Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

Across all occupations in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metropolitan area, the median wage is $55,850 a year ($26.85 an hour) and the mean $77,270, May 2025. That median is +10% against the US median of $50,980 and −4% against California's $58,240. BLS counts 6,271,560 jobs in the area. The highest-paying occupation is radiologists; the largest is home health and personal care aides.

All occupations: Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA vs California and the United States

All occupations: wage percentiles, mean and employment in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, California and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	Hourly	$17.24	$18.90	$26.85	$45.07	$67.96	$37.15	6,271,560
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	Annual	$35,870	$39,320	$55,850	$93,740	$141,370	$77,270	6,271,560
California	Hourly	$17.28	$20.00	$28.00	$47.06	$76.48	$38.79	18,213,700
California	Annual	$35,950	$41,600	$58,240	$97,880	$159,080	$80,690	18,213,700
United States	Hourly	$15.00	$18.07	$24.51	$38.71	$61.81	$33.54	155,495,730
United States	Annual	$31,200	$37,590	$50,980	$80,520	$128,560	$69,770	155,495,730

Annual wage at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th and 90th percentiles across all occupations in the metro; the line marks the US median. The same numbers are in the table above.

740 detailed occupations publish a median in this area. State profile: California. Compare any occupation across every area in the wage explorer.

20 highest-paying occupations in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

Rank	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Radiologists	$488,670	$234.94	310
2	Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric	$433,520	$208.42	**
3	Psychiatrists	$370,510	$178.13	1,610
4	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	$364,730	*	6,710
5	Physicians, Pathologists	$319,340	$153.53	330
6	Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons	$313,780	$150.85	**
7	General Internal Medicine Physicians	$303,980	$146.14	**
8	Obstetricians and Gynecologists	$301,240	$144.83	**
9	Nurse Anesthetists	$282,930	$136.02	**
10	Dentists, All Other Specialists	$241,090	$115.91	**
11	Chief Executives	$234,290	$112.64	10,800
12	Computer and Information Systems Managers in California	$204,370	$98.26	23,180
13	Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric	$203,890	$98.03	**
14	Nurse Midwives	$202,850	$97.52	220
15	Podiatrists	$199,990	$96.15	350
16	Physicians, All Other	$196,760	$94.59	6,810
17	Lawyers in California	$194,410	$93.47	41,580
18	Natural Sciences Managers	$193,340	$92.95	2,530
19	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$190,900	$91.78	9,570
20	Family Medicine Physicians	$186,700	$89.76	**

Ranked by median; an occupation whose median BLS withholds or top-codes in this area cannot appear here, however well it pays.

20 largest occupations in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

Rank	Occupation	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient	Median annual
1	Home Health and Personal Care Aides in California	385,530	61.47	2.22	$34,320
2	Fast Food and Counter Workers in California	160,270	25.55	1.03	$42,110
3	Retail Salespersons in California	130,650	20.83	0.83	$37,700
4	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in California	120,720	19.25	1.01	$42,390
5	Office Clerks, General in California	112,270	17.90	1.13	$48,100
6	Cashiers in California	109,940	17.53	0.88	$36,980
7	Registered Nurses in California	109,360	17.44	0.80	$135,560
8	General and Operations Managers in California	104,610	16.68	0.74	$125,830
9	Stockers and Order Fillers in California	85,630	13.65	0.75	$38,650
10	Waiters and Waitresses in California	85,210	13.59	0.93	$35,850
11	Security Guards in California	83,280	13.28	1.61	$40,030
12	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in California	83,160	13.26	0.93	$38,720
13	Accountants and Auditors in California	70,640	11.26	1.21	$94,360
14	Customer Service Representatives in California	66,590	10.62	0.64	$48,840
15	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in California	61,270	9.77	0.74	$60,340
16	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in California	58,800	9.38	0.85	$53,550
17	Software Developers in California	55,540	8.86	0.82	$160,920
18	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products in California	54,950	8.76	1.10	$74,490
19	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers in California	54,340	8.66	0.94	$77,530
20	Cooks, Restaurant in California	54,320	8.66	0.96	$44,460

Most concentrated occupations in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

The 10 occupations with the highest location quotient among those employing at least 100 people in the area. A quotient of 2.00 means the occupation's share of local jobs is twice its national share.

Rank	Occupation	Location quotient	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Median annual
1	Actors	11.18	24,800	3.96	*
2	Media and Communication Workers, All Other	9.48	7,490	1.20	$103,050
3	Makeup Artists, Theatrical and Performance	8.23	780	0.12	$140,870
4	Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes	8.09	4,120	0.66	$97,750
5	Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers	6.96	830	0.13	$89,010
6	Fashion Designers	5.84	5,050	0.81	*
7	Film and Video Editors	5.82	6,010	0.96	$83,210
8	Special Effects Artists and Animators	5.77	4,650	0.74	$124,590
9	Lighting Technicians	5.69	2,040	0.33	$105,010
10	Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other	5.59	3,050	0.49	$36,540

Occupation groups in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

Group	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Management	$136,490	$160,410	442,160	70.50	0.98
Legal	$128,110	$178,720	69,230	11.04	1.31
Computer and Mathematical	$125,500	$129,050	176,840	28.20	0.83
Architecture and Engineering	$110,130	$120,710	95,630	15.25	0.91
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	$110,100	$123,980	339,340	54.11	0.86
Life, Physical, and Social Science	$97,680	$103,150	56,900	9.07	0.96
Business and Financial Operations	$93,060	$102,580	436,840	69.65	1.03
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	$81,620	$111,690	183,330	29.23	2.22
Construction and Extraction	$69,610	$77,100	188,760	30.10	0.73
Educational Instruction and Library	$68,730	$82,670	360,420	57.47	0.98
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$63,840	$70,650	177,010	28.22	0.72
Community and Social Service	$62,210	$72,320	150,660	24.02	1.40
Office and Administrative Support	$52,710	$58,140	702,480	112.01	0.98
Production	$46,740	$52,750	284,680	45.39	0.82
Protective Service	$45,960	$67,510	166,430	26.54	1.09
Transportation and Material Moving	$45,330	$54,540	486,360	77.55	0.88
Sales and Related	$45,230	$60,050	506,470	80.76	0.94
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$43,370	$45,800	164,470	26.23	0.90
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	$40,760	$48,450	6,110	0.97	0.35
Personal Care and Service	$38,620	$46,600	151,330	24.13	1.15
Food Preparation and Serving Related	$38,460	$43,030	588,660	93.86	1.07
Healthcare Support	$35,630	$40,370	537,460	85.70	1.69

Every occupation in California, and the area's place among the state's metros, is on the state profile. All 740 published occupations for this area are in the wage explorer; other metros are on the metros hub.

Source and notes

Data: BLS OEWS May 2025, released 2026-05-15. Cross-industry estimates, all ownerships. BLS page: OEWS Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA estimates (area 31080).

*: Wage estimate not available.
**: Employment estimate not available.

Annual wages assume 2,080 hours a year at the hourly rate; occupations BLS publishes on one basis only show an en dash (–) on the other.
Employment is rounded to the nearest 10 by BLS. Where BLS withholds a cell, nothing is estimated in its place.
Jobs per 1,000 is the occupation's employment per 1,000 jobs in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area; the location quotient is that share divided by the national share.
The concentration table keeps only occupations with employment of 100 or more in the area, so a quotient built on a handful of rounded jobs cannot top it.