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VP, Engineering salary in California

A real-employer view of VP, Engineering pay, clustered from DOL OFLC certified filings. Variants like Senior, Lead, and II/III titles fold into this cluster — the wage range below reflects all of them.

Adrian Serafin, founder and editor of RateOrchardBy Adrian SerafinFounderUpdated May 4, 2026
Real disclosed salaries

VP, Engineering in California: actual employer-disclosed pay

Public records from 19 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor. Median offered wage: $290,000. Every figure below is an actual offered salary an employer attested to under federal law.

By DOL wage level

DOL classifies every offer into one of four wage levels based on the role's experience and skill requirements.

LevelFilingsMedian offer
Level I — entry1$201,000
Level III — experienced2$182,021
Level IV — fully competent4$345,906

Top employers filing for this role

Companies with the most certified filings for VP, Engineering in California. Median offer is across all of that employer's filings.

EmployerMost-filed titleFilingsMedian
WSP USA Inc.Vice President, Geographic Information Systems Science2$182,021
Stanley Black and Decker, Inc.VP, Software Engineer- Construction Technology1$307,434
Communify On Demand, Inc.VP, Product Innovation1$210,000
Deckers Outdoor CorporationVP, Engineering-DTC1$375,000
Chime Financial, Inc.VP, Product Management1$380,000
Barbarians Inc.VP, Engineering1$175,279
Genesis Capital, LLC.Vice President, Head of Application Development1$175,000
MALWAREBYTES, INC.VP, Engineering1$387,497
Nozomi Networks, Inc.VP, Product & Technical Marketing1$290,004
Instructure, Inc.Senior Vice President, Data & Insights1$290,000

Recent sample filings

A snapshot of recent certified offers. Each line is a real, public, verifiable record.

  • VP, Software Engineer- Construction Technology at Stanley Black and Decker, Inc.
    $307,434
    FontantaDecided Dec 23, 2025I-200-25350-485983
  • VP, Product Innovation at Communify On Demand, Inc.
    $210,000
    Santa MonicaDecided Dec 19, 2025I-200-25346-478807
  • VP, Engineering-DTC at Deckers Outdoor Corporation
    $375,000
    GoletaDecided Dec 18, 2025I-200-25345-476131
  • VP, Product Management at Chime Financial, Inc.
    $380,000
    San FranciscoDecided Dec 12, 2025I-200-25339-462511
  • VP, Engineering at Barbarians Inc.
    $175,279
    Mountain ViewDecided Dec 2, 2025I-200-25328-434370
  • Vice President, Head of Application Development at Genesis Capital, LLC.
    $175,000
    Sherman OaksDecided Nov 28, 2025I-200-25324-426506
  • VP, Engineering at MALWAREBYTES, INC.
    $387,497
    Santa ClaraDecided Nov 24, 2025I-200-25321-414310
  • VP, Product & Technical Marketing at Nozomi Networks, Inc.
    $290,004
    San JoseDecided Nov 14, 2025I-200-25309-377165

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification. Disclosed wages reflect what employers attested to pay; actual paid wages may differ. Only certified filings are shown — denied and withdrawn cases are excluded.