Entry-level Full Stack Developer salary in Los Angeles, CA

Based on 19 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level I in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Irvine, Culver City, Pasadena, Santa Ana, Long Beach.

Median salary$102,500
Middle 50%$102.4k–$111.8k
vs. all levels here−21%comparison median $129,667
Filings19FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $102,232 and $129,251.
PercentileSalary
10th$102,332
25th$102,357
50th (median)$102,500
75th$111,832
90th$125,168

Salary by year

Median salary

$80k $95k $110k FY2023: median $93,330 (11 filings) FY2024: median $94,250 (12 filings) FY2025: median $102,357 (10 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 2 filings FY20 FY2021: 6 filings FY21 FY2022: 8 filings FY22 FY2023: 11 filings FY23 FY2024: 12 filings FY24 FY2025: 10 filings FY25 FY2026: 9 filings FY26 12
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–––2
FY2021–––6
FY2022–––8
FY2023$93,330$82,560$93,36511
FY2024$94,250$93,330$96,84012
FY2025$102,357$102,357$104,34010
FY2026–––9

Cost of living

Los Angeles's median entry-level Full Stack Developer salary of $102,500 is worth about $90,300 at national average prices.

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

Employers filing at this level

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $102,500 19
Mid-level · Level II $130,000 38
Senior · Level III too few 2
Expert · Level IV $187,500 10

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.