Los Angeles · United States
Senior Software Engineer salary in Los Angeles
The median salary in Senior Software Engineer job ads in Los Angeles, United States is $217,500 a year (about $18,125 a month before tax). The middle half of those ads list $185,000 to $228,950, based on 17 salaries from 10 employers, updated 8 Nov 2026.
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- Median in job ads
- $217,500
- a year
- 12-month range
- High $217,500
- Oct 2026
- Low $217,500 · Oct 2026
- Salaries
- 17
- from 10 employers
- Last updated
- 8 Nov 2026
- 12-month window to 8 Nov 2026
Salary range
Where pay sits in Los Angeles
- 10th percentile
- $173,995
- 25th percentile
- $185,000
- Median
- $217,500
- 75th percentile
- $228,950
- 90th percentile
- $235,000
17 salaries · 18 live local jobs. Box: the middle half of salaries · line: the median · whisker: 10th to 90th percentile.
Compared with the United States median of 908 salaries: up +5.3%
Based on 17 salary-listed job postings from the last 12 months · last updated 8 Nov 2026
Pay listed by employers
Latest Senior Software Engineer jobs that show their pay in Los Angeles
Pay as the employer wrote it, per year: individual job posts, not averages.
- Senior Software Engineer - PlatformLoancrate · Senior level · posted 7 Nov 2026$170,000 – $300,000
- Senior Software Engineer - DesignLoancrate · Senior level · posted 7 Nov 2026$170,000 – $300,000
- Senior Software Engineer - SecurityLoancrate · Senior level · posted 7 Nov 2026$170,000 – $300,000
- Senior Software Engineer - Full StackLoancrate · Senior level · posted 7 Nov 2026$170,000 – $300,000
- Senior Software EngineerParallel Systems · Senior level · posted 6 Nov 2026$150,000 – $212,000
Evidence
Where these numbers come from
17 salaries from 10 employers, posted between 8 Nov 2025 and 8 Nov 2026. Last updated 8 Nov 2026. Every figure on this page comes from this one group of salaries; the median is the middle value, not the average.
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Frequently asked questions
Senior Software Engineer salary in Los Angeles: common questions
What is the average Senior Software Engineer salary in Los Angeles in 2026?
Job ads for Senior Software Engineer in Los Angeles on Jobiba list a median salary of $217,500 a year, based on 17 salary-listed job postings. The middle half of those job ads pay between $185,000 and $228,950 a year (25th to 75th percentile).
How does Senior Software Engineer pay in Los Angeles compare with the United States median?
The Senior Software Engineer median in Los Angeles is +5.3% versus the United States median for the same role on Jobiba.
How does Jobiba calculate Senior Software Engineer salary in Los Angeles?
From 17 salary-listed Jobiba job postings from the last 12 months that state an explicit salary, currency and pay period. Hourly, daily and monthly pay is converted to an annual figure, implausible values and outliers are removed, and currencies are never mixed or converted. Jobiba publishes the median and 25th–75th percentile range only when enough comparable postings exist.