Entry-level Producer salary in Los Angeles, CA

Based on 28 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level I in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Culver City, Irvine, Glendale, Santa Monica, Encino.

Also listed as: Associate Producer

Median salary$72,026
Middle 50%$66.4k–$89k
vs. all levels here−28%comparison median $100,200
Filings28FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $66,373 and $110,945.
PercentileSalary
10th$66,373
25th$66,394
50th (median)$72,026
75th$88,987
90th$97,209

Salary by year

Median salary

$50k $65k $80k FY2020: median $60,000 (19 filings) FY2021: median $61,173 (12 filings) FY2022: median $63,898 (25 filings) FY2023: median $64,000 (23 filings) FY2024: median $68,640 (19 filings) FY2025: median $66,780 (20 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 19 filings FY20 FY2021: 12 filings FY21 FY2022: 25 filings FY22 FY2023: 23 filings FY23 FY2024: 19 filings FY24 FY2025: 20 filings FY25 FY2026: 8 filings FY26 25
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$60,000$57,871$64,49619
FY2021$61,173$61,173$62,55012
FY2022$63,898$61,000$73,00025
FY2023$64,000$63,898$69,32623
FY2024$68,640$66,560$96,08419
FY2025$66,780$66,388$86,51220
FY2026–––8

Cost of living

Los Angeles's median entry-level Producer salary of $72,026 is worth about $63,400 at national average prices.

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

Compared with all workers here

All Producers and Directors in the Los Angeles, CA area earned a median of $131,600 in May 2025 (21,910 employed). The H-1B median here is $72,026, 45% lower.

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

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Activision Publishingtoo few2
Blizzard Entertainmenttoo few2
FLUCTUS by Daniel Yutoo few2
MiniDramaStreamtoo few2
Paisantoo few2
ReelShorttoo few2
Tap Storytoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $72,026 28
Mid-level · Level II $113,432 16
Senior · Level III too few 4
Expert · Level IV too few 5

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$66,373$72,02628
Mid-level · Level II$113,214$113,43216

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.