How much does a Designer make in CA?

As of April 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Designer in California is $68,730. Salary.com reports that pay typically ranges from $61,824 to $77,400, with most professionals earning between $55,537 and $85,293.

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What is a Designer?

A Designer is a person who makes designs for objects. A fashion Designer designs clothing, a web Designer designs web pages and an automobile Designer designs automobiles. In each case, the Designer works with the help of a technician or engineer who understands deeper level concepts of manufacturing and engineering and the Designer themself is largely confined to work at a surface level. More formally, a Designer is an agent that "specifies the structural properties of a design object". In practice, anyone who creates tangible or intangible objects, products, processes, laws, games, graph...

Source: Wikipedia (as of 09/06/2019). Read more from Wikipedia

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Location Avg. Salary Date Updated
Location Coachella, CA Avg. Salary $65,284 Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Acampo, CA Avg. Salary $66,630 Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Acton, CA Avg. Salary $68,581 Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Adelanto, CA Avg. Salary $65,234 Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Adin, CA Avg. Salary $63,720 Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Agoura Hills, CA Avg. Salary $67,683 Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Aguanga, CA Avg. Salary $65,372 Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Ahwahnee, CA Avg. Salary $62,063 Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Alameda, CA Avg. Salary $76,095 Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Alamo, CA Avg. Salary $75,921 Date Updated April 01, 2025
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