TurboTax will enter the California wages on Line 12 of California Form 540 based on your W-2 entries.
The form is designed that way by the State of California tax agency. As you noted, this figure is displayed to the side of the other entries and is not part of the calculations in the column to the right. The California Franchise Tax Board may be using this figure as a checkpoint in their review process.
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