Design salaries in California
- 9264Salaried Entries
- 1599Freelance Entries
- Avg. Freelance Rate
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Job Titles in California
- 3D Modeler (130)
- Account Manager (27)
- Architect (173)
- Art Director (483)
- Branding & Corporate Identity (50)
- Business Development & Sales (28)
- Character Design (5)
- CMF Specialist (35)
- Content Strategist (13)
- Copywriter (10)
- Creative Director (592)
- Design Director (536)
- Design Manager (341)
- Draftsman (32)
- Editor (4)
- Educator (106)
- Engineer (71)
- Environmental Graphic Designer (36)
- Exhibit Designer (69)
- Fashion Designer (223)
- Footwear Designer (70)
- Front End Developer (14)
- Furniture Designer (53)
- Graphic Designer (1443)
- Illustrator (31)
- Industrial Designer (1860)
- Information Architect (6)
- Interaction Designer (144)
- Interior Designer (132)
- Marketing Coordinator (23)
- Marketing Director (26)
- Marketing Manager (28)
- Model Maker (28)
- Motion Graphics Designer (86)
- Packaging Designer (41)
- Photographer (7)
- Point of Purchase Designer (11)
- Principal / Partner / Owner (175)
- Producer (62)
- Product Designer (417)
- Product Manager (49)
- Production Manager (32)
- Project Manager (175)
- Researcher / Strategist (110)
- Social Media Specialist (6)
- Softgoods Designer (27)
- Textile Designer (28)
- User Experience Designer (430)
- Visual Designer (185)
- Web Designer (538)
- Web Developer (42)
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- Agoura Hills (3)
- Alameda (32)
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- Anaheim (37)
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- Belmont (9)
- Benicia (7)
- Berkeley (69)
- Beverly Hills (8)
- Brisbane (3)
- Burbank (39)
- Burlingame (5)
- Camarillo (3)
- Campbell (13)
- Carlsbad (59)
- Carson (323)
- Cerritos (7)
- Chico (13)
- Chino (8)
- Chino Hills (5)
- City of Industry (10)
- Clovis (3)
- Commerce (6)
- Compton (4)
- Corona (10)
- Costa Mesa (44)
- Culver City (30)
- Cupertino (29)
- Cypress (11)
- Davis (3)
- El Segundo (29)
- Emeryville (31)
- Encinitas (13)
- Escondido (5)
- Fontana (3)
- Foster City (4)
- Fountain Valley (3)
- Fremont (24)
- Fresno (24)
- Fullerton (8)
- Gardena (3)
- Glendale (16)
- Hayward (10)
- Healdsburg (3)
- Huntington Beach (53)
- Irvine (248)
- Irwindale (7)
- Laguna Beach (5)
- Lake Forest (25)
- Livermore (8)
- Lodi (3)
- Long Beach (53)
- Los Altos (3)
- Los Angeles (1574)
- Los Gatos (10)
- Marina del Rey (12)
- Menlo Park (41)
- Milpitas (5)
- Modesto (10)
- Monterey (5)
- Morgan Hill (18)
- Mountain View (96)
- Napa (15)
- Newark (4)
- Newport Beach (22)
- Novato (5)
- Oakland (116)
- Oceanside (6)
- Ontario (15)
- Orange (16)
- Oxnard (7)
- Palm Springs (3)
- Palo Alto (118)
- Pasadena (35)
- Petaluma (10)
- Placentia (4)
- Pleasanton (34)
- Pomona (4)
- Poway (4)
- Rancho Cucamonga (7)
- Redwood City (40)
- Richmond (8)
- Riverside (11)
- Roseville (5)
- Sacramento (92)
- San Bruno (7)
- San Carlos (10)
- San Clemente (9)
- San Diego (442)
- San Francisco (1987)
- San Jose (206)
- San Leandro (5)
- San Luis Obispo (21)
- San Marcos (3)
- San Mateo (52)
- San Rafael (15)
- San Ramon (19)
- Sanger (202)
- Santa Ana (15)
- Santa Barbara (57)
- Santa Clara (48)
- Santa Clarita (5)
- Santa Cruz (33)
- Santa Fe Springs (3)
- Santa Maria (3)
- Santa Monica (64)
- Santa Paula (4)
- Santa Rosa (14)
- Sausalito (6)
- Scotts Valley (11)
- Simi Valley (3)
- Sonoma (4)
- South El Monte (3)
- South San Francisco (9)
- Stockton (5)
- Sunnyvale (46)
- Temecula (7)
- Thousand Oaks (10)
- Torrance (22)
- Tustin (96)
- Union City (6)
- Universal City (3)
- Ventura (21)
- Vernon (4)
- Vista (16)
- Walnut (5)
- Walnut Creek (9)
- West Hollywood (5)
- Westlake Village (3)
- Whittier (6)
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Work Environment vs. Education
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Company Size vs. Medical Benefits
These squares represent six levels of company size according to how many people they employ. Within each square is the percentage of employees at companies of that size that reported receiving medical benefits through their employer. As we suspected, larger companies are more likely to offer their employees medical insurance.
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