Median salary
$200,000
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$170k – $237k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
83%
474 of 571 roles
Live roles
571
open right now
Salary trend
median · annualized USDSalary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying jobs
Tech Lead, Systems & Platform Applied AI
Sr. Staff Engineer, RTL Physical Implementation Lead
Technical Lead Manager - Training Runtime, Data(set) Movement
RISC-V AI / HPC & Agentic Software Engineering Lead
Lead Machine Learning Inference Engineer, Advertising
Tech Lead Manager, Agent Runtime Platform
Tech Lead, Deployment & Operations — Custom Infrastructure
Tech Lead Manager, Education
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Anduril Industries
|
$170,000 | 38 |
Northrop Grumman
|
$206,000 | 36 |
| SA Salesforce | $246,800 | 17 |
Cisco
|
$223,700 | 13 |
Cadence Design Systems
|
$164,000 | 13 |
|
OpenAI
|
$334,500 | 11 |
STR
|
$199,500 | 11 |
Relativity Space
|
$170,000 | 10 |
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How much do Tech Lead roles in California pay?
The median salary for Tech Lead roles in California is $200,000 per year. Most pay falls between $170,000 (25th percentile) and $237,000 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $150,000 to $271,440.
These figures are computed live from 571 active Tech Lead roles in California on JobsRadar, of which 474 (83%) 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 Mercor, Tenstorrent, OpenAI and Roku.
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 $200,000 per year, with most pay between $170,000 and $237,000 (25th–75th percentile), based on 474 live listings that disclose pay on JobsRadar.
- What is the Tech Lead salary range in California?
- Pay ranges from about $150,000 to $271,440 per year (10th–90th percentile) around a median of $200,000. Figures are annualized USD from live listings, refreshed every few hours.