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General information

Calpine generates electricity from natural gas and geothermal energy across North America. It runs 80 facilities with about 27,000 megawatts of generation capacity, including 725 megawatts of geothermal power at its Geysers site and the nation's largest cogeneration portfolio at 5,948 megawatts. Calpine says it is the largest generator of electricity from natural gas and geothermal energy in the United States.

Calpine was founded in 1984 in Silicon Valley by Peter Cartwright and four co-workers. It went public in 1996, then became a business unit of Constellation Energy in 2026 in a deal worth $16.4 billion. Calpine now operates as part of Constellation Energy rather than as a standalone company. Historically, the median salary is ~$124,873. Calpine is an H-1B sponsor.1

Website
calpine.com
Headquarters
Houston, United States
Industry
Energy & Materials
Category
Power & Utilities
Employees
2,200
Visa sponsor
Yes

Hiring activity

55Open jobs
+24Added in 30 days
−32Closed in 30 days
17 daysHow long jobs stay open

New jobs added per week2

View these weekly figures as a table
Week beginningNew listings
September 7, 20265
September 14, 20267
September 21, 20263
September 28, 20268
October 5, 20265
October 12, 20266
October 19, 20265
October 26, 2026 (in progress)0

Open jobs

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Pay

What does Calpine actually pay? Based on previous and active job listings with specified pay ranges, the median annual pay is $124,874. Note that 56% of jobs don't list any pay information, so figures may be skewed towards cities like NYC, where pay disclosure is mandated for each posting.4

Share of salaried jobs in each pay bracket

Share of salaried jobs in each pay bracket
BracketJobs
Under $100k4 jobs (11%)
$100k to $150k22 jobs (61%)
$150k to $200k10 jobs (28%)
$200k and up0 jobs (0%)

Plus 13 hourly jobs at $15.16 to $79.45 an hour.

Posted ranges on jobs open now4

General Plant Manager$172,740 – $220,243
Director, Battery Energy Storage$172,739 – $220,243
Construction Project Manager - Senior$154,232 – $196,646
$70k$220k
Director Project Management & Development$154,232 – $196,646
Manager Engineering - Transformer Specialist$154,232 – $196,646
Manager Electrical Engineering$154,232 – $196,646
Plant Manager$154,232 – $196,646
Plant Manager$154,231 – $196,645
Mgr Maintenance$141,397 – $180,279
Manager Budget-Operations Services$137,707 – $175,576
Manager Application Support$118,360 – $174,581
Program Manager I$126,246 – $160,963
Manager Operations & Maintenance$122,953 – $156,765
Electrical Engineer III$122,952 – $156,764
Manager Operations$119,372 – $152,199
Manager Maintenance$119,372 – $152,199
Steam Turbine Engineer Specialist$109,779 – $139,969
Environmental Permitting - Project Manager II$109,779 – $139,969
Senior Engineer - Rotating Equipment$109,779 – $139,969
Process Control Engineer III$109,779 – $139,968
Manager Market Strategy & Analysis$91,895 – $135,545
Manager Market Strategy & Analysis$91,895 – $135,545
Manager Market Strategy & Analysis$91,895 – $135,545
Maintenance Planner II$98,017 – $124,972
Maintenance Planner$98,017 – $124,972
Chemical Engineer$98,017 – $124,972
Process Control Engineering Specialist II$98,017 – $124,972
Maintenance Planner II$98,017 – $124,971
Business Manager$98,017 – $124,971
Integrator/ Developer II$84,247 – $124,264
Plant Engineer II$95,162 – $121,332
Engineering Specialist - Document Controls$89,266 – $111,582
Senior Settlements Analyst$70,304 – $99,062
Settlements Analyst$70,304 – $88,449
Billing Analyst$70,720 – $88,449
Risk Analyst$70,304 – $88,400

Hourly jobs

Operator Technician III$64 – $79 an hour
Maintenance Technician III$70 – $70 an hour
Operations & Electrical Technician III$55 – $69 an hour
Operator Technician II$51 – $66 an hour
Operator Technician I$49 – $55 an hour
Power Plant Operator$38 – $48 an hour
Power Operations Trainee (IC&E)$33 – $35 an hour
Power Operations Trainee (IC&E)$33 – $35 an hour
Power Operations Trainee$29 – $32 an hour
Operations Trainee$29 – $32 an hour
Power Operations Trainee$29 – $30 an hour
Customer Care Agent III$17 – $24 an hour
Customer Care Agent II$15 – $21 an hour

Visa sponsorship

Does Calpine sponsor visas? Using USCIS data, we've collected the number of H-1Bs granted from 2021 to 2023 as well as the number of petitions they've requested so far this year. Calpine is a likely employer for applicants who require sponsorship. Currently, they have 14 jobs certified for sponsorship in 2026, at a median pay of $151,715.5

Visa petitions approved each year (USCIS)5

H1B petitions approved, by fiscal year (USCIS)
Fiscal yearApproved
FY202110
FY202211
FY20237

Based on public USCIS and Department of Labor records. Past filings do not guarantee future sponsorship. Browse all H1B sponsors →

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Common questions

Is Calpine hiring now?

Yes. There are 55 open jobs, with 24 added in the last 30 days. They close fast though, often within 17 days, so don't wait.

Does Calpine sponsor H-1B visas?

Yes. Government records show 14 jobs certified for FY2026, at a median pay of $151,715.

How much does Calpine pay?

Posted pay runs $70,304 to $220,243 a year, and the median is $124,874. We only show pay the company printed itself, never estimates.

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Notes & sources

215 daily listing observations, Aug 26 to Oct 28 windowRechecked daily, last October 28, 2026
  1. 1. Company description. Written by InterviewOS from Calpine's public materials and press coverage; facts are checked against the sources below.
  2. 2. Weekly counts. A count is the number of listings the pipeline saw for the first time in that week. Weeks begin Monday; the onboarding week is excluded from the scale and every average.
  3. 3. Live counts. Deduplicated live listings observed daily on Calpine's own hiring system; last check October 28, 2026. Stale and syndicated posts on aggregator sites are not counted.
  4. 4. Posted pay. Ranges extracted from the text of Calpine's own listings; a range appears only when the employer printed one. Extraction is still rolling out, so this table can lag the board.
  5. 5. Federal visa records. USCIS H1B Employer Data Hub and US Department of Labor LCA disclosure files, matched to this company by name.

Sources
calpine.com
USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub
US Department of Labor LCA disclosure files
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