Mechanical Engineers Salary in San Diego, CA
Estimates come from the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA metro area, the closest geography BLS publishes.
The median annual pay for Mechanical Engineers in San Diego, CA is $121,750, 17% higher than the national median. BLS reports wages at the metro level, and San Diego sits within the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA metro area, so this is the closest official estimate for the city.
Across the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA area, Mechanical Engineers pay runs from $81,460 to $172,760 a year, with about 3.4K people employed.
Median annual
$121,750
Median hourly
$59
Average annual
$124,420
Employed in metro
3.4K
Pay distribution
10th$81,460
25th$96,860
Median$121,750
75th$151,920
90th$172,760
Salary calculator
- Hourly
- $58.53
- Daily
- $468
- Weekly
- $2,341
- Bi-weekly
- $4,683
- Monthly
- $10,146
- Annual
- $121,750
$121,750 a year is around the 50th percentile for Mechanical Engineerss in San Diego, CA. The median is $121,750.
Mechanical Engineers in other metro areas
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$168,030
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$161,370
- Baton Rouge, LA$135,530
- Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$132,920
- Salinas, CA$132,560
- Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$128,740
- Peoria, IL$128,710
- Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$128,180