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Los Angeles County / Board of Supervisors / Principal Application Developer

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Principal Application Developer

Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.

2 employees hold this title in Board of Supervisors. Median total compensation for the role is $259,244, above the department median of $132,690.

Employees
2
Total payroll
$518.5K
Role median
$259,244
Agency median
$132,690
Comparison
Above

Compared with the local labor market

Principal Application Developer pay vs. the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area

Across all employers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, the median wage for Software Developers — about 55,540 people — is $160,920. Board of Supervisors pays a median base salary of $153,697 for this role, 4% below that figureabout the 45th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Board of Supervisors sits in the local pay range

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$98,270
$127,530
$160,920
$191,540
$223,150
Board of Supervisors median · $153,697

The bar is the range of annual wages for Software Developers across every employer in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Board of Supervisors’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Software Developers — about 1,687,890 people — is $135,980. Board of Supervisors’s median base salary is 13% above that national figure, about the 62nd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$82,460
$105,210
$135,980
$171,980
$214,670
Board of Supervisors median · $153,697

Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA range relative to the national one.

Median total compensation for this role at Board of Supervisors is $259,244, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.

Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.

Compare departments

This role across Los Angeles County

Principal Application Developer is held in 28 Los Angeles County departments. In Board of Supervisors, the median of $259,244 ranks #8 of 28.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Median total compensation for the Principal Application Developer role in other Los Angeles Countydepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Record list

Employees with this title

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Sonia Alvarado

Principal Application Developer/Board of Supervisors

2025 total comp
$262,352
Base pay
$159,337
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$22,153
Benefits
$80,862
Total compensation
$262,352

Sonia Alvarado is a Principal Application Developer at Board of Supervisors. 2025 total compensation came to $262,352.

Richard Pulido

Principal Application Developer/Board of Supervisors

2025 total comp
$256,136
Base pay
$148,057
Overtime
$7,549
Other pay
$15,967
Benefits
$84,563
Total compensation
$256,136

Richard Pulido works as a Principal Application Developer for Board of Supervisors. Richard earned $256,136 in 2025.