Purchasing Manager salary in Los Angeles, CA

Based on 23 certified H-1B filings in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Garden Grove, Irvine, Santa Monica, Hawthorne, Carson.

Median salary$162,300
Middle 50%$138k–$179.1k
vs. national median+9%comparison median $148,588
Filings23FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $123,505 and $256,338.
PercentileSalary
10th$127,038
25th$137,963
50th (median)$162,300
75th$179,130
90th$195,000

Salary by year

Median salary

$90k $130k $170k FY2020: median $100,000 (13 filings) FY2021: median $132,600 (14 filings) FY2022: median $120,277 (12 filings) FY2023: median $145,800 (11 filings) FY2024: median $130,000 (13 filings) FY2025: median $157,507 (16 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 13 filings FY20 FY2021: 14 filings FY21 FY2022: 12 filings FY22 FY2023: 11 filings FY23 FY2024: 13 filings FY24 FY2025: 16 filings FY25 FY2026: 7 filings FY26 16
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$100,000$93,600$125,50013
FY2021$132,600$117,681$180,56314
FY2022$120,277$104,850$126,23212
FY2023$145,800$136,000$177,01811
FY2024$130,000$123,094$140,00013
FY2025$157,507$138,981$179,13016
FY2026–––7

Cost of living

Los Angeles's median Purchasing Manager salary of $162,300 is worth about $142,900 at national average prices.

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

Compared with all workers here

All Purchasing Managers in the Los Angeles, CA area earned a median of $156,400 in May 2025 (2,800 employed). The H-1B median here is $162,300, 4% 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
Harbinger Motorstoo few8
Riviantoo few7
Amazontoo few2
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticalstoo 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 $133,557 10
Senior · Level III too few 5
Expert · Level IV too few 2

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Mid-level · Level II$126,298$133,55710

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.