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Salaries in California
The average salary in California is $163.6–250K per year, based on 129 jobs. Jobs in California pay 30% above the average salary of $127.9–191.1K for jobs listed on Tech Jobs. Browse salary data across 5 locations in California.
Median salary
$200.8K
Based on 129 jobs · 30% more than the average salary on Tech Jobs
25th percentile
$135K
Average
$206.8K
75th percentile
$290K
Cities with salary data in California
Average salaries across 5 cities in California, ranked by average salary.
Top paying titles in California
Highest paying job titles in California, ranked by average salary.
Software Engineering
Avg. $131.6–196.6K · 179 jobs
Backend Engineering
Avg. $137.9–209.9K · 104 jobs
Software Engineer
Avg. $130.3–195.9K · 89 jobs
Cloud Engineering
Avg. $126.7–177K · 64 jobs
Backend Development
Avg. $119.7–172.9K · 54 jobs
Machine Learning Engineering
Avg. $144–204.3K · 49 jobs
Machine Learning Engineer
Avg. $146.6–215.5K · 48 jobs
Platform Engineering
Avg. $142.4–199.2K · 48 jobs
Data Engineering
Avg. $120.5–169.4K · 46 jobs
AI Engineering
Avg. $140.7–211.6K · 43 jobs
Top paying skills in California
Highest paying skills in California, ranked by average salary.
Python
Avg. $133.2–194.1K · 354 jobs
AWS
Avg. $124.5–185.2K · 225 jobs
Kubernetes
Avg. $125.7–185K · 163 jobs
SQL
Avg. $120.8–171.2K · 146 jobs
CI/CD
Avg. $121.1–192.9K · 146 jobs
Docker
Avg. $120.8–176.5K · 135 jobs
Azure
Avg. $117.8–168.3K · 111 jobs
Java
Avg. $122.1–195.2K · 107 jobs
React
Avg. $120.9–188.3K · 105 jobs
Machine Learning
Avg. $140.3–203.4K · 95 jobs
Top paying companies
Highest paying companies, ranked by average salary.
RRemote
Avg. $53.3–119.9K · 18 jobs
IInstacart
Avg. $154.9–188.3K · 14 jobs
CCACI, INC.-FEDERAL
Avg. $103.8–221.7K · 13 jobs
NNVIDIA USA
Avg. $169.8–291.9K · 13 jobs
FFortinet, Inc.
Avg. $100.9–128.7K · 9 jobs
GGD Information Technology, Inc.
Avg. $144.2–191.3K · 8 jobs
California salary FAQs
All salary figures are converted to annual equivalents in USD. Averages are based on published jobs with salary data and filtered for statistical outliers.