California State Controller's Office and City of Los Angeles, CA · 2025 pay · 38 people
How much does an inspector trainee make in California State Controller's Office and City of Los Angeles, CA?
$97,140typical pay for a inspector trainee in 2025
$78,412 – $100,953what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay rose 32.8% from 2024.
✓ Official data from LA City Controller · Matches the agency's latest release · controller.lacity.gov ↗✓ Official data from California State Controller's Office · Matches the agency's latest release · sco.ca.gov ↗
Where inspector trainees work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
Pay by level
Levels with 5 or more people.
- Inspector Trainee I5 people$63,634
- Inspector Trainee III6 people$92,390
- Inspector Trainee IV21 people$100,488
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 Inspector$93,016 (everyone)
- Inspector Trainee (this page)$97,140 (everyone)
- Senior Inspector$132,093 (everyone)
- Supervising Inspector$151,231 (everyone)
- Principal Inspector$174,564 (everyone)
- Chief Inspector$200,266 (everyone)
Highest-paid inspector trainees, 2025
- 1Steve MartinezInspector Trainee IV · Los Angeles$111,357
- 2Louis LoeraInspector Trainee IV · Los Angeles$103,872
- 3Valery MarroquinInspector Trainee IV · Los Angeles$103,484
- 4Jesus AlvarezInspector Trainee IV · Los Angeles$103,098
- 5Leslie RodriguezInspector Trainee IV · Los Angeles$103,094
Common questions
How much does an inspector trainee make in California State Controller's Office and City of Los Angeles, CA?
The typical inspector trainee was paid $97,140 in 2025; most earned between $78,412 and $100,953. This counts all 38 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 0.5% of all pay for inspector trainees in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Inspector Trainee, at any level (for example "Inspector Trainee 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