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Oncologist salary in California

Open oncologist jobs in California post a median of , the middle half (about $412,700 a year full time), $64.07 below the national posted median. From at that state their pay.

The jobs themselves: Oncologist jobs in California · Oncologist pay nationwide

What oncologists are paid in California

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint).

Median $198.43 an hour. Middle half $87.03 to $253.13. Tap a bar for its count.

Posted hourly rates of 8 open jobs in California. Lowest posted $54.70, highest $300.

Posted on open jobs in California

$87.03–$253.13/hr

Middle half of 8 distinct posted rates (a job posted many times at one rate counted once), median $198.43. 18% of the 44 open oncologist jobs in California state an hourly rate.

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Oncologist pay by employer in California

What each employer posts for oncologists here, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first.

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
Southern California Permanente Medical Group$203$192.12–$2753
Weatherby Healthcare$176.25$80–$3002
Alameda Health System$250$245–$2551
Sutter Health$78.12$65.10–$91.141
Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center$67.79$54.70–$80.871

Median of each employer's jobs in California (a range at its midpoint), and its lowest and highest rate here. An employer's name opens its pay for oncologists nationwide when it has such a page.

Jobs that state a yearly salary

Measured on their own, never converted to hourly.

17 open jobs in California state a yearly salary: a median of $567,500, the middle half $403,300 to $621,400.

Best-paid open oncologist jobs in California

The open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight, at most two from one employer.

What BLS measures in California

What people employed in the occupation earned in the state, at every level of experience, from the BLS survey. A posting advertises what a new hire is offered.

Hourly wages, BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, California. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Physicians, All Other (29-1229)$38.75 (source: BLS OEWS, Physicians, All Other)$47.54 (source: BLS OEWS, Physicians, All Other)$135.38 (source: BLS OEWS, Physicians, All Other)$163.81 (source: BLS OEWS, Physicians, All Other)$207.69 (source: BLS OEWS, Physicians, All Other)25,530 (source: BLS OEWS, Physicians, All Other)

BLS median by metro area

  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$94.59/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA)
  • San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$155.31/hr (source: BLS OEWS, San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA)
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$141.52/hr (source: BLS OEWS, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA)
  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$47.54/hr (source: BLS OEWS, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA)
  • Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$134.18/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA)
  • Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$148.21/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA)
  • Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$93.22/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA)
  • Stockton-Lodi, CA$38.56/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Stockton-Lodi, CA)

Oncologist salary in California: common questions

How much does an oncologist make in California?

Open oncologist jobs in California that state an hourly rate post a median of $198.43, the middle half $87.03–$253.13 (8 jobs from 5 employers). Full time that is about $412,700 a year. BLS measured a median of $135.38/hr ($281,590 a year) for people employed in the occupation in California (May 2025).

How does California compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in California ($198.43) is $64.07 below the national posted median of $262.50. In the BLS survey California ranks 26 of 51 by median wage.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 8 of 44 open oncologist jobs in California (18%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

Oncologist pay in other states

Oncologist salary nationwide →Every healthcare salary →The Physicians & Surgeons job market report →Posted pay against BLS wages →California pay against its minimum wage →

Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used, a range at its midpoint. In the state's median and middle half each employer's advertised range counts once, so an employer posting one range in many towns does not set the figure; a town's median follows the same rule. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates far from the occupation's median are left out. A state has a page while at least 8 jobs from 3 employers state a rate there. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours. BLS figures are as published.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own careers site, published 9 Nov 2026
  2. BLS OEWS May 2025: Physicians, All Other (SOC 29-1229), every state, published 15 May 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Physicians, All Other, national, published 15 May 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Physicians, All Other by metropolitan area, published 15 May 2026

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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Oncologist salary in California. Data as of 9 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/oncologist/california

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