City of San Diego: jobs, salaries and hiring

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Question 1 of 3Hiring now
4
open professional roles
5
opened in the last 90 days
5 in the last 12 months
0%
of roles are remote
1
state hiring
California
What it hires for: Finance (1), Operations (1). By level: executive (2), manager (1), director (1), mid level (1).
Where: San Diego, CA (1), San Diego, California, United States (1).
Main hubs: San Diego, CA (1). Open a city for its job market, layoffs and training.
Where San Diego, CA ranks
Where San Diego, CA placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #1Cities hosting the most business conferences in the West Coast78 conferences · of 17
- #2Cities hosting the most human resources conferences6 conferences · of 10
- #3Best cities for life sciences and biotech jobs454 openings · of 41
- #3Best cities for aerospace and defense jobs377 openings · of 67
- #3Cities hosting the most legal services conferences7 conferences · of 17
- #3Cities hosting the most staffing & human capital conferences6 conferences · of 8
Rankings about finance jobs
- Best cities for finance jobs #1 New York (1,932 openings)
- Best cities for finance pay after cost of living #1 San Mateo ($162k)
- Most requested AI skills in finance jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (4.3%)
- AI tools named most often in finance jobs #1 Claude (0.55%)
- Employers with the most finance jobs #1 Amazon (475 roles)
City of San Diego hiring at a glance
- We have tracked City of San Diego's career site since Oct 2026; it has opened 27 professional roles in that time.
- 12 of City of San Diego's 25 open roles (48%) are entry-level or early-career.
- 0% of its roles post a salary range, against a median of 25% for government employers.
- 8 roles were posted in the last 7 days; the median open role was posted 9 days ago.
- By open professional roles, City of San Diego ranks #19 of 1,049 government employers we track.
What City of San Diego asks for
Skills named most often in open roles
- risk management 5
- gis 3
- excel 2
- procurement 2
- project management 2
- sap 2
- accounts payable 1
- audit 1
- forecasting 1
- litigation 1
How City of San Diego compares with government employers
| Measure | City of San Diego | Median employer |
|---|---|---|
| Open professional roles | 25 | 5 |
| Roles that post a salary range | 0% | 25% |
Median across 1,042 government employers with 3 or more open roles. Updated daily.
Similar employers hiring
Open roles
- Associate Engineer - Control SystemsSan Diego, CA
- Deputy DirectorSan Diego, CA
Common questions
- Is City of San Diego hiring?
- City of San Diego has 4 open professional roles on its career site as of the last check. 5 opened in the last 90 days and 5 in the last 12 months. The most common function is finance.
- Does City of San Diego hire entry-level candidates?
- Yes. 12 of City of San Diego's 25 open roles (48%) are entry-level or early-career. Entry-level means roughly 0 to 3 years of experience, read from the title, the employer and the full posting.
- What skills does City of San Diego ask for?
- Across its open roles the skills named most often are risk management (5), gis (3), excel (2), procurement (2), project management (2), sap (2).
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