List of tallest buildings in California

This list ranks skyscrapers and high rise buildings in the state of California by height. Buildings in six cities are included in this list; Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Sacramento, Burbank and Oakland each have buildings taller than.
The tallest building is the Wilshire Grand Center at.

Buildings over 500 feet

All of the buildings taller than are in Los Angeles and San Francisco. The tallest building in San Diego rises exactly 500 feet due to restrictions imposed by the Federal Aviation Administration in the 1970s, because of downtown's proximity to San Diego International Airport.

Rank	Name	Image	Height ft / m	Floors	Year	City	Rank in its city	Notes
1	Wilshire Grand Center			73	2017	Los Angeles	1	Topped-out in 2016, and officially opened in June 2017. The tower is the tallest building in Los Angeles and the West Coast of the United States as measured by structural height, which includes a 295-foot spire. When measured by roof height, the tower is 934 ft. tall, which is 84 ft. shorter than the US Bank Tower roof.
2	Salesforce Tower			61	2018	San Francisco	1	91st-tallest building in the world, 13th-tallest building in the United States, 2nd-tallest building on the West Coast, Tallest building in San Francisco since 2018, Tallest building constructed in San Francisco in the 2010s.
3	U.S. Bank Tower			73	1989	Los Angeles	2	99th-tallest building in the world, 16th-tallest building in the United States, tallest building on the West Coast of the United States when measured by roof height. Only building in California whose roof height exceeds 1,000 ft. Tallest structure in a major active seismic region from 1989 to 2010; Taipei 101 now holds this title. Tallest building constructed in Los Angeles in the 1980s. Formerly known as Library Tower.
N/A	Sutro Tower		977		1973	San Francisco	N/A	Tallest non-building radio tower in San Francisco since 1973. Because it sits atop a hill, the tower actually reaches a height of 1,814 ft above sea level.
4	Aon Center		02.0858 / 262	62	1973	Los Angeles	3	45th-tallest building in the United States. Tallest building constructed in Los Angeles in the 1970s.
5	Transamerica Pyramid		853	48	1972	San Francisco	2	Tallest building in San Francisco from 1972-2017; 46th-tallest in the United States, and 190th-tallest in the world; tallest building on the West Coast from 1972 until 1974; tallest building constructed in San Francisco in the 1970s
6	555 California Street		779	52	1969	San Francisco	3	75th-tallest building in the United States; tallest building on the West Coast from 1969 to 1972; formerly known as Bank of America Center; tallest building constructed in the city in the 1960s
7	Two California Plaza		03.0750 / 229	54	1992	Los Angeles	4	96th-tallest building in the United States. Tallest building constructed in Los Angeles in the 1990s.
8	Gas Company Tower		04.0749 / 228	52	1991	Los Angeles	5	80th-tallest building in the United States.
9	Bank of America Center		05.0735 / 224	55	1974	Los Angeles	6	116th-tallest building in the United States. Originally known as Security Pacific Bank Plaza, then as ARCO Plaza, then BP Plaza.
10	777 Tower		06.0725 / 221	52	1991	Los Angeles	7
11	Wells Fargo Tower		07.0723 / 220	54	1983	Los Angeles	8
12	Figueroa at Wilshire		08.0717 / 219	53	1990	Los Angeles	9	Formerly known as the Sanwa Bank Building.
13	City National Tower		09.0699 / 213	52	1972	Los Angeles	10	This building and Paul Hastings Tower stand as the tallest twin towers in Los Angeles. Formerly known as the Bank of America Tower.
13	Paul Hastings Tower		10.0699 / 213	52	1972	Los Angeles	10	This building and City National Tower stand as the tallest twin towers in Los Angeles. Formerly known as ARCO Tower.
15	345 California Center		695	48	1986	San Francisco	4	Tallest mid-block skyscraper in San Francisco; tallest building constructed in the city in the 1980s
16	LA Live Hotels & Condominiums		653 / 199	54	2010	Los Angeles	12
17	Millennium Tower		645	58	2009	San Francisco	5	Tallest building constructed in the city in the 2000s
18	One Rincon Hill South Tower		641	60	2008	San Francisco	6	Tallest all-residential building in the city
19	Citigroup Center		11.0625 / 191	48	1979	Los Angeles	13	Formerly known as the 444 Flower Building.
20	611 Place		12.0620 / 189	42	1967	Los Angeles	14	Tallest building constructed in Los Angeles in the 1960s.
21	50 Fremont Center		600	43	1985	San Francisco	7
21	101 California Street		600	48	1982	San Francisco	7
23	One California Plaza		13.0578 / 176	42	1985	Los Angeles	15
24	Market Center		573	40	1975	San Francisco	9
25	Century Plaza Tower II		14.0571 / 174	44	1975	Los Angeles	16	This building and Century Plaza Tower I stand as the tallest buildings in California outside the CBDs of Los Angeles and San Francisco.
25	Century Plaza Tower I		15.0571 / 174	44	1975	Los Angeles	16	This building and Century Plaza Tower II stand as the tallest buildings in California outside the CBDs Los Angeles and San Francisco.
27	Four Embarcadero Center		570	45	1982	San Francisco	10
28	One Embarcadero Center		569	45	1971	San Francisco	11
29	44 Montgomery Street		565	43	1967	San Francisco	12
30	Spear Tower		564	43	1976	San Francisco	13
31	KPMG Tower		16.0560 / 171	45	1983	Los Angeles	18
32	One Sansome Street		550	39	1984	San Francisco	14
33	One Front Street		538	38	1979	San Francisco	15
34	Ernst & Young Plaza		17.0534 / 163	41	1985	Los Angeles	19
35	SunAmerica Center		18.0533 / 162	39	1990	Los Angeles	20
36	First Market Tower		529	39	1973	San Francisco	16
36	McKesson Plaza		529	38	1969	San Francisco	16
38	425 Market Street		525	38	1973	San Francisco	18
39	TCW Tower		19.0517 / 158	39	1990	Los Angeles	21
40	Union Bank Plaza		20.0516 / 157	40	1968	Los Angeles	22
41	10 Universal City Plaza		21.0506 / 154	36	1984	Los Angeles	23	Tallest building in the San Fernando Valley.

Buildings from 400 to 500 feet

Rank	Name	Image	Height ft	Floors	Year	City	Notes
40	One America Plaza			34	1991	San Diego	Tallest building in San Diego; tallest building in California outside of Los Angeles and San Francisco; tallest building constructed in the 1990s
40	Telesis Tower			38	1982	San Francisco
42	Symphony Towers			34	1989	San Diego
43	Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel			40	1992	San Diego	Tallest building on the waterfront on the West Coast
44	1100 Wilshire			35	1987	Los Angeles	Tallest residential building in the city.
45	333 Bush Street			43	1986	San Francisco
46	Hilton San Francisco Tower I			46	1971	San Francisco	Tallest building used exclusively as a hotel in the city
47	Fox Plaza			34	1987	Los Angeles
47	Pacific Gas & Electric Building			34	1971	San Francisco
49	MGM Tower/Constellation Place			35	2003	Los Angeles	The first high rise to be completed in the 21st century in Century City.
50	50 California Street			37	1972	San Francisco
51	St. Regis San Francisco			42	2005	San Francisco
52	The Century			42	2009	Los Angeles
53	100 Pine Center			33	1972	San Francisco
53	45 Fremont Street			34	1978	San Francisco
55	Electra			43	2007	San Diego	Tallest residential tower in San Diego
56	333 Market Street			33	1979	San Francisco
57	650 California Street			34	1964	San Francisco	Also known as the Hartford Building.
58	ARCO Tower/1055 West Seventh			33	1989	Los Angeles
59	The Tower Burbank		460	32	1988	Burbank	Tallest building in Burbank, CA.
60	555 Mission Street			33	2008	San Francisco
61	Los Angeles City Hall			32	1928	Los Angeles	Tallest building constructed in Los Angeles in the 1920s. Tallest base-isolated structure in the world.
61	Equitable Life Building			34	1969	Los Angeles
63	AT&T Center			32	1965	Los Angeles
64	Emerald Plaza			30	1990	San Diego
64	The Pinnacle Museum Tower			36	2005	San Diego
64	The Infinity I			41	2008	San Francisco
67	PacBell Tower			17	1961	Los Angeles
68	100 First Plaza			27	1988	San Francisco
69	Manchester Grand Hyatt Seaport			34	2003	San Diego
70	5900 Wilshire			32	1971	Los Angeles
71	One California			32	1969	San Francisco
72	San Francisco Marriott			39	1989	San Francisco
73	Russ Building			32	1927	San Francisco	Tied as the tallest building constructed in the city in the 1920s
73	140 New Montgomery			26	1925	San Francisco	Tied as the tallest building constructed in the city in the 1920s
75	Wells Fargo Center			30	1992	Sacramento	Tallest building in Sacramento. Tallest building completed in the 1990s.
76	Harbor Club West			41	1992	San Diego
76	Harbor Club East			41	1992	San Diego
78	The Grande South at Santa Fe Place			39	2004	San Diego
78	The Grande North at Santa Fe Place			39	2005	San Diego
78	Vantage Pointe Condominium			41	2009	San Diego
78	JPMorgan Chase Building			31	2002	San Francisco
78	The Paramount			40	2002	San Francisco
83	Providian Financial Building			30	1981	San Francisco
84	Warner Center Plaza II			25	1991	Los Angeles
85	MCI Center			33	1973	Los Angeles
86	Three Embarcadero Center			31	1977	San Francisco
86	Two Embarcadero Center			30	1974	San Francisco
88	Advanced Equities Plaza			23	2005	San Diego
89	595 Market Street			30	1979	San Francisco
90	123 Mission Street			29	1986	San Francisco
91	101 Montgomery			28	1984	San Francisco
91	Embarcadero West			34	1989	San Francisco
91	Ordway Building			28	1970	Oakland	Tallest building in Oakland and in the Bay Area outside of San Francisco.
94	US Bank Tower			25	2008	Sacramento	This building topped out in 2007 to become the city's second tallest building.
95	100 Van Ness Avenue			29	1974	San Francisco

Timeline of tallest buildings in California

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