California · 2025 pay
How much do Orange County Sanitation District employees make?
$137,588typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$104,201 – $166,620what 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: DirectorPlant OperatorSenior Mechanic
✓ 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.
$103,256
$137,537
$166,249
$485,224
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 $122,654 in 2022 to $137,588 in 2025 (+12%).
What changed since 2024
- +5.6%Typical pay went up from $130,281 to $137,588.
- +27756 people were paid in 2025, compared with 729 in 2024.
- +12%Since 2022, typical pay has gone from $122,654 to $137,588, while the number of people paid went up from 705 to 756.
The next update is expected in late 2027.
Pay slip · 2025
A typical worker's year
Orange County Sanitation District
official data
2022–2025
| Regular pay | $127,404 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $6,215 |
| Extra pay | $3,918 |
| Total for the year | $137,537 |
Average of the 37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 49 | $5,173 | $2k – $8k | ▲ 8.6% |
| Plant Operator | 35 | $125,272 | $112k – $137k | ▲ 1.7% |
| Senior Mechanic | 33 | $127,398 | $119k – $139k | ▲ 3.3% |
| Senior Engineer | 31 | $191,022 | $184k – $198k | ▲ 4.3% |
| Senior Plant Operator | 28 | $143,321 | $134k – $154k | ▲ 1.9% |
| Engineer | 27 | $169,384 | $160k – $173k | ▲ 10.6% |
| Student Intern | 23 | $7,082 | $5k – $12k | ▼ 11.4% |
| Maintenance Supervisor | 21 | $152,747 | $144k – $168k | ▲ 3.8% |
| Senior Environmental Specialist | 21 | $141,134 | $130k – $145k | ▲ 7.3% |
| Maintenance Specialist | 18 | $154,157 | $139k – $156k | ▲ 4.1% |
| Senior Information Technology Analyst | 15 | $168,692 | $157k – $176k | new |
| Associate Engineer | 15 | $141,940 | $128k – $157k | ▲ 2.9% |
| Electrical Technician II | 15 | $124,542 | $113k – $137k | ▲ 12.9% |
| Operations Supervisor | 14 | $174,323 | $173k – $185k | ▲ 4.7% |
| Pr Environmental Specialist | 14 | $160,266 | $148k – $166k | ▲ 5.1% |
| Instrumentation Technician II | 14 | $142,935 | $129k – $166k | ▲ 3.9% |
| Lead Mechanic | 13 | $152,397 | $141k – $164k | ▲ 9.0% |
| Administrative Assistant | 13 | $115,712 | $101k – $119k | ▲ 8.1% |
| Engineering Supervisor | 12 | $210,503 | $207k – $214k | ▲ 5.7% |
| Principal Information Technology Analyst | 11 | $185,751 | $183k – $192k | new |
| Environmental Technician | 11 | $83,032 | $73k – $87k | ▲ 28.3% |
| Construction Inspector | 11 | $82,224 | $34k – $145k | ▼ 36.9% |
| Vocational Intern | 11 | $11,466 | $11k – $16k | ▼ 26.2% |
| Power Plant Operator II | 10 | $161,674 | $102k – $178k | ▲ 9.2% |
| Senior Construction Inspector | 10 | $152,877 | $104k – $167k | ▼ 3.0% |
| Information Technician Analyst III | 10 | $147,826 | $132k – $151k | ▲ 7.6% |
| Mechanic | 9 | $102,677 | $63k – $108k | ▼ 5.7% |
| Program Assistant | 9 | $44,885 | $44k – $74k | ▼ 47.0% |
| Principal Staff Analyst | 7 | $172,677 | $156k – $189k | ▲ 4.7% |
| Lead Elec Technician | 7 | $149,323 | $148k – $184k | new |
| Lead Plant Operator | 6 | $161,540 | $128k – $175k | ▲ 4.7% |
| Data Management Technician II | 6 | $142,804 | $142k – $145k | ▲ 3.2% |
| Information Technician Analyst II | 6 | $122,965 | $118k – $133k | ▲ 13.2% |
| Environmental Specialist | 6 | $112,874 | $109k – $125k | ▲ 11.0% |
| Materials Management Clerk | 6 | $96,541 | $93k – $101k | ▲ 6.5% |
| Information Technician Supervisor | 5 | $206,173 | $201k – $208k | new |
| Reliability Maintenance Technician | 5 | $168,529 | $168k – $174k | new |
| Source Control Inspector II | 5 | $134,094 | $114k – $136k | ▲ 2.3% |
| Facilities Worker | 5 | $105,414 | $102k – $110k | ▲ 2.3% |
| Source Control Inspector I | 5 | $104,487 | $94k – $106k | new |
| Accounting Technician | 5 | $88,755 | $77k – $94k | ▲ 12.8% |
No jobs match.
How many people earn what
- Under $10k65
- $10k – $30k33
- $30k – $50k16
- $50k – $70k18
- $70k – $90k25
- $90k – $110k61
- $110k – $150k249
- $150k or more289
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Pay by department
| Department | People | Typical pay |
|---|---|---|
| Operations & Maintenance | 279 | $137,072 |
| Administrative Services | 136 | $133,411 |
| Engineering | 132 | $166,096 |
| Environmental Services | 108 | $136,596 |
| Board Member | 49 | $5,173 |
| Human Resources | 30 | $134,311 |
| Communications | 18 | $113,258 |
Highest paid at Orange County Sanitation District in 2025
Common questions
How much does a Orange County Sanitation District employee make?
The typical employee was paid $137,588 in 2025: half of the 756 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $104,201 and $166,620.
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. 65 people (8.6%) 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 (91.4% of all pay), overtime (3.6%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (5.0%).
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