Salary guide 2026
Program Manager salary in California
$207,000
typical yearly pay
Most Program Manager roles in California publish pay between $177,500 and $246,000, based on 353 live listings from 86 employers.
$137k (low end)$328k (high end)
Top-paying employers hiring now
Anthropic$327,500
Apptronik$267,500
OpenAI$265,500
Chaos Industries$260,000
Ripple$254,000
Volta$253,750
Twist Bioscience$252,000
Wayve$248,800
Highest-paying open Program Manager jobs
Technical Program Manager, Developer Velocity · OpenAISan Francisco$207k–$445kTechnical Program Manager, Model Deployment & Capacity · OpenAISan Francisco$207k–$445kTechnical Program Manager, AI Safety & Safeguards · OpenAISan Francisco$207k–$445kTechnical Program Manager, Applied API & Product · OpenAISan Francisco$207k–$445kTechnical Program Manager, Storage & Data Infrastructure · OpenAISan Francisco$257k–$445kTechnical Program Manager, Strategic Initiatives · OpenAISan Francisco$257k–$445kTechnical Program Manager, Cloud AI Partnerships · OpenAISan Francisco$207k–$445kTechnical Program Manager, Applied Infrastructure · OpenAISan Francisco$257k–$445k
Other salaries in California
Engineering Manager$264kMachine Learning Engineer$251kPhysician$246kSecurity Engineer$230kSoftware Engineer$228kData Scientist$226kProduct Manager$223kSolutions Architect$214kProduct Designer$208kData Engineer$207kDevOps Engineer$189kSales Manager$186kAccount Executive$185kMarketing Manager$181kNurse Practitioner$181kTalent Acquisition$178k
Based on salary ranges employers published on active JobPedestal listings (annual USD), updated daily. Not a guarantee of pay.