SOC 33-1021 · Protective Service Occupations · May 2025

How much do First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers make in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is $169,350. The 10th percentile is $102,030 and the 90th percentile is $209,390. Employment is 2,410.

Median annual wage

$169,350

10th percentile
$102,030
25th percentile
$119,470
Median
$169,350
75th percentile
$169,380
90th percentile
$209,390
Mean
$172,750

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Denali transit bus driver Gary at Teklanika Rest Stop, August 29, 2019. Photograph by Emily Mesner, National Park Service. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Percentile spread

For First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers, the published 10th percentile is $102,030 and the 90th percentile is $209,390. The difference is $107,360, which is 63.4% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $119,470 to the 75th at $169,380, covers $49,910.

The mean annual wage is $172,750, which sits above the median of $169,350. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA median is 81.1% higher than the national median of $93,530 for First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $149,120, which is 59.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 32.7% higher than the California median of $127,630.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 113.566, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $169,350 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers at $149,120 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

9 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ranks 2nd of 10 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA is 57 miles away, with a median of $97,640 and employment of 240. That median is 42.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $88,335, against $149,120 here.
  • Bakersfield-Delano, CA is 91 miles away, with a median of $632,190 and employment of 340. That median is 273.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $626,638, against $149,120 here.
  • Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA is 110 miles away, with a median of $132,910 and employment of 180. That median is 21.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $122,162, against $149,120 here.

Employment share

First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers accounts for 0.04% of wage-and-salary employment in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA (2,410 of 6,271,560). Nationally the occupation is 0.06% of employment (99,140 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.60 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

Highest-paying jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA · First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers make in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is $169,350. The 10th percentile is $102,030 and the 90th percentile is $209,390. Employment is 2,410.

How does that compare with the national median for First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers?

The local median is 81.1% higher than the national median of $93,530.

What is First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers pay in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 113.566, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $169,350 is $149,120. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA compare with nearby metros for First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers?

Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 57 miles away, at $97,640. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ranks 2nd of 10 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.