California GRC Jobs 142 Open Roles

California is the epicenter of AI governance hiring. The state pairs the world’s leading AI labs and platform companies with a deep bench of banks, insurers, health systems, and entertainment giants, all of which now need governance, risk, and compliance leaders who understand machine learning. From San Francisco and Silicon Valley to Los Angeles and San Diego, demand spans responsible AI, model risk, privacy under CCPA and CPRA, and traditional GRC. If a role is defining how AI gets governed, odds are it was written in California.

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California GRC at a glance

Key sectors: technology, financial services, healthcare, entertainment, and the AI labs defining the field. On the board now: 142 local and 0 remote-eligible jobs.

Compliance Officer paystats as of Q2 2026

BLS put the 2024 median at $78,420. In 2026, market trackers show averages from roughly $99,000 to $120,000, with the top quartile above $160,000. Financial centers and senior governance roles sit at the top of that range.

Sources: BLS, 2024 median

California GRC jobs: what the market looks like right now

A snapshot built from the 142 California GRC roles currently on this page.

What these roles pay by level

Median advertised midpoint, by seniority band. Bars are to scale.

Median advertised salary midpoint by seniority level
Level	Median midpoint	Postings
Mid-level	$143k	29
Senior / lead / manager	$183k	32
Director	$235k	10
Executive / C-suite	$240k	5

How these figures were calculated, and sources

Primary source: our own board. Every figure above is the median midpoint of the salary ranges published in the live postings on this page. Nothing is estimated, modeled, or carried over from a previous month. It is recalculated each time the board refreshes.

What is included. Only postings that publish a salary range. Hourly, weekly and monthly rates are annualised (2,080 hours, 52 weeks, 12 months). Ranges below $20,000 a year are excluded as data-entry placeholders. A seniority band is shown only when at least five postings support it.

What this is not. These are advertised ranges, not accepted offers. Advertised ranges tend to run wider than what is actually paid, and roles that do not publish a range are missing from the calculation entirely, which can bias the result upward.

For an independent benchmark, compare against the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics for SOC 13-1041 — Compliance Officers, published annually at bls.gov/oes. BLS reports actual wages across all employers rather than advertised ranges, so its medians normally sit below job-board figures.

Where the work is

Work mode: 14 remote, 3 hybrid, 125 on-site or unstated.
Seniority mix: senior (68), mid (45), director (16), executive (13)
Employers hiring more than one: Anthropic (24), Openai (10), Mercury (9), Airwallex (6), Robinhood (5), Okta (4)

Skills these postings ask for

policy and procedure writing
control testing and evidence collection
regulatory change management
SOX and SOC 2 readiness
issue management and remediation tracking

How to get a compliance job — the full career guide for this field: entry routes, transferable backgrounds, certifications and salary by level.

Certifications that come up most

None of these are universally required, but they appear often enough in California GRC postings to be worth knowing: CCEP, CRCM, CAMS, CIPP/US, AIGP. The certification academy covers what each one actually tests and who it is for.

Hiring for California GRC?

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