SOC 15-1211, wage year 2025-26

Computer Systems Analysts prevailing wage in California

Short answer

In California, the median prevailing wage for computer systems analysts across its 28 areas is $36.66 an hour at Level 1 ($76,242 a year) and $62.03 an hour at Level 4 ($129,033 a year). The Level 2 median of $45.23 is 17% above the national median across areas ($38.76). San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA is the highest-paying area at $63.25 at Level 2, and El Centro, CA the lowest at $36.83.

Every California area for computer systems analysts

Area	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$49.00	$63.25	$77.49	$91.74
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$47.48	$59.64	$71.80	$83.96
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$40.00	$49.81	$59.62	$69.43
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$39.80	$49.77	$59.73	$69.70
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$40.47	$49.20	$57.94	$66.67
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$40.07	$48.73	$57.39	$66.05
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$39.02	$48.37	$57.71	$67.06
Vallejo, CA	$40.20	$47.72	$55.24	$62.76
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$39.35	$47.57	$55.78	$64.00
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	$39.29	$47.17	$55.06	$62.94
Stockton-Lodi, CA	$38.71	$46.81	$54.90	$63.00
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$38.41	$46.18	$53.96	$61.73
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$36.11	$45.65	$55.19	$64.73
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$37.56	$45.24	$52.93	$60.61
Napa, CA	$37.20	$45.22	$53.23	$61.25
Salinas, CA	$34.80	$43.98	$53.16	$62.34
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$34.52	$43.85	$53.18	$62.51
Modesto, CA	$35.80	$43.69	$51.58	$59.47
Yuba City, CA	$35.76	$42.15	$48.54	$54.93
Redding, CA	$35.05	$42.10	$49.14	$56.19
Fresno, CA	$34.49	$41.42	$48.35	$55.28
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area	$32.79	$41.24	$49.68	$58.13
Visalia, CA	$31.37	$39.50	$47.64	$55.77
Chico, CA	$33.83	$39.17	$44.52	$49.86
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area	$29.93	$38.35	$46.77	$55.19
Merced, CA	$31.25	$38.25	$45.24	$52.24
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area	$29.81	$36.98	$44.15	$51.32
El Centro, CA	$28.23	$36.83	$45.44	$54.04

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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