California public employers · 2025 pay · 150 people
How much does an electrical engineer make in California public employers?
$118,755typical pay for a electrical engineer in 2025
$106,409 – $136,165what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay fell 24.7% from 2024.
✓ Official data from 4 agencies · Matches each agency's latest release · Show sourcesHide sources
- LA City Controller · controller.lacity.gov ↗
- California State Controller's Office · sco.ca.gov ↗
- California State Controller's Office · sco.ca.gov ↗
- LA County Auditor-Controller · lacounty.gov ↗
Where electrical engineers work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
- Los Angeles127 people$114,859
- County Sanitation District No. 2 (Los Angeles)7 people$163,386
- City of Pasadena4 people$153,422
- Los Angeles County4 people$177,333
- City of Long Beach2 people$152,990
- City of Vernon2 people$203,174
- San Diego Convention Center Corporation Inc.1 person$119,464
- City of Redding1 person$31,109
- City of Oakland1 person$159,754
- City of Burbank1 person$185,135
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).
- Assistant Electrical Engineer$78,917 (everyone)
- Electrical Engineer (this page)$118,755 (everyone)
- Associate Electrical Engineer$159,025 (everyone)
- Senior Electrical Engineer$170,526 (everyone)
- Principal Electrical Engineer$211,593 (everyone)
Highest-paid electrical engineers, 2025
- 1Alberto R De La MercedElectrical Engineer · Los Angeles County$203,046
- 2Fredy MendezElectrical Engineer · Los Angeles$187,625
- 3Vadim BikovskyElectrical Engineer · Los Angeles County$186,694
- 4Jerick PatricioElectrical Engineer · Los Angeles$182,953
- 5Jason MengElectrical Engineer · Los Angeles$175,773
Common questions
How much does an electrical engineer make in California public employers?
The typical electrical engineer was paid $118,755 in 2025; most earned between $106,409 and $136,165. This counts all 150 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 13.4% of all pay for electrical engineers in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Electrical Engineer, at any level (for example "Electrical 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