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California · 2025 pay

How much do Madera Irrigation District employees make?

$59,369typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025

$48,739 – $89,526what most people earned

Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year and seasonal workers. The source doesn't show who worked the full year.

California State Controller's Office publishes pay by position without employee names, so there is no name search here.

Common jobs: Canal Operator IMaintenance Worker ICanal Operator IV

✓ Official data from California State Controller's OfficeMatches the agency's latest releasesco.ca.gov ↗

How is pay spread across workers?

A year of pay for a lower-paid, typical and higher-paid worker (counting everyone paid), and the top earner, split into regular pay, overtime and extra pay.

$48,246

$58,599

$89,479

$367,417

Lower-paid workerearns more than 1 in 4 coworkers

Typical workerright in the middle

Higher-paid workerearns more than 3 in 4 coworkers

Highest paidone person

Regular payOvertimeExtra pay

Is pay going up?

Yes. Typical pay went from $43,662 in 2022 to $59,369 in 2025 (+36%).

What changed since 2024

  • +12.0%Typical pay went up from $53,021 to $59,369.
  • +267 people were paid in 2025, compared with 65 in 2024.
  • +36%Since 2022, typical pay has gone from $43,662 to $59,369, while the number of people paid went up from 60 to 67.

The next update is expected in late 2027.

Pay slip · 2025

A typical worker's year

Madera Irrigation District

4years of
official data
2022–2025
Average pay of people in the middle of the pay range
Regular pay$55,599
Overtime$1,522
Extra pay$1,478
Total for the year$58,599

Average of the 4 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.

Official source: California State Controller's Office (Government Compensation in California), sco.ca.gov ↗
Matches the agency's latest release

Pay by job

Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2025.

JobPeopleTypical payMost earnSince 2024
Canal Operator I10$50,650$46k – $51k▲ 12.1%
Maintenance Worker I7$48,728$46k – $53k▲ 98.0%
Canal Operator IV6$62,045$61k – $66k▲ 5.6%
Equipment Operator5$82,920$76k – $93knew
Board of Director5$1,460$1k – $2knew

How many people earn what

  • Under $10k7
  • $10k – $30k3
  • $30k – $50k9
  • $50k – $70k24
  • $70k – $90k10
  • $90k – $110k6
  • $110k – $150k5
  • $150k or more3

Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.

Pay by department

DepartmentPeopleTypical pay
Maintenance24$61,717
Operations23$57,780

Common questions

How much does a Madera Irrigation District employee make?

The typical employee was paid $59,369 in 2025: half of the 67 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $48,739 and $89,526.

Why do so many people earn very little?

The list includes everyone who got a paycheck during the year: part-time, seasonal and short-term workers, and people who joined or left partway through. 7 people (10.4%) were paid under $10,000.

Does this include benefits like health insurance or pension?

No. It is the pay people received: regular salary or wages (95.5% of all pay), overtime (0.6%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (3.9%).

Where does this data come from, and when is it updated?

From California State Controller's Office (Government Compensation in California) (sco.ca.gov). Our figures match the agency's latest release; the next update is expected in late 2027.

"Typical pay" is the median: half earn more, half earn less. "Most earn" is the middle half of workers. Figures are calculated by PublicPayData from the official dataset; 0 records with $0 or negative pay are left out. How we calculate this · Corrections & removals