Los Angeles County / Los Angeles General Medical Center / Respiratory Care Practitioner
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
1 employees hold this title in Los Angeles General Medical Center. Median total compensation for the role is $139,966, above the department median of $125,715.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, the median wage for Respiratory Therapists — about 7,010 people — is $104,640. Los Angeles General Medical Center pays a median base salary of $90,815 for this role, 13% below that figure — about the 32nd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Respiratory Therapists 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 Los Angeles General Medical Center’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Respiratory Therapists — about 139,790 people — is $82,280. Los Angeles General Medical Center’s median base salary is 10% above that national figure, about the 63rd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
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 Los Angeles General Medical Center is $139,966, 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
Respiratory Care Practitioner is held in 5 Los Angeles County departments. In Los Angeles General Medical Center, the median of $139,966 ranks #4 of 5.
Median total compensation for the Respiratory Care Practitioner role in other Los Angeles Countydepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 2 jurisdictions. In Los Angeles County, the median of $156,671 ranks #1 of 2. See Respiratory Care Practitioner across all of Los Angeles County →
Median total compensation for comparable Respiratory Care Practitioner roles 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.
Record list
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Respiratory Care Practitioner/Los Angeles General Medical Center
At Los Angeles General Medical Center, Robyn Thompson serves as a Respiratory Care Practitioner. Their 2025 pay totaled $139,966.