Highest Paying Jobs In San Jose, CA For 2024

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

We cover the 27 highest-paying jobs in San Jose in 2024 using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Most of the high-paying positions in San Jose 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 San Jose is Hospitalist Physician, with an average annual salary of $277,438 and an entry-level salary of $197,000.

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

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

Hospitalist Physician – $277,438
Staff Psychiatrist – $270,504
Psychiatrist – $270,121
Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist – $269,289
Outpatient Psychiatrist – $252,165
Orthodontist – $244,562
Medical Director – $240,980
Hospitalist – $232,568
Vice President Worldwide Sales – $232,355
Physician – $231,254

Detailed list of highest paying jobs in San Jose

Rank	Job Title	Average Salary	Entry Level Salary
1	Hospitalist Physician	$277,438	$197,000
2	Staff Psychiatrist	$270,504	$168,000
3	Psychiatrist	$270,121	$154,000
4	Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist	$269,289	$167,000
5	Outpatient Psychiatrist	$252,165	$154,000
6	Orthodontist	$244,562	$141,000
7	Medical Director	$240,980	$156,000
8	Hospitalist	$232,568	$151,000
9	Vice President Worldwide Sales	$232,355	$140,000
10	Physician	$231,254	$127,000
11	Senior Vice President	$230,703	$140,000
12	Global Vice President Of Sales	$228,650	$140,000
13	Senior Vice President-Operations	$225,654	$126,000
14	Senior Director Of Engineering	$222,155	$142,000
15	Executive Vice President	$221,879	$121,000
16	Internal Medicine Physician	$219,474	$131,000
17	Director, Software Quality Assurance	$217,334	$141,000
18	Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist	$216,822	$120,000
19	Staff Physician	$215,018	$125,000
20	Senior Director, Product	$214,948	$155,000
21	Vice President, Product Management	$213,927	$144,000
22	Customs Officer	$213,093	$104,000
23	Director Of Software Development	$211,740	$142,000
24	Occupational Medicine Physician	$211,246	$111,000
25	Director, Product Engineering	$207,163	$147,000
26	Senior Director, Product Marketing	$205,705	$143,000
27	Vice President-Products	$205,563	$127,000

How we determined the highest paid jobs in San Jose for 2024

To figure out the highest-paying jobs in San Jose, 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 San Jose.

In total, the team looked at the salary data set for all over 1,000 job titles in San Jose 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 San Jose.

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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