California · 2025 pay
How much do Modesto Irrigation District employees make?
$125,704typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$82,101 – $169,237what 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: Line WorkerCustomer Services RepresentativeGeneration Technician
✓ 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.
$81,735
$124,637
$169,444
$385,693
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 $94,841 in 2022 to $125,704 in 2025 (+33%).
What changed since 2024
- +9.4%Typical pay went up from $114,894 to $125,704.
- −1475 people were paid in 2025, compared with 476 in 2024.
- +33%Since 2022, typical pay has gone from $94,841 to $125,704, while the number of people paid went up from 474 to 475.
The next update is expected in late 2027.
Pay slip · 2025
A typical worker's year
Modesto Irrigation District
official data
2022–2025
| Regular pay | $114,524 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $7,447 |
| Extra pay | $2,667 |
| Total for the year | $124,637 |
Average of the 24 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.
Matches the agency's latest release
Worth knowing about pay at Modesto Irrigation District
What stands out in the payroll data, checked against the rest of our data before it is shown.
- 7¢
Of every dollar Modesto Irrigation District paid in 2025, about 7 cents was overtime.
Usual among the 67 other special districts and authorities in California in our data: about 4 cents. 11th highest of 68.
The data shows what was paid, not why. Overtime is pay for hours beyond the regular schedule.
- +23%
Since 2022, total pay at Modesto Irrigation District went up 23% while the number of people paid stayed about the same.
Counts everyone paid during each year. Not adjusted for inflation.
Pay by job
Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2025.
| Job | People | Typical pay | Most earn | Since 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Line Worker | 31 | $182,385 | $169k – $192k | ▲ 2.2% |
| Customer Services Representative | 26 | $56,570 | $53k – $64k | ▲ 10.2% |
| Generation Technician | 21 | $166,911 | $152k – $178k | ▲ 8.5% |
| Electrician-Substation | 15 | $143,157 | $134k – $148k | new |
| Construction/Maintenance Worker | 15 | $78,578 | $73k – $83k | ▲ 11.6% |
| Ditchtender | 12 | $99,481 | $98k – $103k | ▲ 5.6% |
| Power System Scheduler | 11 | $155,591 | $138k – $179k | ▲ 14.9% |
| Line Crew Leader | 10 | $212,503 | $203k – $219k | ▲ 2.3% |
| Instrument and Control Technician | 7 | $172,947 | $144k – $178k | ▲ 8.2% |
| Engineering Technician II | 7 | $103,949 | $95k – $112k | ▲ 6.6% |
| Heavy Equipment Mechanic | 7 | $93,038 | $72k – $104k | ▲ 7.8% |
| Dispatching Shift Supervisor | 6 | $219,223 | $217k – $236k | ▼ 0.5% |
| Dispatcher | 6 | $191,522 | $173k – $200k | ▼ 8.8% |
| Engineer-Senior Electrical | 6 | $178,901 | $175k – $180k | new |
| Metering Test Technician | 6 | $142,063 | $128k – $146k | ▲ 0.3% |
| Water Treatment Plant Operator - Grade 4 | 6 | $133,617 | $130k – $146k | new |
| Clerk II | 6 | $56,952 | $54k – $61k | ▲ 7.0% |
| Troubleshooter | 5 | $261,714 | $256k – $269k | ▲ 1.2% |
| Operations Technician | 5 | $175,971 | $173k – $177k | ▲ 6.7% |
| Substation Crew Leader | 5 | $165,733 | $158k – $180k | new |
| Material Handler | 5 | $83,651 | $82k – $86k | new |
| Service Center Technician | 5 | $76,587 | $76k – $85k | ▲ 10.0% |
| Customer Services Representative-Senior | 5 | $72,189 | $71k – $84k | new |
| Engineer-Assistant | 5 | $38,270 | $36k – $129k | new |
| Student Intern | 5 | $10,119 | $8k – $10k | new |
| Director | 5 | $9,039 | $8k – $11k | ▲ 10.1% |
No jobs match.
How many people earn what
- Under $10k8
- $10k – $30k19
- $30k – $50k14
- $50k – $70k40
- $70k – $90k66
- $90k – $110k63
- $110k – $150k93
- $150k or more172
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Pay by department
| Department | People | Typical pay |
|---|---|---|
| Irrigation Services | 50 | $95,461 |
| Line Construction | 45 | $184,314 |
| Customer Services | 44 | $62,033 |
| Substation | 33 | $144,300 |
| Electric Engineering | 25 | $126,349 |
| Modesto Dom Water | 25 | $134,567 |
| Woodland Generation | 22 | $174,860 |
| Dispatching | 16 | $195,729 |
| Power Scheduling | 15 | $149,038 |
| Meter/transformer | 14 | $142,063 |
| Fleet Maintenance | 13 | $91,252 |
| Purchasing & Materials Handling | 12 | $86,506 |
Highest paid at Modesto Irrigation District in 2025
Common questions
How much does a Modesto Irrigation District employee make?
The typical employee was paid $125,704 in 2025: half of the 475 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $82,101 and $169,237.
Does this include benefits like health insurance or pension?
No. It is the pay people received: regular salary or wages (89.9% of all pay), overtime (7.5%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (2.6%).
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