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Title: Insights Analyst hourly rate in California | Deftridge
Summary: Survey & Insights Analyst pay in California: median wage $71 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate $115. The rate is on every task, before you apply.

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

# Survey & Insights Analyst hourly rate in California

The market median wage for a Survey & Insights Analyst in California is **$70.83 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **$115 an hour** on Deftridge, +35% against the United States rate.

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

**$70.83/hr** median wage

**$49-103** middle half of wages

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

## Survey & Insights 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 | $36.64 | $790 | $76,200 |
| 25th | $48.58 | $1,050 | $101,000 |
| Median | $70.83 | $1,530 | $147,300 |
| 75th | $102.83 | $2,230 | $213,900 |
| 90th | $136.02 | $2,950 | $282,900 |

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 Survey & Insights Analyst, from the same sources as the table above.

- **+40%** median wage against the United States median of $50.64

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

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

- **$106.23** 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 Survey & Insights 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 | $100 | $2,170 |
| Senior | $115 | $2,490 |
| Manager | $140 | $3,030 |

- Regular role **$105**

- One-off task **$115**

- Task bundle **$105**

## Survey & Insights Analyst pay across United States

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

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| California | $70.83 | $115 |
| Delaware | $66.78 | $110 |
| New York | $62.61 | $105 |
| Washington | $61.15 | $100 |

## Metro areas in California

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

- [San Jose $106.23/hr median wage · range $63-154](https://deftridge.com/rates/survey-and-insights-analyst/california/)

- [San Francisco $95.32/hr median wage · range $61-130](https://deftridge.com/rates/survey-and-insights-analyst/california/)

- [Los Angeles $60.79/hr median wage · range $47-89](https://deftridge.com/rates/survey-and-insights-analyst/california/)

- [San Diego $60.67/hr median wage · range $46-86](https://deftridge.com/rates/survey-and-insights-analyst/california/)

- [Sacramento $60.65/hr median wage · range $46-81](https://deftridge.com/rates/survey-and-insights-analyst/california/)

- [Santa Maria $59.67/hr median wage · range $44-80](https://deftridge.com/rates/survey-and-insights-analyst/california/)

- [Oxnard $59.40/hr median wage · range $45-89](https://deftridge.com/rates/survey-and-insights-analyst/california/)

- [Santa Rosa $59.22/hr median wage · range $47-79](https://deftridge.com/rates/survey-and-insights-analyst/california/)

- [Santa Cruz $58.36/hr median wage · range $44-75](https://deftridge.com/rates/survey-and-insights-analyst/california/)

- [Napa $58.33/hr median wage · range $43-78](https://deftridge.com/rates/survey-and-insights-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.

[Survey & Insights Analyst rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/survey-and-insights-analyst/) · [Survey & Insights Analyst jobs in California](https://deftridge.com/jobs/survey-and-insights-analyst/california/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
