San Jose, CA · 2025 pay · 6 people
How much does a sanitary engineer make in San Jose, CA?
$148,776typical pay for a sanitary engineer in 2025
$146,695 – $152,174what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay rose 5.5% from 2024.
✓ Official data from City of San Jose · Matches the agency's latest release · sanjoseca.gov ↗
Where sanitary 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).
- Associate Sanitary Engineer$140,473 (everyone)
- Sanitary Engineer (this page)$148,776 (everyone)
- Senior Sanitary Engineer$172,171 (everyone)
Highest-paid sanitary engineers, 2025
Common questions
How much does a sanitary engineer make in San Jose, CA?
The typical sanitary engineer was paid $148,776 in 2025; most earned between $146,695 and $152,174. This counts all 6 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 0.0% of all pay for sanitary engineers in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Sanitary Engineer, at any level (for example "Sanitary 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