Project Head Salary in California

How much does a Project Head make in CA?

As of April 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Project Head in California is $200,671. Salary.com reports that pay typically ranges from $182,174 to $220,715, with most professionals earning between $165,334 and $238,963.

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Location	Avg. Salary	Date Updated
Location Coachella, CA	Avg. Salary $190,610	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Acampo, CA	Avg. Salary $194,540	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Acton, CA	Avg. Salary $200,235	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Adelanto, CA	Avg. Salary $190,465	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Adin, CA	Avg. Salary $186,044	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Agoura Hills, CA	Avg. Salary $197,615	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Aguanga, CA	Avg. Salary $190,865	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Ahwahnee, CA	Avg. Salary $181,204	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Alameda, CA	Avg. Salary $222,176	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Alamo, CA	Avg. Salary $221,666	Date Updated April 01, 2025

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What does a Project Head do?

Common responsibilities of a Project Head

Training others in policies and procedures related to the work and providing for their professional development.

July 13, 2022

Provide leadership for the project planning function and group as well as accountability for all project cost estimating and scheduling activities within the organization.

September 17, 2022

Manage workload across the project management team and identify the need for additional resources when necessary.

December 11, 2022

Drive continuous improvement of project planning framework for the region in close alignment with project cost controlling, project excellence, engineering, project management and other stakeholders, including global counterparts.

December 26, 2022

Actively support sales in bid defenses and other sales activities, as required, to gain new, long-term business.

December 31, 2022

Leadership of complex projects with significant organizational impact and proven track record leading the delivery of multiple projects/assignments to demanding deadlines with minimal direction/leadership.

February 03, 2023

Collaborate with the Leadership Team to adequately staff each project with competent team members to efficiently and effectively achieve the project objectives.

March 16, 2023

Monitors performance, provides ongoing performance feedback and coaching to direct reports, indirect reports and others as needed, and conducts performance & development conversations as well as effective performance evaluations.

March 27, 2023

Demonstrated ability to proactively share knowledge in a systematic way in larger organization to grow know-how base and supports a learning organization.

April 02, 2023

Developing relations with all Customer representatives at the mid and senior management level to be available for any issues that are escalated above the Project Managers and keep in tune with the current perception of our Customers of SGRE performance.

May 08, 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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