Expert Production Manager salary in San Jose, CA

Based on 31 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level IV in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Cupertino, Palo Alto, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, Mountain View.

Also listed as: Plant Manager

Median salary$217,500
Middle 50%$216.1k–$250k
vs. all levels here+14%comparison median $190,250
Filings31FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $208,250 and $377,000.
PercentileSalary
10th$208,250
25th$216,091
50th (median)$217,500
75th$250,000
90th$284,900

Salary by year

Median salary

$160k $200k $240k FY2021: median $181,844 (10 filings) FY2023: median $188,781 (14 filings) FY2025: median $217,500 (17 filings) FY2026: median $222,946 (14 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 2 filings FY20 FY2021: 10 filings FY21 FY2022: 7 filings FY22 FY2023: 14 filings FY23 FY2024: 9 filings FY24 FY2025: 17 filings FY25 FY2026: 14 filings FY26 17
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–––2
FY2021$181,844$178,838$185,33410
FY2022–––7
FY2023$188,781$182,666$226,25014
FY2024–––9
FY2025$217,500$208,250$250,00017
FY2026$222,946$216,091$249,42914

Cost of living

San Jose's median expert Production Manager salary of $217,500 is worth about $197,000 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; San Jose = 110.4).

Compared with all workers here

All Industrial Production Managers in the San Jose, CA area earned a median of $171,140 in May 2025 (2,210 employed). The H-1B median here is $217,500, 27% higher.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Apple$216,09110
Applied Materialstoo few4
Bloom Energytoo few4
Intuitive Surgical Operationstoo few3

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 2
Mid-level · Level II $183,650 84
Senior · Level III $194,387 36
Expert · Level IV $217,500 31

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Mid-level · Level II$145,184$183,65084
Senior · Level III$180,648$194,38736
Expert · Level IV$216,091$217,50031

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.