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California · 2025 pay

How much do Orange County Power Authority employees make?

$25,177typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025

$2,468 – $120,657what 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: Community Advisory Committee MemberBoard Member

✓ 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.

$1,563

$23,997

$120,871

$434,217

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 $36,188 in 2022 to $25,177 in 2025 (−30%).

What changed since 2024

  • −75.3%Typical pay went down from $101,994 to $25,177.
  • +1644 people were paid in 2025, compared with 28 in 2024.

The next update is expected in late 2027.

Pay slip · 2025

A typical worker's year

Orange County Power Authority

4years of
official data
2022–2025
Average pay of people in the middle of the pay range
Regular pay$23,715
Overtime$0
Extra pay$282
Total for the year$23,997

Average of the 3 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 earn
Community Advisory Committee Member9$350$0k – $0k
Board Member5$17,955$1k – $19k

How many people earn what

  • Under $10k15
  • $10k – $30k8
  • $30k – $50k0
  • $50k – $70k2
  • $70k – $90k0
  • $90k – $110k5
  • $110k – $150k5
  • $150k or more9

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

Pay by department

DepartmentPeopleTypical pay

Common questions

How much does a Orange County Power Authority employee make?

The typical employee was paid $25,177 in 2025: half of the 44 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $2,468 and $120,657.

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. 15 people (34.1%) 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 (93.7% of all pay), overtime (0.0%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (6.3%).

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