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Senior Cost Manager salary in California

A real-employer view of Senior Cost Manager 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 5, 2026
Real disclosed salaries

Senior Cost Manager in California: actual employer-disclosed pay

Public records from 13 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor. Median offered wage: $123,200. 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 II — qualified8$116,600
Level III — experienced3$120,000
Level IV — fully competent2$146,862

Top employers filing for this role

Companies with the most certified filings for Senior Cost Manager in California. Median offer is across all of that employer's filings.

EmployerMost-filed titleFilingsMedian
Cumming Management Group, Inc.Senior Cost Manager7$125,000
TB CONSTRUCTION CONSULTANTS LLCAssistant Cost Manager1$105,000
Currie & Brown Inc.Cost Manager1$120,000
Currie & Brown, Inc.Cost Manager1$100,000
Kaldawi Construction Company Corp.Cost Manager1$170,000
TURNER & TOWNSEND INCCost Manager1$110,000
Rider Levett Bucknall Ltd.Senior Cost Manager1$133,723

Recent sample filings

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

  • Cost Manager at Cumming Management Group, Inc.
    $90,602
    San FranciscoWage Level IIDecided Jul 3, 2025I-200-25177-133171
  • Assistant Cost Manager at TB CONSTRUCTION CONSULTANTS LLC
    $105,000
    San FranciscoWage Level IIDecided Jun 27, 2025I-200-25173-118753
  • Cost Manager at Currie & Brown Inc.
    $120,000
    San FranciscoWage Level IIIDecided May 13, 2025I-200-25126-942692
  • Cost Manager at Currie & Brown, Inc.
    $100,000
    San FranciscoWage Level IIDecided May 1, 2025I-200-25114-900081
  • Senior Cost Manager at Cumming Management Group, Inc.
    $123,200
    San FranciscoWage Level IIDecided Apr 24, 2025I-200-25108-878638
  • Senior Cost Manager at Cumming Management Group, Inc.
    $131,120
    San FranciscoWage Level IIDecided Apr 24, 2025I-200-25108-878651
  • Senior Cost Manager at Cumming Management Group, Inc.
    $135,000
    Los AngelesWage Level IIIDecided Apr 15, 2025I-200-25098-840028
  • Cost Manager at Kaldawi Construction Company Corp.
    $170,000
    HaywardWage Level IIDecided Apr 4, 2025I-200-25087-811794

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.