San Jose
$171,550
median · per year, annualized USD
Median over time
▼ -11.8%
$194,550
$171,550
$107k
25th
$171.6k
Median
$214.1k
75th
$60.8k
$274.4k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th
Full range $6k – $1,000k · outliers off-axis
- Disclosing
- 73%
- Live roles
- 1,510
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Highest-paying jobs
Transaction Advisory Services (TAS) – Private Equity Principal
Sr. Director, Graph Databases
Principal/Partner - Forensic Accounting & Litigation Support
Director, Connectors
Lead Systems Software Architect
Vice President, Program Management (SJ2026TN)
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Ad Serving
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Search
Lead Machine Learning Inference Engineer, Advertising
Architect, Front-End/Client Engineering
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
Archer
|
$175,000 | 141 |
Figure
|
$185,000 | 102 |
| ET Etched | $185,000 | 71 |
| AL Astera Labs | $202,750 | 68 |
|
Roku
|
$294,875 | 58 |
Zscaler
|
$187,000 | 54 |
| TA Think Academy US | $76,400 | 44 |
Samsung Semiconductor
|
$228,000 | 43 |
Highest-paying roles in San Jose
| Role | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| DevOps | $213,500 | 31 |
| UX Designer | $197,500 | 5 |
| Software Engineer | $195,125 | 350 |
| Data Scientist | $194,550 | 13 |
| Customer Success | $194,450 | 202 |
| Product Manager | $193,344 | 140 |
| Recruiter | $185,707 | 294 |
| Marketing Manager | $185,000 | 51 |
| Nurse | $181,474 | 10 |
| Sales | $162,500 | 155 |