SOC 51-6041 · Production Occupations · May 2025
How much do Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers 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 Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is $37,810. The 10th percentile is $37,060 and the 90th percentile is $47,950. Employment is 220.
Median annual wage
$37,810
- 10th percentile
- $37,060
- 25th percentile
- $37,450
- Median
- $37,810
- 75th percentile
- $42,660
- 90th percentile
- $47,950
- Mean
- $40,580
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers, the published 10th percentile is $37,060 and the 90th percentile is $47,950. The difference is $10,890, which is 28.8% 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 $37,450 to the 75th at $42,660, covers $5,210.
The mean annual wage is $40,580, which sits above the median of $37,810. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA median is about the same as the national median of $37,800 for Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $33,293, which is 11.9% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 0.8% lower than the California median of $38,130.
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 $37,810 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers at $33,293 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ranks 1st of 2 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).).
- San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA is 110 miles away, with a median of $35,470 and employment of 80. That median is 6.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $31,702, against $33,293 here.
Employment share
Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers accounts for 0.00% of wage-and-salary employment in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA (220 of 6,271,560). Nationally the occupation is 0.00% of employment (7,450 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.73 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 · Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers 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 Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers make in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is $37,810. The 10th percentile is $37,060 and the 90th percentile is $47,950. Employment is 220.
How does that compare with the national median for Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers?
The local median is about the same as the national median of $37,800.
What is Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers 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 $37,810 is $33,293. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.
How does Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA compare with nearby metros for Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers?
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 110 miles away, at $35,470. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ranks 1st of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.