Epidemiologist

Across all employers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, the median wage for Epidemiologists — about 380 people — is $105,400. Medical Examiner pays a median base salary of $102,419 for this role, 3% below that figure — about the 47th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Median total compensation for this role at Medical Examiner is $153,265, 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.

Epidemiologist is held in 4 Los Angeles County departments. In Medical Examiner, the median of $153,265 ranks #4 of 4.

This role is reported in 21 jurisdictions. In Los Angeles County, the median of $192,143 ranks #1 of 21. See Epidemiologist across all of Los Angeles County →

• Forensic Attendant 23
• Forensic Techician I 15
• Forensic Technician II 7
• Intermediate Typist-Clerk 11
• Medical Examiner Investigator 50
• Phys Specialist Pathology-Forensic Megaflex 5
• Phys Specialist Pathology-Forensic Non Megaflex 15
• Physician,Post Graduate Years 2-7 5
• Senior Criminalist 15
• Senior Forensic Attendant 7
• Senior Typist-Clerk 32
• Supervising Medical Examiner's Investigator I 8