California State Controller's Office · 2025 pay · 12 people
How much does a traffic engineer make in California State Controller's Office?
$175,067typical pay for a traffic engineer in 2025
$153,361 – $192,974what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay rose 7.5% from 2024.
✓ Official data from California State Controller's Office · Matches the agency's latest release · sco.ca.gov ↗
Where traffic engineers work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
- City of Garden Grove2 people$132,103
- City of Manhattan Beach1 person$176,620
- City of Bakersfield1 person$173,513
- City of Mountain View1 person$266,841
- City of Santa Fe Springs1 person$150,950
- City of Walnut Creek1 person$178,325
- City of Campbell1 person$215,819
- City of Rancho Cucamonga1 person$147,555
- City of Vallejo1 person$162,265
- City of Modesto1 person$195,360
- City of Fairfield1 person$192,179
No employers match.
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 Traffic Engineer$125,311 (everyone)
- Traffic Engineer (this page)$175,067 (everyone)
- Principal Traffic Engineer$175,578 (everyone)
- Senior Traffic Engineer$198,749 (everyone)
Highest-paid traffic engineers, 2025
Common questions
How much does a traffic engineer make in California State Controller's Office?
The typical traffic engineer was paid $175,067 in 2025; most earned between $153,361 and $192,974. This counts all 12 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 0.0% of all pay for traffic engineers in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Traffic Engineer, at any level (for example "Traffic 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