Web Developer salary in San Diego, CA

Based on 12 certified H-1B filings in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Carlsbad, San Marcos.

Also listed as: Front End Developer, Developer User Interface

Median salary$85,400
Middle 50%$82.1k–$119.4k
vs. national median+0%comparison median $85,000
Filings12FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $80,045 and $121,866.
PercentileSalary
10th$82,118
25th$82,118
50th (median)$85,400
75th$119,407
90th$120,646

Cost of living

San Diego's median Web Developer salary of $85,400 is worth about $76,300 at national average prices.

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

Compared with all workers here

All Web Developers in the San Diego, CA area earned a median of $98,300 in May 2025 (520 employed). The H-1B median here is $85,400, 13% lower.

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

Top employers filing

EmployerMedianFilings
Whovatoo few3
Haymarket Mediatoo 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 too few 3
Senior · Level III too few 2
Expert · Level IV – 0

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.