What are the requirements for applying for a DTV visa at the Thai Consulate in Los Angeles?

you should have the 500K baht in the bank account for 3 months as this would help strengthening your application naturally. Just sharing the experience when we work with a visa agent, for now the embassies in US are quite more strict, so having for 3 months is needed

Did you read the embassy page? You have to show in your account for longer than three months. I usually really keep it there cause they could check. 

I got my DTV approved through Los Angeles via cooking school. I believe the consulate's website says $16k USD, but I provided them 3 months of savings account statements of $17k with the statement dates and ending balances highlighted. I also provided a cover letter detailing what the statements showed (ie)

"Hello - please find attached savings account statements for the past 3 months showing balances in excess of the amount listed as a requirement.

Statement 1: for the period ending May 31 with a final balance of $17, 017"

You get the picture.

As for muay thai school, make sure the school has had success with DTV applicants out of the Los Angeles consulate. If there is one thing everyone dealing with this stuff has come to understand it's that not all embassies & consulates are the same and what one accepts doesn't matter to the others. Good luck!

Read the requirements for the DTV visa on the Los Angeles Thai Consulate website.

They require US $16,000 in a bank account in your name only.

Are you an American citizen ?

For what purpose for the DTV visa are you applying for?

Workcation?

Or soft power activity?

IF soft power activity, which one and where will you be living in Thailand?

Do you mean the Thai Embassy in Vientiane, Laos, the Thai Consulate in Savannakhet, Laos or the Thai Consulate in Los Angeles??