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Freelance and contract gigs in California
Contract and temporary job postings in California — useful for freelancers, consultants, and anyone looking for non-permanent work.
California job market
Aggregated from currently-active postings tracked in California.
- 43,707Active postings
- 7,923Posted this week
- 15,940Open 30+ days36% of active
- 1,755Remote / hybrid4% of active
- 14%List salary6,089 of 43,707
- 15%Hourly925 of disclosed
- $194kMedian annual (max)
- $29.75/hrMedian hourly (max)
- 20dMedian agep90 304d (long tail)
Wages by category
Wages by occupation (SOC)
Wages by employment type
Wages by sector
Top categories
- Crew / Cashier2,962
- Store Supervisor / Manager2,459
- Engineering1,743
- Retail Associate1,627
- Shift Supervisor / Service Lead1,454
- Restaurant Manager / GM1,206
Top occupations (SOC)
- Software Developers3,822
- Managers, All Other3,197
- Fast Food and Counter Workers1,974
- First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers1,622
- General and Operations Managers960
- First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers825
Top sectors
- Technology11,625
- Food Service / Restaurants11,564
- Retail10,631
- Manufacturing5,646
- Consumer Goods4,463
- Healthcare4,003
Employment mix
- Unspecified36,148 · 83%
- Part-time2,967 · 7%
- Full-time2,536 · 6%
- Contract1,345 · 3%
- Intern477 · 1%
- Temporary286 · 1%
Top hiring companies
Other lenses for California
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85 results · 53 roles
- Senior Staff Enterprise Architect, Data
MongoDB · Palo Alto, CA · mongodb.com
$177k · 75 days open · posted 2 months ago
- Engagement Manager (Services Sales)
MongoDB · San Francisco, CA · mongodb.com
$105k · 92 days open · posted 3 months ago
- AI Strategy Consultant, Frontier Tech
Scale AI · San Francisco, CA · job-boards.greenhouse.io
607 days open · posted 1 year ago