California · 2025 pay
How much do Orange County Transportation Authority employees make?
$76,105typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$39,897 – $103,029what 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 OperatorCoach Operator TraineeCertified Journeyman Mechanic 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.
$39,527
$75,972
$103,097
$495,533
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 $70,865 in 2022 to $76,105 in 2025 (+7%).
What changed since 2024
- −1.7%Typical pay went down from $77,432 to $76,105.
- +571,772 people were paid in 2025, compared with 1,715 in 2024.
- +7%Since 2022, typical pay has gone from $70,865 to $76,105, while the number of people paid went up from 1,564 to 1,772.
The next update is expected in late 2027.
Pay slip · 2025
A typical worker's year
Orange County Transportation Authority
official data
2022–2025
| Regular pay | $68,957 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $4,882 |
| Extra pay | $2,133 |
| Total for the year | $75,972 |
Average of the 89 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.
Matches the agency's latest release
Worth knowing about pay at Orange County Transportation Authority
What stands out in the payroll data, checked against the rest of our data before it is shown.
- 7¢
Of every dollar Orange County Transportation Authority paid in 2025, about 7 cents was overtime.
Usual among the 7 other transit employers in California in our data: about 10 cents. 8th highest of 8.
The data shows what was paid, not why. Overtime is pay for hours beyond the regular schedule.
- 1 in 4
1 in 4 people at Orange County Transportation Authority were paid $100,000 or more in 2025, up from 1 in 5 in 2022.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coach Operator | 795 | $64,913 | $39k – $81k | ▼ 4.9% |
| Coach Operator Trainee | 84 | $2,445 | $1k – $3k | ▼ 12.0% |
| Certified Journeyman Mechanic II | 79 | $111,575 | $97k – $129k | ▲ 13.7% |
| Intern | 59 | $9,787 | $6k – $15k | ▲ 25.7% |
| Service Worker II | 39 | $70,653 | $66k – $83k | ▲ 13.6% |
| Section Manager III | 30 | $157,131 | $150k – $171k | ▲ 3.2% |
| Radio and Field Specialist | 30 | $116,375 | $103k – $137k | new |
| Department Manager | 28 | $201,756 | $183k – $229k | ▼ 7.1% |
| Section Manager II | 22 | $143,091 | $121k – $157k | ▲ 5.7% |
| Equipment Parts Clerk | 20 | $76,608 | $67k – $87k | ▲ 5.4% |
| Director Board of Directors | 20 | $4,679 | $3k – $5k | ▲ 53.4% |
| Maintenance Supervisor | 18 | $115,995 | $109k – $124k | ▲ 9.7% |
| Journeyman Electronic Technician II | 17 | $113,841 | $88k – $126k | ▲ 19.6% |
| Summer Intern | 14 | $7,708 | $8k – $8k | ▲ 7.5% |
| Administrative Sp | 13 | $82,498 | $76k – $94k | new |
| Section Manager Senior | 12 | $176,708 | $143k – $189k | ▼ 14.7% |
| Section Supervisor Senior | 12 | $115,521 | $113k – $119k | ▲ 6.2% |
| Window Coordinator | 12 | $104,078 | $91k – $124k | new |
| Contracts Administrator Senior | 12 | $99,353 | $95k – $106k | ▼ 6.0% |
| Section Manager I | 11 | $132,213 | $127k – $138k | ▲ 5.1% |
| Director | 9 | $278,274 | $243k – $312k | ▲ 8.0% |
| Facilities Technician II | 9 | $85,548 | $81k – $89k | ▲ 11.9% |
| Office Specialist | 8 | $64,555 | $59k – $71k | ▲ 12.8% |
| Executive Director | 7 | $324,786 | $271k – $381k | ▼ 5.5% |
| Accounting Sp | 7 | $77,784 | $77k – $81k | new |
| Apprentice Mechanic II | 7 | $71,965 | $49k – $75k | ▲ 15.7% |
| Coach Operator Part Time | 7 | $34,274 | $30k – $66k | ▼ 4.7% |
| Coach Operator Instructor Eh | 7 | $34,156 | $30k – $37k | new |
| Project Manager Senior | 6 | $188,412 | $178k – $202k | ▲ 6.2% |
| Facilities Technician Senior | 6 | $120,277 | $108k – $142k | ▲ 2.5% |
| Coach Operator Instructor | 6 | $119,419 | $114k – $122k | new |
| Automotive Mechanic II | 6 | $100,720 | $94k – $122k | ▲ 18.5% |
| Executive Assistant I | 6 | $83,761 | $70k – $95k | ▲ 0.8% |
| Office Specialist Senior | 6 | $77,899 | $70k – $81k | ▲ 4.5% |
| Base Manager | 5 | $187,786 | $183k – $189k | new |
| Mechanic Body II | 5 | $109,467 | $103k – $123k | ▲ 20.5% |
| Transportation Funding Analyst Senior | 5 | $106,960 | $102k – $114k | ▲ 77.8% |
| Financial Analyst | 5 | $102,854 | $100k – $104k | ▲ 7.3% |
| Executive Assistant III | 5 | $92,571 | $38k – $93k | ▲ 42.8% |
| Customer Rel Sp | 5 | $84,235 | $81k – $88k | new |
| General Services Specialist | 5 | $55,254 | $50k – $63k | new |
No jobs match.
How many people earn what
- Under $10k211
- $10k – $30k172
- $30k – $50k134
- $50k – $70k253
- $70k – $90k407
- $90k – $110k210
- $110k – $150k221
- $150k or more164
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Pay by department
| Department | People | Typical pay |
|---|---|---|
| Transit | 1,276 | $71,085 |
| Finance & Administration | 202 | $97,006 |
| Chief Executive Office | 71 | $89,297 |
| Human Resources/org Development | 65 | $94,299 |
| Planning | 62 | $106,446 |
| External Affairs | 56 | $82,613 |
| Capital Programs | 27 | $147,399 |
| Government Relations | 13 | $88,142 |
Highest paid at Orange County Transportation Authority in 2025
Common questions
How much does a Orange County Transportation Authority employee make?
The typical employee was paid $76,105 in 2025: half of the 1,772 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $39,897 and $103,029.
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. 211 people (11.9%) 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 (84.4% of all pay), overtime (7.2%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (8.4%).
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