California Department of Transportation salaries in San Francisco, CA

Based on 53 certified H-1B filings by California Department of Transportation in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Base salary only.

Median salary$89,136
Middle 50%$86.5k–$103.6k
vs. all employers here−48%comparison median $170,000
Filings53FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $62,223 and $116,544.
PercentileSalary
10th$77,856
25th$86,544
50th (median)$89,136
75th$103,644
90th$106,752

Salary by year

Median salary

$80k $95k $110k FY2024: median $101,616 (14 filings) FY2025: median $89,136 (25 filings) FY2026: median $89,136 (28 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 7 filings FY20 FY2021: 4 filings FY21 FY2022: 6 filings FY22 FY2023: 8 filings FY23 FY2024: 14 filings FY24 FY2025: 25 filings FY25 FY2026: 28 filings FY26 28
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020–––7
FY2021–––4
FY2022–––6
FY2023–––8
FY2024$101,616$86,544$101,61614
FY2025$89,136$86,544$103,64425
FY2026$89,136$89,136$89,13628

By job

JobMedian hereFilings
Civil Engineer$89,13643
Electrical Engineertoo few3
Systems Engineer / Architecttoo few2
Environmental Scientisttoo few2

Jobs with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings; links go to all employers for that job in San Francisco, CA.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I – 0
Mid-level · Level II – 0
Senior · Level III – 0
Expert · Level IV – 0

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.