California public employers · 2025 pay · 44 people
How much does a mechanical engineer make in California public employers?
$117,138typical pay for a mechanical engineer in 2025
$106,609 – $151,093what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay fell 27.7% from 2024.
✓ Official data from 4 agencies · Matches each agency's latest release · Show sourcesHide sources
- LA City Controller · controller.lacity.gov ↗
- LA County Auditor-Controller · lacounty.gov ↗
- California State Controller's Office · sco.ca.gov ↗
- California State Controller's Office · sco.ca.gov ↗
Where mechanical 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).
- Mechanical Engineer (this page)$117,138 (everyone)
- Associate Mechanical Engineer$148,249 (everyone)
- Senior Mechanical Engineer$163,250 (everyone)
- Principal Mechanical Engineer$202,343 (everyone)
Highest-paid mechanical engineers, 2025
- 1Javier AlmarazMechanical Engineer · Los Angeles County$219,005
- 2Eric F ReiterMechanical Engineer · Los Angeles County$166,543
- 3Tony LamMechanical Engineer · Los Angeles County$165,818
- 4Suhail G MalkiMechanical Engineer · Los Angeles County$162,157
- 5Eric HillMechanical Engineer · Los Angeles$159,516
Common questions
How much does a mechanical engineer make in California public employers?
The typical mechanical engineer was paid $117,138 in 2025; most earned between $106,609 and $151,093. This counts all 44 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 8.8% of all pay for mechanical engineers in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Mechanical Engineer, at any level (for example "Mechanical 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