California State Controller's Office · 2025 pay · 28 people
How much does a project engineer make in California State Controller's Office?
$163,883typical pay for a project engineer in 2025
$94,469 – $190,089what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay fell 3.0% from 2024.
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Where project engineers work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
- City of Palo Alto15 people$188,873
- San Diego Metropolitan Transit System3 people$77,556
- California Fairs Financing Authority2 people$36,360
- Southern California Regional Rail Authority2 people$105,850
- City of Vernon1 person$168,099
- South Feather Water and Power Agency1 person$41,800
- City of Garden Grove1 person$166,524
- Santa Margarita Water District1 person$90,404
- Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority1 person$130,313
- Merced County1 person$5,022
Highest-paid project engineers, 2025
Common questions
How much does a project engineer make in California State Controller's Office?
The typical project engineer was paid $163,883 in 2025; most earned between $94,469 and $190,089. This counts all 28 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 0.2% of all pay for project engineers in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Project Engineer, at any level (for example "Project 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