Backend Development salaries in California
Backend Development professionals in California earn $170.7–219.3K per year on average, based on 3 jobs. Backend Development roles in California pay 5% below the board-wide average of $174.1–235.3K for Backend Development jobs on Get AI Careers.
Average salary range
$170.7–219.3K
Based on 3 jobs · 5% less than the average salary on Get AI Careers
25th percentile
$155K
Average
$195K
75th percentile
$229K
Top paying titles in California
Highest paying job titles in California, ranked by average salary.
Software Engineering
Avg. $173.8–248.3K · 15 Jobs
Machine Learning Engineering
Avg. $179.6–273.6K · 12 Jobs
Platform Engineering
Avg. $165.1–232.7K · 11 Jobs
Backend Engineering
Avg. $170.8–241.9K · 9 Jobs
Data Engineering
Avg. $147.3–197.2K · 8 Jobs
DevOps Engineering
Avg. $166.6–225K · 7 Jobs
Other top paying skills in California
Highest paying skills in California beyond Backend Development, ranked by average salary.
Python
Avg. $166.1–238.6K · 47 Jobs
Kubernetes
Avg. $162.9–250.3K · 22 Jobs
PyTorch
Avg. $178–263.6K · 22 Jobs
AWS
Avg. $164.8–229.6K · 17 Jobs
Machine Learning
Avg. $188.9–265.2K · 16 Jobs
Terraform
Avg. $166.3–233.9K · 15 Jobs
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All salary figures are converted to annual equivalents in USD. Averages are based on published jobs with salary data and filtered for statistical outliers.