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Title: Marketing Analyst hourly rate in California | Deftridge
Summary: Marketing Analyst pay in California: median wage $87 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate $125. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2024.

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

# Marketing Analyst hourly rate in California

The market median wage for a Marketing Analyst in California is **$87.48 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **$125 an hour** on Deftridge, +39% against the United States rate.

**$125/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**$87.48/hr** median wage

**$60-127** middle half of wages

**$2,710** a month at 5 hours a week

## Marketing Analyst 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 | $45.25 | $980 | $94,100 |
| 25th | $60.00 | $1,300 | $124,800 |
| Median | $87.48 | $1,900 | $182,000 |
| 75th | $127.01 | $2,750 | $264,200 |
| 90th | $168.00 | $3,640 | $349,400 |

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2024; aged to October 2026; about 108,460 people employed in the role. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## California in numbers

What sets California apart for a Marketing Analyst, from the same sources as the table above.

- **+40%** median wage against the United States median of $62.54

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

- **108,460** people employed in the role in this place

- **$131.21** 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 Marketing Analyst 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 | $110 | $2,380 |
| Senior | $125 | $2,710 |
| Manager | $150 | $3,250 |

- Regular role **$125**

- One-off task **$145**

- Task bundle **$130**

## Marketing Analyst pay across United States

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

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| California | $87.48 | $125 |
| Delaware | $82.48 | $120 |
| New York | $77.33 | $110 |
| Washington | $75.53 | $110 |

## Metro areas in California

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

- [San Jose $131.21/hr median wage · range $78-190](https://deftridge.com/rates/marketing-analyst/california/)

- [San Francisco $117.73/hr median wage · range $75-161](https://deftridge.com/rates/marketing-analyst/california/)

- [Los Angeles $75.09/hr median wage · range $58-110](https://deftridge.com/rates/marketing-analyst/california/)

- [San Diego $74.93/hr median wage · range $57-106](https://deftridge.com/rates/marketing-analyst/california/)

- [Sacramento $74.91/hr median wage · range $57-100](https://deftridge.com/rates/marketing-analyst/california/)

- [Santa Maria $73.69/hr median wage · range $55-99](https://deftridge.com/rates/marketing-analyst/california/)

- [Oxnard $73.36/hr median wage · range $55-110](https://deftridge.com/rates/marketing-analyst/california/)

- [Santa Rosa $73.15/hr median wage · range $59-98](https://deftridge.com/rates/marketing-analyst/california/)

- [Santa Cruz $72.09/hr median wage · range $54-93](https://deftridge.com/rates/marketing-analyst/california/)

- [Napa $72.05/hr median wage · range $53-96](https://deftridge.com/rates/marketing-analyst/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.

[Marketing Analyst rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/marketing-analyst/) · [Marketing Analyst jobs in California](https://deftridge.com/jobs/marketing-analyst/california/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
