California · 2025 pay · 420 people
How much does a data systems analyst make in California?
$120,388typical pay for a data systems analyst in 2025
$91,130 – $153,964what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay rose 12.9% from 2024.
✓ Official data from California State Controller's Office · Matches the agency's latest release · sco.ca.gov ↗
Where data systems analysts work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
- University of California, San Francisco110 people$154,633
- University of California, Irvine78 people$135,802
- University of California, Davis66 people$110,705
- University of California, San Diego50 people$94,613
- University of California, Berkeley42 people$118,866
- University of California, Santa Barbara19 people$106,657
- University of California, Santa Cruz18 people$106,741
- University of California, Office of the President15 people$125,663
- University of California, Riverside14 people$103,601
- University of California, Merced8 people$99,426
Pay by level
Levels with 5 or more people.
- Data Systems Analyst 123 people$67,885
- Data Systems Analyst 264 people$85,016
- Data Systems Analyst 3144 people$109,817
- Data Systems Analyst 4167 people$150,055
- Data Systems Analyst 522 people$197,695
Highest-paid data systems analysts, 2025
Common questions
How much does a data systems analyst make in California?
The typical data systems analyst was paid $120,388 in 2025; most earned between $91,130 and $153,964. This counts all 420 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 0.0% of all pay for data systems analysts in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Data Systems Analyst, at any level (for example "Data Systems Analyst 1"). Part-time-schedule titles (such as "20 hours") are left out. Senior, supervising and trainee titles have their own pages.
Job titles are written out in full from the payroll's abbreviations (for example "SR CRRECTNL POLC OFCR" → "Senior Correctional Police Officer"). "Typical pay" is the median; "most earned" is the middle half. How we calculate this