Mechanical Engineers Salary in San Jose, CA
Estimates come from the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area, the closest geography BLS publishes.
The median annual pay for Mechanical Engineers in San Jose, CA is $168,030, 61% higher than the national median. BLS reports wages at the metro level, and San Jose sits within the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area, so this is the closest official estimate for the city.
Across the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area, Mechanical Engineers pay runs from $105,400 to $217,530 a year, with about 5.5K people employed.
Median annual
$168,030
Median hourly
$81
Average annual
$165,920
Employed in metro
5.5K
Pay distribution
10th$105,400
25th$134,460
Median$168,030
75th$201,630
90th$217,530
Salary calculator
- Hourly
- $80.78
- Daily
- $646
- Weekly
- $3,231
- Bi-weekly
- $6,463
- Monthly
- $14,003
- Annual
- $168,030
$168,030 a year is around the 50th percentile for Mechanical Engineerss in San Jose, CA. The median is $168,030.
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