California State Controller's Office · 2025 pay · 40 people
How much does a district engineer make in California State Controller's Office?
$214,960typical pay for a district engineer in 2025
$182,598 – $235,521what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay rose 9.3% from 2024.
✓ Official data from California State Controller's Office · Matches the agency's latest release · sco.ca.gov ↗✓ Official data from California State Controller's Office · Matches the agency's latest release · sco.ca.gov ↗
Where district engineers work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
- Calaveras County Water District2 people$105,286
- Las Gallinas Valley Sanitary District (Marin)2 people$253,997
- North of the River Sanitary District No. 1 (Kern)1 person$38,503
- Foothill Municipal Water District1 person$219,588
- Carmel Area Wastewater Agency (Monterey)1 person$268,463
- Sacramento Area Sewer District (SacSewer)1 person$378,070
- Mammoth Community Water District1 person$201,618
- Truckee Sanitary District (Nevada)1 person$225,223
- Mesa Water District (Orange)1 person$265,180
- Stockton-East Water District1 person$203,723
- Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control District1 person$222,598
- Trabuco Canyon Water District1 person$210,898
- Tuolumne Utilities District1 person$189,360
- Paradise Irrigation District1 person$167,307
- Valley Sanitary District (Riverside)1 person$248,199
- Olympic Valley Public Service District1 person$251,143
- West Bay Sanitary District (San Mateo)1 person$244,689
- Delano-Earlimart Irrigation District1 person$180,029
- Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District1 person$327,431
- Sausalito-Marin City Sanitary (Marin)1 person$237,091
- Midway City Sanitary District (Orange)1 person$145,051
- Templeton Community Services District1 person$158,931
- Heritage Ranch Community Services District1 person$160,950
- Kern-Tulare Water District1 person$189,483
- Cawelo Water District1 person$226,012
- South Placer Municipal Utility District1 person$193,477
- Camrosa Water District1 person$193,154
- Solano Irrigation District1 person$173,643
- City of Big Bear Lake1 person$183,454
- Lower Tule River Irrigation District1 person$128,794
- Oro Loma Sanitary District (Alameda)1 person$272,533
- Monterey Peninsula Water Management District1 person$186,810
- Linda County Water District1 person$167,036
- Ironhouse Sanitary District (Contra Costa)1 person$226,964
- Mountain View Sanitary District (Contra Costa)1 person$229,616
- Carpinteria Valley Water District1 person$220,154
- Marina Coast Water District1 person$234,997
- Costa Mesa Sanitary District (Orange)1 person$219,021
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Highest-paid district engineers, 2025
Common questions
How much does a district engineer make in California State Controller's Office?
The typical district engineer was paid $214,960 in 2025; most earned between $182,598 and $235,521. This counts all 40 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 0.1% of all pay for district engineers in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is District Engineer, at any level (for example "District 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