Digital Engineer Salary in San Jose, California

How much does a Digital Engineer make in San Jose, CA?

As of April 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Digital Engineer in San Jose, CA is $106,666. Salary.com reports that pay typically ranges from $95,377 to $115,434, with most professionals earning between $85,099 and $123,417.

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Hands-on laboratory experience with modems, FPGAs, Software-Defined Radios (SDR), RF hardware, antennas, and test equipment.

November 25, 2022

Act as the primary consultant for the US Insurance Business Unit digital measurement strategy and utilization questions.

February 28, 2023

Collaborate with instructional designers, UI/UX designers, and editors to design technology-based learning solutions in an Agile environment.

March 22, 2023

Participate in the development new sales and marketing strategies that target customers and position our products as the best solution for prospective customers.

April 02, 2023

Implement industry best practices (Agile, DevOps, coding standards, design patterns, test automation, etc.

April 05, 2023

Demonstrated experience and expertise with web technologies, including but not limited to responsive frameworks (such as Bootstrap or Foundation), HTML, DHTML, AJAX, JavaScript, CSS, XML, XSLT, and the document object model.

April 06, 2023

Test Development Engineers are involved from the beginning of product design as a concurrent engineering effort, continuing into supporting engineering design verification testing, production test and final system level verification and sell-off.

April 19, 2023

Provide timely communication of technical issues, along with recommendations for corrective action, to program management and technical peers.

April 22, 2023

Develop signal processing algorithms and for data visualization tools, including machine learning techniques, to interpret and interact with complex multidimensional datasets.

May 20, 2023

Lead all aspects of digital analysis to formulate strategy, define requirements, deploy tags, and measure a multi-channel campaign.

May 20, 2023

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Average Salary Range for Digital Engineer in San Jose, CA

Average Base Salary

Core compensation

95377

115434

106666

Average Total Cash Compensation

Includes base and annual incentives

99364

116491

111945

What is the average salary for Digital Engineer in 2025?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Digital Engineer in San Jose, CA. The base salary for Digital Engineer ranges from $95,377 to $115,434 with the average base salary of $106,666. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $99,364 to $116,491 with the average total cash compensation of $111,945.

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	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$106,666	$95,377 - $115,434
Bonus	$5,279	$3,987 - $1,057
Total Pay	$111,945	$99,364 - $116,491

* 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.

Digital Engineer Salary Near San Jose, CA

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO San Jose, CA
CITY, STATE Santa Clara, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $95,377 - $115,434	COMPARE TO San Jose, CA 0%
CITY, STATE Santa Cruz, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $84,488 - $102,255	COMPARE TO San Jose, CA
CITY, STATE Fremont, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $95,195 - $115,214	COMPARE TO San Jose, CA
CITY, STATE Hayward, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $92,193 - $111,581	COMPARE TO San Jose, CA
CITY, STATE Oakland, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $92,345 - $111,764	COMPARE TO San Jose, CA
CITY, STATE Daly City, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $94,439 - $114,299	COMPARE TO San Jose, CA

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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, 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...

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