Los Angeles County / Ocean Lifeguard Specialist
Role across Los Angeles County
Ocean Lifeguard Specialist
Coordinate and deliver a specific program area, supporting planning, outreach, and daily operations.
113 people hold the Ocean Lifeguard Specialist role across 1 department in Los Angeles County, with a median total compensation of $218,776.
- Employees
- 113
- Median pay
- $218,776
- Departments
- 1
- Cross-jurisdiction
- #1 of 1
Compared with the local labor market
Ocean Lifeguard Specialist 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 Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers — about 11,640 people — is $43,800. Los Angeles County pays a median base salary of $122,043 for this role, 179% above that figure — above the 90th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Los Angeles County sits in the local pay range
The bar is the range of annual wages for Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers 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 County’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers — about 157,550 people — is $33,580. Los Angeles County’s median base salary is 263% above that national figure, above the 90th 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.
Computed over the 112 of 113 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Los Angeles County is $218,776, 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.