Management

Managers, All Other Salary in Los Angeles, CA (2024)

Managers, All Other in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area earn a median of $165,340 per year ($79.49 per hour) based on 32,970 jobs counted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2024. That is +21.1% against the national median of $136,550 for this occupation.

Median annual
$165,340
$79.49 / hour
Average annual
$176,850
mean, pulled up by top earners
Employment
32,970
5.32 per 1,000 local jobs
Local median, all jobs
$53,490
this job pays +209.1% vs that

Pay distribution

The median is a single point on a wide curve. The table below shows where managers, all other actually sit across the pay range in Los Angeles, CA, from the bottom decile to the top.

Annual and hourly wages for Managers, All Other in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, 2024. Hourly figures for percentiles are annual ÷ 2,080 hours.
Percentile Hourly Annual Note
10th percentile $42.13 $87,630
25th percentile $58.71 $122,110
Median $79.49 $165,340 half earn more, half earn less
75th percentile $101.13 $210,350
90th percentile — —
Average (mean) $85.02 $176,850
10th pct$87,63025th pct$122,110Median$165,34075th pct$210,350
Annual wage by percentile, Managers, All Other, Los Angeles, CA. Source: BLS OEWS 2024.

How Los Angeles, CA compares

The local median of $165,340 runs +21.1% above the US median of $136,550 for this occupation; it pays 209.1% more than the metro-wide median across all jobs ($53,490); within the metro it ranks 16th of 733 detailed occupations by median pay.

Benchmarks for Managers, All Other, 2024
Benchmark Median annual Difference
Los Angeles, CA — this occupation $165,340 —
US median, same occupation (all areas) $136,550 +21.1%
Los Angeles, CA — all occupations $53,490 +209.1%
Highest metro in the US for this job $203,030 -18.6%
Reading this data

At a location quotient of 1.30, this occupation is over-represented locally: the metro has about 130% of the national share of these workers.

High confidence The relative standard error on this estimate is 1.1%, which is a tight margin — the figure is stable enough to plan around.

Ranked 16th of 733 detailed occupations in the metro by median annual wage.

Highest-paying jobs in Los Angeles, CA

To put $165,340 in context, these are the best-paid detailed occupations in the same metro area. This occupation sits 16th.

Top 10 occupations by median annual wage, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
Occupation Median annual Employment
Obstetricians and Gynecologists $235,930 —
Chief Executives $231,500 12,420
Lawyers $205,900 40,990
Podiatrists $193,510 370
Computer and Information Systems Managers $191,410 24,260
Nurse Midwives $190,230 190
Architectural and Engineering Managers $181,400 8,850
Family Medicine Physicians $179,990 —
Commercial Pilots $177,300 2,110
Dentists, General $176,200 4,300

Where managers, all other earn the most

Across the 25 metro areas with released data for this occupation, medians run from $104,060 to $203,030. These are the top markets.

Top metros by median annual wage, Managers, All Other
Metro area Median annual Employment
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $203,030 22,980
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $174,840 9,240
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $168,750 7,580
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $168,680 28,550
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $168,230 8,970
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $167,270 42,870
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $167,000 10,130
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $165,340 32,970
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $161,320 3,970
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $146,090 5,990

See the full national picture on the Managers, All Other salary by metro page.

Frequently asked questions

What is the median salary for managers, all other in Los Angeles, CA?

The median annual wage is $165,340, or $79 per hour. That means half of the managers, all other working in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area earn more than this figure and half earn less. The average is $176,850.

Is managers, all other pay in Los Angeles, CA above the local average?

Yes, it is 209.1% above the all-occupation median for the metro, which is $53,490. That comparison is the fairer one for judging local purchasing power, because it holds the metro's overall cost and wage level constant.

How does Los Angeles, CA pay compare with the rest of the US for this job?

At $165,340 the metro median is 21.1% higher than the US median of $136,550 for managers, all other. Across the 25 metro areas covered here, this occupation ranges from $104,060 to $203,030.

How many managers, all other work in Los Angeles, CA?

BLS counts about 32,970 people in this occupation in the metro area, or 5.32 jobs per 1,000 total jobs. At a location quotient of 1.30, this occupation is over-represented locally: the metro has about 130% of the national share of these workers.

About these figures

Method and limits

Figures come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey for 2024 (employment relative standard error 1.8%). OEWS measures what employers pay, not what any individual earns; it excludes self-employed workers, and it does not adjust for local cost of living.

Read the full methodology, or the original data at bls.gov/oes.