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Web Developers

SOC 15-1254 · 2024-2034

Develop and implement websites, web applications, application databases, and interactive web interfaces. Evaluate code to ensure that it is properly structured, meets industry standards, and is compatible with browsers and devices. Optimize website performance, scalability, and server-side code and processes. May develop website infrastructure and integrate websites with other computer applications.

How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.

What California expects of this job

Typical pay in California
$122,917per year
Projected openings
5,070
Projected change
+9%
Usually needs
Bachelor's degree

Bright Outlook — a U.S. Department of Labor designation
Rapid Growth

The Department's own designation, made from its national projections. It is not this project's assessment and it is not California's: every other figure on this page comes from California's projection, which can point the other way and for some occupations does.

Skills this work uses most

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.

  1. Programming
  2. Critical Thinking
  3. Reading Comprehension
  4. Complex Problem Solving
  5. Operations Analysis
  6. Active Listening

Pay by region

RegionTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openings
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties)$167,2951,460
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties)$166,1461,370
Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties)$134,966500
San Rafael MD (Marin County)$123,66550
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County)$118,87580
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties)$107,669200
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County)$106,457550
Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County)$102,61530
Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County)$101,926600
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County)$100,6511,610
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties)$98,044280
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County)$96,59670
Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County)$94,98350
Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County)$92,91840
Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County)$78,48730
Chico MSA (Butte County)$73,48420
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County)$61,47780

What the pay actually ranges across

The lowest-paid tenth earn under
$46,249
A quarter earn under
$82,877
Half earn under
$122,917
Three quarters earn under
$163,492
The highest-paid tenth earn over
$208,528

A median is one point. These are the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2026 figures for California, and they say how far apart the people doing this job actually are. Read them as the spread across everyone already in the work — not as a starting wage and not as a promise about where anyone lands.

Similar work

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.

OccupationTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openingsProjected change
Web and Digital Interface Designers$139,92023,940+13.9%
Software Developers$179,292207,260+18.4%
Computer Occupations, All Other$138,20359,320+11.1%
Computer Programmers$120,0286,210-3.8%
Database Administrators$116,2253,800+1.4%
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists$96,289122,600+9.4%

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