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Forensic Pathologist
$57,655 (USD)/yr
$27.72 (USD)/hr
$1,487 (USD)/yr
The average forensic pathologist gross salary in Los Angeles, California is $57,655 or an equivalent hourly rate of $28. This is 16% higher (+$7,916) than the average forensic pathologist salary in the United States. In addition, they earn an average bonus of $1,487. Salary estimates based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Los Angeles, California. An entry level forensic pathologist (1-3 years of experience) earns an average salary of $42,876. On the other end, a senior level forensic pathologist (8+ years of experience) earns an average salary of $69,916.
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Salary Potential
$64,762 (USD)
12 %
Based on our compensation data, the estimated salary potential for Forensic Pathologist will increase 12 % over 5 years.
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Forensic Pathologist, the majority at 100% with doctorates.
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The cost of living in Los Angeles, California is 74% more than the average cost of living in the United States. Cost of living is calculated based on accumulating the cost of food, transportation, health services, rent, utilities, taxes, and miscellaneous.
View Cost of Living PageLos Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California. With roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits as of 2020, Los Angeles is the second-most populous city in the United States, behind only New York City; it is also the commercial, financial and cultural center of Southern California. Los Angeles has a Mediterranean climate, an ethnically and culturally diverse population, and is the principal city of a metropolitan area of 13...
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Job Description
Performs autopsies/post mortem examinations to determine the cause of death (the pathologic process, injury, or disease that directly results in or initiates a series of events which lead to a person's death) and the manner of death (the circumstances surrounding the cause of death, which in most jurisdictions include homicide, accident, natural, suicide, and suspicious deaths, sudden and expected deaths,... deaths in children and infants, prisoners, persons under the care of an institution, situations where illicit drugs or alcohol may have contributed to the death, deaths occurring during or in close proximity to a surgical procedure, deaths in individuals not under the care of a physician or when the private physician is unable or unwilling to certify the death certificate, and deaths when there is suspicion of a public health threat).
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