All roles · Boston vs All roles · Los Angeles

Put two roles head to head — any role, in any location or worldwide-remote.

Side A

Side B

All roles · Boston pays about 17% more at the median.

Side-by-side distribution

All roles · Boston All roles · Los Angeles
$168k
$143k
$63.6k box = 25th–75th · whiskers = 10th–90th $264.9k

All roles · Boston

$168,000

median · per year, annualized USD

$128.9k 25th
$168k Median
$202.6k 75th
$92.5k
$251k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $50k – $850k · outliers off-axis
Disclosing
26.9%
Live roles
4,158

All roles · Los Angeles

$143,000

median · per year, annualized USD

$102.5k 25th
$143k Median
$180k 75th
$77.5k
$223k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $37.4k – $500k · outliers off-axis
Disclosing
20.7%
Live roles
4,808

All roles · Boston vs All roles · Los Angeles: which pays more?

The median for All roles · Boston is $168,000 per year (typically $128,934–$202,625), versus $143,000 for All roles · Los Angeles ($102,452–$180,000). That puts All roles · Boston about 17% ahead at the median.

Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so All roles · Boston and All roles · Los Angeles are compared on equal terms regardless of the currency each role was originally posted in. Only roles that publish a salary range feed the medians; numbers refresh every few hours as new roles post and older ones close, so this comparison reflects the market right now rather than a fixed survey. Use it as a directional benchmark when weighing one path against the other.

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