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California · 2025 pay · 241 people

How much does a senior application developer make in California?

$140,373typical pay for a senior application developer in 2025

$127,051 – $147,701what most people earned

Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay rose 4.8% from 2024.

✓ Official data from 4 agencies · Matches each agency's latest release · Show sources

Where senior 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).

  1. Application Developer$117,221 (everyone)
  2. Senior Application Developer (this page)$140,373 (everyone)
  3. Associate Application Developer$164,838 (everyone)
  4. Principal Application Developer$175,041 (everyone)

Highest-paid senior application developers, 2025

  1. 1Kevin J YuSenior Application Developer · Los Angeles County$442,478
  2. 2Anthony Q NguyenSenior Application Developer · Los Angeles County$408,401
  3. 3Lily WuSenior Application Developer · Los Angeles County$267,069
  4. 4Tri T NguyenSenior Application Developer · Los Angeles County$243,470
  5. 5Jennifer M MaciasSenior Application Developer · Los Angeles County$234,316

Common questions

How much does a senior application developer make in California?

The typical senior application developer was paid $140,373 in 2025; most earned between $127,051 and $147,701. This counts all 241 people paid, including part-year workers.

How much of the pay is overtime?

Overtime made up 0.9% of all pay for senior application developers in 2025.

Which job titles are included?

Everyone whose payroll title is Senior Application Developer, at any level (for example "Senior 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