SAN JOSE / SALARY
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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR

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Net (after tax)

$126,775 USD

£99,572 GBP

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$100,635 USD

$102,000 USD

£80,113 GBP

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Average Salary / San Jose

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Average salary in San Jose is $126,775 USD per year. The most typical earning is $102,000 USD. All data are based on 112 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of $134,700 USD. Women receive a salary of $107,900 USD.

The most paid careers are Engineers & Technicians with average income $182,400 USD and Management & Business with income $170,800 USD.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Doctorate Degree with salary of $160,500 USD. The second most paid education level is Masters Degree with salary of $152,000 USD.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 12-16 Years of experience receive salary of $173,000 USD. Employees with 16-20 Years of experience receive $169,900 USD.

Levels / San Jose (Gross USD)

Salary Levels (USD) per Year	Surveys	[%]
$10,000 USD - $14,999 USD	0	n/a
$15,000 USD - $19,999 USD	1	100% 0.89%
$20,000 USD - $24,999 USD	1	99.11% 0.89%
$25,000 USD - $29,999 USD	0	n/a
$30,000 USD - $34,999 USD	3	98.21% 2.68%
$35,000 USD - $39,999 USD	1	95.54% 0.89%
$40,000 USD - $44,999 USD	3	94.64% 2.68%
$45,000 USD - $49,999 USD	3	91.96% 2.68%
$50,000 USD - $54,999 USD	3	89.29% 2.68%
$55,000 USD - $59,999 USD	3	86.61% 2.68%
$60,000 USD - $64,999 USD	4	83.93% 3.57%
$65,000 USD - $69,999 USD	2	80.36% 1.79%
$70,000 USD - $74,999 USD	5	78.57% 4.46%
$75,000 USD - $79,999 USD	4	74.11% 3.57%
$80,000 USD - $84,999 USD	3	70.54% 2.68%
$85,000 USD - $89,999 USD	2	67.86% 1.79%
$90,000 USD - $94,999 USD	5	66.07% 4.46%
$95,000 USD - $99,999 USD	3	61.61% 2.68%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
$100,000 USD - $104,999 USD	8	58.93% 7.14%
$105,000 USD - $109,999 USD	1	51.79% 0.89%
$110,000 USD - $114,999 USD	1	50.89% 0.89%
$115,000 USD - $119,999 USD	0	n/a
$120,000 USD - $124,999 USD	4	50% 3.57%
$125,000 USD - $129,999 USD	1	46.43% 0.89%
$130,000 USD - $134,999 USD	1	45.54% 0.89%
$135,000 USD - $139,999 USD	4	44.64% 3.57%
$140,000 USD - $144,999 USD	0	n/a
$145,000 USD - $149,999 USD	4	41.07% 3.57%
HIGH SALARIES
$150,000 USD - $159,999 USD	8	37.5% 7.14%
$160,000 USD - $169,999 USD	6	30.36% 5.36%
$170,000 USD - $179,999 USD	6	25% 5.36%
$180,000 USD - $189,999 USD	3	19.64% 2.68%
$190,000 USD - $199,999 USD	3	16.96% 2.68%
$200,000 USD - $209,999 USD	3	14.29% 2.68%
$210,000 USD - $219,999 USD	1	11.61% 0.89%
$220,000 USD - $229,999 USD	1	10.71% 0.89%
$230,000 USD - $239,999 USD	1	9.82% 0.89%
$240,000 USD - $249,999 USD	2	8.93% 1.79%
$250,000 USD - $349,999 USD	8	7.14% 7.14%

Gender / San Jose (Gross USD)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	79	$134,700 USD
2	Women	33	$107,900 USD

Education / San Jose (Gross USD)

#		Surveys
1	Doctorate Degree	12	$160,500 USD
2	Masters Degree	31	$152,000 USD
3	Bachelors Degree	47	$125,900 USD
4	Some College	17	$83,100 USD
5	High School	4	$47,700 USD
6	Bellow H. School	1	$40,000 USD

Experience / San Jose (Gross USD)

#		Surveys
1	12-16 Years	8	$173,000 USD
2	16-20 Years	16	$169,900 USD
3	20+ Years	35	$146,700 USD
4	8-12 Years	15	$116,500 USD
5	4-8 Years	15	$97,600 USD
6	2-4 Years	11	$94,000 USD
7	0-1 Year	6	$76,200 USD
8	1-2 Years	6	$42,800 USD

Age / San Jose (Gross USD)

#		Surveys
1	51-55	8	$190,600 USD
2	36-40	13	$156,000 USD
3	66-70	4	$155,700 USD
4	46-50	20	$152,500 USD
5	61-65	4	$141,000 USD
6	41-45	15	$139,600 USD
7	56-60	9	$115,200 USD
8	31-35	18	$97,400 USD
9	21-25	4	$81,600 USD
10	26-30	13	$79,800 USD
11	14-20	4	$40,400 USD

Work Type / San Jose (Gross USD)

#		Surveys
1	Contract	7	$145,800 USD
2	Self Employed	5	$130,600 USD
3	Permanent	95	$130,200 USD
4	Part Time	5	$32,100 USD

Career Groups / San Jose (Gross USD)

#		Surveys
1	Engineers & Technicians	10	$182,400 USD
2	Management & Business	21	$170,800 USD
3	Finance & Banking	1	$166,000 USD
4	Engineers & Technicians IV	2	$150,000 USD
5	IT & Programming II	5	$149,000 USD
6	Engineers & Technicians V	1	$139,000 USD
7	Construction & Labor Workers	5	$136,000 USD
8	Salesmen & Saleswomen	2	$135,900 USD
9	IT & Programming	9	$134,700 USD
10	Media	2	$130,000 USD
11	Human Resources	10	$125,300 USD
12	Health Care & Medical	4	$120,900 USD
13	Engineers & Technicians III	1	$120,000 USD
14	Marketing, Sales, Purchase	7	$113,800 USD
15	Properties & Real Estates	2	$110,700 USD
16	Arts, Culture, Performance	1	$100,000 USD
17	Health Care & Medical II	2	$97,500 USD
18	Education & University	10	$90,500 USD
19	Agriculture & Fishing	1	$80,000 USD
20	Public Sector	2	$75,500 USD
21	Law	2	$70,000 USD
22	Accounting & Administration	2	$69,000 USD
23	Manufacturing & Labor Workers	1	$65,000 USD
24	Organization & Coordination	1	$60,000 USD
25	Hotels & Tourism	1	$45,600 USD
26	Making Design	2	$42,000 USD
27	Military	1	$40,000 USD
28	Customer Services	3	$38,300 USD
29	Logistics, Road, Railway	1	$20,000 USD

Careers / San Jose (Gross USD)

#		Surveys
1	Other IT Career	1	$300,000 USD
2	General Manager	1	$300,000 USD
3	Technical Manager	1	$250,000 USD
4	Electrical Technician	1	$230,000 USD
5	Director	5	$227,000 USD
6	Salesmen or Saleswomen	1	$195,000 USD
7	CEO	3	$183,300 USD
8	Research Engineer	1	$180,000 USD
9	Hardware Engineer	1	$180,000 USD
10	Doctor	2	$175,000 USD
11	Other Management Career	1	$170,000 USD
12	Risk Manager	1	$166,000 USD
13	C, C++ Developer	1	$165,000 USD
14	Engineer	5	$160,800 USD
15	Operations Manager	3	$152,300 USD
16	IT Manager	3	$151,700 USD
17	Manager	2	$150,000 USD
18	Energy Engineer Lead	2	$150,000 USD
19	Web Developer	1	$150,000 USD
20	Media Manager	1	$150,000 USD
21	Program Manager	2	$146,000 USD
22	Construction Worker	3	$145,000 USD
23	Other Human Resource Career	2	$144,900 USD
24	Other Engineer Career	1	$139,000 USD
25	Quality Manager	1	$137,500 USD
26	Sales Manager	3	$136,600 USD
27	Marketing Manager	2	$131,500 USD
28	Human Resources Manager	7	$124,700 USD
29	Software Developer	3	$123,300 USD
30	Rubber Engineer	1	$120,000 USD
31	Other Education Career	6	$104,700 USD
32	University Professor	1	$100,000 USD
33	Contract Manager	1	$100,000 USD
34	Artist	1	$100,000 USD
35	Healthcare Management	1	$98,500 USD
36	Software Engineer	2	$95,000 USD
37	Human Resource	1	$90,000 USD
38	Public Administration Lead	1	$84,000 USD
39	Sales in Jewelry Shops	1	$76,800 USD
40	Marketing Executive	1	$72,000 USD
41	Lawyer	2	$70,000 USD
42	Construction Electrician	1	$70,000 USD
43	Project Manager	1	$70,000 USD
44	Teacher	2	$68,700 USD
45	Public Administration	1	$67,000 USD
46	Manufacturing Worker Lead	1	$65,000 USD
47	Mechanical Engineer	1	$60,000 USD
48	Non-Profit Organization	1	$60,000 USD
49	Real Estate	1	$56,400 USD
50	Marketing Coordinator	1	$52,000 USD
51	User Interface Designer	1	$50,000 USD
52	Hotel Manager	1	$45,600 USD
53	Service Coordinator	1	$45,000 USD
54	Other Medical Career	1	$45,000 USD
55	Music Teacher	1	$40,000 USD
56	Other Service Career	2	$35,000 USD
57	Graphic Designer	1	$34,000 USD
58	Truck Driver	1	$20,000 USD

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Process Engineer

Posted 11 January 2024
Key knowledge and tasks

"Addressed production issues and analyzed data metrics for process qualification to reduce cycle time for consumables. 
Designed fixtures for optical inspection of received parts. 
Documented assembly work instructions for NPI consumable and platform instrument. 
Diagnosed RMA, developed root cause analysis procedure."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	$60,000 USD

Risk Officer

Posted 19 November 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Investments and risk management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Advanced	$166,000 USD

Senior Staff Software Engineer

Posted 11 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Design, architect, write and deploy enterprise data center management software."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	$90,000 USD

Associate Professor

Posted 10 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Ph. D. , teaching, research, service."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	Doctorate Degree	2-4 Years	Expert	$100,000 USD

Quality Manager

Posted 19 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Oversee quality assurance operations in the company."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	Doctorate Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	$137,500 USD

Sr It Manager

Posted 09 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"SLDC, Agile, Scrum, Cloud, Software development, People Management, DevOps."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	$175,000 USD

Engineer

Posted 15 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Programming."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	$150,000 USD

Instructor

Posted 16 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Research and mentoring junior lab members."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	Doctorate Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	$104,500 USD

Sr. Manager, Human Resources

Posted 07 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Lead Human Resources function, employee relations, immigration, benefits, recruiting, performance, policy, procedure."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	Some College	16-20 Years	Advanced	$150,000 USD

Humane Educator

Posted 05 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Animal education, public speaking, curriculum design, program management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	$59,000 USD

Pediatrician

Posted 02 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Treating patients."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	Doctorate Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	$250,000 USD

Program Manager

Posted 01 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Program Manager."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Intermediate	$160,000 USD

Director Of Sales

Posted 27 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Prices of Jewelery."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	$76,800 USD

Data Analyst

Posted 12 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Excel, Database, Python, Data."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	$56,400 USD

Advanced Engineer

Posted 06 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Fix the computer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Intermediate	$261,200 USD

Services Manager

Posted 01 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Customer service, scheduling, recruiting."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Intermediate	$45,000 USD

Director

Posted 30 September 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Engineering."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Advanced	$240,000 USD

Customer Service Rep

Posted 29 September 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Customer service."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	Some College	1-2 Years	Basic	$30,000 USD

Sales Associate

Posted 16 September 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Find clothing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	High School	0-1 Year	Basic	$40,000 USD

Talent Acquisition

Posted 18 August 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Sourcing, recruiting and interviewing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	$99,800 USD

Engineering Associate

Posted 09 July 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Programming, circuit design, experimental system operations and troubleshooting, maintenance."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Advanced	$102,000 USD

Delivery Associate

Posted 27 June 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Delivery driver."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	Some College	0-1 Year	Intermediate	$20,000 USD

Sr Software Engineer

Posted 25 June 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Web technologies including J2EE, relational databases."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Advanced	$150,000 USD

Human Resources Manager

Posted 25 June 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Recruiting, training, payroll, compliance, policy development, compensation, performance management, ."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Advanced	$138,000 USD

Front Office Manager

Posted 21 March 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Schedule, guest survey responses, overseeing all front desk agents, problem resolution, accounting, AR, Etc. during pandemic i was doing all general manager duties aswell."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	High School	4-8 Years	n/a	$45,600 USD

Sales Manager

Posted 04 March 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Outbound sales development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	$145,000 USD

Rubber Engineer

Posted 19 February 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Design automated rubber systems."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	$120,000 USD

Systems Engineer

Posted 12 January 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Physics, system design, optics."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	Doctorate Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	$180,000 USD

Provider Payment Analyst

Posted 24 November 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Capitation monitoring, payment inquiries, access analysis, contract analysis."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	$98,500 USD

Chip Design

Posted 17 November 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Physical Design."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	$180,000 USD

Engineering Associate

Posted 13 September 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"LabView Programming, Embedded Controller Systems design."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	$120,000 USD

Director

Posted 23 May 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Storage industry
Hard disk drives
Solid state drives
NAND."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	$250,000 USD

Gs Manager

Posted 24 March 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Contacts, negotiations."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	$100,000 USD

Art Manager

Posted 18 February 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"I'm awesome at things I do."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	$150,000 USD

Ceo And Cfo

Posted 09 November 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Nice everyday, work hard play hard."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	Doctorate Degree	0-1 Year	n/a	$200,000 USD

Account Manager

Posted 15 October 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Electric Engineer and now Account manager."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	$90,000 USD

Electrician Technician

Posted 29 August 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Electrician 
Electrical work 
Outdoors."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	Some College	4-8 Years	n/a	$70,000 USD

Marketing Assistant

Posted 28 August 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Tradeshow organization, email marketing, WP website designing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	$52,000 USD

Principal Process Manager

Posted 19 August 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Operations professional with a technologist bent."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	n/a	$202,000 USD

Product Expert

Posted 13 August 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Customer support."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	$139,000 USD

Vice President Of Sales

Posted 14 July 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Sales and business management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	$300,000 USD

Corporate Controller

Posted 26 June 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Head of controlling."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	$210,000 USD

Marketing Director

Posted 22 June 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Strategy and Program Management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	Doctorate Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	$300,000 USD

Chiropractor

Posted 15 June 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Doctor of chiropractic."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	Doctorate Degree	20+ Years	n/a	$100,000 USD

Graphic Designer

Posted 02 June 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Design and layout graphics."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	$34,000 USD

Compensation Manager Sr

Posted 23 May 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Lead project related to compensation."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	$175,000 USD

Systems Engineer

Posted 18 May 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Manufacturer's sales technical specialist."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	Masters Degree	20+ Years	n/a	$195,000 USD

Software Engineer

Posted 12 April 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Developing new database engine."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	Masters Degree	20+ Years	n/a	$165,000 USD

Project Manager

Posted 20 March 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Supervise English curriculum, assess effectiveness of school, provide training to 50 staff, produce quarterly reports."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	Masters Degree	20+ Years	n/a	$60,000 USD

Program Specialist

Posted 09 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Database development/management, regulatory compliance/enforcement, some HR functions."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	Some College	20+ Years	n/a	$67,000 USD

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