What is the average System Design salary in California?

Based on 6 jobs with salary data, the average System Design salary in California ranges from $179.7–257.8K per year.

How do System Design salaries in California compare to the board-wide average?

System Design roles in California pay 11% above the board-wide System Design average of $165.2–227.1K.

How are System Design salaries in California calculated?

Salary figures are based on published job postings with salary data, normalized to annual USD equivalents. Statistical outliers are removed using interquartile range (IQR) filtering to ensure accuracy. Only positions with at least 5 data points are included.

System Design salaries in California

System Design professionals in California earn $179.7–257.8K per year on average, based on 6 jobs. System Design roles in California pay 11% above the board-wide average of $165.2–227.1K for System Design jobs on LumiJobs.

Average salary range

$179.7–257.8K

Based on 6 jobs · 11% more than the average salary on LumiJobs

25th percentile

$169.5K

Average

$218.7K

75th percentile

$294K

CaliforniaAverage salary on LumiJobs

$165.2K$294K

System Design salaries by seniority in California

Seniority	Avg. salary	Jobs	vs Avg. on LumiJobs
Senior	$184.3–287.8K	4	+20%

Top paying titles in California

Highest paying job titles in California, ranked by average salary.

Software Engineering

Avg. $163.3–235.6K · 57 jobs

Backend Engineering

Avg. $165.1–245.1K · 30 jobs

Machine Learning Engineer

Avg. $177.8–278.3K · 18 jobs

Software Engineer

Avg. $149.4–238.4K · 17 jobs

AI Engineer

Avg. $166.9–246.6K · 12 jobs

Backend Development

Avg. $158.2–237.3K · 12 jobs

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Other top paying skills in California

Highest paying skills in California beyond System Design, ranked by average salary.

Python

Avg. $158.4–230.3K · 83 jobs

C++

Avg. $152.9–215.4K · 32 jobs

CI/CD

Avg. $149.6–219.5K · 32 jobs

AWS

Avg. $166–236.9K · 31 jobs

TypeScript

Avg. $163.3–233.1K · 30 jobs

Machine Learning

Avg. $171.3–258.4K · 29 jobs

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Other locations for System Design

Compare System Design salaries in other locations.

United States

Avg. $162–228.3K · 14 jobs

San Francisco, CA

Avg. $179–283.7K · 3 jobs

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All salary figures are normalized to USD annual equivalents. Averages are based on published jobs with salary data and filtered for statistical outliers.