What is the salary range of Project Lead?

As of December 01, 2024, the average annual pay of Project Lead in San Jose, CA is $124,912. While Salary.com is seeing that Project Lead salary in San Jose, CA can go up to $154,524 or down to $99,135, but most earn between $111,419 and $140,412. Salary.com shows the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Project Lead in the United States.

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Project Lead Salaries by Percentile
Percentile Salary Location Last Updated
10th Percentile Project Lead Salary $99,135 San Jose,CA December 01, 2024
25th Percentile Project Lead Salary $111,419 San Jose,CA December 01, 2024
50th Percentile Project Lead Salary $124,912 San Jose,CA December 01, 2024
75th Percentile Project Lead Salary $140,412 San Jose,CA December 01, 2024
90th Percentile Project Lead Salary $154,524 San Jose,CA December 01, 2024
25% $111,419 10% $99,135 90% $154,524 75% $140,412 $124,912 50%(Median) Didn’t find job title? Click
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What is a Project Lead ?

Project management is the practice of initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing the work of a team to achieve specific goals and meet specific success criteria at the specified time. The primary challenge of project management is to achieve all of the project goals within the given constraints. This information is usually described in project documentation, created at the beginning of the development process. The primary constraints are scope, time, quality and budget. The secondary – and more ambitious – challenge is to optimize the allocation of necessary inputs and apply th...

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These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Project Lead in San Jose, CA. The base salary for Project Lead ranges from $111,419 to $140,412 with the average base salary of $124,912. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $116,485 to $150,792 with the average total cash compensation of $131,832.

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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

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Skills associated with Project Lead: Design, Planning, RISK, Scope

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