California · 2025 pay
How much do North County Transit District employees make?
$40,355typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$29,738 – $81,041what 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: Coach Operator - Pay GradeDemand Response DriverFleet Technician II
✓ 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.
$29,750
$40,378
$81,406
$408,293
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?
No. Typical pay went from $41,009 in 2022 to $40,355 in 2025 (−2%).
What changed since 2024
- −44.9%Typical pay went down from $73,299 to $40,355.
- +437917 people were paid in 2025, compared with 480 in 2024.
The next update is expected in late 2027.
Pay slip · 2025
A typical worker's year
North County Transit District
official data
2022–2025
| Regular pay | $32,254 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $6,868 |
| Extra pay | $1,256 |
| Total for the year | $40,378 |
Average of the 46 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.
Matches the agency's latest release
Pay by job
Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2025.
| Job | People | Typical pay | Most earn | Since 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coach Operator - Pay Grade | 251 | $31,840 | $28k – $37k | new |
| Demand Response Driver | 54 | $31,530 | $27k – $38k | new |
| Fleet Technician II | 29 | $40,571 | $35k – $47k | new |
| Road Supervisor/Dispatch Sup | 26 | $32,977 | $30k – $39k | new |
| Fleet Servicer | 23 | $31,984 | $26k – $37k | new |
| Director - All | 22 | $147,228 | $136k – $180k | new |
| Manager - All | 22 | $120,223 | $98k – $131k | new |
| Sprinter - Train Operator | 20 | $71,841 | $66k – $80k | new |
| Facility Maintenance Custodian | 20 | $42,619 | $21k – $52k | ▲ 50.4% |
| Sprinter - Train Attendant | 18 | $33,540 | $11k – $61k | new |
| Senior Manager All | 17 | $123,578 | $81k – $146k | new |
| Coaster - Conductor | 17 | $89,645 | $76k – $100k | new |
| Coaster - Maintenance Technician | 17 | $76,481 | $67k – $82k | new |
| Board Members | 17 | $1,200 | $0k – $2k | ▲ 77.8% |
| Coaster - Locomotive Engineer | 15 | $111,655 | $98k – $133k | new |
| Sprinter - Maintenance Technician | 15 | $74,466 | $67k – $81k | new |
| Customer Experience Assistant | 11 | $40,967 | $37k – $45k | ▼ 0.6% |
| Signal Maintainer | 10 | $90,959 | $77k – $100k | ▼ 5.3% |
| Fleet Technician III | 10 | $44,305 | $42k – $50k | new |
| Dispatcher - Train | 9 | $100,696 | $88k – $105k | new |
| Control Center Technician | 9 | $46,679 | $44k – $59k | ▼ 1.3% |
| Code Compliance Inspector | 9 | $32,598 | $22k – $50k | ▲ 211.9% |
| Supervisor - Rail Operations | 8 | $108,965 | $108k – $116k | new |
| Supervisor - Maintenance | 8 | $46,946 | $45k – $48k | new |
| Supervisor - Rail Moe | 7 | $102,979 | $100k – $108k | new |
| Assistant Dispatcher - Train | 7 | $79,230 | $78k – $89k | new |
| Facility Maintenance Technician I | 7 | $48,023 | $40k – $60k | ▲ 5.0% |
| Track Maintainer | 6 | $97,455 | $79k – $103k | ▲ 25.0% |
| Overhaul and Repair Mech | 6 | $41,470 | $32k – $66k | new |
| Deputy Chief | 5 | $188,953 | $182k – $207k | new |
| Senior Procur Contract Officer | 5 | $84,883 | $51k – $87k | new |
| Human Resources Business Partn | 5 | $65,546 | $53k – $89k | new |
| Facility Maintenance Technician II | 5 | $58,933 | $57k – $64k | ▼ 3.8% |
| Coach Operator - Salary Table | 5 | $37,442 | $34k – $38k | new |
| Operations Control Supervisor | 5 | $36,714 | $36k – $39k | new |
| Demand Response Dispatcher | 5 | $32,711 | $32k – $33k | new |
| Transit Clerk | 5 | $27,111 | $16k – $31k | new |
| Reservationist | 5 | $24,829 | $25k – $25k | new |
No jobs match.
How many people earn what
- Under $10k59
- $10k – $30k178
- $30k – $50k316
- $50k – $70k83
- $70k – $90k94
- $90k – $110k80
- $110k – $150k72
- $150k or more35
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Pay by department
| Department | People | Typical pay |
|---|---|---|
| Bus Operators | 256 | $31,993 |
| Bus Vehicles Maintenance | 80 | $40,487 |
| On-demand Services | 68 | $31,176 |
| Facilities Management | 54 | $48,394 |
| Bus Operations Administration | 51 | $36,714 |
| Sprinter Operators | 43 | $61,300 |
| Coaster Operators | 38 | $94,951 |
| Maintenance-of-way | 25 | $104,327 |
| Security Oversight | 20 | $46,312 |
| Operations Control Center | 20 | $94,763 |
| Maintenance of Signals | 19 | $99,076 |
| Coaster Maintenance | 17 | $76,481 |
Highest paid at North County Transit District in 2025
Common questions
How much does a North County Transit District employee make?
The typical employee was paid $40,355 in 2025: half of the 917 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $29,738 and $81,041.
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. 59 people (6.4%) 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 (86.0% of all pay), overtime (10.1%) 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