Marketing Manager salary in Los Angeles, CA

Based on 215 certified H-1B filings in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Culver City, Irvine, Santa Monica, El Segundo, Beverly Hills.

Also listed as: Product Marketing Manager

Median salary$170,040
Middle 50%$130k–$208.3k
vs. national median−3%comparison median $174,533
Filings215FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $89,226 and $358,174.
PercentileSalary
10th$99,873
25th$130,000
50th (median)$170,040
75th$208,335
90th$251,410

Salary by year

Median salary

$100k $145k $190k FY2020: median $120,000 (101 filings) FY2021: median $135,660 (111 filings) FY2022: median $152,000 (111 filings) FY2023: median $144,123 (97 filings) FY2024: median $150,769 (117 filings) FY2025: median $157,000 (129 filings) FY2026: median $180,000 (86 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 101 filings FY20 FY2021: 111 filings FY21 FY2022: 111 filings FY22 FY2023: 97 filings FY23 FY2024: 117 filings FY24 FY2025: 129 filings FY25 FY2026: 86 filings FY26 129
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$120,000$110,000$162,323101
FY2021$135,660$121,329$183,522111
FY2022$152,000$117,698$196,934111
FY2023$144,123$126,901$195,93697
FY2024$150,769$126,000$205,150117
FY2025$157,000$120,000$202,020129
FY2026$180,000$136,246$220,39386

Cost of living

Los Angeles's median Marketing Manager salary of $170,040 is worth about $149,700 at national average prices.

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

Compared with all workers here

All Marketing Managers in the Los Angeles, CA area earned a median of $171,900 in May 2025 (18,550 employed). The H-1B median here is $170,040, 1% lower.

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
TikTok$199,93236
Amazon$165,01410
ByteDancetoo few8
Appletoo few6
Apple Sentity Independent Productionstoo few4
Alotoo few3
Blingpaintingtoo few3
Blizzard Entertainmenttoo few3
DreamSpeak Galaxytoo few3
Kleentoo few3

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $105,000 57
Mid-level · Level II $149,392 58
Senior · Level III $198,332 42
Expert · Level IV $250,000 39

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$99,632$105,00057
Mid-level · Level II$137,093$149,39258
Senior · Level III$180,752$198,33242
Expert · Level IV$211,994$250,00039

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.