Quora salaries in San Jose, CA

Based on 16 certified H-1B filings by Quora, Inc. in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Base salary only.

Median salary$173,618
Middle 50%$172.9k–$199.5k
vs. all employers here−3%comparison median $178,705
Filings16FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $121,364 and $223,381.
PercentileSalary
10th$145,377
25th$172,931
50th (median)$173,618
75th$199,534
90th$201,351

Salary by year

Median salary

$100k $145k $190k FY2020: median $120,703 (44 filings) FY2021: median $120,578 (59 filings) FY2022: median $130,894 (15 filings) FY2023: median $141,378 (11 filings) FY2025: median $172,931 (11 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 44 filings FY20 FY2021: 59 filings FY21 FY2022: 15 filings FY22 FY2023: 11 filings FY23 FY2024: 8 filings FY24 FY2025: 11 filings FY25 FY2026: 5 filings FY26 59
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$120,703$108,784$154,66944
FY2021$120,578$120,578$169,60359
FY2022$130,894$123,469$150,67615
FY2023$141,378$141,378$170,40411
FY2024–––8
FY2025$172,931$172,931$199,53411
FY2026–––5

By job

JobMedian hereFilings
Software Engineer$187,74113
Data Scientisttoo 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 too few 2
Mid-level · Level II $172,931 10
Senior · Level III too few 4
Expert · Level IV – 0

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.