California · 2025 pay · 29 people
How much does a project scientist-fy-b/e/e make in California?
$132,517typical pay for a project scientist-fy-b/e/e in 2025
$91,765 – $151,980what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers.
✓ Official data from California State Controller's Office · Matches the agency's latest release · sco.ca.gov ↗
Where project scientist-fy-b/e/es work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
- University of California, San Diego8 people$134,184
- University of California, Santa Cruz5 people$46,176
- University of California, Santa Barbara5 people$151,980
- University of California, Berkeley3 people$167,731
- University of California, Los Angeles3 people$73,182
- University of California, Irvine3 people$107,571
- University of California, Davis2 people$112,450
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 Project Scientist-Fy-B/E/E$92,620 (everyone)
- Associate Project Scientist-Fy-B/E/E$113,267 (everyone)
- Project Scientist-Fy-B/E/E (this page)$132,517 (everyone)
Highest-paid project scientist-fy-b/e/es, 2025
Common questions
How much does a project scientist-fy-b/e/e make in California?
The typical project scientist-fy-b/e/e was paid $132,517 in 2025; most earned between $91,765 and $151,980. This counts all 29 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 0.0% of all pay for project scientist-fy-b/e/es in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Project Scientist-Fy-B/E/E, at any level (for example "Project Scientist-Fy-B/E/E"). 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