Senior Production Manager salary in Los Angeles, CA

Based on 17 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level III in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Torrance, Irvine, Vernon, Arcadia, Diamond Bar.

Also listed as: Plant Manager

Median salary$150,000
Middle 50%$138k–$153.1k
vs. all levels here−2%comparison median $152,901
Filings17FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $128,799 and $175,376.
PercentileSalary
10th$129,531
25th$138,000
50th (median)$150,000
75th$153,123
90th$168,302

Salary by year

Median salary

$100k $130k $160k FY2021: median $122,000 (10 filings) FY2023: median $130,000 (13 filings) FY2026: median $151,562 (10 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 6 filings FY20 FY2021: 10 filings FY21 FY2022: 8 filings FY22 FY2023: 13 filings FY23 FY2024: 5 filings FY24 FY2025: 7 filings FY25 FY2026: 10 filings FY26 13
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–––6
FY2021$122,000$120,000$140,00010
FY2022–––8
FY2023$130,000$122,886$140,00013
FY2024–––5
FY2025–––7
FY2026$151,562$143,991$164,12810

Cost of living

Los Angeles's median senior Production Manager salary of $150,000 is worth about $132,100 at national average prices.

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

Compared with all workers here

All Industrial Production Managers in the Los Angeles, CA area earned a median of $128,540 in May 2025 (9,120 employed). The H-1B median here is $150,000, 17% higher.

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
Fluxergytoo few3
ICU Medicaltoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I – 0
Mid-level · Level II too few 4
Senior · Level III $150,000 17
Expert · Level IV $157,500 22

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Senior · Level III$131,394$150,00017
Expert · Level IV$156,437$157,50022

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.