Food Scientist salary in Los Angeles, CA

Based on 30 certified H-1B filings in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes City Of Industry, Irvine, Fullerton, Inglewood, Valencia.

Also listed as: Food Technologist

Median salary$91,354
Middle 50%$76.8k–$106.1k
vs. national median+3%comparison median $88,962
Filings30FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $62,617 and $167,100.
PercentileSalary
10th$66,219
25th$76,800
50th (median)$91,354
75th$106,142
90th$143,231

Salary by year

Median salary

$50k $75k $100k FY2020: median $62,400 (29 filings) FY2021: median $77,906 (24 filings) FY2022: median $83,150 (45 filings) FY2023: median $87,131 (17 filings) FY2024: median $92,500 (16 filings) FY2025: median $80,000 (15 filings) FY2026: median $91,354 (15 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 29 filings FY20 FY2021: 24 filings FY21 FY2022: 45 filings FY22 FY2023: 17 filings FY23 FY2024: 16 filings FY24 FY2025: 15 filings FY25 FY2026: 15 filings FY26 45
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
Show as table
Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$62,400$50,960$78,81129
FY2021$77,906$64,142$109,68324
FY2022$83,150$62,450$100,00045
FY2023$87,131$73,195$87,13117
FY2024$92,500$71,677$113,77516
FY2025$80,000$72,769$123,07115
FY2026$91,354$76,800$106,14215

Cost of living

Los Angeles's median Food Scientist salary of $91,354 is worth about $80,400 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Los Angeles = 113.6).

Compared with all workers here

All Food Scientists and Technologists in the Los Angeles, CA area earned a median of $91,060 in May 2025 (550 employed). The H-1B median here is $91,354, 0% higher.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Top employers filing

EmployerMedianFilings
Abstrax Techtoo few2
Big Green (USA)too few2
Flying Food Grouptoo few2
Glanbia Nutritionalstoo few2
Mozza Foodstoo few2
Natural Health Trendstoo few2
Niagara Bottlingtoo few2
Pharmavitetoo few2
Pulmuone Foodstoo few2

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 2
Mid-level · Level II too few 2
Senior · Level III too few 2
Expert · Level IV too few 4

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.