Principal Project Manager Salary in California

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How much does a Principal Project Manager make in California? The average Principal Project Manager salary in California is $128,813 as of April 24, 2024, but the range typically falls between $114,894 and $144,159. Salary ranges can vary widely depending on the city and many other important factors, including education, certifications, additional skills, the number of years you have spent in your profession.

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Location	Avg. Salary	Date Updated
Location Coachella, CA	Avg. Salary $123,091	Date Updated April 24, 2024
Location Acampo, CA	Avg. Salary $124,843	Date Updated April 24, 2024
Location Acton, CA	Avg. Salary $129,280	Date Updated April 24, 2024
Location Adelanto, CA	Avg. Salary $122,857	Date Updated April 24, 2024
Location Adin, CA	Avg. Salary $119,704	Date Updated April 24, 2024
Location Agoura Hills, CA	Avg. Salary $127,412	Date Updated April 24, 2024
Location Aguanga, CA	Avg. Salary $123,441	Date Updated April 24, 2024
Location Ahwahnee, CA	Avg. Salary $116,317	Date Updated April 24, 2024
Location Alameda, CA	Avg. Salary $142,477	Date Updated April 24, 2024
Location Alamo, CA	Avg. Salary $142,127	Date Updated April 24, 2024

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Public Safety Project Manager, Principal - SFPD (1054)

City and County of San Francisco - San Francisco , CA

Job Description SFPD is looking for a Principal Project Manager to facilitate, manage, and implement various key components related to SFPD's new Records Management System (RMS) to ensure that this ...

ZipRecruiter ATS Jobs for ZipSearch/ZipAlerts - 14 days ago

Principal Investigator/Project Manager/Archeologist

Chambers Group, Inc. - Los Angeles , CA

You'll manage small -mid size projects, budgets, and schedules while mentoring junior staff. Duties and Responsibilities: * Proven ability to lead archaeological surveys, excavations, and develop and ...

ZipRecruiter - 36 days ago

Principal Product Manager - Lifecycle Management

Veza Technologies, Inc. - San Francisco , CA

Principal Product Manager: Lifecycle Management Remote/WFH (San Francisco Bay Area or Minneapolis ... Work across Engineering teams to create project plans to track and deliver to the defined roadmap ...

ZipRecruiter ATS Jobs for ZipSearch/ZipAlerts - 2 days ago

Principal Clinical Program Manager- RN

Blue Shield of California - Woodland , CA

... Manager, Principal to join our team. In this role, the candidate will provide comprehensive support ... Operate at a strategic business level to ensures projects/programs are in line with Blue Shield of ...

LinkedIn - 7 days ago

Principal Product Manager

Arkose Labs - San Mateo , CA

Project Management: Solid project management skills to coordinate and manage multiple projects ... Join our team as a Principal Product Manager and lead the charge in developing innovative products ...

Jobcase.com / Upward.net - 59 days ago

Principal Mechanical Engineer

CertainTeed - Oxford , NC

The Principal Mechanical Engineer reports to the Project Engineering Manager within the Project Management Office (PMO) and works for the Project Managers within the PMO in the assigned project ...

LinkedIn - 1 day ago

What does a Principal Project Manager do?

Common responsibilities of a Principal Project Manager

Creates, persuades customer acceptance of and marshals internally, complex and/or larger sized change orders for scope expansion and budget management and/or next project.

November 03, 2022

Manage the maintenance, support, and minor enhancement of applications and systems of a product portfolio that delivers world-class performance and service.

January 30, 2023

Demonstrated preparedness for mastery level PM knowledge capability in areas of construction safety, negotiations, scope development and control, cost estimating, construction contracting, project controls and reporting, quality control, risk management, etc.

March 09, 2023

Prepares reports and analyzes project status according to both established reporting requirements and project milestones, to include monitoring projects to assure timely cost-effective activity and initiating corrective actions as required.

March 14, 2023

Leading or participating on a product team, responsible for product-level requirements analysis, engineering and manufacturing of the products assigned, product tracking, and product visibility.

March 17, 2023

Support and/or lead the most critical and complex cross-functional projects and project teams with minimal outside support.

April 02, 2023

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California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States. With 39.6 million residents, California is the most populous U.S. state and the third-largest by area. The state capital is Sacramento. The Greater Los Angeles Area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nation's second and fifth most populous urban regions, with 18.7 million and 9.7 million residents respectively. Los Angeles is California's most populous city, and the country's second most populous, after New York City. California also has the nation's most populous county, Los Angeles County, and its largest county by area, S...

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