SOC 15-1254, wage year 2025-26

Web Developers prevailing wage in California

Short answer

In California, the median prevailing wage for web developers across its 28 areas is $25.91 an hour at Level 1 ($53,893 a year) and $60.39 an hour at Level 4 ($125,601 a year). The Level 2 median of $37.53 is 15% above the national median across areas ($32.72). San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA is the highest-paying area at $60.70 at Level 2, and San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA the lowest at $24.72.

Every California area for web developers

Area	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$44.60	$60.70	$76.79	$92.89
Merced, CA	$40.79	$57.48	$74.17	$90.86
Modesto, CA	$40.84	$56.92	$73.01	$89.09
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$40.14	$55.93	$71.73	$87.52
Salinas, CA	$37.50	$54.65	$71.80	$88.95
Vallejo, CA	$32.75	$42.40	$52.04	$61.69
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$27.50	$40.82	$54.15	$67.47
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$29.10	$40.49	$51.89	$63.28
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$26.15	$39.48	$52.82	$66.15
Napa, CA	$27.42	$38.80	$50.18	$61.56
El Centro, CA	$25.02	$38.27	$51.52	$64.77
Yuba City, CA	$26.77	$38.22	$49.66	$61.11
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area	$26.67	$37.97	$49.27	$60.57
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$26.72	$37.82	$48.92	$60.02
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area	$25.78	$37.25	$48.73	$60.20
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$23.73	$36.56	$49.40	$62.23
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$26.04	$36.21	$46.37	$56.54
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area	$23.77	$35.74	$47.72	$59.69
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$24.53	$35.19	$45.84	$56.50
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$21.97	$34.28	$46.59	$58.90
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$21.67	$33.21	$44.76	$56.30
Visalia, CA	$19.75	$30.06	$40.37	$50.68
Stockton-Lodi, CA	$20.91	$29.45	$38.00	$46.54
Redding, CA	$21.35	$29.22	$37.08	$44.95
Chico, CA	$20.52	$29.01	$37.50	$45.99
Fresno, CA	$19.39	$28.91	$38.42	$47.94
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	$18.28	$28.39	$38.51	$48.62
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$16.00	$24.72	$33.44	$42.16

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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