DoorDash salaries in San Jose, CA

Based on 136 certified H-1B filings by DoorDash, Inc. in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Base salary only.

Median salary$187,741
Middle 50%$161.5k–$199.7k
vs. all employers here+5%comparison median $178,705
Filings136FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $126,400 and $264,514.
PercentileSalary
10th$149,365
25th$161,525
50th (median)$187,741
75th$199,651
90th$226,158

Salary by year

Median salary

$150k $180k $210k FY2021: median $191,500 (52 filings) FY2022: median $200,000 (54 filings) FY2023: median $169,000 (24 filings) FY2024: median $176,000 (46 filings) FY2025: median $180,960 (70 filings) FY2026: median $187,741 (66 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 3 filings FY20 FY2021: 52 filings FY21 FY2022: 54 filings FY22 FY2023: 24 filings FY23 FY2024: 46 filings FY24 FY2025: 70 filings FY25 FY2026: 66 filings FY26 70
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–––3
FY2021$191,500$175,000$208,42552
FY2022$200,000$171,915$213,75054
FY2023$169,000$144,500$186,73224
FY2024$176,000$148,611$210,02846
FY2025$180,960$170,600$202,63770
FY2026$187,741$155,600$196,05066

By job

JobMedian hereFilings
Software Engineer$187,74191
Data Scientist$180,12813
Operations Research Analysttoo few7
Programmer Analysttoo few6
Systems Engineer / Architecttoo few5
Validation Engineertoo few4
Data Engineertoo few3
Information Security Analysttoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $153,600 37
Mid-level · Level II $187,741 35
Senior · Level III $198,567 12
Expert · Level IV $224,650 28

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.