California · 2025 pay · 349 people
How much does a community program specialist make in California?
$86,838typical pay for a community program specialist in 2025
$72,137 – $100,273what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay rose 6.0% from 2024.
✓ Official data from 4 agencies · Matches each agency's latest release · Show sourcesHide sources
- California State Controller's Office · sco.ca.gov ↗
- California State Controller's Office · sco.ca.gov ↗
- San Mateo County · smcgov.org ↗
- California State Controller's Office · sco.ca.gov ↗
Where community program specialists work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
Pay by level
Levels with 5 or more people.
- Community Program Specialist I34 people$72,291
- Community Program Specialist II159 people$80,594
- Community Program Specialist14 people$85,124
- Community Program Specialist III69 people$96,391
- Community Program Specialist IV53 people$103,893
- Community Program Specialist V20 people$117,315
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).
- Community Program Specialist (this page)$86,838 (everyone)
- Senior Community Program Specialist$98,808 (everyone)
Highest-paid community program specialists, 2025
- 1Steven WongCommunity Program Specialist II · San Mateo County$192,097
- 2Gloria Cahuich GonzalezCommunity Program Specialist II · San Mateo County$116,328
- 3Patrisha A RaginsCommunity Program Specialist II · San Mateo County$116,062
- 4Alejandro Maldonado NavaCommunity Program Specialist II · San Mateo County$114,853
- 5Kenny Gabe OcanaCommunity Program Specialist II · San Mateo County$114,834
Common questions
How much does a community program specialist make in California?
The typical community program specialist was paid $86,838 in 2025; most earned between $72,137 and $100,273. This counts all 349 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 1.6% of all pay for community program specialists in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Community Program Specialist, at any level (for example "Community Program Specialist I"). 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