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California State Controller's Office · 2025 pay · 30 people

How much does a data engineer make in California State Controller's Office?

$189,005typical pay for a data engineer in 2025

$139,877 – $223,560what most people earned

Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay rose 15.7% from 2024.

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Where data 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. Data Engineer (this page)$189,005 (everyone)
  2. Senior Data Engineer$248,284 (everyone)

Highest-paid data engineers, 2025

    Common questions

    How much does a data engineer make in California State Controller's Office?

    The typical data engineer was paid $189,005 in 2025; most earned between $139,877 and $223,560. This counts all 30 people paid, including part-year workers.

    How much of the pay is overtime?

    Overtime made up 0.1% of all pay for data engineers in 2025.

    Which job titles are included?

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