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California State Controller's Office · 2025 pay · 23 people

How much does a telecommunications engineer make in California State Controller's Office?

$137,058typical pay for a telecommunications engineer in 2025

$124,468 – $145,874what most people earned

Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay rose 7.0% from 2024.

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Where telecommunications engineers work

Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).

Pay by level

Levels with 5 or more people.

  • Telecommunications Engineer II6 people$120,925
  • Telecommunications Engineer III12 people$141,441

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).

  1. Assistant Telecommunications Engineer$99,545 (everyone)
  2. Telecommunications Engineer (this page)$137,058 (everyone)
  3. Associate Telecommunications Engineer$140,047 (everyone)
  4. Senior Telecommunications Engineer$156,714 (everyone)
  5. Supervising Telecommunications Engineer$183,784 (everyone)

Highest-paid telecommunications engineers, 2025

    Common questions

    How much does a telecommunications engineer make in California State Controller's Office?

    The typical telecommunications engineer was paid $137,058 in 2025; most earned between $124,468 and $145,874. This counts all 23 people paid, including part-year workers.

    How much of the pay is overtime?

    Overtime made up 12.2% of all pay for telecommunications engineers in 2025.

    Which job titles are included?

    Everyone whose payroll title is Telecommunications Engineer, at any level (for example "Telecommunications Engineer II"). 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