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Title: BD Manager hourly rate in California | Deftridge
Summary: Business Development Manager pay in California: median wage $111 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate $160. Free for professionals.

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

# Business Development Manager hourly rate in California

The market median wage for a Business Development Manager in California is **$110.72 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **$160 an hour** on Deftridge, +28% against the United States rate.

**$160/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**$110.72/hr** median wage

**$81-144** middle half of wages

**$3,470** a month at 5 hours a week

## Business Development Manager 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 | $60.83 | $1,320 | $126,500 |
| 25th | $81.49 | $1,770 | $169,500 |
| Median | $110.72 | $2,400 | $230,300 |
| 75th | $143.65 | $3,110 | $298,800 |
| 90th | $194.90 | $4,220 | $405,400 |

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2024; aged to October 2026; about 56,300 people employed in the role. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## California in numbers

What sets California apart for a Business Development Manager, from the same sources as the table above.

- **+29%** median wage against the United States median of $86.03

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

- **56,300** people employed in the role in this place

- **$142.05** 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 a Business Development Manager 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 | $160 | $3,470 |
| Manager | $195 | $4,230 |
| Director | $235 | $5,090 |

- Regular role **$160**

- One-off task **$185**

- Task bundle **$165**

- Expert hour **$210**

## Business Development Manager pay across United States

Typical contractor rate for a senior Business Development Manager, highest first; 4 of 51 places shown. By median wage California ranks **1 of 51**.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| California | $110.72 | $160 |
| Massachusetts | $100.74 | $145 |
| New York | $95.75 | $140 |
| Rhode Island | $94.34 | $135 |

## Metro areas in California

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

- [San Jose $142.05/hr median wage · range $111-184](https://deftridge.com/rates/business-development-manager/california/)

- [San Francisco $132.06/hr median wage · range $103-171](https://deftridge.com/rates/business-development-manager/california/)

- [Hanford $110.72/hr median wage · range $81-144](https://deftridge.com/rates/business-development-manager/california/)

- [San Diego $106.63/hr median wage · range $80-146](https://deftridge.com/rates/business-development-manager/california/)

- [Santa Maria $103.58/hr median wage · range $77-136](https://deftridge.com/rates/business-development-manager/california/)

- [Oxnard $103.03/hr median wage · range $74-141](https://deftridge.com/rates/business-development-manager/california/)

- [Los Angeles $101.36/hr median wage · range $75-133](https://deftridge.com/rates/business-development-manager/california/)

- [Napa $100.83/hr median wage · range $78-135](https://deftridge.com/rates/business-development-manager/california/)

- [Sacramento $96.74/hr median wage · range $75-129](https://deftridge.com/rates/business-development-manager/california/)

- [Santa Cruz $94.47/hr median wage · range $72-126](https://deftridge.com/rates/business-development-manager/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.

[Business Development Manager rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/business-development-manager/) · [Business Development Manager jobs in California](https://deftridge.com/jobs/business-development-manager/california/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)