Los Angeles County / Fire Department / Application Developer II

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Application Developer II

Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.

5 employees hold this title in Fire Department. Median total compensation for the role is $140,423, below the department median of $226,568.

Employees: 5
Total payroll: $623.1K
Role median: $140,423
Agency median: $226,568
Comparison: Below

Compared with the local labor market

Application Developer II 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. Fire Department pays a median base salary of $104,127 for this role, 35% below that figure — about the 13th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Fire Department sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$98,270

$127,530

$160,920

$191,540

$223,150

Fire Department median · $104,127

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 Fire Department’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. Fire Department’s median base salary is 23% below that national figure, about the 24th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$82,460

$105,210

$135,980

$171,980

$214,670

Fire Department median · $104,127

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.

Computed over the 4 of 5 people in this role paid at least $25,000in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.

Median total compensation for this role at Fire Department is $140,423, 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

Application Developer II is held in 24 Los Angeles County departments. In Fire Department, the median of $140,423 ranks #18 of 24.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Probation Department

$195,685 · 3

Los Angeles General Medical Center

$179,930 · 1

Treasurer & Tax Collector

$172,494 · 5

Public Works Department

$172,335 · 2

Internal Services Department

$171,600 · 19

Health Services

$166,226 · 5

Aging and Disabilities

$165,563 · 1

Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center

$165,175 · 1

Beaches & Harbors

$163,114 · 1

Public Social Services Department

$161,927 · 11

County Counsel

$161,641 · 1

Board of Supervisors

$154,562 · 1

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

Compare jurisdictions

Application Developer beyond Los Angeles County

This role is reported in 5 jurisdictions. In Los Angeles County, the median of $150,731 ranks #1 of 5. See Application Developer across all of Los Angeles County →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

New York Public Authorities

$109,887 · 158

Utah

$102,042 · 13

South Carolina

$76,878 · 278

Missouri

$43,608 · 6

Median total compensation for comparable Application Developerroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.

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