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Title: Sales Operations Manager rate in California | Deftridge
Summary: Sales Operations Manager pay in California: median wage $72 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate $105. The rate is on every task, before you apply.

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

# Sales Operations Manager hourly rate in California

The market median wage for a Sales Operations Manager in California is **$72.25 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **$105 an hour** on Deftridge, +11% against the United States rate.

**$105/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**$72.25/hr** median wage

**$46-111** middle half of wages

**$2,280** a month at 5 hours a week

## Sales Operations 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 | $34.43 | $750 | $71,600 |
| 25th | $46.03 | $1,000 | $95,700 |
| Median | $72.25 | $1,570 | $150,300 |
| 75th | $110.56 | $2,400 | $230,000 |
| 90th | $154.93 | $3,360 | $322,300 |

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2024; aged to October 2026; about 108,120 people employed in the role. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## California in numbers

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

- **+12%** median wage against the United States median of $64.29

- **10th of 51** states by median wage for this role

- **108,120** people employed in the role in this place

- **$109.36** 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 Sales Operations 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 | $105 | $2,280 |
| Manager | $125 | $2,710 |

- Regular role **$105**

- One-off task **$120**

- Task bundle **$110**

## Sales Operations Manager pay across United States

Typical contractor rate for a senior Sales Operations Manager, highest first; 10 of 51 places shown. By median wage California ranks **10 of 51**.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| New York | $104.39 | $150 |
| Delaware | $97.26 | $140 |
| Virginia | $79.39 | $115 |
| New Jersey | $75.49 | $110 |
| District of Columbia | $74.63 | $110 |
| Kansas | $73.32 | $105 |
| California | $72.25 | $105 |
| Georgia | $70.45 | $100 |
| New Hampshire | $67.49 | $100 |
| Illinois | $66.36 | $95 |

## Metro areas in California

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

- [San Jose $109.36/hr median wage · range $69-153](https://deftridge.com/rates/sales-operations-manager/california/)

- [San Francisco $95.27/hr median wage · range $61-133](https://deftridge.com/rates/sales-operations-manager/california/)

- [Los Angeles $69.18/hr median wage · range $46-97](https://deftridge.com/rates/sales-operations-manager/california/)

- [Napa $68.98/hr median wage · range $42-105](https://deftridge.com/rates/sales-operations-manager/california/)

- [San Diego $68.44/hr median wage · range $42-99](https://deftridge.com/rates/sales-operations-manager/california/)

- [Santa Maria $64.45/hr median wage · range $41-93](https://deftridge.com/rates/sales-operations-manager/california/)

- [Santa Rosa $58.05/hr median wage · range $40-88](https://deftridge.com/rates/sales-operations-manager/california/)

- [Sacramento $57.81/hr median wage · range $40-92](https://deftridge.com/rates/sales-operations-manager/california/)

- [Oxnard $57.05/hr median wage · range $41-92](https://deftridge.com/rates/sales-operations-manager/california/)

- [Vallejo $56.50/hr median wage · range $40-90](https://deftridge.com/rates/sales-operations-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.

[Sales Operations Manager rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/sales-operations-manager/) · [Sales Operations Manager jobs in California](https://deftridge.com/jobs/sales-operations-manager/california/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
