Los Angeles County / Probation Department / Principal Application Developer
Job-title file
Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.
4 employees hold this title in Probation Department. Median total compensation for the role is $250,687, above the department median of $155,245.
Compared with the local labor market
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. Probation Department pays a median base salary of $150,922 for this role, 6% below that figure — about the 43rd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
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 Probation 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. Probation Department’s median base salary is 11% above that national figure, about the 60th 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 Probation Department is $250,687, 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
Principal Application Developer is held in 28 Los Angeles County departments. In Probation Department, the median of $250,687 ranks #18 of 28.
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
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Principal Application Developer/Probation Department
At Probation Department, Christine Luk serves as a Principal Application Developer. Their 2025 pay totaled $263,925.
Principal Application Developer/Probation Department
Javier Machuca is a Principal Application Developer at Probation Department. 2025 total compensation came to $255,733.
Principal Application Developer/Probation Department
Mirikat Atnafu is a Principal Application Developer at Probation Department. 2025 total compensation came to $245,641.
Principal Application Developer/Probation Department
Quoc Nguyen is a Principal Application Developer at Probation Department. 2025 total compensation came to $207,106.