Head of Quality Salary in San Diego, California

How much does a Head of Quality make in San Diego, CA?

As of April 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Head of Quality in San Diego, CA is $295,554. According to Salary.com, salaries can range from a low of $222,457 to a high of $383,627, with most professionals earning between $257,292 and $341,655.

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Lead the Quality Center of Expertise (COE) for GPD with accountability to assure the Good Clinical Practices (GCP) quality of clinical trial execution, ensuring quality standards, monitoring of quality performance metrics and effective deviation and CAPA management.

November 11, 2022

Collaborate with Technical Operations to understand existing production issues and modify testing strategies to incorporate cases to prevent reoccurring production issues.

January 10, 2023

Evaluate quality events/incidents/issues and perform risk analysis, identify remediation actions and communicate to management or other stakeholders, as appropriate.

January 14, 2023

Develop, implement and maintain a GxP audit and monitoring plan, including establishment and management of related SOPs, a risk-based audit and monitoring schedule, and a CAPA effectiveness program.

March 05, 2023

Understanding of scientific methods and the ability to interpret and communicate scientific data internally and externally.

March 23, 2023

Act as the subject matter expert (SME) for optimization of new or existing products, processes, techniques, procedures or facilities/equipment to ensure compliance with quality criteria.

April 01, 2023

Manages the operational interface, coordinating engineering resources and optimizing and driving adherence to common global processes (including spare part management, case management, documentation, escalation management & quality management) across and aligned with the other business lines.

April 09, 2023

Provide technical & program/project leadership to the project teams in all project phases (design, delivery, startup, commissioning, validation and operational support) as well as IS leadership oversight to ensure the program/project budget, schedule and staffing is commensurate to enabling the manufacturing automation and information systems to attain the performance standards required to support the business objectives.

April 10, 2023

Demonstrated leadership with strong communication skills and an ability to deliver the results through teamwork.

April 27, 2023

Tracks key service processes/service performance (Key KPIs will include first time fix rate, MTTR and MTBF, spares usage, connectivity, remote/predictive support) and drives improvement efforts.

May 06, 2023

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Average Salary Range for Head of Quality in San Diego, CA

Average Base Salary

Core compensation

257292

341655

295554

Average Total Cash Compensation

Includes base and annual incentives

308880

474171

379068

What is the average salary for Head of Quality in 2025?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Head of Quality in San Diego, CA. The base salary for Head of Quality ranges from $257,292 to $341,655 with the average base salary of $295,554. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $308,880 to $474,171 with the average total cash compensation of $379,068.

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	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$295,554	$257,292 - $341,655
Bonus	$83,514	$51,587 - $132,516
Total Pay	$379,068	$308,880 - $474,171

* 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.

Head of Quality Salary Near San Diego, CA

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO San Diego, CA
CITY, STATE El Cajon, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $256,532 - $340,645	COMPARE TO San Diego, CA
CITY, STATE Chula Vista, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $257,292 - $341,655	COMPARE TO San Diego, CA 0%
CITY, STATE Escondido, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $255,866 - $339,761	COMPARE TO San Diego, CA
CITY, STATE Oceanside, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $256,698 - $340,865	COMPARE TO San Diego, CA
CITY, STATE Carlsbad, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $255,866 - $339,761	COMPARE TO San Diego, CA
CITY, STATE Murrieta, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $255,462 - $339,224	COMPARE TO San Diego, CA

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About San Diego, California

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