California State Controller's Office · 2025 pay · 10 people
How much does an assistant chief engineer make in California State Controller's Office?
$192,111typical pay for a assistant chief engineer in 2025
$165,582 – $214,635what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay fell 1.8% from 2024.
✓ Official data from California State Controller's Office · Matches the agency's latest release · sco.ca.gov ↗✓ Official data from California State Controller's Office · Matches the agency's latest release · sco.ca.gov ↗
Where assistant chief engineers work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
Related jobs and the next step up
Same line of work at a different rank, by typical pay (full-year employees where we can tell).
- Engineer Intern$11,387 (everyone)
- Engineer Assistant$104,905 (everyone)
- Chief Engineer$110,751 (everyone)
- Assistant Engineer$112,280 (everyone)
- Associate Engineer$145,254 (everyone)
- Engineer Associate$148,358 (everyone)
- Senior Associate Engineer$161,833 (everyone)
- Engineer Principal$162,241 (everyone)
- Supervising Engineer$166,258 (everyone)
- Senior Engineer$171,470 (everyone)
- Engineer Senior$175,722 (everyone)
- Assistant Chief Engineer (this page)$192,111 (everyone)
- Principal Engineer$197,143 (everyone)
Highest-paid assistant chief engineers, 2025
Common questions
How much does an assistant chief engineer make in California State Controller's Office?
The typical assistant chief engineer was paid $192,111 in 2025; most earned between $165,582 and $214,635. This counts all 10 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 9.2% of all pay for assistant chief engineers in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Assistant Chief Engineer, at any level (for example "Assistant Chief Engineer"). Part-time-schedule titles (such as "20 hours") are left out. Senior, supervising and trainee titles have their own pages.
Job titles are written out in full from the payroll's abbreviations (for example "SR CRRECTNL POLC OFCR" → "Senior Correctional Police Officer"). "Typical pay" is the median; "most earned" is the middle half. How we calculate this