SOC 29-1241 · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations · May 2025

How much do Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric 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 Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is $433,520. The 10th percentile is $94,190 and the 90th percentile is $453,160. Employment was not published.

Median annual wage

$433,520

10th percentile
$94,190
25th percentile
$216,720
Median
$433,520
75th percentile
$433,530
90th percentile
$453,160
Mean
$355,610

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Cooks in a Washington state kitchen, 1930. Seattle Municipal Archives. Photograph by Seattle Municipal Archives. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Percentile spread

For Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric, the published 10th percentile is $94,190 and the 90th percentile is $453,160. The difference is $358,970, which is 82.8% 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 $216,720 to the 75th at $433,530, covers $216,810.

The mean annual wage is $355,610, which sits below the median of $433,520. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA median is 44.5% higher than the national median of $300,080 for Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric. In 2024 national prices the local median is $381,734, which is 27.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 8.3% higher than the California median of $400,150.

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 $433,520 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric at $381,734 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Highest-paying jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA · Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric 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 Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric make in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is $433,520. The 10th percentile is $94,190 and the 90th percentile is $453,160.

How does that compare with the national median for Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric?

The local median is 44.5% higher than the national median of $300,080.

What is Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric 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 $433,520 is $381,734. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.