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City of Los Angeles, CA · 2025 pay · 9 people

How much does a communications engineer make in City of Los Angeles, CA?

$165,486typical pay for a communications engineer in 2025

$153,121 – $168,772what most people earned

Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay rose 1.9% from 2024.

✓ Official data from LA City Controller · Matches the agency's latest release · controller.lacity.gov ↗

Where communications 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).

  1. Communications Engineer (this page)$165,486 (everyone)
  2. Senior Communications Engineer$189,072 (everyone)

Highest-paid communications engineers, 2025

  1. 1Wilmore VillanuevaCommunications Engineer · Los Angeles$240,475
  2. 2Peter FadulCommunications Engineer · Los Angeles$169,334
  3. 3Nader HaghighatCommunications Engineer · Los Angeles$168,772
  4. 4Raoul BroussardCommunications Engineer · Los Angeles$166,467
  5. 5Tho TranCommunications Engineer · Los Angeles$165,486

Common questions

How much does a communications engineer make in City of Los Angeles, CA?

The typical communications engineer was paid $165,486 in 2025; most earned between $153,121 and $168,772. This counts all 9 people paid, including part-year workers.

How much of the pay is overtime?

Overtime made up 0.7% of all pay for communications engineers in 2025.

Which job titles are included?

Everyone whose payroll title is Communications Engineer, at any level (for example "Communications 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