High paying business and finance jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

Every business and finance occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single business and finance job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA run 13.6% above the national average (2024), so a Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA salary is worth about 0.88× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA · Employed

1Personal Financial Advisors$124,490
Bachelor's degree
$67,690 – $285,09013,980
2Project Management Specialists$108,310
Bachelor's degree
$65,540 – $185,22038,540
3Management Analysts$104,930
Bachelor's degree
$60,300 – $191,16037,060
4Labor Relations Specialists$102,980
Bachelor's degree
$45,920 – $164,7503,300
5Financial and Investment Analysts$102,260
Bachelor's degree
$67,500 – $181,19019,600
6Insurance Underwriters$97,870
Bachelor's degree
$63,830 – $164,9002,090
7Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes$97,750
Bachelor's degree
$73,630 – $290,3604,120
8Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists$97,310
Bachelor's degree
$60,220 – $149,9904,070
9Credit Analysts$95,640
Bachelor's degree
$59,540 – $180,8602,100
10Compliance Officers$94,810
Bachelor's degree
$55,740 – $146,35017,700
11Accountants and Auditors$94,360
Bachelor's degree
$60,310 – $154,63070,640
12Property Appraisers and Assessors$91,600
Bachelor's degree
$60,860 – $127,4202,240
13Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators$89,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$59,100 – $122,1307,540
14Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists$82,990
Bachelor's degree
$48,720 – $157,37039,390
15Business Operations Specialists, All Other$82,750
Bachelor's degree
$46,240 – $162,62050,470
16Buyers and Purchasing Agents$82,500
Bachelor's degree
$51,540 – $129,75018,270
17Cost Estimators$82,260
Bachelor's degree
$51,220 – $140,3907,600
18Logisticians$81,730
Bachelor's degree
$54,270 – $133,96010,950
19Financial Specialists, All Other$80,840
Bachelor's degree
$52,230 – $175,2504,100
20Loan Officers$80,360
Bachelor's degree
$35,930 – $167,8609,690
21Human Resources Specialists$80,220
Bachelor's degree
$51,730 – $134,13036,850
22Fundraisers$77,550
Bachelor's degree
$52,090 – $129,0704,230
23Training and Development Specialists$71,990
Bachelor's degree
$38,940 – $129,99015,030
24Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners$68,850
Bachelor's degree
$43,120 – $106,8607,300
25Tax Preparers$65,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,790 – $106,7403,250

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianLos Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Personal Financial AdvisorsBachelor's degree	$124,490	$67,690 – $285,090	13,980
2	Project Management SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$108,310	$65,540 – $185,220	38,540
3	Management AnalystsBachelor's degree	$104,930	$60,300 – $191,160	37,060
4	Labor Relations SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$102,980	$45,920 – $164,750	3,300
5	Financial and Investment AnalystsBachelor's degree	$102,260	$67,500 – $181,190	19,600
6	Insurance UnderwritersBachelor's degree	$97,870	$63,830 – $164,900	2,090
7	Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and AthletesBachelor's degree	$97,750	$73,630 – $290,360	4,120
8	Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$97,310	$60,220 – $149,990	4,070
9	Credit AnalystsBachelor's degree	$95,640	$59,540 – $180,860	2,100
10	Compliance OfficersBachelor's degree	$94,810	$55,740 – $146,350	17,700
11	Accountants and AuditorsBachelor's degree	$94,360	$60,310 – $154,630	70,640
12	Property Appraisers and AssessorsBachelor's degree	$91,600	$60,860 – $127,420	2,240
13	Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$89,070	$59,100 – $122,130	7,540
14	Market Research Analysts and Marketing SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$82,990	$48,720 – $157,370	39,390
15	Business Operations Specialists, All OtherBachelor's degree	$82,750	$46,240 – $162,620	50,470
16	Buyers and Purchasing AgentsBachelor's degree	$82,500	$51,540 – $129,750	18,270
17	Cost EstimatorsBachelor's degree	$82,260	$51,220 – $140,390	7,600
18	LogisticiansBachelor's degree	$81,730	$54,270 – $133,960	10,950
19	Financial Specialists, All OtherBachelor's degree	$80,840	$52,230 – $175,250	4,100
20	Loan OfficersBachelor's degree	$80,360	$35,930 – $167,860	9,690
21	Human Resources SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$80,220	$51,730 – $134,130	36,850
22	FundraisersBachelor's degree	$77,550	$52,090 – $129,070	4,230
23	Training and Development SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$71,990	$38,940 – $129,990	15,030
24	Meeting, Convention, and Event PlannersBachelor's degree	$68,850	$43,120 – $106,860	7,300
25	Tax PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,120	$37,790 – $106,740	3,250

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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