Highest Paying Jobs In Los Angeles, CA For 2024

The highest-paying jobs in Los Angeles include a range of industries, including healthcare, technology, and finance. If you’re looking for a high-paying career in the Los Angeles area, this list will help you narrow down your search to the best-paid professions available.

We cover the 31 highest-paying jobs in Los Angeles in 2024 using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Most of the high-paying positions in Los Angeles require extensive experience, but there are also some well-paid entry-level roles for job seekers with the right educational background.

Overall, the highest-paying job in Los Angeles is Anesthesiologist, with an average annual salary of $331,047 and an entry-level salary of $166,000.

Whether you’re considering a career change, thinking about moving to Los Angeles, or a recent graduate planning for your future, this guide to the highest-paying jobs and best-paid industries in Los Angeles can help you figure out your next move.

Here’s a quick look at the top 10 highest-paying jobs in Los Angeles, California:

Anesthesiologist – $331,047
Hospitalist Physician – $271,743
Pulmonary Physician – $260,731
Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist – $256,619
President/Chief Executive Officer – $255,503
Psychiatrist – $255,440
Group Creative Director – $250,864
Operator And Truck Driver – $249,129
Assistant Professor Of Surgery – $244,822
Executive Vice President Marketing – $244,499

Detailed list of highest paying jobs in Los Angeles

Rank	Job Title	Average Salary	Entry Level Salary
1	Anesthesiologist	$331,047	$166,000
2	Hospitalist Physician	$271,743	$193,000
3	Pulmonary Physician	$260,731	$146,000
4	Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist	$256,619	$158,000
5	President/Chief Executive Officer	$255,503	$140,000
6	Psychiatrist	$255,440	$146,000
7	Group Creative Director	$250,864	$135,000
8	Operator And Truck Driver	$249,129	$136,000
9	Assistant Professor Of Surgery	$244,822	$125,000
10	Executive Vice President Marketing	$244,499	$134,000
11	Outpatient Psychiatrist	$241,038	$147,000
12	Orthodontist	$238,612	$138,000
13	Medical Director	$234,485	$151,000
14	Clinical Sciences Professor	$234,125	$127,000
15	Chief Medical Officer	$233,995	$146,000
16	Adult Psychiatrist	$233,598	$142,000
17	Vice President/Managing Director	$233,079	$142,000
18	Vice President, Corporate Development	$229,138	$139,000
19	Occupational Health Physician	$228,871	$127,000
20	Physician	$226,715	$124,000
21	Hospitalist	$226,537	$147,000
22	Resident Physician In Radiology	$225,816	$122,000
23	Senior Vice President	$223,107	$134,000
24	President Of Operations	$221,125	$126,000
25	Senior Vice President Of Marketing	$219,704	$131,000
26	Senior Vice President-Operations	$218,203	$122,000
27	Interventional Pain Physician	$218,196	$121,000
28	Primary Care Physician	$217,440	$123,000
29	Executive Vice President	$216,100	$118,000
30	Family Medicine Physician	$215,291	$128,000
31	Professor	$215,032	$123,000

How we determined the highest paid jobs in Los Angeles for 2024

To figure out the highest-paying jobs in Los Angeles, we looked at the most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Foreign Labor Certification Data Center (FLC), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), and others.

Zippia’s data science team then supplements that data by continuously scanning through millions of job postings each day to find published salaries. We match these published salaries to the companies, locations, and job titles in other datasets.

Finally, we calculate a weighted average of these inputs to produce an estimated salary for the particular job title in Los Angeles.

In total, the team looked at the salary data set for all over 1,000 job titles in Los Angeles to identify the jobs that get paid the most.

Editor’s Note: Article updated for 2024. This is our eighth time ranking the highest paying jobs in Los Angeles.

Author

Chris Kolmar

Chris Kolmar is a co-founder of Zippia and the editor-in-chief of the Zippia career advice blog. He has hired over 50 people in his career, been hired five times, and wants to help you land your next job. His research has been featured on the New York Times, Thrillist, VOX, The Atlantic, and a host of local news. More recently, he's been quoted on USA Today, BusinessInsider, and CNBC.

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