Median salary
$212,500
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$170k – $250k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
77%
295 of 383 roles
Live roles
383
open right now
Salary trend
median · annualized USDSalary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying jobs
Pre-training Distributed Systems Tech Lead / Manager
RISC-V AI / HPC & Agentic Software Engineering Lead
Lead Software Engineer, Payment Platform
Technical Lead Manager, Data Engineering, Trust & Safety
Lead Machine Learning Inference Engineer, Advertising
Tech Lead Manager, Agent Runtime Platform
Lead Safety Engineer, Robotics
Technical Lead Manager - Training Runtime, Data(set) Movement
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Anduril Industries
|
$170,000 | 26 |
Fluidstack
|
$239,750 | 22 |
Relativity Space
|
$170,000 | 14 |
| AL Astera Labs | $180,000 | 12 |
Archer
|
$164,150 | 12 |
|
OpenAI
|
$370,000 | 11 |
| ZG Zeta Global | $190,000 | 9 |
Pragmatike
|
$300,000 | 7 |
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How much do Tech Lead roles in California pay?
The median salary for Tech Lead roles in California is $212,500 per year. Most pay falls between $170,000 (25th percentile) and $250,000 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $160,000 to $300,000.
These figures are computed live from 383 active Tech Lead roles in California on JobsRadar, of which 295 (77%) publish a salary range. Pay is normalized to annualized USD so roles can be compared on equal terms; the highest-paying roles listed above show their original posted currency. Numbers refresh every few hours as new roles are posted and older ones close.
Employers currently hiring well-paid Tech Lead roles in California include Anthropic, Tenstorrent, Roku and OpenAI.
Salary transparency varies by employer and region, so the disclosing share above reflects only roles that publish pay — not every open position. Use it as a directional benchmark rather than an exact offer.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the average Tech Lead salary in California?
- The median is $212,500 per year, with most pay between $170,000 and $250,000 (25th–75th percentile), based on 295 live listings that disclose pay on JobsRadar.
- What is the Tech Lead salary range in California?
- Pay ranges from about $160,000 to $300,000 per year (10th–90th percentile) around a median of $212,500. Figures are annualized USD from live listings, refreshed every few hours.