California State Controller's Office · 2025 pay · 113 people
How much does a senior program specialist make in California State Controller's Office?
$43,717typical pay for a senior program specialist in 2025
$24,822 – $127,875what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay rose 5.4% from 2024.
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- California State Controller's Office · sco.ca.gov ↗
- California State Controller's Office · sco.ca.gov ↗
- California State Controller's Office · sco.ca.gov ↗
Where senior program specialists 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).
- Senior Program Specialist (this page)$43,717 (everyone)
- Associate Program Specialist$86,199 (everyone)
- Program Specialist$89,349 (everyone)
- Supervising Program Specialist$140,808 (everyone)
Highest-paid senior program specialists, 2025
Common questions
How much does a senior program specialist make in California State Controller's Office?
The typical senior program specialist was paid $43,717 in 2025; most earned between $24,822 and $127,875. This counts all 113 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 0.3% of all pay for senior program specialists in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Senior Program Specialist, at any level (for example "Senior Program Specialist"). 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