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Director, Cost Management salary in California

A real-employer view of Director, Cost Management 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

Director, Cost Management in California: actual employer-disclosed pay

Public records from 6 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor. Median offered wage: $165,956. 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 III — experienced1$155,911
Level IV — fully competent4$160,687

Top employers filing for this role

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

EmployerMost-filed titleFilingsMedian
Cumming Management Group, Inc.Director, Cost Management4$165,956
Crusoe Energy Systems, Inc.Director, Cost Controls1$310,000
Gardiner & Theobald, Inc.Senior Associate Director, Cost Management1$133,723

Recent sample filings

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

  • Director, Cost Controls at Crusoe Energy Systems, Inc.
    $310,000
    San FranciscoDecided Dec 26, 2025I-200-25353-496253
  • Director, Cost Management at Cumming Management Group, Inc.
    $190,873
    Los AngelesWage Level IVDecided Jul 30, 2025I-200-25204-195805
  • Senior Associate Director, Cost Management at Gardiner & Theobald, Inc.
    $133,723
    Los AngelesWage Level IVDecided Jun 4, 2025I-200-25148-024005
  • Associate Director, Cost Management at Cumming Management Group, Inc.
    $155,911
    Los AngelesWage Level IIIDecided Jul 9, 2025I-200-25183-146399
  • Associate Director at Cumming Management Group, Inc.
    $145,375
    Los AngelesWage Level IVDecided Apr 21, 2025I-200-25104-862109
  • Director, Cost Management at Cumming Management Group, Inc.
    $176,000
    San FranciscoWage Level IVDecided Mar 14, 2025I-203-25066-758521

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.