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Title: AI Evaluator for Compliance rate in California | Deftridge
Summary: AI Evaluator for Compliance pay in California: median wage $79 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate $100. Free for professionals.

CA · United States · **Updated November 3, 2026**

# AI Evaluator: Compliance hourly rate in California

The market median wage for an AI Evaluator: Compliance in California is **$79.30 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **$100 an hour** on Deftridge, +43% against the United States rate.

**$100/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**$79.30/hr** median wage

**$58-104** middle half of wages

**$2,170** a month at 5 hours a week

## AI Evaluator: Compliance wage percentiles in California

Employee wages for the role. The yellow row is the median.

| Percentile | Per hour | 5 h a week, per month | Full time, per year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | $46.36 | $1,000 | $96,400 |
| 25th | $57.85 | $1,250 | $120,300 |
| Median | $79.30 | $1,720 | $164,900 |
| 75th | $104.50 | $2,260 | $217,400 |
| 90th | $127.96 | $2,770 | $266,200 |

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2024; aged to October 2026; about 47,420 people employed in the role. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## California in numbers

What sets California apart for an AI Evaluator: Compliance, from the same sources as the table above.

- **+37%** median wage against the United States median of $57.95

- **1st of 51** states by median wage for this role

- **47,420** people employed in the role in this place

- **$101.75** median wage in the San Jose metro area, the highest here

- **$35** country floor: no United States rate is published below it

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for an AI Evaluator: Compliance in California by level and by format. The company adds 15% on top; you keep all of the rate shown.

| Level | Per hour | Per month at 5 h/week |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Senior | $100 | $2,170 |
| Manager | $120 | $2,600 |
| Director | $145 | $3,140 |

- AI expert review **$100**

## AI Evaluator: Compliance pay across United States

Typical contractor rate for a senior AI Evaluator: Compliance, highest first; 4 of 51 places shown. By median wage California ranks **1 of 51**.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| California | $79.30 | $100 |
| District of Columbia | $78.40 | $100 |
| Alaska | $67.54 | $85 |
| Vermont | $67.40 | $85 |

## Metro areas in California

Median employee wage for the role in the metro area (BLS OEWS).

- [San Jose $101.75/hr median wage · range $72-137](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-compliance/california/)

- [San Francisco $89.30/hr median wage · range $66-117](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-compliance/california/)

- [El Centro $86.82/hr median wage · range $60-107](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-compliance/california/)

- [San Diego $84.31/hr median wage · range $59-102](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-compliance/california/)

- [Salinas $78.44/hr median wage · range $58-98](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-compliance/california/)

- [Los Angeles $77.60/hr median wage · range $57-104](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-compliance/california/)

- [Sacramento $76.42/hr median wage · range $58-97](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-compliance/california/)

- [Oxnard $74.89/hr median wage · range $57-100](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-compliance/california/)

- [Santa Rosa $72.71/hr median wage · range $60-97](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-compliance/california/)

- [Chico $71.74/hr median wage · range $52-96](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-compliance/california/)

## Questions about pay, fees and privacy

The same rules apply to every task, so they live on two pages: [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what a company sees and side work next to a job.

[AI Evaluator: Compliance rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-compliance/) · [AI Evaluator: Compliance jobs in California](https://deftridge.com/jobs/ai-evaluator-compliance/california/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)