Los Angeles County, CA · 2025 pay · 155 people
How much does a principal application developer make in Los Angeles County, CA?
$175,041typical pay for a principal application developer in 2025
$163,792 – $181,251what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay rose 4.2% from 2024.
✓ Official data from LA County Auditor-Controller · Matches the agency's latest release · lacounty.gov ↗
Where principal application developers work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
Related jobs and the next step up
Same line of work at a different rank, by typical pay (full-year employees where we can tell).
- Application Developer$117,221 (everyone)
- Senior Application Developer$140,373 (everyone)
- Associate Application Developer$164,838 (everyone)
- Principal Application Developer (this page)$175,041 (everyone)
Highest-paid principal application developers, 2025
- 1Minh T NguyenPrincipal Application Developer · Los Angeles County$549,938
- 2Andrew T TranPrincipal Application Developer · Los Angeles County$386,941
- 3Anh NguyenPrincipal Application Developer · Los Angeles County$361,534
- 4Cynthia M MarquezPrincipal Application Developer · Los Angeles County$261,398
- 5Huong T NguyenPrincipal Application Developer · Los Angeles County$251,838
Common questions
How much does a principal application developer make in Los Angeles County, CA?
The typical principal application developer was paid $175,041 in 2025; most earned between $163,792 and $181,251. This counts all 155 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 1.8% of all pay for principal application developers in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Principal Application Developer, at any level (for example "Principal Application Developer"). Part-time-schedule titles (such as "20 hours") are left out. Senior, supervising and trainee titles have their own pages.
Job titles are written out in full from the payroll's abbreviations (for example "SR CRRECTNL POLC OFCR" → "Senior Correctional Police Officer"). "Typical pay" is the median; "most earned" is the middle half. How we calculate this