City of Los Angeles, CA · 2025 pay · 14 people
How much does a building operating engineer make in City of Los Angeles, CA?
$137,680typical pay for a building operating engineer in 2025
$125,309 – $143,996what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay fell 5.6% from 2024.
✓ Official data from LA City Controller · Matches the agency's latest release · controller.lacity.gov ↗
Where building operating 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).
- Building Operating Engineer (this page)$137,680 (everyone)
- Senior Building Operating Engineer$174,977 (everyone)
Highest-paid building operating engineers, 2025
- 1Tin HlaingBuilding Operating Engineer · Los Angeles$194,464
- 2Antonio BrisenoBuilding Operating Engineer · Los Angeles$160,422
- 3David MorganBuilding Operating Engineer · Los Angeles$146,206
- 4Delfin OctomanBuilding Operating Engineer · Los Angeles$144,727
- 5Christopher NobleBuilding Operating Engineer · Los Angeles$141,806
Common questions
How much does a building operating engineer make in City of Los Angeles, CA?
The typical building operating engineer was paid $137,680 in 2025; most earned between $125,309 and $143,996. This counts all 14 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 8.1% of all pay for building operating engineers in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Building Operating Engineer, at any level (for example "Building Operating 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