Highest Paying Jobs In Oakland, CA For 2024

The highest-paying jobs in Oakland include a range of industries, including healthcare, technology, and finance. If you’re looking for a high-paying career in the Oakland area, this list will help you narrow down your search to the best-paid professions available.

We cover the 24 highest-paying jobs in Oakland in 2024 using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Most of the high-paying positions in Oakland require extensive experience, but there are also some well-paid entry-level roles for job seekers with the right educational background.

Overall, the highest-paying job in Oakland is Psychiatrist, with an average annual salary of $272,519 and an entry-level salary of $155,000.

Whether you’re considering a career change, thinking about moving to Oakland, or a recent graduate planning for your future, this guide to the highest-paying jobs and best-paid industries in Oakland can help you figure out your next move.

Here’s a quick look at the top 10 highest-paying jobs in Oakland, California:

Psychiatrist – $272,519
Group Creative Director – $256,109
Clinical Sciences Professor – $245,776
Chief Medical Officer – $241,957
Medical Director – $241,874
Vice President/Managing Director – $238,673
Physician – $231,558
Senior Vice President – $231,373
Internal Medicine Physician – $220,021
Senior Director, Product – $216,459

Detailed list of highest paying jobs in Oakland

Rank	Job Title	Average Salary	Entry Level Salary
1	Psychiatrist	$272,519	$155,000
2	Group Creative Director	$256,109	$137,000
3	Clinical Sciences Professor	$245,776	$133,000
4	Chief Medical Officer	$241,957	$152,000
5	Medical Director	$241,874	$156,000
6	Vice President/Managing Director	$238,673	$146,000
7	Physician	$231,558	$127,000
8	Senior Vice President	$231,373	$141,000
9	Internal Medicine Physician	$220,021	$131,000
10	Senior Director, Product	$216,459	$156,000
11	Staff Physician	$215,804	$126,000
12	Director Of Software Development	$212,264	$142,000
13	Vice President-Products	$206,465	$128,000
14	Vice President Of Engineering	$200,862	$122,000
15	Marketing Vice President	$200,385	$132,000
16	College President	$199,642	$106,000
17	Engineering Director	$197,530	$129,000
18	Senior Software Engineer Manager	$197,296	$137,000
19	Product Management Director	$196,396	$140,000
20	Chief Executive Officer	$195,187	$110,000
21	Director Project Management Office	$191,181	$121,000
22	Human Resources Vice President	$190,966	$128,000
23	Chief Strategy Officer	$190,664	$116,000
24	Senior Software Manager	$189,813	$133,000

How we determined the highest paid jobs in Oakland for 2024

To figure out the highest-paying jobs in Oakland, we looked at the most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Foreign Labor Certification Data Center (FLC), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), and others.

Zippia’s data science team then supplements that data by continuously scanning through millions of job postings each day to find published salaries. We match these published salaries to the companies, locations, and job titles in other datasets.

Finally, we calculate a weighted average of these inputs to produce an estimated salary for the particular job title in Oakland.

In total, the team looked at the salary data set for all over 1,000 job titles in Oakland to identify the jobs that get paid the most.

Editor’s Note: Article updated for 2024. This is our eighth time ranking the highest paying jobs in Oakland.

Author

Chris Kolmar

Chris Kolmar is a co-founder of Zippia and the editor-in-chief of the Zippia career advice blog. He has hired over 50 people in his career, been hired five times, and wants to help you land your next job. His research has been featured on the New York Times, Thrillist, VOX, The Atlantic, and a host of local news. More recently, he's been quoted on USA Today, BusinessInsider, and CNBC.

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