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Jobs in Santa Clara, CA
2554 active postings tracked in Santa Clara, CA · collapsed to 2300 roles.
Santa Clara, CA Job Market Score
- Pay is above the national median ($176k vs $137k national)
- Few reposted listings (10% appear duplicated)
- Most postings refresh within a month (16% open 30+ days)
Santa Clara, CA job market overview (May 2026)
The Santa Clara, CA job market is currently stable, with active hiring with relatively fresh postings. Out of 2,554 active job postings tracked here, 16% have been open for more than 30 days. Hiring is concentrated in engineering and director, with technology as the leading sector.
- 16% of postings in Santa Clara, CA have been open for more than 30 days, which may indicate slower hiring or reposted positions.
- 448 new postings have appeared this week — about 18% of currently-active listings.
- Half of active postings here have been open 18 days or fewer. The longest 10% have been open for 57+ days.
- 3% of postings list a salary range (81 of 2,554).
- Median advertised salary among annual-pay roles is $176k.
- The most active employers right now are Nvidia, Palo Alto Networks, and Qualcomm.
What this means for job seekers
- Postings move quickly — apply soon after a role appears.
- Best opportunities are in engineering and director.
- Many employers don't list salary — be ready to ask early.
Santa Clara, CA job market
Aggregated from currently-active postings tracked in Santa Clara, CA.
- 2,554Active postings
- 448Posted this week
- 408Open 30+ days16% of active
- 78Remote / hybrid3% of active
- 3%List salary81 of 2,554
- 0%Hourly0 of disclosed
- $176kMedian annual (max)
- —Median hourly (max)
- 18dMedian agep90 57d (long tail)
Wages by category
Wages by occupation (SOC)
Wages by employment type
Wages by sector
Top categories
- Engineering342
- Director93
- Product Manager77
- Technical PM65
- Server / Host53
- Data Science49
Top occupations (SOC)
- Software Developers895
- Managers, All Other262
- Project Management Specialists121
- Computer and Information Research Scientists35
- Marketing Managers28
- Network and Computer Systems Administrators24
Top sectors
- Technology2,196
- Manufacturing1,830
- Retail179
- Healthcare146
- Consumer Goods59
- Transportation & Logistics53
Employment mix
- Unspecified2,429 · 95%
- Full-time38 · 1%
- Part-time34 · 1%
- Intern28 · 1%
- Contract21 · 1%
- Temporary4 · 0%
Top hiring companies
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Recent postings
- Senior Technical Marketing Engineer - Datacenter Networking
Nvidia · Santa Clara, CA · jobs.nvidia.com
posted 2 weeks ago
- Senior Manager, Robotics Quality AssuranceQA / Test
Nvidia · Santa Clara, CA · jobs.nvidia.com
posted 2 weeks ago
- Senior System Software Engineer - Performance
Nvidia · Santa Clara, CA · jobs.nvidia.com
posted 2 weeks ago
- Senior High-Speed IO Validation EngineerEngineering
Nvidia · Santa Clara, CA · jobs.nvidia.com
posted 2 weeks ago
- Senior Developer Relationship Manager - Autonomous Vehicles
Nvidia · Santa Clara, CA · jobs.nvidia.com
posted 2 weeks ago
- Senior Math Libraries Engineer, Post Quantum Cryptography
Nvidia · Santa Clara, CA · jobs.nvidia.com
posted 2 weeks ago
- Director, Strategic Sourcing – Hardware InfrastructureDirector
Nvidia · Santa Clara, CA · jobs.nvidia.com
posted 2 weeks ago
- Senior Customer Technical Program Manager - AI DatacenterTechnical PM
Nvidia · Santa Clara, CA · jobs.nvidia.com
posted 2 weeks ago
- Senior Inference Technical Product Marketing Manager - Accelerated ComputingProduct Marketing
Nvidia · Santa Clara, CA · jobs.nvidia.com
posted 2 weeks ago
- Senior Deep Learning Frameworks Sustaining Engineer
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posted 2 weeks ago
- Senior Architecture Energy Modeling Engineer× 2 openings
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- Senior Quantum Error Correction Research Scientist, Applied ResearchData Science
Nvidia · Santa Clara, CA · jobs.nvidia.com
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- Senior Solutions Architect, Networking - Hyperscale
Nvidia · Santa Clara, CA · jobs.nvidia.com
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- Senior Research Scientist, Fundamental LLM Research for Knowledge, Reasoning, and AgentsData Science
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