Los Angeles County / Public Works Department / Senior Application Developer

Job-title file

Senior Application Developer

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

13 employees hold this title in Public Works Department. Median total compensation for the role is $182,352, above the department median of $147,401.

Employees: 13
Total payroll: $2.4M
Role median: $182,352
Agency median: $147,401
Comparison: Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$140,486$218,621+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How total compensation varies among the 13 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Compared with the local labor market

Senior Application Developer 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. Public Works Department pays a median base salary of $123,923 for this role, 23% below that figure — about the 23rd percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Public Works Department sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$98,270

$127,530

$160,920

$191,540

$223,150

Public Works Department median · $123,923

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 9% below that national figure, about the 40th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$82,460

$105,210

$135,980

$171,980

$214,670

Public Works Department median · $123,923

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 $182,352, 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

Senior Application Developer is held in 32 Los Angeles County departments. In Public Works Department, the median of $182,352 ranks #24 of 32.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Beaches & Harbors

$222,916 · 1

Treasurer & Tax Collector

$219,655 · 1

Economic Opportunity

$218,361 · 2

Olive View-Ucla Medical Center

$217,014 · 2

Agricultural Comm/Wts & Measures

$214,198 · 1

Chief Executive Office

$212,808 · 1

Mental Health

$209,448 · 3

Public Social Services Department

$209,319 · 19

Internal Services Department

$207,440 · 63

County Counsel

$204,532 · 1

Aging and Disabilities

$201,901 · 1

Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center

$201,660 · 1

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

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