Salaries in San Jose
The average salary in San Jose is $146k – $240k per year, based on 53 jobs.
Median salary
$197.5k
Based on 53 jobs · 17% less than the average salary on Inference Jobs
25th percentile
$130k
Average
$193.3k
75th percentile
$250k
Top paying titles in San Jose
Highest paying job titles in San Jose, ranked by average salary.
Robotics
Avg. $141.3k – $234.6k · 26 jobs
Mechanical Engineering
Avg. $137.2k – $217.2k · 16 jobs
Hardware Engineering
Avg. $135.3k – $225.3k · 16 jobs
Test Engineering
Avg. $136.4k – $261.4k · 11 jobs
Manufacturing Engineering
Avg. $142.5k – $235k · 10 jobs
Systems Integration & Test
Avg. $145.6k – $255.6k · 9 jobs
Test Engineer
Avg. $147.1k – $257.1k · 7 jobs
Quality Engineering
Avg. $140k – $220k · 5 jobs
Electrical Engineering
Avg. $138k – $258k · 5 jobs
Controls Engineering
Avg. $148.8k – $250k · 4 jobs
Top paying skills in San Jose
Highest paying skills in San Jose, ranked by average salary.
Python
Avg. $145.7k – $263.2k · 22 jobs
Robotics
Avg. $135.7k – $235.9k · 22 jobs
C++
Avg. $154k – $270k · 10 jobs
CATIA V6
Avg. $132k – $216.5k · 10 jobs
Ethernet
Avg. $141k – $269k · 10 jobs
3D CAD
Avg. $132.8k – $215.6k · 9 jobs
Matlab
Avg. $131.3k – $232.5k · 8 jobs
Test Automation
Avg. $143.8k – $262.5k · 8 jobs
Linux
Avg. $153.6k – $264.3k · 7 jobs
CATIA
Avg. $143.6k – $245k · 7 jobs
Top paying companies
NVIDIA
Avg. $169.9k – $298.2k · 467 jobs
OpenAI
Avg. $248.5k – $338.9k · 327 jobs
Anthropic
Avg. $258.6k – $337.8k · 298 jobs
CoreWeave
Avg. $136.8k – $196.5k · 261 jobs
Crusoe
Avg. $153.3k – $186.8k · 253 jobs
Applied Intuition
Avg. $145.3k – $234.6k · 182 jobs
Other locations
San Jose salary FAQs
All salary figures are normalized to USD annual equivalents. Averages are based on published jobs with salary data and filtered for statistical outliers.