California State Controller's Office · 2025 pay · 185 people
How much does a firefighter trainee make in California State Controller's Office?
$11,294typical pay for a firefighter trainee in 2025
$2,838 – $26,736what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay fell 30.7% from 2024.
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- California State Controller's Office · sco.ca.gov ↗
- California State Controller's Office · sco.ca.gov ↗
- California State Controller's Office · sco.ca.gov ↗
Where firefighter trainees 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).
- Firefighter Trainee (this page)$11,294 (everyone)
- Apprentice Firefighter$19,419 (everyone)
- Firefighter Intern$22,679 (everyone)
- Firefighter Recruit$40,575 (everyone)
- Recruit Firefighter$42,779 (everyone)
Highest-paid firefighter trainees, 2025
Common questions
How much does a firefighter trainee make in California State Controller's Office?
The typical firefighter trainee was paid $11,294 in 2025; most earned between $2,838 and $26,736. This counts all 185 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 17.2% of all pay for firefighter trainees in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Firefighter Trainee, at any level (for example "Firefighter Trainee"). 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