California · 2025 pay · 299 people
How much does an associate safety engineer make in California?
$127,920typical pay for a associate safety engineer in 2025
$95,094 – $142,529what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay fell 1.0% from 2024.
✓ Official data from California State Controller's Office · Matches the agency's latest release · sco.ca.gov ↗
Where associate safety engineers work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
- Department of Industrial Relations231 people$117,651
- State Compensation Insurance Fund37 people$143,977
- Department of Water Resources19 people$158,446
- Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery5 people$165,862
- Department of Toxic Substances Control2 people$125,688
- Department of Transportation2 people$86,379
- California State Parks2 people$155,059
- Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation1 person$145,645
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).
- Assistant Safety Engineer$55,895 (everyone)
- Safety Engineer$123,579 (everyone)
- Associate Safety Engineer (this page)$127,920 (everyone)
Highest-paid associate safety engineers, 2025
Common questions
How much does an associate safety engineer make in California?
The typical associate safety engineer was paid $127,920 in 2025; most earned between $95,094 and $142,529. This counts all 299 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 3.8% of all pay for associate safety engineers in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Associate Safety Engineer, at any level (for example "Associate Safety 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