Lead Engineer Salaries in California
How much does a Lead Engineer make in California?
Lead Engineers in California earn $96,000 annually on average, or $40.00 per hour, which is 45% more than the national average for all working Americans. Our data indicates that the best paid Lead Engineers work for VGC Unlimited at $188,000 annually while the lowest paid Lead Engineers work for Medicatech USA earning approximately $48,000 each year.
Submit a Salary$90K Aspen Technology's Average Lead Engineer Salary (1 salaries)
+$7K (8%) more than national average Lead Engineer salary ($83K)
+$9K (10%) more than average Aspen Technology salary ($81K)
Equal to average Aspen Technology Lead Engineer salary ($90K) in California
$86K Cisco Systems' Average Lead Engineer Salary (10 salaries)
+$3K (3%) more than national average Lead Engineer salary ($83K)
-$9K (9%) less than average Cisco Systems salary ($95K)
+$4K (4%) more than average Cisco Systems Lead Engineer salary ($86K) in California
$85K Sasken Communication Technologies 's Average Lead Engineer Salary (5 salaries)
+$2K (2%) more than national average Lead Engineer salary ($83K)
+$24K (32%) more than average Sasken Communication Technologies salary ($61K)
+$5K (5%) more than average Sasken Communication Technologies Lead Engineer salary ($85K) in California
$63K Samsung's Average Lead Engineer Salary (4 salaries)
-$20K (27%) less than national average Lead Engineer salary ($83K)
-$7K (10%) less than average Samsung salary ($70K)
+$22K (29%) more than average Samsung Lead Engineer salary ($63K) in California
$84K QuEST Global's Average Lead Engineer Salary (1 salaries)
+$1K (1%) more than national average Lead Engineer salary ($83K)
+$20K (27%) more than average QuEST Global salary ($64K)
Equal to average QuEST Global Lead Engineer salary ($84K) in California
$76K Qualcomm's Average Lead Engineer Salary (2 salaries)
-$7K (8%) less than national average Lead Engineer salary ($83K)
-$5K (6%) less than average Qualcomm salary ($81K)
+$4K (5%) more than average Qualcomm Lead Engineer salary ($76K) in California
$79K Cricket Communications' Average Lead Engineer Salary (1 salaries)
-$4K (4%) less than national average Lead Engineer salary ($83K)
+$29K (44%) more than average Cricket Communications salary ($50K)
Equal to average Cricket Communications Lead Engineer salary ($79K) in California
$86K HCL Global's Average Lead Engineer Salary (8 salaries)
+$3K (3%) more than national average Lead Engineer salary ($83K)
+$6K (7%) more than average HCL Global salary ($80K)
-$14K (17%) less than average HCL Global Lead Engineer salary ($86K) in California
$70K Myron's Average Lead Engineer Salary (1 salaries)
-$13K (16%) less than national average Lead Engineer salary ($83K)
+$25K (43%) more than average Myron salary ($45K)
Equal to average Myron Lead Engineer salary ($70K) in California
$63K Naso Corporation's Average Lead Engineer Salary (1 salaries)
-$20K (27%) less than national average Lead Engineer salary ($83K)
Equal to average Naso Corporation salary ($63K)
Equal to average Naso Corporation Lead Engineer salary ($63K) in California
Top companies for Lead Engineer in California
Below is the total pay for the top 10 highest paying companies for Lead Engineer in California
| VGC Unlimited | $188K | 1 salary |
| S-com | $160K | 1 salary |
| Zuora | $145K | 1 salary |
| First Republic Bank | $144K | 1 salary |
| Hewlett-Packard | $140K | 1 salary |
| Huawei Technologies | $140K | 1 salary |
| BeVocal | $130K | 1 salary |
| Informatica Corp. | $120K | 1 salary |
| Innovative Computing Systems | $120K | 1 salary |
| Bank of America | $100K | 1 salary |
Highest paying cities for Lead Engineer in California
Costa Mesa, CA
$188K per year
1 salary > San Ramon, CA
$160K per year
1 salary > Roseville, CA
$140K per year
1 salary > Redwood City, CA
$132K per year
2 salaries > Sunnyvale, CA
$130K per year
1 salary > Torrance, CA
$120K per year
1 salary > San Francisco, CA
$107K per year
2 salaries > Santa Clara, CA
$105K per year
3 salaries > Agoura Hills, CA
$100K per year
1 salary >
$188K per year
1 salary > San Ramon, CA
$160K per year
1 salary > Roseville, CA
$140K per year
1 salary > Redwood City, CA
$132K per year
2 salaries > Sunnyvale, CA
$130K per year
1 salary > Torrance, CA
$120K per year
1 salary > San Francisco, CA
$107K per year
2 salaries > Santa Clara, CA
$105K per year
3 salaries > Agoura Hills, CA
$100K per year
1 salary >
Lead Engineer Salaries by By Cities
- Agoura Hills
- Beverly Hills
- Carlsbad
- Costa Mesa
- Cupertino
- Del Mar
- Foster City
- Irvine
- Lake Forest
- Los Angeles
- Rancho Cucamonga
- Redwood City
- Roseville
- San Diego
- San Francisco
- San Jose
- San Ramon
- Santa Clara
- Scotts Valley
- Sunnyvale
- Torrance
- Ventura
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