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High-paying jobs in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

Active job postings in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA that advertise a salary of $150,000 or more. Only postings that published a salary figure are included.

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA job market

Aggregated from currently-active postings tracked in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA.

7,888Active postings
1,306Posted this week
2,208Open 30+ days28% of active
603Remote / hybrid8% of active
26%List salary2,086 of 7,888
2%Hourly34 of disclosed
$234kMedian annual (max)
$29.80/hrMedian hourly (max)
18dMedian agep90 84d (long tail)

Wages by category

Bucket	Jobs	Median annual	Median hourly
Engineering	853	$215k n=279	—
Director	331	$335k n=127	—
Product Manager	275	$240k n=92	—
Data Science	237	$239k n=101	—
ML / AI Engineering	231	$265k n=79	—

Wages by occupation (SOC)

Bucket	Jobs	Median annual	Median hourly
Software Developers	1,892	$224k n=431	—
Managers, All Other	775	$264k n=184	—
Project Management Specialists	346	$237k n=107	—
Computer and Information Research Scientists	98	$260k n=28	—
Management Analysts	59	$202k n=14	—

Wages by employment type

Bucket	Jobs	Median annual	Median hourly
Full-time	586	$184k n=474	$29.85/hr n=5
Contract	270	$231k n=137	—
Part-time	170	$117k n=5	$29.85/hr n=22
Intern	133	$142k n=19	—
Temporary	27	$140k n=6	—

Wages by sector

Bucket	Jobs	Median annual	Median hourly
Technology	5,846	$235k n=2000	—
Manufacturing	2,236	$155k n=53	—
Retail	1,061	$224k n=237	$29.80/hr n=34
Transportation & Logistics	883	$224k n=346	—
Healthcare	494	$120k n=7	—

Top categories

Engineering853
Director331
Product Manager275
Data Science237
ML / AI Engineering231
Backend163

Top occupations (SOC)

Software Developers1,892
Managers, All Other775
Project Management Specialists346
Computer and Information Research Scientists98
Management Analysts59
Data Scientists52

In-demand skills

Top sectors

Technology5,846
Manufacturing2,236
Retail1,061
Transportation & Logistics883
Healthcare494
Financial Services461

Employment mix

Unspecified6,705 · 85%
Full-time586 · 7%
Contract270 · 3%
Part-time170 · 2%
Intern133 · 2%
Temporary27 · 0%

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Hardware Engineer (High-speed IO/Testing) (Onsite)Engineering× 2 openings
Cisco · San Jose, CA · careers.cisco.com
$152k · 29 days open · posted 4 weeks ago
ASIC Hardware Test Engineer - HybridEngineering× 2 openings
Cisco · San Jose, CA · careers.cisco.com
$152k · 22 days open · posted 3 weeks ago
Signal Integrity Validation LeadServer / Host
Qualcomm · Santa Clara, CA · careers.qualcomm.com
$152k · 17 days open · posted 2 weeks ago