
- The average salary for California is $198,178.00 – $299,526.00 per year, based on 8,119 job postings on this board that disclose pay.
- How is the salary figure for California calculated?
- These figures are aggregated from current and recent job postings on this board that disclose pay, then averaged across roles. They are estimates, not guarantees of compensation.