What work pays in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

10% pricier than the US average

·CA·

1.1M jobs

Figures from US Bureau of Labor StatisticsOccupational Employment and Wage Statistics, and BEA price parities

Price level 110

1,134,970 working

22 occupations reported

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The best-paid work here

Adjusted for what things cost locally, Lawyers is the best-paid occupation in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA: $301,320 on paper, worth $272,885 once the local price level is taken into account.

What this place does more than anywhere else

Occupations concentrated here relative to the country as a whole.

Pay by occupation

Occupation	Hourly	Annual	Worth locally
Lawyers	$144.87/hr	$301,320	$272,885
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$140.22/hr	$291,660	$264,136
Nurse Practitioners	$111.33/hr	$231,560	$209,708
Marketing Managers	$111.24/hr	$231,370	$209,536
Financial Managers	$108.31/hr	$225,280	$204,021
Human Resources Managers	$105.99/hr	$220,460	$199,655
Managers, All Other	$104.46/hr	$217,280	$196,775
Registered Nurses	$104.20/hr	$216,740	$196,286
Software Developers	$102.46/hr	$213,110	$192,999
Sales Managers	$97.01/hr	$201,780	$182,738
Pharmacists	$95.69/hr	$199,040	$180,257
Data Scientists	$88.98/hr	$185,080	$167,614
Computer Occupations, All Other	$88.67/hr	$184,430	$167,025
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$85.29/hr	$177,400	$160,659
Medical and Health Services Managers	$82.31/hr	$171,210	$155,053
Industrial Production Managers	$82.28/hr	$171,140	$154,990
Mechanical Engineers	$80.79/hr	$168,030	$152,173
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	$80.59/hr	$167,630	$151,811
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	Not published	$165,520	$149,900
General and Operations Managers	$78.78/hr	$163,860	$148,397
Construction Managers	$78.39/hr	$163,040	$147,654
Computer Systems Analysts	$75.55/hr	$157,140	$142,311

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What work pays in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

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