Category Lead Salary in San Diego, California

How much does a Category Lead make in San Diego, CA?

As of April 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Category Lead in San Diego, CA is $303,513. Salary.com reports that pay typically ranges from $269,589 to $362,482, with most professionals earning between $238,703 and $416,170.

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Common responsibilities of a Category Lead

Develop a culture of curiosity and insights by developing field facings insights training, improving quality of insights provided by the field and category team, increase strategic impact and influence of the insights provided to the marketing team, breakdown silos and improve access of information across teams, and drive decision making by prioritizing the right information.

January 02, 2023

Drives Strategic Supply Agreement (SSA) and Master Supply Agreements (MSA) content and structure including, but not limited to, legal terms and conditions, transportation INCO terms, payment terms, SOX compliance and import/export.

January 26, 2023

Negotiates and maintains supplier agreements that provide the maximum total cost of ownership benefit through price, product quality protection, limitation of financial and supply risk, and optimization of supply chain requirements .

February 14, 2023

Build and maintain relationships throughout J&J that results in dynamic interactive dialogue on a broad range of perspectives and information critical to the development of optimal approaches and solutions.

February 15, 2023

Understand the technical requirements of our infrastructure ISVs and work closely with the internal development team to guide the direction of our product offerings.

February 21, 2023

Support global partners by providing market insight for shared markets, leveraging global suppliers to drive efficiencies and innovation, and collaborating on best practices.

February 23, 2023

Provide thought-leadership and mentorship to your team on overall account planning, partnership creation and resource request business cases.

March 07, 2023

Execute sourcing events by developing and launching RFI/RFPs, developing a negotiation strategy, negotiating with potential suppliers and executing contracts.

March 12, 2023

Demonstrate a strong intellectual curiosity by identifying and evaluating new financial risk management tools that provide predictable pricing and maintain strong correlations to underlying markets.

March 31, 2023

Lead continuous improvement initiatives and cross functional Value Analysis / Value Engineering projects internally and externally maintaining a pipeline of projects and so the project implementation can be aligned with the overall product plan and technology road map.

April 07, 2023

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Average Salary Range for Category Lead in San Diego, CA

Average Base Salary

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269589

362482

303513

Average Total Cash Compensation

Includes base and annual incentives

324857

505533

403750

What is the average salary for Category Lead in 2025?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Category Lead in San Diego, CA. The base salary for Category Lead ranges from $269,589 to $362,482 with the average base salary of $303,513. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $324,857 to $505,533 with the average total cash compensation of $403,750.

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	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$303,513	$269,589 - $362,482
Bonus	$100,237	$55,268 - $143,051
Total Pay	$403,750	$324,857 - $505,533

* Base Salary represents gross income before taxes and deductions. It does not include additional pay such as benefits, bonuses, profit sharing or commissions.

* Total Pay combines base salary, bonuses, profit sharing, tips, commissions, overtime pay and other forms of cash earnings, as applicable for this job.

Category Lead Salary Near San Diego, CA

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO San Diego, CA
CITY, STATE El Cajon, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $268,792 - $361,411	COMPARE TO San Diego, CA
CITY, STATE Chula Vista, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $269,589 - $362,482	COMPARE TO San Diego, CA 0%
CITY, STATE Escondido, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $268,095 - $360,473	COMPARE TO San Diego, CA
CITY, STATE Oceanside, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $268,967 - $361,645	COMPARE TO San Diego, CA
CITY, STATE Carlsbad, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $268,095 - $360,473	COMPARE TO San Diego, CA
CITY, STATE Murrieta, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $267,672 - $359,904	COMPARE TO San Diego, CA

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About San Diego, California

According to SDSU professor emeritus Monte Marshall, San Diego Bay is "the surface expression of a north-south-trending, nested graben". The Rose Canyon and Point Loma fault zones are part of the San Andreas Fault system. About 40 miles (64 km) east of the bay are the Laguna Mountains in the Peninsular Ranges, which are part of the backbone of the American continents. The city lies on approximately 200 deep canyons and hills separating its mesas, creating small pockets of natural open space scattered throughout the city and giving it a hilly geography. Traditionally, San Diegans have built the...

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