99th pct · 31st of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
82nd pct · 11th of 58 California counties · median $500,264
Home value, one year
+0.5%
as of August 2026
25th pct · 2,289th of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
57th pct · 25th of 58 California counties · median +0.3%
Typical rent
$2,814
as of August 2026
96th pct · 46th of 1,399 US counties · median $1,496
68th pct · 16th of 49 California counties · median $2,340
Jobs
4,548,021
as of 2026 Q1-01
100th pct · 1st of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
100th pct · 1st of 58 California counties · median 74,865
Average weekly wage
$1,704
as of 2026 Q1-01
96th pct · 121st of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
85th pct · 9th of 58 California counties · median $1,206
Years of wages per home
9.9
97th pct · 89th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
77th pct · 14th of 58 California counties · median 7.4
Typical home value divided by the average annual wage of one covered job.
A percentile here is a min-max scaling of average rank: the smallest published value in the cohort is 0 and the largest is 100, and tied values share the average of the ranks they span. It is not the share of entities below the value, so 0 means smallest, not none below. Entities that did not publish the metric are outside the cohort entirely and are counted in neither the rank nor its denominator.
Typical home $873,008 (Aug 2026), +0.5% over one year, +14.0% over five
99th pct · 31st of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
82nd pct · 11th of 58 California counties · median $500,264
Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), typical value of homes in the 35th to 65th percentile, smoothed and seasonally adjusted; a model estimate of value, not a sale price. Data through Zillow Research.
Item
Value
Distance
Los Angeles County, CA
$873,008 · +0.5% 1-yr
Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), typical value of homes in the 35th to 65th percentile, smoothed and seasonally adjusted; a model estimate of value, not a sale price. Data through Zillow Research.
Principal and interest of $4,779 a month on $873,008 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $7,384 a month: 64.7% of one job’s pay.
payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $873,008 × 80% = $698,407, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $4,779/mo principal and interest
wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,704 × 52 / 12 = $7,384) = 65% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
years of wages = $873,008 / ($1,704 × 52) = 9.9
price-to-rent = $873,008 / ($2,814 × 12) = 25.9
The wage is one covered job’s average, not a household’s income, so this is the share of a single paycheque and not a mortgage underwriting ratio.
Estimate. Principal and interest on the typical home with 20% down over 30 years at this week's Freddie Mac average rate; compared with the average weekly wage of all jobs covered by unemployment insurance in the area (BLS QCEW), which is pay per job, not household income.
4.55 m jobs at 609,719 employers (2026 Q1); +1.0% jobs and +1.5% average weekly wage over the year
100th pct · 1st of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
100th pct · 1st of 58 California counties · median 74,865
BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, all ownerships, total covered employment in the quarter's third month; over-the-year changes as published. Suppressed cells stay blank.
Item
Value
Distance
Los Angeles County, CA
4.55 m jobs · $1,704/wk · +1.0% YoY
BLS QCEW, all ownerships, third month of the quarter. A location quotient of 1.00 means this county has the national share of its jobs in that sector; 2.00 means twice it. A withheld row is a BLS disclosure code N: the cell is absent, not zero.
NAICS sector
Jobs
Avg weekly wage
Location quotient
Jobs over the year
Health care and social assistance
883,668
$1,084
1.29
+4.6%
Accommodation and food services
428,459
$738
1.05
-0.3%
Retail trade
381,324
$1,008
0.86
-2.1%
Professional and technical services
320,504
$2,591
1.02
+2.4%
Manufacturing
295,908
$2,069
0.81
-2.8%
Administrative and waste services
268,029
$1,106
1.04
-0.6%
Transportation and warehousing
194,831
$1,758
1.02
-1.1%
Information
184,276
$3,646
2.20
+10.2%
Wholesale trade
180,069
$1,773
1.03
-3.0%
Other services
148,981
$1,075
1.10
-0.6%
Construction
144,402
$1,731
0.61
+0.0%
Educational services
125,628
$1,373
1.28
-1.2%
BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, all ownerships, total covered employment in the quarter's third month; over-the-year changes as published. Suppressed cells stay blank.
No drought class at this point (USDM covers the United States only)
Sites found: 5, searched within 0 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 0 km away are not.
US Drought Monitor current week; the highest class of any polygon containing the point.
5 USGS reservoir gauges, no capacity figures to weight
Sites found: 5, searched within 150 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 150 km away are not.
Σ(capacity × percent full) / Σ capacity over TWDB reservoirs within 150 km. Texas only; elsewhere USGS reservoir elevation/storage is listed without a capacity to normalise by.
Site
Reading
Distance
LK PIRU NR PIRU CA
55,280 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file)
51 km
ELY PERC BASIN 3 A ONTARIO CA
834.4 ft (USGS, no capacity on file)
65 km
SANTA YNEZ R A JAMESON LK NR MONTECITO CA
1,595 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file)
119 km
SANTA YNEZ R AB GIBRALTAR DAM NR SANTA BARBARA CA
1,194 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file)
136 km
VAIL LK NR TEMECULA CA
10,320 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file)
147 km
Σ(capacity × percent full) / Σ capacity over TWDB reservoirs within 150 km. Texas only; elsewhere USGS reservoir elevation/storage is listed without a capacity to normalise by.
91 gauges · 0 flooding · 2 with quality panels averaging 88 % · 9 stale
Sites found: 91, searched within 75 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 75 km away are not.
USGS latest readings screened against EPA freshwater criteria (DO ≥ 5 mg/L, pH 6.5–9, conductance, turbidity, temperature); NWS flood categories where a NWPS gauge is co-located.
Site
Reading
Distance
Big Tijunga Dam
no readings
5 km
ARROYO SECO NR PASADENA CA
flow 0.00 ft³/s
11 km
Devils Gate Dam
no readings
15 km
Santa Clara River at MRCA Bridge
no flooding
15 km
Pacoima Dam
no readings
16 km
BIG TUJUNGA C BL HANSEN DAM CA
flow 0.00 ft³/s
16 km
Verdugo Wash at Estrella Ave.
no flooding
18 km
Eaton Dam
no readings
20 km
Los Angeles River at Tujunga Avenue
no flooding
23 km
Mint Canyon
no flooding
24 km
USGS latest readings screened against EPA freshwater criteria (DO ≥ 5 mg/L, pH 6.5–9, conductance, turbidity, temperature); NWS flood categories where a NWPS gauge is co-located.
Sites found: 16, searched within 75 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 75 km away are not.
USGS latest daily water levels. A single latest reading says where the table is, not which way it is moving; select a well for its 365-day trace.
Site
Reading
Distance
USGS-343515118101401
depth 113.2 ft · 2018-04-25
31 km
USGS-343522118095701
depth 283.7 ft · 2017-11-21
32 km
USGS-343523118095501
depth 357.0 ft · 2017-11-21
32 km
USGS-343526118095501
depth 369.4 ft · 2018-04-25
32 km
USGS-340142118280501
depth 140.2 ft · 2022-01-23
38 km
USGS-340142118280601
depth 126.8 ft · 2022-01-23
38 km
USGS-340142118280603
depth 157.8 ft · 2022-01-23
38 km
USGS-340142118280604
depth 144.2 ft · 2022-01-23
38 km
USGS latest daily water levels. A single latest reading says where the table is, not which way it is moving; select a well for its 365-day trace.
$509.9 bn in deposits at 1,391 offices of 91 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 961, unconcentrated. $72.7 bn federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $53.4 bn, contracts $14.9 bn), $15,986 per covered job
FDIC Summary of Deposits: deposits at every insured office as of June 30, annual; HHI is the sum of squared county deposit shares (DOJ 1995 bank merger screen: 1000 / 1800). USAspending: obligations by place of performance for the latest complete federal fiscal year (Oct 1 to Sep 30), what agencies committed, not what they paid out; recipients are legal entities. Per-job divides obligations by BLS QCEW covered employment.
Item
Value
Distance
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
$96.8 bn · 19.0% share · 240 offices
Bank of America, National Association
$78.7 bn · 15.4% share · 198 offices
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
$59.6 bn · 11.7% share · 178 offices
Los Angeles, CA
$72.7 bn FY2026 · $15,986/job
MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS
$48.6 bn · top recipient FY2026
FDIC Summary of Deposits, June 2026. These are institution offices, not people: the row is a bank's presence in the county.
Institution
Deposits
Share
Offices
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
$96,778,554,000
19.0%
240
Bank of America, National Association
$78,683,823,000
15.4%
198
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
$59,627,964,000
11.7%
178
City National Bank
$50,962,464,000
10.0%
30
East West Bank
$37,587,337,000
7.4%
37
Citibank, National Association
$24,676,000,000
4.8%
98
U.S. Bank National Association
$18,291,810,000
3.6%
131
Banc of California
$15,238,253,000
3.0%
28
HSBC Bank USA, National Association
$13,359,277,000
2.6%
2
Cathay Bank
$9,695,728,000
1.9%
15
Deposit concentration is 961 across 87 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls unconcentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 87 banks with deposits in the county = 19.0² + 15.4² + 11.7² + … (84 more) = 961
FDIC Summary of Deposits: deposits at every insured office as of June 30, annual; HHI is the sum of squared county deposit shares (DOJ 1995 bank merger screen: 1000 / 1800). USAspending: obligations by place of performance for the latest complete federal fiscal year (Oct 1 to Sep 30), what agencies committed, not what they paid out; recipients are legal entities. Per-job divides obligations by BLS QCEW covered employment.
USAspending place-of-performance obligations for FY2026, by awarding agency.
USAspending, FY2026, place of performance in this county.
Awarding agency
Obligations
Social Security Administration
$33,992,625,523
Department of Health and Human Services
$14,148,932,225
Department of Defense
$9,556,801,784
Department of Veterans Affairs
$3,528,410,641
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
$3,149,558,783
Department of Housing and Urban Development
$3,008,322,771
Department of Education
$1,720,351,455
Department of Transportation
$1,622,262,481
General Services Administration
$613,352,018
Department of Homeland Security
$297,025,000
Federal Communications Commission
$206,973,396
National Science Foundation
$203,469,597
That is $15,986 per covered job, against 4,548,021 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $72.7 bn / 4.55 m covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $15,986
USAspending obligations are recorded where the work is performed, so a prime award performed here is counted here even when the recipient is headquartered elsewhere. Recipients are legal entities, never people.
These are United States, single-gauge, single-state and port series. None of them is keyed to this county.
The national indicator set, unfiltered by place.
Series
Latest
As of
Change
Mississippi River at Memphis, stage · ft
not published
not published
Mississippi River at St. Louis, stage · ft
not published
not published
Ohio River at Louisville, stage · ft
15.28
2026-10-01
-7.4%
Missouri River at St. Joseph, stage · ft
not published
not published
Colorado River below Hoover Dam, flow (Hoover releases) · ft³/s
5,170.00
2026-02-05
-25.3%
Texas reservoirs, statewide percent full · %
71.90
2026-10-02
+0.6%
Laredo truck crossings, monthly · trucks
258,700.00
2026-08-01
-0.4%
Los Angeles + Long Beach container volume, annual · TEU
10,513,167.00
2023-01-01
-13.5%
Containerships waiting for a berth, all US ports · ships
6.00
2026-09-22
-14.3%
Shanghai to Los Angeles container rate · $ per 40 ft box
6,830.00
2026-08-01
+7.4%
US diesel retail price · $ per gallon
unavailable
not published
WTI crude oil, spot · $ per barrel
96.16
2026-09-29
-3.2%
30-year fixed mortgage rate · %
7.28
2026-10-01
+3.6%
Housing starts, annual rate · thousands of units
1,275.00
2026-08-01
-2.6%
Building permits, annual rate · thousands of units
1,403.00
2026-08-01
-2.1%
Case-Shiller US home price index · index, Jan 2000 = 100
337.31
2026-07-01
+0.1%
Unemployment rate · %
4.20
2026-09-01
+2.4%
US goods and services trade balance, monthly · $ millions
-88,576.00
2026-07-01
-24.4%
Retail sales excluding food services, monthly · $ millions
646,347.00
2026-08-01
+1.1%
The indicator registry has no county-keyed series and no geographic selection: every entry is national, a named gauge, a single state or a port. They are here as the backdrop the county's own numbers move against, and they are never this county's readings.
Los Angeles County, CA: 13 findings, 4 at a watch level and 9 noted
watchLos Angeles County, CA's years of wages of 9.9 ranks 89th of 3,063 US counties, a watch level here: years of wages in the top tenth of US counties (position among the counties that published both a ZHVI value and a QCEW average weekly wage; not an official level). The previous published period is not in this table, so this is a standing level rather than a change.
typical home value / (average weekly wage × 52); one average covered job, not a household
position among the counties that published both a ZHVI value and a QCEW average weekly wage; not an official level
watchLos Angeles County, CA's price-to-rent ratio of 25.9 ranks 70th of 1,399 US counties, a watch level here: price-to-rent in the top tenth of US counties (position among the counties that published both ZHVI and ZORI this month; not an official level). The previous published period is not in this table, so this is a standing level rather than a change.
typical home value / (typical rent × 12); Zillow ZHVI over ZORI, same month
position among the counties that published both ZHVI and ZORI this month; not an official level
watchLos Angeles County, CA's price-to-rent ratio is 25.9, a watch level here: typical home value worth 25 or more years of typical rent (typical home value / (typical rent × 12), Zillow ZHVI over ZORI, same month; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level). The previous published period is not in this table, so this is a standing level rather than a change.
Period 2026-08.
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test: priceToRent = 25.856676676198514 >= 25
typical home value / (typical rent × 12); Zillow ZHVI over ZORI, same month
typical home value / (typical rent × 12), Zillow ZHVI over ZORI, same month; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
watchLos Angeles County, CA's typical home value of +0.5% scores 25 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 58 across California counties, a gap of 33 points.
Period 2026-08.
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33 = |25 across US counties - 58 across California counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteLos Angeles County, CA's average weekly wage was 1.5% higher than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.
Period 2026 Q1.
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+1.5 % = BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change for 2026 Q1, as published
the newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so no move from one level to another is printed
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published