What jobs pay in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara

$119,230avg. a year, all jobs
$57.32 an hour · 1,134,970 employed

Average and median pay for 71 common jobs in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025.

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Average annual pay, May 2025 (jobs on this site)

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Pay for 71 jobs in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara

Sorted by number of jobs. We list the jobs with the most workers in this metro area.

JobAvg. payJobs
Software Developers$221,71087,350
Home Health and Personal Care Aides$39,36049,610
Fast Food and Counter Workers$44,98023,060
Registered Nurses$194,95022,930
Computer and Information Systems Managers$319,67019,070
Retail Salespersons$47,42018,340
General and Operations Managers$190,31017,230
Computer Occupations, All Other$195,68016,680
Cashiers$45,09016,530
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$46,90015,780
Managers, All Other$235,09013,740
Office Clerks, General$61,40013,470
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$127,28013,390
Accountants and Auditors$128,52013,180
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists$154,13012,710
Waiters and Waitresses$52,01012,600
Business Operations Specialists, All Other$129,69011,970
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$50,92011,830
Security Guards$51,02011,800
Stockers and Order Fillers$48,71010,610
Project Management Specialists$146,17010,300
Management Analysts$150,8309,020
Sales Managers$213,2508,940
Cooks, Restaurant$49,3908,900
Customer Service Representatives$63,8908,860
Financial Managers$273,6907,970
Human Resources Specialists$122,2907,970
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$66,4107,970
Computer Hardware Engineers$208,7007,940
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$102,3407,810
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$69,4407,750
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$99,8207,630
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$70,0907,590
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$57,7007,320
Marketing Managers$255,3607,300
Computer Systems Analysts$157,1707,260
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$51,6707,240
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$120,6006,530
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$160,0406,480
Medical Assistants$65,3606,400
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$58,7806,390
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$68,7506,340
Data Scientists$212,7606,060
Lawyers$288,9806,040
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers$53,7206,000
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer$187,7105,970
Food Preparation Workers$45,6605,930
Computer User Support Specialists$95,7305,790
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$58,3305,620
Mechanical Engineers$165,9205,540
Electricians$99,6505,480
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$70,7305,360
Nursing Assistants$59,3705,350
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$113,3205,300
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$57,1505,290
Architectural and Engineering Managers$252,6905,130
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$65,4205,080
Engineers, All Other$171,1404,970
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$65,0504,810
Industrial Engineers$145,1904,800
Cooks, Fast Food$46,5304,790
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$130,3504,770
Medical and Health Services Managers$183,3404,560
Light Truck Drivers$57,8404,480
Carpenters$87,9304,460
Self-Enrichment Teachers$70,8604,420
Construction Laborers$69,7804,420
Web and Digital Interface Designers$200,6704,400
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$56,0304,210
Electrical Engineers$189,3704,160
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$111,2404,130
Sources and notes. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025. Metro area: San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metropolitan statistical area (BLS area code 41940). Wages are gross pay before taxes and don't include overtime premiums, tips, bonuses or benefits; self-employed workers aren't included. How we use the data. JobPayFacts isn't affiliated with BLS.