SOC 15-1231, wage year 2025-26

Computer Network Support Specialists prevailing wage in California

Short answer

In California, the median prevailing wage for computer network support specialists across its 28 areas is $26.30 an hour at Level 1 ($54,704 a year) and $44.30 an hour at Level 4 ($92,144 a year). The Level 2 median of $32.27 is 14% above the national median across areas ($28.41). San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA is the highest-paying area at $43.75 at Level 2, and Redding, CA the lowest at $27.95.

Every California area for computer network support specialists

Area	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$31.80	$43.75	$55.70	$67.65
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$31.73	$40.54	$49.35	$58.16
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$30.75	$36.78	$42.80	$48.83
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$28.44	$35.96	$43.48	$51.00
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$28.23	$35.69	$43.15	$50.61
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$27.61	$35.32	$43.02	$50.73
Yuba City, CA	$27.66	$35.18	$42.69	$50.21
Modesto, CA	$26.56	$34.58	$42.60	$50.62
Vallejo, CA	$28.32	$34.02	$39.71	$45.41
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$27.60	$33.58	$39.56	$45.54
Merced, CA	$28.53	$33.57	$38.60	$43.64
Napa, CA	$28.59	$33.52	$38.46	$43.39
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$27.23	$33.14	$39.05	$44.96
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$26.68	$32.27	$37.86	$43.45
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$24.65	$32.27	$39.90	$47.52
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area	$26.04	$31.49	$36.93	$42.38
Salinas, CA	$23.99	$31.37	$38.75	$46.13
Fresno, CA	$25.17	$31.30	$37.43	$43.56
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$25.31	$31.23	$37.15	$43.07
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	$25.12	$31.21	$37.31	$43.40
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$23.99	$31.11	$38.22	$45.34
Stockton-Lodi, CA	$24.92	$30.70	$36.47	$42.25
Chico, CA	$23.85	$29.73	$35.60	$41.48
Visalia, CA	$23.88	$29.59	$35.29	$41.00
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area	$23.27	$28.98	$34.70	$40.41
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area	$24.01	$28.50	$32.98	$37.47
El Centro, CA	$23.78	$28.39	$32.99	$37.60
Redding, CA	$21.96	$27.95	$33.94	$39.93

Hourly dollars. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC), prevailing wage data, wage year 2025-26. An LCA is not an H-1B approval or a job opening.

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