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Title: CRM Administrator hourly rate in California | Deftridge
Summary: CRM Administrator pay in California: median wage $79 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate $115. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2024.

CA · United States · **Updated November 4, 2026**

# CRM Administrator hourly rate in California

The market median wage for a CRM Administrator in California is **$78.64 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **$115 an hour** on Deftridge, +44% against the United States rate.

**$115/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**$78.64/hr** median wage

**$62-99** middle half of wages

**$2,490** a month at 5 hours a week

## CRM Administrator 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 | $48.11 | $1,040 | $100,100 |
| 25th | $61.50 | $1,330 | $127,900 |
| Median | $78.64 | $1,700 | $163,600 |
| 75th | $99.07 | $2,150 | $206,100 |
| 90th | $121.29 | $2,630 | $252,300 |

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2024; aged to October 2026; about 55,460 people employed in the role. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## California in numbers

What sets California apart for a CRM Administrator, from the same sources as the table above.

- **+43%** median wage against the United States median of $55.14

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

- **55,460** people employed in the role in this place

- **$99.07** 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 CRM Administrator 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Specialist | $95 | $2,060 |
| Senior | $115 | $2,490 |

- Regular role **$115**

- One-off task **$130**

- Task bundle **$120**

## CRM Administrator pay across United States

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

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| California | $78.64 | $115 |
| Washington | $66.67 | $95 |
| Colorado | $66.55 | $95 |
| Massachusetts | $63.08 | $90 |

## Metro areas in California

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

- [San Jose $99.07/hr median wage · range $76-120](https://deftridge.com/rates/crm-administrator/california/)

- [San Francisco $89.60/hr median wage · range $72-106](https://deftridge.com/rates/crm-administrator/california/)

- [Los Angeles $77.95/hr median wage · range $61-88](https://deftridge.com/rates/crm-administrator/california/)

- [Santa Maria $76.45/hr median wage · range $61-92](https://deftridge.com/rates/crm-administrator/california/)

- [Oxnard $76.04/hr median wage · range $60-82](https://deftridge.com/rates/crm-administrator/california/)

- [Sacramento $75.35/hr median wage · range $61-82](https://deftridge.com/rates/crm-administrator/california/)

- [Stockton $72.47/hr median wage · range $57-86](https://deftridge.com/rates/crm-administrator/california/)

- [Hanford $71.12/hr median wage · range $59-78](https://deftridge.com/rates/crm-administrator/california/)

- [Santa Rosa $71.12/hr median wage · range $56-82](https://deftridge.com/rates/crm-administrator/california/)

- [San Diego $69.74/hr median wage · range $60-84](https://deftridge.com/rates/crm-administrator/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.

[CRM Administrator rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/crm-administrator/) · [CRM Administrator jobs in California](https://deftridge.com/jobs/crm-administrator/california/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
