IBM salaries in Los Angeles, CA

Based on 22 certified H-1B filings by IBM in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Base salary only.

Median salary$138,398
Middle 50%$109.8k–$172.1k
vs. all employers here+19%comparison median $116,000
Filings22FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $93,018 and $211,774.
PercentileSalary
10th$93,677
25th$109,782
50th (median)$138,398
75th$172,090
90th$176,819

Salary by year

Median salary

$70k $110k $150k FY2020: median $86,965 (84 filings) FY2021: median $87,173 (21 filings) FY2022: median $100,219 (32 filings) FY2023: median $115,357 (23 filings) FY2024: median $113,000 (41 filings) FY2025: median $135,348 (19 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 84 filings FY20 FY2021: 21 filings FY21 FY2022: 32 filings FY22 FY2023: 23 filings FY23 FY2024: 41 filings FY24 FY2025: 19 filings FY25 FY2026: 3 filings FY26 84
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$86,965$78,686$92,89384
FY2021$87,173$85,987$99,69621
FY2022$100,219$89,835$115,56132
FY2023$115,357$97,589$125,53923
FY2024$113,000$104,333$163,87341
FY2025$135,348$109,782$171,14819
FY2026–––3

By job

JobMedian hereFilings
QA Engineertoo few6
Systems Engineer / Architecttoo few6
Systems Analysttoo few3
Software Engineertoo few3
Data Scientisttoo few3

Jobs with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings; links go to all employers for that job in Los Angeles, CA.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I – 0
Mid-level · Level II $141,508 10
Senior · Level III too few 6
Expert · Level IV too few 6

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.