3,826 certified filings with a worksite in this city · FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3)
Reported wages are what employers filed with the Department of Labor — not actual take-home pay. Filings are counted by worksite, so a company headquartered elsewhere appears here if the job is here.
FY2025 median across the 600 filings that reported a wage for a worksite in Santa Monica, CA — of 3,826 certified filings in total. DOL LCA · FY2025
| Fiscal year | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (through Q3) | $151,944 median of 405 | 405 |
| FY2025 | $141,391 median of 600 | 600 |
| FY2024 | $145,000 median of 605 | 605 |
| FY2023 | $133,300 median of 611 | 611 |
| FY2022 | $125,362 median of 851 | 851 |
| FY2021 | $122,000 median of 747 | 747 |
How these wages are computed · All cities · All job titles
Source U.S. Department of Labor — OFLC LCA disclosure files (ETA-9035) · Coverage FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) ·Updated 2026-08-28 · Basis worksite city as filed; median not average
Filings from Santa Monica, CA fall inside the federal statistical area LOS ANGELES-LONG BEACH-ANAHEIM, CA. That area is larger than this city — it spans several cities and, where the name says so, more than one state. Everything on this page is computed from filings whose worksite city is Santa Monica itself, so the numbers above are city figures, not area figures.
| Employer | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| Snap Inc. | $130,270 median of 519 | 519 |
| Kite Pharma Inc. | $121,680 median of 132 | 132 |
| Activision Publishing Inc | $150,000 median of 102 | 102 |
| Hulu, LLC (indirect subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company) | $166,841 median of 88 | 88 |
| ZipRecruiter, Inc. | $142,750 median of 78 | 78 |
| Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. | $145,205 median of 73 | 73 |
| Oracle America, Inc. | $140,088 median of 61 | 61 |
| GoodRx, Inc. | $124,529 median of 58 | 58 |
| Hulu, LLC | $173,976 median of 54 | 54 |
| InVenture Capital Corporation | $174,030 median of 49 | 49 |
| Amazon Advertising LLC | $100,172 median of 42 | 42 |
| Amazon | $143,500 median of 38 | 38 |
| Motional AD Inc. | $132,787 median of 37 | 37 |
| Red Bull North America, Inc. | $120,000 median of 35 | 35 |
| Perform Consulting | $123,500 median of 32 | 32 |
| Gumgum, Inc. | $168,000 median of 28 | 28 |
| IMDb.com, Inc. | $141,305 median of 28 | 28 |
| Naughty Dog a limited liability company | $118,500 median of 27 | 27 |
| Wilshire Advisors, LLC | $81,500 median of 23 | 23 |
| Beachbody, LLC | $155,000 median of 19 | 19 |
| Blackrock Financial Management, Inc. | $132,600 median of 19 | 19 |
| Headspace, Inc | $184,776 median of 18 | 18 |
| Edmunds.com | $159,992 median of 18 | 18 |
Ranked by number of filings, not by pay and not by quality. This is not a “best employers” list. Employers with fewer than 10 filings here show the count only. 692 employers in total filed for a worksite in Santa Monica; the 23 above are those with the most filings. Those with at least 10 certified filings have their own page; the rest are counted here but do not.
Source U.S. Department of Labor — OFLC LCA disclosure files (ETA-9035) · Coverage FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) ·Updated 2026-08-28 ·Basis worksite city as filed; counted across the whole coverage period, not one year
The table above ranks employers by how many roles they filed for a worksite here. This list is a different question: employers whose filing address is in Santa Monica, CA, that have their own page, and that are not already in that table. The two are not the same set — an employer can be headquartered here and file most of its roles elsewhere.
Delart Technology Services LLC (148) · TrueCar, Inc. (58) · Bird Rides, Inc. (11) · PatientPop, Inc. (11)
Source U.S. Department of Labor — OFLC LCA disclosure files (ETA-9035, employer address as filed) ·Coverage FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) ·Basis employer filing address, not worksite; counts are that employer’s certified filings everywhere, not only in Santa Monica
We have loaded California WARN notices (2018-11-15 to 2026-08-24, 13,739 notices). Layoff notices for a specific company appear on that company's page.
We build a page for a city once it has at least 50 certified filings — 2,578 cities qualify, and 2,298 of those also clear our content threshold and are listed in the city index. Below the filing threshold we do not publish a median, because a median from a small number of filings reads like a market rate and is not one. Those filings are still counted on their employer's page.