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California · 2025 pay

How much do Humboldt Transit Authority employees make?

$52,566typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025

$21,186 – $64,771what 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: Transit OperatorEquipment MechanicVehicle Service Worker

✓ 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.

$20,154

$52,508

$64,838

$234,180

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 $50,945 in 2022 to $52,566 in 2025 (+3%).

What changed since 2024

  • +0.9%Typical pay went up from $52,083 to $52,566.
  • +1588 people were paid in 2025, compared with 73 in 2024.
  • +3%Since 2022, typical pay has gone from $50,945 to $52,566, while the number of people paid went up from 59 to 88.

The next update is expected in late 2027.

Pay slip · 2025

A typical worker's year

Humboldt Transit Authority

4years of
official data
2022–2025
Average pay of people in the middle of the pay range
Regular pay$48,355
Overtime$1,691
Extra pay$2,462
Total for the year$52,508

Average of the 5 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.

JobPeopleTypical payMost earnSince 2024
Transit Operator61$51,343$21k – $60k▲ 4.3%
Equipment Mechanic5$80,386$38k – $85knew
Vehicle Service Worker5$40,500$29k – $51k▼ 3.7%

How many people earn what

  • Under $10k16
  • $10k – $30k14
  • $30k – $50k10
  • $50k – $70k30
  • $70k – $90k7
  • $90k – $110k5
  • $110k – $150k2
  • $150k or more4

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

Pay by department

DepartmentPeopleTypical pay
Operations62$50,577
Maintenance14$64,172
Administration12$102,132

Common questions

How much does a Humboldt Transit Authority employee make?

The typical employee was paid $52,566 in 2025: half of the 88 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $21,186 and $64,771.

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. 16 people (18.2%) 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 (90.5% of all pay), overtime (3.7%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (5.9%).

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; 7 records with $0 or negative pay are left out. How we calculate this · Corrections & removals