Salesforce Developer salary in San Jose, CA

Based on 46 certified H-1B filings in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Mountain View, Milpitas, Morgan Hill.

Median salary$151,720
Middle 50%$139.6k–$184.6k
vs. national median+34%comparison median $113,000
Filings46FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $106,220 and $233,762.
PercentileSalary
10th$126,850
25th$139,582
50th (median)$151,720
75th$184,556
90th$206,190

Salary by year

Median salary

$100k $145k $190k FY2020: median $120,000 (100 filings) FY2021: median $122,000 (63 filings) FY2022: median $135,000 (37 filings) FY2023: median $141,380 (23 filings) FY2024: median $177,500 (22 filings) FY2025: median $152,927 (25 filings) FY2026: median $150,000 (21 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 100 filings FY20 FY2021: 63 filings FY21 FY2022: 37 filings FY22 FY2023: 23 filings FY23 FY2024: 22 filings FY24 FY2025: 25 filings FY25 FY2026: 21 filings FY26 100
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$120,000$109,150$131,726100
FY2021$122,000$120,578$150,00063
FY2022$135,000$130,894$168,00037
FY2023$141,380$130,689$177,12523
FY2024$177,500$157,343$189,12322
FY2025$152,927$133,432$174,59425
FY2026$150,000$140,000$187,74121

Cost of living

San Jose's median Salesforce Developer salary of $151,720 is worth about $137,400 at national average prices.

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

Top employers filing

EmployerMedianFilings
Relantotoo few4
Googletoo few2
Databrickstoo few2
Franklin Infotechtoo few2
Maplebeartoo few2
Progynytoo few2

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 $142,880 23
Senior · Level III – 0
Expert · Level IV – 0

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.