How much does a Network Design Engineer make in San Jose, CA? The average Network Design Engineer salary in San Jose, CA is $102,203 as of April 01, 2025, but the salary range typically falls between $93,422 and $111,243. Salary ranges can vary widely depending on many important factors, including
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Job Openings for Network Design Engineer
in San Jose, CA
What does a Network Design Engineer do?
Network Design Engineer in Branchburg, NJ
Develop reliable and adaptive network connectivity with clear understanding of overall network architecture and long term evolution path.
July 29, 2022
Provide engineering and design support for product life cycle in terms of capacity growth and architecture enhancement.
February 05, 2023
Create detailed VM connectivity/security design using Openstack features such as SRIOV, CPU pinning, affinity/anti-affinity rules.
April 11, 2023
Resolve architectural network connectivity issues by identifying creative and practical solutions.
April 19, 2023
Network Design Engineer in Foster City, CA
Works with Network Engineering Manager and IT Director to develop and monitor progress on network core infrastructure systems against IT and Business strategy.
April 12, 2023
Network Design Engineer in Manchester, NH
Follow client processes, procedures, and standards.
February 24, 2023
Collaborate effectively with other remote team members and client contacts using web based communication tools and instant messaging as well as phone and email.
March 21, 2023
Attends and participates in staff meetings and required development programs.
San Jose is located at 37°20′07″N 121°53′31″W / 37.335278°N 121.891944°W / 37.335278; -121.891944. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 180.0 sq mi (466 km2), of which 3.4 sq mi (8.8 km2) (1.91%) is water, making it the fourth-largest California city by land area (after Los Angeles, San Diego and California City).
San Jose lies between the San Andreas Fault, the source of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, and the Calaveras Fault. San Jose is shaken by moderate earthquakes on average one or two times a year. These quakes originate just east of the city on...
Source: Wikipedia (as of 04/11/2019). Read more from Wikipedia
Understand the total compensation opportunity for a Network Design Engineer, base salary plus other pay elements
Average Base Salary
Core compensation
 
 
 
93422
111243
102203
Average Total Cash Compensation
Includes base and annual incentives
 
 
 
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116357
105323
These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Network Design Engineer in San Jose, CA. The base salary for Network Design Engineer ranges from $93,422 to $111,243 with the average base salary of $102,203. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $95,844 to $116,357 with the average total cash compensation of $105,323.
About San Jose, California San Jose is located at 37°20′07″N 121°53′31″W / 37.335278°N 121.891944°W / 37.335278; -121.891944. According to the United States Census Bureau, th....More
San Jose, California area prices were up 2.9% from a year ago