California · 2025 pay · 19 people
How much does a supervising structural engineer make in California?
$188,561typical pay for a supervising structural engineer in 2025
$175,198 – $190,522what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay rose 1.7% from 2024.
✓ Official data from California State Controller's Office · Matches the agency's latest release · sco.ca.gov ↗
Where supervising structural 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).
- Senior Structural Engineer$173,009 (everyone)
- Structural Engineer$176,331 (everyone)
- Principal Structural Engineer$186,121 (everyone)
- Supervising Structural Engineer (this page)$188,561 (everyone)
Highest-paid supervising structural engineers, 2025
Common questions
How much does a supervising structural engineer make in California?
The typical supervising structural engineer was paid $188,561 in 2025; most earned between $175,198 and $190,522. This counts all 19 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 0.3% of all pay for supervising structural engineers in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Supervising Structural Engineer, at any level (for example "Supervising Structural 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