Salary Report

Information Technology Job

C++
Embedded
Development

United States Location

Los Angeles -
- Riverside - Orange County
CA, USA Metropolitan Area

Competitive Position® Salary Report

Data Observed 12/1/23 to 11/29/24

Salary Average

$181,351

Experience Requirement

7 Years

Raise +1 Year

$5,896 at 3.25%

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Salary and Number of Jobs

Graph of succeeding salary information

About Salary and Jobs

Salary Range :

At required Experience of 7 Years: $181,351 is Salary average; 50% of Jobs pay between $173,720 & $188,983; and, 5% of Jobs top $200,288.

Number of Jobs :

Most Jobs are available closest to the Salary Average.

Fewer Jobs are available at Lower and Higher Salaries.

Salary End Points :

$26,400 = annual salary at $15 per hour working between: 44 weeks at 40 hours a week, to, 52 weeks at 34 hours a week.

$436,225 = annual salary for the highest paying IT Job in the highest paying US City at the Top 2.5% Experience and Top 2.5% Salary.

Job Market :

Job offers, publicly posted in want ads by employers, were observed and measured from 12/1/23 to 11/29/24.

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Top Salaries

Top Percentile of Job market Top Salary
2.5% $204,117
5% $200,288
10% $195,985
25% $188,983
33% $186,163
50% $181,351
Top Percentile of Job Market =

Number of Jobs Above the Top Salary
÷
Number of all Jobs at 7 Years Experience.

Salary Range and Jobs

Percentage of Jobs within Salary Lows and Highs
Percent of Job Market Salary Range
Low Salary High Salary
10% $179,934 $182,768
25% $177,756 $184,947
33% $176,540 $186,163
50% $173,720 $188,983
67% $170,287 $192,415
95% $158,585 $204,117
Salary Average =

$181,351

Mid Point between each Low/High pair.

Percent of Job Market =

Number of Jobs with Salary between Low/High pair
÷
Number of all Jobs at 7 Years Experience.

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Salary and Experience

Graph of succeeding salary information

Salary ±1 Year

Experience Salary Average Raise +1 Year
6 Years $174,667 $6,684 at 3.83%
7 Years $181,351 $5,896 at 3.25%
8 Years $187,247 $5,274 at 2.82%

About Salary and Experience

Salary by Year :

Salary increases rapidly in the first years, rises moderately with greater experience and approaches a ceiling with maturity.

Salary Growth Overall :

The increase in Salary average from low to high experience is more than that in the USA IT job market as a whole.

Salary and Experience Range :

Salary average rises with experience: $77,216 at the low experience of Entry Level; $166,250 at the average experience of 4 Years and 11 Months; and, $196,528 at the top experience of 9 Years and 10 Months.

Experience End Points :

0 = Entry Level.

15 Years and 4 Months = Top 2.5% Experience in the IT Job with the highest required experience in the USA.

Job Market :

Job offers, publicly posted in want ads by employers, were observed and measured from 12/1/23 to 11/29/24.

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Salary and Experience Range

95% of Jobs require Experience between the Low and Top

Qualifications

Description

Software development, using C++ programming language on an embedded platform, is the position's primary responsibility.

Skills

The qualifications of this information technology Job:
  • C++;
  • Embedded;
  • Software-Application Developer,
    Agile, Application (App), Back End, Big Data, Cloud, .Net, Embedded, Front End, Full Stack, Machine Learning, Mobile, Portal, Software (SW), User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX) or Web,
    and
    Analyst, Architect, Developer, Engineer, Lead or Programmer.

Characteristics

A+ Skills
Additional IT skills requested in some job descriptions:
Master of Arts/Science or Ph.D. Graduate Degree,
13.2% of job descriptions;
Bachelor of Arts/Science Degree,
92.1% of job descriptions;
Security Clearance,
5.3% of job descriptions;
Media,
Advertising, Broadcasting, Entertainment, Marketing, Media, Public Relations, Publishing, Television or Video,
76.3% of job descriptions;
OpenGL,
76.3% of job descriptions;
Firmware,
10.5% of job descriptions;
Jira,
10.5% of job descriptions;
Agile software methodology,
13.2% of job descriptions.

Location

Los Angeles, CA

California,
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These locations are all included in the Los Angeles, CA metropolitan area as defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB).