California · 2025 pay
How much do California Conservation Corps employees make?
$21,746typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$8,064 – $39,046what 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: CorpsmemberCorpsmember Promo 1Special Corpsmember
✓ 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.
$8,199
$21,338
$38,795
$219,199
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 $14,454 in 2022 to $21,746 in 2025 (+50%).
What changed since 2024
- −3.9%Typical pay went down from $22,638 to $21,746.
- +743,611 people were paid in 2025, compared with 3,537 in 2024.
- +50%Since 2022, typical pay has gone from $14,454 to $21,746, while the number of people paid went down from 3,614 to 3,611.
The next update is expected in late 2027.
Pay slip · 2025
A typical worker's year
California Conservation Corps
official data
2022–2025
| Regular pay | $17,695 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $3,551 |
| Extra pay | $92 |
| Total for the year | $21,338 |
Average of the 180 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.
Matches the agency's latest release
Worth knowing about pay at California Conservation Corps
What stands out in the payroll data, checked against the rest of our data before it is shown.
- 16¢
Of every dollar California Conservation Corps paid in 2025, about 16 cents was overtime.
Usual among the 18 other state agencies in California in our data: about 2 cents. Highest of 19.
The data shows what was paid, not why. Overtime is pay for hours beyond the regular schedule.
- +34%
Since 2022, total pay at California Conservation Corps went up 34% while the number of people paid stayed about the same.
Counts everyone paid during each year. Not adjusted for inflation.
Pay by job
Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2025.
| Job | People | Typical pay | Most earn | Since 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corpsmember | 2,704 | $16,595 | $6k – $30k | ▼ 3.7% |
| Corpsmember Promo 1 | 199 | $31,469 | $18k – $39k | ▼ 4.2% |
| Special Corpsmember | 160 | $29,784 | $12k – $40k | ▲ 11.4% |
| Conservationist I Range B | 116 | $89,712 | $72k – $105k | ▲ 5.8% |
| Analyst II Range a | 81 | $71,915 | $66k – $81k | new |
| Conservationist II | 36 | $105,995 | $89k – $114k | ▲ 11.0% |
| Corpsmember Promo 2 | 29 | $36,212 | $28k – $43k | ▼ 5.0% |
| Manager I | 24 | $109,881 | $105k – $111k | new |
| Office Technician Typing Range a | 22 | $45,481 | $42k – $51k | ▼ 0.7% |
| Management Services Technician Range B | 21 | $52,697 | $47k – $56k | ▲ 10.6% |
| Conservationist Supervisor | 20 | $89,758 | $86k – $98k | ▲ 0.3% |
| Analyst I Range C | 20 | $59,030 | $43k – $64k | new |
| Conservationist I Range a | 19 | $44,042 | $38k – $57k | ▼ 3.9% |
| Supervisor I | 17 | $97,962 | $93k – $100k | new |
| Cook Specialist I Range a | 10 | $44,086 | $31k – $47k | ▲ 16.9% |
| C.e.a. Range B | 9 | $142,739 | $133k – $160k | ▲ 9.5% |
| Administrative Officer II Resources Agency | 9 | $71,188 | $70k – $82k | ▼ 13.5% |
| Supervising Cook I Range a | 9 | $67,166 | $67k – $69k | ▲ 1.1% |
| Administrative Officer I Resources Agency Range B | 8 | $71,709 | $67k – $75k | ▲ 17.5% |
| Maintenance Mechanic Range a | 8 | $66,370 | $65k – $70k | ▲ 5.9% |
| Accounting Officer Specialist Range a | 7 | $58,101 | $55k – $63k | ▼ 2.9% |
| Cook Specialist II Range a | 6 | $50,569 | $16k – $59k | ▲ 2.8% |
| Personnel Specialist Range D | 5 | $74,326 | $67k – $78k | ▼ 2.3% |
| Fish Habitat Specialist | 5 | $66,537 | $58k – $71k | new |
| Backcountry Trails Camp Supervisor California Conservation Corps | 5 | $39,497 | $39k – $41k | new |
No jobs match.
How many people earn what
- Under $10k1,015
- $10k – $30k1,247
- $30k – $50k901
- $50k – $70k133
- $70k – $90k140
- $90k – $110k96
- $110k – $150k69
- $150k or more10
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Highest paid at California Conservation Corps in 2025
Common questions
How much does a California Conservation Corps employee make?
The typical employee was paid $21,746 in 2025: half of the 3,611 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $8,064 and $39,046.
Why do so many people earn very little?
The list includes everyone who got a paycheck during the year: part-time, seasonal and short-term workers, and people who joined or left partway through. 1,015 people (28.1%) were paid under $10,000.
Does this include benefits like health insurance or pension?
No. It is the pay people received: regular salary or wages (81.9% of all pay), overtime (15.4%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (1.7%).
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