Los Angeles County / Public Works Department / Application Developer II
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
2 employees hold this title in Public Works Department. Median total compensation for the role is $172,335, above the department median of $147,401.
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. Public Works Department pays a median base salary of $91,441 for this role, 43% below that figure — below the 10th 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 Public Works 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. Public Works Department’s median base salary is 33% below that national figure, about the 16th 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 Public Works Department is $147,955, 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
Application Developer II is held in 24 Los Angeles County departments. In Public Works Department, the median of $172,335 ranks #4 of 24.
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
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 →
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.
Record list
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Application Developer II/Public Works Department
Li Jen Liu works as a Application Developer II for Public Works Department. Li earned $185,119 in 2025.
Application Developer II/Public Works Department
Mana Vulchev works as a Application Developer II for Public Works Department. Mana earned $159,550 in 2025.