Aerospace Engineer salary in Los Angeles, CA: $163,280 median.
BLS reports occupational wages for the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metropolitan statistical area (CBSA 31080), which includes Los Angeles, Long Beach and Anaheim and surrounding communities. Figures describe that whole area, not Los Angeles city limits.
Aerospace Engineers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metropolitan area earned a median annual wage of $163,280 in May 2025, according to BLS (OEWS, SOC 17-2011); the OEWS mean annual wage was $161,520. That median is 21% above the U.S. median of $134,960. BLS estimates about 5,200 people work in this occupation across the metro.
Data Among the 25 metro areas whose estimate for this occupation meets TryHired's reliability rule, this metro ranks 7 by median wage.
Data Separately, BEA puts 2024 price levels across the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metropolitan area at 113.6 (U.S. = 100): prices for the average consumer are about 14% above the national level. That is context, not an adjusted salary. Cost of living in Los Angeles, CA.
What area these numbers cover
Data The BLS geography behind every figure on this page.
- Search label
- Los Angeles, CA
- BLS source geography
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
- Geography type
- Metropolitan Statistical Area
- CBSA code
- 31080
- States
- California
- Delineation
- OMB Bulletin 23-01, as used by BLS OEWS May 2025
Local, state and national pay
Data Same occupation (SOC 17-2011), same BLS release (May 2025).
| Geography | Median annual wage | Mean annual wage | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA (metro, CBSA 31080) | $163,280 | $161,520 | 5,200 |
| California (state) | $157,620 | $159,960 | 9,170 |
| United States | $134,960 | $142,060 | 67,710 |
Aerospace Engineer salary in California · National Aerospace Engineer salary · Careers in Los Angeles, CA.
Data Nationally, BLS projects employment in this occupation to change +8.3% from 2025 to 2035. BLS does not publish metro projections in this dataset, so that is national context, not a local forecast.
Reliable metro medians in California
Data Metro areas that include part of this state and pass the reliability rule.
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How this page is built
BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates for the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metropolitan statistical area (CBSA 31080) and SOC 17-2011 (Aerospace Engineers). Los Angeles, CA is the search label for that area; BLS does not publish city-limit wages. Employment is the number of people working in the occupation (excluding the self-employed), not job openings. Ranks use only metro estimates that pass the reliability rule (500+ jobs, employment PRSE ≤ 20%, mean-wage PRSE ≤ 10%, non-degenerate distribution); suppressed values are never imputed. Searches this page answers include “aerospace engineer salary los angeles”, “aerospace engineer salary los angeles 2025”, “aerospace engineer salary los angeles ca” (Ahrefs, U.S.).
- Cost of living: wages are not adjusted for local prices.
- Pay at a specific employer, in one city's limits, or for self-employed workers.
- Local outlook: BLS projections here are national.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 metropolitan-area estimates (2018 SOC; metropolitan statistical areas per OMB Bulletin 23-01), public domain.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 estimates (public domain).
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections program, national occupational projections 2025–35 (no metro projections are published in this dataset).
- U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024 (released February 19, 2026).
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