California State Controller's Office and City of Los Angeles, CA · 2025 pay · 53 people
How much does a transportation engineer make in California State Controller's Office and City of Los Angeles, CA?
$176,990typical pay for a transportation engineer in 2025
$168,650 – $200,623what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay rose 2.7% from 2024.
✓ Official data from LA City Controller · Matches the agency's latest release · controller.lacity.gov ↗✓ Official data from California State Controller's Office · Matches the agency's latest release · sco.ca.gov ↗
Where transportation 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).
- Assistant Transportation Engineer$128,046 (everyone)
- Associate Transportation Engineer$158,977 (everyone)
- Transportation Engineer (this page)$176,990 (everyone)
- Senior Transportation Engineer$195,034 (everyone)
- Principal Transportation Engineer$238,347 (everyone)
Highest-paid transportation engineers, 2025
- 1Erik ZambonTransportation Engineer · Los Angeles$307,395
- 2Ying Jie RongTransportation Engineer · Los Angeles$288,687
- 3Don SchimaTransportation Engineer · Los Angeles$240,584
- 4Maverick ChengcuencaTransportation Engineer · Los Angeles$232,094
- 5Christophe HyTransportation Engineer · Los Angeles$229,587
Common questions
How much does a transportation engineer make in California State Controller's Office and City of Los Angeles, CA?
The typical transportation engineer was paid $176,990 in 2025; most earned between $168,650 and $200,623. This counts all 53 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 10.5% of all pay for transportation engineers in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Transportation Engineer, at any level (for example "Transportation 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