Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan Salary — San Diego, California

The average Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan in San Diego, California earns $56,180 a year.

$56,180 / year, mean
↑ 16.9% above national average 42th percentile in California

San Diego sits roughly in the middle of the pack for this role within California — neither a standout nor a laggard. That's a solid premium over the national average for interviewers, except eligibility and loan. Cost of living here runs meaningfully above the national average. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within California

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
1,570
Estimate confidence
RSE 1.1%
Cost of living 112 #6 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2124 #140 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $946,365 #6 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $102,285 #10 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: San Diego ranks #6 for cost of living and #6 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

San Jose $70,810 San Francisco $67,720 Vallejo $66,310 Santa Cruz $65,340 Santa Rosa $61,890 Modesto $61,550 Napa $61,300 Stockton $59,760 Seattle $59,060 Merced $58,790 Oxnard $57,650 Redding $57,570 Santa Maria $57,430 Los Angeles $56,770 Sacramento $56,610 New York $56,210 San Diego $56,180 Salinas $56,140 San Luis Obispo $55,890 Portland $55,000 Riverside $54,490 Bremerton $54,410 Bakersfield $53,760 Salem $52,930 Ann Arbor $52,780 Bend $52,150 Fresno $51,940 Visalia $51,570 Brownsville $51,120 Spokane $51,070 Mount Vernon $50,970 Richmond $49,870 Buffalo $49,040 Ithaca $49,020 Kiryas Joel $49,010 Medford $48,940 Baltimore $48,430 Chico $48,320 Yuba City $48,310 Kalamazoo $47,640 Charlottesville $47,630 Jacksonville $47,600 Trenton $47,490 Glens Falls $47,270 South Bend $47,150 Philadelphia $46,970 Detroit $46,840 Salisbury $46,830 El Centro $46,660 Yakima $46,560 Indianapolis $46,520 Dallas $46,430 Sarasota $46,380 Louisville $45,970 Miami $45,910 Orlando $45,840 Austin $45,740 Rockford $45,620 Utica $45,350 Harrisburg $45,270 Longview $45,190 Syracuse $45,180 Rochester $45,040 Lafayette $44,920 Winchester $44,860 Crestview $44,780 Naples $44,690 Port St. Lucie $44,680 Pittsburgh $44,650 Albany $44,530 Chicago $44,430 Columbus $44,330 San Antonio $44,310 Allentown $44,300 San Angelo $44,160 Fort Myers $43,800 Lancaster $43,690 Lexington $43,690 Beaumont $43,680 Lynchburg $43,660 Grand Rapids $43,500 Houston $43,460 Lansing $43,460 Deltona $43,430 Flint $43,420 Fort Wayne $43,420 Binghamton $43,220 York $43,160 Terre Haute $42,850 Kokomo $42,720 Peoria $42,390 Pensacola $42,270 Waco $42,270 Punta Gorda $42,170 Roanoke $42,100 Virginia Beach $42,090 Hagerstown $41,950 Killeen $41,930 Sebastian $41,920 Bloomington $41,770 Tyler $41,750 Ocala $41,520 College Station $41,390 Muncie $41,250 Gainesville $41,150 Amarillo $41,100 Bowling Green $40,990 Lubbock $40,910 Elkhart $40,700 Texarkana $40,530 Erie $40,510 Springfield $40,500 Altoona $40,140 Watertown $39,980 Scranton $39,900 Tallahassee $39,820 Lakeland $39,810 Sherman $39,410 Evansville $39,090 McAllen $38,590 Tampa $38,490 Atlantic City $38,210 Wheeling $38,050 Huntington $37,750 El Paso $37,570 Panama City $37,540 Charleston $37,280 Parkersburg $36,760 Morgantown $36,560 Corpus Christi $36,020 Beckley $34,420
CityMean salaryvs. San Diego
Albany, New York$44,530-20.7%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$44,300-21.1%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$40,140-28.6%
Amarillo, Texas$41,100-26.8%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$52,780-6.1%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$38,210-32.0%
Austin, Texas$45,740-18.6%
Bakersfield, California$53,760-4.3%
Baltimore, Maryland$48,430-13.8%
Beaumont, Texas$43,680-22.2%
Beckley, West Virginia$34,420-38.7%
Bend, Oregon$52,150-7.2%
Binghamton, New York$43,220-23.1%
Bloomington, Indiana$41,770-25.6%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$40,990-27.0%
Bremerton, Washington$54,410-3.2%
Brownsville, Texas$51,120-9.0%
Buffalo, New York$49,040-12.7%
Fort Myers, Florida$43,800-22.0%
Charleston, West Virginia$37,280-33.6%
Charlottesville, Virginia$47,630-15.2%
Chicago, Illinois$44,430-20.9%
Chico, California$48,320-14.0%
College Station, Texas$41,390-26.3%
Columbus, Indiana$44,330-21.1%
Corpus Christi, Texas$36,020-35.9%
Crestview, Florida$44,780-20.3%
Dallas, Texas$46,430-17.4%
Deltona, Florida$43,430-22.7%
Detroit, Michigan$46,840-16.6%
El Centro, California$46,660-16.9%
Elkhart, Indiana$40,700-27.6%
El Paso, Texas$37,570-33.1%
Erie, Pennsylvania$40,510-27.9%
Evansville, Indiana$39,090-30.4%
Flint, Michigan$43,420-22.7%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$43,420-22.7%
Fresno, California$51,940-7.5%
Gainesville, Florida$41,150-26.8%
Glens Falls, New York$47,270-15.9%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$43,500-22.6%
Hagerstown, Maryland$41,950-25.3%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$45,270-19.4%
Houston, Texas$43,460-22.6%
Huntington, West Virginia$37,750-32.8%
Indianapolis, Indiana$46,520-17.2%
Ithaca, New York$49,020-12.7%
Jacksonville, Florida$47,600-15.3%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$47,640-15.2%
Killeen, Texas$41,930-25.4%
Kiryas Joel, New York$49,010-12.8%
Kokomo, Indiana$42,720-24.0%
Lafayette, Indiana$44,920-20.0%
Lakeland, Florida$39,810-29.1%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$43,690-22.2%
Lansing, Michigan$43,460-22.6%
Lexington, Kentucky$43,690-22.2%
Longview, Texas$45,190-19.6%
Los Angeles, California$56,770+1.1%
Louisville, Kentucky$45,970-18.2%
Lubbock, Texas$40,910-27.2%
Lynchburg, Virginia$43,660-22.3%
McAllen, Texas$38,590-31.3%
Medford, Oregon$48,940-12.9%
Merced, California$58,790+4.6%
Miami, Florida$45,910-18.3%
Modesto, California$61,550+9.6%
Morgantown, West Virginia$36,560-34.9%
Mount Vernon, Washington$50,970-9.3%
Muncie, Indiana$41,250-26.6%
Napa, California$61,300+9.1%
Naples, Florida$44,690-20.5%
New York, New York$56,210+0.1%
Sarasota, Florida$46,380-17.4%
Ocala, Florida$41,520-26.1%
Orlando, Florida$45,840-18.4%
Oxnard, California$57,650+2.6%
Panama City, Florida$37,540-33.2%
Parkersburg, West Virginia$36,760-34.6%
Pensacola, Florida$42,270-24.8%
Peoria, Illinois$42,390-24.5%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$46,970-16.4%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$44,650-20.5%
Portland, Oregon$55,000-2.1%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$44,680-20.5%
Punta Gorda, Florida$42,170-24.9%
Redding, California$57,570+2.5%
Richmond, Virginia$49,870-11.2%
Riverside, California$54,490-3.0%
Roanoke, Virginia$42,100-25.1%
Rochester, New York$45,040-19.8%
Rockford, Illinois$45,620-18.8%
Sacramento, California$56,610+0.8%
Salem, Oregon$52,930-5.8%
Salinas, California$56,140-0.1%
Salisbury, Maryland$46,830-16.6%
San Angelo, Texas$44,160-21.4%
San Antonio, Texas$44,310-21.1%
San Francisco, California$67,720+20.5%
San Jose, California$70,810+26.0%
San Luis Obispo, California$55,890-0.5%
Santa Cruz, California$65,340+16.3%
Santa Maria, California$57,430+2.2%
Santa Rosa, California$61,890+10.2%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$39,900-29.0%
Seattle, Washington$59,060+5.1%
Sebastian, Florida$41,920-25.4%
Sherman, Texas$39,410-29.9%
South Bend, Indiana$47,150-16.1%
Spokane, Washington$51,070-9.1%
Springfield, Illinois$40,500-27.9%
Stockton, California$59,760+6.4%
Syracuse, New York$45,180-19.6%
Tallahassee, Florida$39,820-29.1%
Tampa, Florida$38,490-31.5%
Terre Haute, Indiana$42,850-23.7%
Texarkana, Texas$40,530-27.9%
Trenton, New Jersey$47,490-15.5%
Tyler, Texas$41,750-25.7%
Utica, New York$45,350-19.3%
Vallejo, California$66,310+18.0%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$42,090-25.1%
Visalia, California$51,570-8.2%
Waco, Texas$42,270-24.8%
Watertown, New York$39,980-28.8%
Wheeling, West Virginia$38,050-32.3%
Winchester, Virginia$44,860-20.1%
Yakima, Washington$46,560-17.1%
York, Pennsylvania$43,160-23.2%
Yuba City, California$48,310-14.0%
Gross salary
56,180/yr
Estimated take-home
45,757/yr
Est. total withheld
18.6%

Single filer, federal + California state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Community reality check

Community reality check for San Diego

These notes add local color around San Diego, California: comfort ranges, budget constraints and location trade-offs reported in public discussions.

Relocation gap2.0× calculator gap
City comparison anecdotal

Discussion highlights that calculators may imply roughly 2x gross income for comparable standard of living, while some employers offer only about 10% location premiums. Tech total compensation can be an exception, so the page should distinguish salary from total compensation.

2.0×calculator multiplier10%HCOL premium cited$200KAtlanta TC example$450KBay Area TC example

Anecdotal public-discussion signals, not official salary data, rent data or financial advice. Read this alongside the official figures on the page.

Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 43-4111 SOC code
Official area San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 41740 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: ca_ftb_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
Chula VistaCarlsbad
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Where this is

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Highlighted: California

Population (metro area)
3,282,782