California · 2025 pay

How much do California Air Resources Board employees make?

Name: California Air Resources Board employee pay 2025
Creator: PublicPayData

$112,211typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025

$75,193 – $133,877what most people earned

Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year and seasonal workers. The source doesn't show who worked the full year.

California State Controller's Office publishes pay by position without employee names, so there is no name search here.

Common jobs: Air Pollution Specialist Range C Air Resources Engineer Range C Air Resources Supervisor I

✓ Official data from California State Controller's OfficeMatches the agency's latest releasesco.ca.gov ↗

How is pay spread across workers?

A year of pay for a lower-paid, typical and higher-paid worker (counting everyone paid), and the top earner, split into regular pay, overtime and extra pay.

$76,437

$112,916

$134,191

$273,353

Lower-paid workerearns more than 1 in 4 coworkers

Typical workerright in the middle

Higher-paid workerearns more than 3 in 4 coworkers

Highest paidone person

Regular payOvertimeExtra pay

Is pay going up?

Yes. Typical pay went from $110,433 in 2022 to $112,211 in 2025 (+2%).

Typical payNumber of people paidTotal payroll

What changed since 2024

+4.2%Typical pay went up from $107,685 to $112,211.
−252,046 people were paid in 2025, compared with 2,071 in 2024.
+2%Since 2022, typical pay has gone from $110,433 to $112,211, while the number of people paid went up from 1,757 to 2,046.

The next update is expected in late 2027.

Pay slip · 2025

A typical worker's year

California Air Resources Board

4years of
official data
2022–2025

Average pay of people in the middle of the pay range
Regular pay	$111,988
Overtime	$99
Extra pay	$829
Total for the year	$112,916

Average of the 99 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.

Official source: California State Controller's Office (Government Compensation in California), sco.ca.gov ↗
Matches the agency's latest release

Pay by job

Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2025.

Job	People	Typical pay	Most earn	Since 2024
Air Pollution Specialist Range C	505	$121,549	$108k – $130k	▲ 1.7%
Air Resources Engineer Range C	209	$121,185	$107k – $130k	▲ 2.7%
Air Resources Supervisor I	191	$156,084	$139k – $166k	▲ 1.8%
Staff Air Pollution Specialist	142	$143,827	$131k – $151k	▲ 4.9%
Analyst II Range a	106	$73,293	$70k – $81k	new
Air Pollution Specialist Range B	103	$80,958	$74k – $84k	▲ 11.9%
Air Resources Technician II	82	$43,723	$37k – $50k	▲ 15.2%
Air Resources Engineer Range D	81	$136,099	$122k – $140k	▲ 2.7%
Air Resources Supervisor II	56	$179,406	$169k – $185k	▲ 1.7%
Supervisor I	44	$91,470	$87k – $98k	new
Air Resources Engineer Range B	42	$85,223	$74k – $88k	▲ 3.1%
Office Technician Typing Range a	34	$45,054	$30k – $50k	▲ 12.9%
Analyst I Range C	33	$56,235	$46k – $60k	new
C.e.a. Range B	24	$197,208	$152k – $209k	▼ 1.3%
Information Technology Specialist II Range a	22	$118,478	$106k – $127k	▲ 0.9%
Information Technology Specialist I Range C	19	$114,519	$109k – $117k	▲ 5.8%
Automotive Emission Test Specialist III	15	$68,155	$66k – $72k	▲ 2.3%
Air Pollution Specialist Range a	14	$53,997	$22k – $63k	▼ 7.6%
Supervisor II	13	$104,565	$97k – $109k	new
Assistant Division Chief Air Resources Board	12	$188,025	$184k – $194k	▲ 0.8%
Attorney III Range a	12	$103,339	$60k – $137k	▼ 21.1%
Associate Personnel Analyst Range a	12	$71,861	$70k – $83k	▲ 2.1%
Senior Accounting Officer Specialist Range a	11	$70,240	$68k – $76k	▲ 2.9%
Information Technology Associate Range C	11	$58,849	$56k – $78k	▲ 1.0%
Attorney IV Range a	9	$178,205	$158k – $187k	▲ 5.9%
Air Resources Engineer Range a	9	$59,369	$30k – $75k	▲ 7.4%
Member Scientific Review Panel on Toxic Air Contaminants/Air Resources Board	9	$100	$0k – $0k	▲ 0.0%
Information Technology Supervisor II	8	$118,620	$106k – $130k	▼ 1.8%
Information Technology Specialist I Range B	8	$101,185	$87k – $104k	▲ 5.7%
Information Technology Associate Range D	8	$96,795	$86k – $98k	▲ 1.0%
Associate Budget Analyst Range a	8	$72,721	$68k – $77k	▲ 13.6%
Accounting Administrator I Supervisor	7	$89,104	$84k – $95k	▲ 0.0%
Information Technology Specialist I Range a	7	$87,828	$80k – $91k	▲ 7.8%
Board Member Air Resources Board	7	$58,126	$45k – $59k	▲ 15.9%
Vehicle Program Specialist Air Resources Board	6	$166,830	$146k – $175k	▼ 1.6%
Information Officer II	6	$98,276	$66k – $108k	▼ 4.1%
Associate Accounting Analyst Range a	6	$71,604	$38k – $75k	▲ 7.3%
Accounting Officer Specialist Range a	6	$57,865	$57k – $60k	▼ 1.1%
Heavy Truck Driver Range a	6	$54,051	$52k – $54k	▲ 21.3%
Information Technology Specialist III	5	$144,445	$129k – $147k	▲ 2.7%
Information Technology Manager I	5	$133,235	$111k – $135k	new
Attorney Range a	5	$94,154	$84k – $107k	▲ 18.9%
Air Resources Field Representative II	5	$79,141	$69k – $80k	▲ 3.0%
Executive Assistant Range a	5	$61,865	$56k – $64k	▲ 4.4%
Advisory Committee Member Air Resources Board	5	$100	$0k – $0k	new

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How many people earn what

Under $10k51
$10k – $30k74
$30k – $50k142
$50k – $70k177
$70k – $90k288
$90k – $110k254
$110k – $150k794
$150k or more266

Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.

Common questions

How much does a California Air Resources Board employee make?

The typical employee was paid $112,211 in 2025: half of the 2,046 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $75,193 and $133,877.

Does this include benefits like health insurance or pension?

No. It is the pay people received: regular salary or wages (96.3% of all pay), overtime (0.1%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (2.0%).

Where does this data come from, and when is it updated?

From California State Controller's Office (Government Compensation in California) (sco.ca.gov). Our figures match the agency's latest release; the next update is expected in late 2027.

"Typical pay" is the median: half earn more, half earn less. "Most earn" is the middle half of workers. Figures are calculated by PublicPayData from the official dataset; 0 records with $0 or negative pay are left out. How we calculate this · Corrections & removals