Lean Engineer Salary in San Jose, California

How much does a Lean Engineer make?

As of December 01, 2024, the average annual pay of Lean Engineer in San Jose, CA is $122,465. While Salary.com is seeing that Lean Engineer salary in San Jose, CA can go up to $191,108 or down to $98,494, but most earn between $109,918 and $158,395. Salary.com shows the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Lean Engineer in the United States.

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What does a Lean Engineer do?

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Promotes the use of root cause problem solving, ensuring problems are identified, eliminated and results standardized through the use of lean core tools.

August 23, 2022

Develops, evaluates, and improves manufacturing methods, incorporating product design, materials and parts, fabrication processes, tooling and production equipment capabilities, assembly methods, and quality standards.

December 25, 2022

Demonstrated ability to take ownership of cross-functional program deliverables and ability to steer decisions based on the overall benefit to the company.

January 06, 2023

Lead and participate in the identification, prioritization, implementation, control of cost reduction and process improvement initiatives using lean processes and tools.

February 10, 2023

Create process documents using Business Process Management Notation (BPMN) or the Flowchart Notation, to diagram current operations process maps and performs workflow analysis that describes the current state of operational processes.

February 19, 2023

Support the development, prioritization and execution of operational improvement projects utilizing Lean/Six Sigma, PDCA, or similar methodologies for all process improvements.

March 02, 2023

Provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.

March 03, 2023

Assist in developing the Lean culture, including identification of improvement opportunities at facility and coordinating/leading improvement teams with a core focus on elimination of waste & non-value-added activities.

April 28, 2023

Understands detailed concepts of manufacturing processes, thorough product knowledge, familiar with administrative department practices (Quality at the source, Production control for job shop & repetitive production, etc.

May 02, 2023

Facilitate business process analysis activities including mapping processes, understanding system interactions and data transformation, and identifying opportunities for efficiency.

May 12, 2023

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Average Salary Range for Lean Engineer in San Jose, CA

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109918

158395

122465

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Includes base and annual incentives

117508

177292

131389

What is the average salary for Lean Engineer in 2024?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Lean Engineer in San Jose, CA. The base salary for Lean Engineer ranges from $109,918 to $158,395 with the average base salary of $122,465. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $117,508 to $177,292 with the average total cash compensation of $131,389.

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	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$122,465	$109,918 - $158,395
Bonus	$8,924	$7,591 - $18,897
Total Pay	$131,389	$117,508 - $177,292

* 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.

Lean Engineer Salary Near San Jose, CA

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO San Jose, CA
CITY, STATE Santa Clara, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $109,918 - $158,395	COMPARE TO San Jose, CA 0%
CITY, STATE Santa Cruz, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $97,420 - $140,385	COMPARE TO San Jose, CA
CITY, STATE Fremont, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $109,708 - $158,092	COMPARE TO San Jose, CA
CITY, STATE Hayward, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $106,677 - $153,725	COMPARE TO San Jose, CA
CITY, STATE Oakland, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $106,852 - $153,978	COMPARE TO San Jose, CA
CITY, STATE Daly City, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $109,480 - $157,764	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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