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Internships in San Diego, CA

San Diego, CA has 286 open internships right now. 20 close in the next 30 days, 13 of them in the next 7 days. Where a listing states its pay, the median is $29.25 an hour.

open internships
286
close in the next 30 days
20
median listed pay
$29.25/hr
list their pay
40%

Deadlines

13 San Diego, CA internships close in the next 7 days

Employers stop taking applications on these dates.

  • Next 7 days13
  • Days 8–145
  • Days 15–212
  • Days 22–300

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New openings in San Diego, CA

199 opened in the last 4 weeks

We predict about 50 new internship postings a week over the next 4 weeks.

199 new openings in San Diego, CA in the 4 weeks to Oct 25, 2026. We predict about 50 new internship postings a week over the next 4 weeks, likely between 36 and 61 a week.53Sep 2749Oct 436Oct 1161Oct 18Oct 25Nov 1Nov 8Nov 15Oct 25, 2026

Bars are openings first seen each week. Lighter bars are the next 4 weeks at the average pace; each line runs from the slowest to the busiest of the last 4 weeks.

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Internships in cities near San Diego, CA

Around San Diego, CA:

  • La Jolla 18
  • El Cajon 5
  • La Mesa 4
  • Chula Vista 1

What internships in San Diego, CA pay

Hourly pay on open internships that list it. The bar runs from the 25th to the 75th percentile and the tick marks the median. The grey line is the US median across all fields, $25.50.

  • All fields

    $29.25 median, 15% above the US median

    $22.50 to $34.44, out of 114 postings that state pay

  • Engineering

    $31.19 median

    $24.50 to $34.50, out of 54 postings that state pay

Fields with fewer than 30 listings that state pay are left out, too few for a reliable median.

What to expect from an internship in San Diego, CA

Seasons employers are hiring for

Out of 186 postings that state a season

  • Summer14377%
  • Fall147%
  • Spring158%
  • Winter74%
  • Year-round74%

The typical internship

Each figure says how many open internships it is out of

Paid58%

166 of 286 open internships are paid or list pay

Length

12 weeks

median, out of 123 postings that state it

Hours

35 per week

median, out of 51 postings that state it

Who is hiring in San Diego, CA now

Featured employers with open internships in San Diego, CA, by openings here

What San Diego, CA hires for, compared with the US

Each field's share of 286 open roles in San Diego, CA, next to its share of open roles across the US. A role can count in more than one field.

Skills San Diego, CA employers ask for

Engineering

Share of 90 postings naming each skill

  • Business communication60%
  • Mathematics27%
  • Python23%
  • Technical writing & documentation21%
  • C++17%
  • Java17%
  • Physics17%
  • Git basics: commit, branch, merge11%

Operations

Share of 54 postings naming each skill

  • Business communication70%
  • Project management & Agile22%
  • Leadership & managing work20%
  • Event planning & marketing13%
  • Excel (analytics-level)13%
  • Administrative support & operations11%
  • Data analysis & statistics11%
  • Negotiation9%

Research & Science

Share of 41 postings naming each skill

  • Biology41%
  • Business communication29%
  • Laboratory techniques24%
  • Chemistry17%
  • Excel (analytics-level)12%
  • Crisis intervention10%
  • Data analysis & statistics10%
  • Technical writing & documentation10%

San Diego, CA at a glance

20

Close in the next 30 days

of 286 open internships

3%

Offer visa sponsorship

of 73 postings that say

40%

List pay

of 286 open internships

How we count

An internship counts as open when we have seen it recently, usually on the employer's own careers site, and it hasn't been taken down or passed its application deadline. It also needs a description. Our search uses the same rule.

Counts and shares come from those open internships and are updated throughout the day. Sponsorship counts only the postings that say whether they sponsor. Distances are straight-line. We leave a figure out when too few postings are behind it.

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