Salaries / Operations Research Analysts / Los Angeles
Operations Research Analysts salaries in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data Prevailing wages: DOL wage year 2026-27
Employers filed 255 certified H-1B applications for operations research analysts in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 164 employers.
The middle half of offers were $83,500 to $141,000 a year, with a median of $110,500: 8% below the national median for this job ($120,000).
The most common wage level was Level II (43% of filings).
The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $66,373 at Level I and $85,384 at Level II.
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Wage levels
DOL sets four wage levels by experience. The share of filings at each level, and the minimum the employer must pay for that level here.
| Level | Share of filings | Prevailing wage (minimum) |
|---|---|---|
| Level I (entry) | 25% | $66,373 |
| Level II (qualified) | 43% | $85,384 |
| Level III (experienced) | 14% | $104,395 |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 18% | $123,406 |
Who sponsors operations research analysts here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Investment Management Company LLC | 29 | $180,000 | 4 |
| Ernst & Young U.S. LLP | 8 | $176,000 | — |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services LLC | 6 | $176,500 | 9 |
| Deloitte Consulting LLP | 5 | $119,500 | 21 |
| Kforce Inc. | 4 | $101,000 | 11 |
| Deloitte & Touche LLP | 4 | $93,000 | — |
| GuruNanda, LLC. | 4 | $103,500 | — |
| Tiger Analytics, Inc. | 3 | $157,000 | — |
| Uniuni Logistics Inc. | 3 | $70,000 | — |
| Rdd Freight International (La), Inc. | 3 | $82,500 | — |
| TT Commerce & Global Services LLC | 3 | $178,000 | — |
| Mattel Sales Corp. | 3 | $124,000 | — |
| Goldman Sachs Wealth Services, L.P. | 3 | $70,500 | — |
| LYDA Tech LLC | 3 | $101,000 | — |
| BorderX Media LLC | 3 | — | — |
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Common titles filed under this occupation: Operations Research Analyst, Senior Associate, Manager, Senior Consultant, Associate, Quantitative Researcher, Business Analyst, Data Analyst.
About this data
Offers are the wages employers put on certified Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) for H-1B workers: Certified H-1B LCAs decided July 2025 to June 2026. An LCA is filed before a petition, so not every filing became a job, and pay excludes bonus and stock. Annual pay; hourly offers are multiplied by 2,080. Pages appear only where there were at least 100 filings. Source: DOL disclosure data and OFLC wage data. Not legal or financial advice.