SOC 15-1299, wage year 2025-26

Computer Occupations, All Other prevailing wage in California

Short answer

In California, the median prevailing wage for computer occupations, all other across its 28 areas is $27.16 an hour at Level 1 ($56,503 a year) and $60.73 an hour at Level 4 ($126,308 a year). The Level 2 median of $38.09 is 5% above the national median across areas ($36.41). San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA is the highest-paying area at $67.04 at Level 2, and North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area the lowest at $29.63.

Every California area for computer occupations, all other

Area	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$46.92	$67.04	$87.16	$107.28
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$38.08	$55.19	$72.31	$89.42
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$34.17	$49.78	$65.38	$80.99
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$30.99	$44.53	$58.06	$71.60
Salinas, CA	$32.07	$44.51	$56.96	$69.40
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$31.29	$42.83	$54.38	$65.92
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$29.35	$42.65	$55.96	$69.26
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$29.20	$42.51	$55.82	$69.13
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$30.86	$42.43	$54.00	$65.57
Vallejo, CA	$29.87	$42.07	$54.28	$66.48
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$27.40	$41.54	$55.69	$69.83
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	$32.40	$40.79	$49.19	$57.58
Yuba City, CA	$31.68	$39.69	$47.69	$55.70
Modesto, CA	$26.93	$38.33	$49.72	$61.12
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$23.31	$37.86	$52.41	$66.96
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$26.09	$37.76	$49.43	$61.10
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$25.40	$37.05	$48.70	$60.35
Napa, CA	$28.04	$36.73	$45.41	$54.10
Fresno, CA	$25.42	$35.46	$45.50	$55.54
Chico, CA	$24.69	$35.01	$45.32	$55.64
Visalia, CA	$25.74	$34.52	$43.30	$52.08
El Centro, CA	$24.12	$33.94	$43.75	$53.57
Stockton-Lodi, CA	$23.87	$33.87	$43.87	$53.87
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area	$24.88	$33.16	$41.45	$49.73
Redding, CA	$24.28	$33.15	$42.01	$50.88
Merced, CA	$21.08	$31.16	$41.24	$51.32
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area	$23.55	$30.75	$37.96	$45.16
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area	$21.86	$29.63	$37.40	$45.17

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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