Expert Product Manager salary in San Diego, CA

Based on 27 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level IV in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Carlsbad, Solana Beach, La Jolla, Imperial Beach.

Median salary$179,200
Middle 50%$152.2k–$213.3k
vs. all levels here+18%comparison median $152,173
Filings27FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $136,930 and $296,100.
PercentileSalary
10th$146,099
25th$152,173
50th (median)$179,200
75th$213,272
90th$240,344

Salary by year

Median salary

$130k $165k $200k FY2022: median $150,000 (11 filings) FY2025: median $170,000 (15 filings) FY2026: median $182,300 (12 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 6 filings FY20 FY2021: 5 filings FY21 FY2022: 11 filings FY22 FY2023: 5 filings FY23 FY2024: 4 filings FY24 FY2025: 15 filings FY25 FY2026: 12 filings FY26 15
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–––6
FY2021–––5
FY2022$150,000$144,901$169,30011
FY2023–––5
FY2024–––4
FY2025$170,000$152,173$214,63615
FY2026$182,300$153,358$193,06912

Cost of living

San Diego's median expert Product Manager salary of $179,200 is worth about $160,200 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; San Diego = 111.9).

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
ServiceNowtoo few7
Intuittoo few6
GoFundMetoo few5

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I – 0
Mid-level · Level II $122,000 23
Senior · Level III $151,614 20
Expert · Level IV $179,200 27

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.