Web Developers Salary — Los Angeles, California

The average Web Developers in Los Angeles, California earns $112,710 a year.

$112,710 / year, mean
↑ 6.2% above national average 85th percentile in California

Los Angeles pays well above most of California for this role, landing in the top third statewide. That's close to the national average for web developers — a fairly typical rate for this role. Cost of living here runs meaningfully above the national average. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within California

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
2,310
Estimate confidence
RSE 2.8%
Cost of living 114 #3 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2124 #140 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $968,608 #5 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $93,525 #23 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Los Angeles ranks #3 for cost of living and #5 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

San Jose $167,300 San Francisco $151,450 Seattle $128,940 Los Angeles $112,710 Richmond $112,270 Santa Rosa $110,140 New York $109,450 Virginia Beach $109,360 San Diego $109,160 Trenton $109,020 Detroit $108,840 Baltimore $108,810 Bremerton $108,610 Olympia $108,430 Sacramento $106,400 Winchester $105,590 Charlottesville $105,250 Vallejo $104,810 Dallas $101,890 Chicago $101,800 Roanoke $100,820 Kennewick $100,250 Spokane $100,030 Bakersfield $99,440 Austin $99,000 Philadelphia $98,500 Binghamton $98,190 Buffalo $94,450 Houston $94,200 Evansville $94,190 Louisville $91,740 State College $91,560 Santa Cruz $91,370 Palm Bay $90,980 Pensacola $90,110 Orlando $89,460 San Antonio $89,130 Ann Arbor $88,700 Indianapolis $88,410 Blacksburg $88,350 Portland $88,210 Lexington $86,530 Harrisburg $86,150 Champaign $86,000 Tampa $85,840 Rochester $85,360 Sarasota $84,680 Albany $84,390 Riverside $84,220 Kalamazoo $82,740 Gainesville $82,480 Lancaster $82,270 Grand Rapids $82,090 Pittsburgh $81,370 Allentown $81,320 Fresno $81,160 Lansing $80,080 Fort Wayne $79,910 Kiryas Joel $79,760 Atlantic City $78,600 Syracuse $77,320 Fort Myers $77,000 Tallahassee $76,260 Eugene $76,220 Lakeland $76,170 Morgantown $75,770 Deltona $75,030 Longview $74,950 Salem $74,460 Scranton $73,870 Stockton $71,360 El Paso $70,760 South Bend $69,780 Corpus Christi $68,740 Bend $67,390 Medford $67,230 Lubbock $67,200 San Luis Obispo $63,200 McAllen $59,570
CityMean salaryvs. Los Angeles
Albany, New York$84,390-25.1%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$81,320-27.9%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$88,700-21.3%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$78,600-30.3%
Austin, Texas$99,000-12.2%
Bakersfield, California$99,440-11.8%
Baltimore, Maryland$108,810-3.5%
Bend, Oregon$67,390-40.2%
Binghamton, New York$98,190-12.9%
Blacksburg, Virginia$88,350-21.6%
Bremerton, Washington$108,610-3.6%
Buffalo, New York$94,450-16.2%
Fort Myers, Florida$77,000-31.7%
Champaign, Illinois$86,000-23.7%
Charlottesville, Virginia$105,250-6.6%
Chicago, Illinois$101,800-9.7%
Corpus Christi, Texas$68,740-39.0%
Dallas, Texas$101,890-9.6%
Deltona, Florida$75,030-33.4%
Detroit, Michigan$108,840-3.4%
El Paso, Texas$70,760-37.2%
Eugene, Oregon$76,220-32.4%
Evansville, Indiana$94,190-16.4%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$79,910-29.1%
Fresno, California$81,160-28.0%
Gainesville, Florida$82,480-26.8%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$82,090-27.2%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$86,150-23.6%
Houston, Texas$94,200-16.4%
Indianapolis, Indiana$88,410-21.6%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$82,740-26.6%
Kennewick, Washington$100,250-11.1%
Kiryas Joel, New York$79,760-29.2%
Lakeland, Florida$76,170-32.4%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$82,270-27.0%
Lansing, Michigan$80,080-29.0%
Lexington, Kentucky$86,530-23.2%
Longview, Texas$74,950-33.5%
Louisville, Kentucky$91,740-18.6%
Lubbock, Texas$67,200-40.4%
McAllen, Texas$59,570-47.1%
Medford, Oregon$67,230-40.4%
Morgantown, West Virginia$75,770-32.8%
New York, New York$109,450-2.9%
Sarasota, Florida$84,680-24.9%
Olympia, Washington$108,430-3.8%
Orlando, Florida$89,460-20.6%
Palm Bay, Florida$90,980-19.3%
Pensacola, Florida$90,110-20.1%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$98,500-12.6%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$81,370-27.8%
Portland, Oregon$88,210-21.7%
Richmond, Virginia$112,270-0.4%
Riverside, California$84,220-25.3%
Roanoke, Virginia$100,820-10.5%
Rochester, New York$85,360-24.3%
Sacramento, California$106,400-5.6%
Salem, Oregon$74,460-33.9%
San Antonio, Texas$89,130-20.9%
San Diego, California$109,160-3.1%
San Francisco, California$151,450+34.4%
San Jose, California$167,300+48.4%
San Luis Obispo, California$63,200-43.9%
Santa Cruz, California$91,370-18.9%
Santa Rosa, California$110,140-2.3%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$73,870-34.5%
Seattle, Washington$128,940+14.4%
South Bend, Indiana$69,780-38.1%
Spokane, Washington$100,030-11.3%
State College, Pennsylvania$91,560-18.8%
Stockton, California$71,360-36.7%
Syracuse, New York$77,320-31.4%
Tallahassee, Florida$76,260-32.3%
Tampa, Florida$85,840-23.8%
Trenton, New Jersey$109,020-3.3%
Vallejo, California$104,810-7.0%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$109,360-3.0%
Winchester, Virginia$105,590-6.3%
Gross salary
112,710/yr
Estimated take-home
81,731/yr
Est. total withheld
27.5%

Single filer, federal + California state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

View cost of living in this state All Web Developers salaries in California → All Web Developers salaries →
Community reality check

Community reality check for Los Angeles

These notes add local color around Los Angeles, California: comfort ranges, budget constraints and location trade-offs reported in public discussions.

Relocation gap2.0× calculator gap
City comparison anecdotal

Discussion highlights that calculators may imply roughly 2x gross income for comparable standard of living, while some employers offer only about 10% location premiums. Tech total compensation can be an exception, so the page should distinguish salary from total compensation.

2.0×calculator multiplier10%HCOL premium cited$200KAtlanta TC example$450KBay Area TC example

Anecdotal public-discussion signals, not official salary data, rent data or financial advice. Read this alongside the official figures on the page.

Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 15-1254 SOC code
Official area Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 31080 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: ca_ftb_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
Long BeachAnaheim
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Where this is

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Highlighted: California

Population (metro area)
13,012,469