California · 2025 pay

How much do San Jose employees make?

Name: City of San Jose employee pay 2025
Creator: PublicPayData

$106,904typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025

$34,468 – $175,888what most people earned

Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year and seasonal workers. The source doesn't show who worked the full year.

City of San Jose publishes pay by position without employee names, so there is no name search here.

Common jobs: Police Officer Recreation Leader (Part-Time)Library Page (Part-Time)

✓ Official data from City of San JoseMatches the agency's latest releasesanjoseca.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.

$34,878

$106,798

$175,681

$627,120

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 $75,010 in 2019 to $106,904 in 2025 (+43%).

Typical payNumber of people paidTotal payroll

What changed since 2024

+6.7%Typical pay went up from $100,178 to $106,904.
−1758,531 people were paid in 2025, compared with 8,706 in 2024.
+43%Since 2019, typical pay has gone from $75,010 to $106,904, while the number of people paid went up from 8,448 to 8,531.

The next update is expected in spring 2027.

Pay slip · 2025

A typical worker's year

San Jose

7years of
official data
2019–2025

Average pay of people in the middle of the pay range
Regular pay	$100,348
Overtime	$3,422
Extra pay	$3,029
Total for the year	$106,798

Average of the 426 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.

Official source: City of San Jose (Human Resources / Open Data), sanjoseca.gov ↗
Matches the agency's latest release

Worth knowing about pay at San Jose

What stands out in the payroll data, checked against the rest of our data before it is shown.

+6.7%
People paid by San Jose in both 2024 and 2025 saw their pay change by a typical +6.7%.
Usual among the 14 other cities of a similar size in our data: +4.8%.
Compares the same people in both years, so new hires and leavers do not move it. Overtime and hours worked count too.
6 of 10
For 6 of the 10 highest paid at San Jose, overtime was more than a third of their pay (Fire Engineer, Fire Captain, Police Lieutenant).
On regular pay alone, 6 of them would not have made the top 10.
+46%
Since 2019, total pay at San Jose went up 46% 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
Police Officer	818	$238,995	$196k – $285k	▲ 10.8%
Recreation Leader (Part-Time)	709	$12,091	$4k – $24k	▼ 9.1%
Library Page (Part-Time)	236	$23,147	$12k – $26k	▲ 1.4%
Fire Fighter	231	$187,074	$158k – $226k	▲ 0.1%
School Crossing Guard (Part-Time)	216	$11,345	$9k – $13k	▲ 6.9%
Fire Engineer	215	$220,916	$202k – $258k	▲ 5.7%
Analyst II	183	$112,472	$104k – $121k	▲ 3.4%
Fire Captain	181	$256,052	$227k – $303k	▲ 3.8%
Police Sergeant	180	$302,256	$263k – $341k	▲ 7.3%
Community Services Aide (Part-Time)	156	$2,684	$1k – $4k	▲ 0.1%
Associate Engineer	144	$162,352	$150k – $174k	▲ 4.8%
Maintenance Worker II	130	$97,466	$88k – $111k	▲ 3.4%
Staff Specialist	108	$93,489	$87k – $99k	▲ 3.8%
Maintenance Worker I	105	$76,996	$73k – $85k	▲ 12.1%
Senr Analyst	102	$134,815	$124k – $145k	▲ 6.0%
Police Recruit	89	$25,722	$23k – $58k	▲ 14.2%
Engineer II	81	$125,142	$119k – $135k	▲ 6.3%
Senr Office Specialist	75	$79,502	$73k – $81k	▲ 6.8%
Division Manager	74	$213,208	$195k – $229k	▲ 6.3%
Police Communication Specialist Ft	68	$118,363	$108k – $124k	▲ 5.8%
Police Radio Dispatcher Ft	65	$145,187	$129k – $161k	▲ 3.7%
Mef; Tempee Retiree U Nx	65	$45,432	$30k – $58k	▲ 22.2%
Community Service Officer II	63	$113,365	$108k – $127k	▲ 2.5%
Librarian II	62	$121,187	$113k – $123k	▲ 5.7%
Police Data Specialist II	62	$85,399	$80k – $94k	▲ 1.1%
Animal Care Attendant I (Part-Time)	60	$15,513	$5k – $26k	▼ 16.1%
Deputy Director U	59	$244,986	$209k – $260k	▲ 6.0%
Mef; Student Intern U (Part-Time)	59	$8,921	$5k – $16k	▲ 3.2%
Maintenance Assistant	58	$61,061	$51k – $70k	▲ 8.4%
Program Manager	57	$163,615	$151k – $175k	▲ 5.6%
Library Clerk (Part-Time)	55	$36,083	$34k – $38k	▲ 4.2%
Library Clerk	53	$78,540	$73k – $80k	▲ 7.5%
Senr Maintenance Worker	50	$113,663	$107k – $123k	▲ 4.7%
Senr Engineer	49	$190,235	$180k – $201k	▲ 4.8%
Parking and Traffic Control Officer	49	$79,706	$75k – $84k	▲ 1.9%
Police Lieutenant	48	$311,931	$280k – $369k	▲ 3.4%
Recreation Progrm Specialist	48	$83,333	$79k – $89k	▲ 4.6%
Associate Construction Insp	47	$113,187	$102k – $120k	▲ 2.2%
Analyst I	45	$99,186	$92k – $103k	▲ 7.5%
Maintenance Assistant (Part-Time)	44	$29,803	$17k – $33k	▲ 3.8%
Senr Account Clerk	43	$83,862	$78k – $87k	▲ 4.5%
Senr Construction Insp	42	$137,969	$132k – $149k	▲ 0.8%
Environment Service Specialist	41	$117,289	$86k – $127k	▲ 7.8%
Senr Executive Analyst U	38	$143,070	$133k – $157k	▲ 6.6%
Library Aide (Part-Time)	35	$9,796	$3k – $12k	▼ 9.7%
Community Coordinator	34	$98,716	$93k – $101k	▲ 5.3%
Accounting Technician	34	$96,350	$91k – $105k	▼ 3.3%
Office Specialist II	33	$71,963	$65k – $74k	▲ 9.2%
Enterprise Supervisor Technician Analyst	32	$181,914	$175k – $187k	▲ 6.4%
Code Enforcement Insp II	32	$114,809	$111k – $126k	▲ 2.9%
Parks Rec and Facilities Supervisor	30	$127,219	$121k – $136k	▲ 5.8%
Library Assistant	30	$101,287	$94k – $103k	▲ 5.1%
Instructor Lifeguard (Part-Time)	30	$8,226	$6k – $10k	▼ 6.8%
Firefighter Recruit	29	$40,175	$40k – $41k	▲ 46.6%
Building Inspect Combo Certified Senior Ft	28	$174,312	$167k – $184k	▲ 3.8%
Environment Inspector II	28	$111,738	$105k – $121k	▲ 9.7%
Class Instructor (Part-Time)	28	$8,395	$3k – $20k	▲ 18.9%
Battalion Chief	26	$311,925	$285k – $338k	▲ 10.5%
Information Systs Analyst	26	$173,646	$156k – $180k	▲ 4.4%
Gardener	25	$81,012	$79k – $86k	▲ 5.9%
Assist to the City Manager U	24	$185,007	$169k – $194k	▲ 7.2%
Accountant II	24	$119,237	$111k – $120k	▲ 4.4%
Literacy Program Specialist	24	$99,658	$84k – $107k	▲ 3.4%
Community Activity Worker Ft	24	$60,142	$49k – $61k	▼ 3.6%
Senr Accountant	23	$139,095	$128k – $147k	▲ 7.3%
Prin Office Specialist	23	$90,360	$83k – $95k	▲ 6.2%
Mef; Graduate Student Intern U	23	$17,617	$12k – $33k	▼ 1.2%
Network Technician III	22	$118,994	$110k – $122k	▲ 4.5%
Senr Engineering Technician	22	$114,373	$104k – $116k	▲ 5.7%
Camp; Tempee Retiree U Exempt	22	$44,775	$30k – $78k	▲ 6.5%
Public Safety Radio Disp Ft	21	$140,464	$135k – $152k	▲ 2.5%
Mef; Temp Employee U (Part-Time)	21	$12,394	$10k – $34k	▲ 14.6%
Supervg Environ Service Specialist	20	$152,477	$144k – $160k	▲ 10.5%
Senr Systms Applications Prgmr	19	$154,471	$147k – $160k	▲ 4.8%
Network Engineer	19	$154,065	$140k – $163k	▲ 2.2%
Development Officer	19	$129,409	$105k – $138k	▲ 7.4%
Public Information Representative II	19	$104,989	$102k – $115k	▲ 6.4%
Permit Specialist Senior	18	$98,761	$92k – $104k	▼ 0.3%
Librarian II (Part-Time)	18	$52,970	$33k – $60k	▲ 3.8%
Building Inspect Supervisor Certified II	17	$197,748	$192k – $204k	▲ 10.0%
Associate Structure/Land Designer	17	$162,248	$146k – $174k	▲ 6.1%
Senr Librarian	17	$146,828	$139k – $153k	▲ 5.6%
Planner III	17	$129,610	$119k – $135k	▲ 7.1%
Park Maintenance Repair Worker II	17	$102,476	$95k – $107k	▲ 9.9%
Associate Engineering Technician	17	$100,957	$92k – $105k	▲ 5.9%
Engineerg Technician II	17	$79,482	$70k – $82k	▲ 9.1%
Senr Development Officer	16	$145,406	$136k – $157k	▲ 6.2%
Wastewater Operator III	16	$142,998	$133k – $174k	▲ 2.9%
Police Forensic Analyst II	16	$121,299	$116k – $152k	▲ 5.9%
Heavy Equipment Operator	16	$112,931	$102k – $125k	▲ 4.9%
Environment Inspector I	16	$97,447	$95k – $102k	▲ 8.1%
Equipment Mech Assistant II	16	$76,435	$70k – $79k	▲ 14.2%
Senr Recr Leader	16	$70,761	$69k – $74k	▲ 7.6%
Lifeguard (Part-Time)	16	$2,809	$2k – $4k	▼ 7.1%
Senior Police Dispatcher Ft	15	$173,612	$160k – $185k	▲ 0.6%
Planner IV	15	$157,789	$156k – $169k	▲ 2.5%
Chemist I	15	$109,627	$95k – $113k	▲ 1.0%
Wastewater Mechanic I	15	$98,861	$90k – $102k	▲ 15.3%
Wastewater Attendant	15	$72,288	$40k – $76k	▲ 3.7%
Council Assistant U	15	$68,549	$54k – $77k	▲ 33.9%
Librarian I (Part-Time)	15	$46,534	$24k – $51k	▲ 38.5%
Unit99;tempee Retiree U Exempt	15	$16,780	$10k – $71k	▼ 58.2%
Administrative Officer	14	$192,526	$177k – $199k	▲ 15.1%
Public Information Manager	14	$183,223	$163k – $195k	▲ 13.6%
Wastewater Operator II	14	$115,919	$75k – $139k	▼ 4.5%
Transportation Specialist	14	$114,407	$112k – $119k	▲ 5.2%
Council Chief of Staff U	14	$103,536	$38k – $132k	▼ 17.5%
Police Property Specialist II	14	$99,258	$91k – $114k	▲ 16.1%
Animal Services Officer	14	$86,158	$75k – $91k	▲ 6.3%
Public Safety Radio Disp Trainee	14	$19,864	$10k – $30k	▼ 42.4%
Assist Director U	13	$292,980	$287k – $297k	▲ 7.2%
Fire Prevention Inspector	13	$213,345	$211k – $224k	▼ 0.6%
Council	13	$177,257	$65k – $178k	▲ 10.0%
Planner II	13	$109,339	$107k – $111k	▲ 6.3%
Mechanic I	13	$108,066	$102k – $119k	▼ 10.5%
Zoo Keeper Ft	13	$59,379	$39k – $60k	▲ 56.4%
Senr Deputy City Attorney II U	12	$189,864	$186k – $205k	▼ 0.4%
Wastewater Operations Foreperson I	12	$168,127	$156k – $181k	▲ 9.3%
Electrician II	12	$156,965	$155k – $175k	▼ 9.9%
Maintenance Supervisor	12	$153,728	$146k – $172k	▲ 8.7%
Wastewater Mechanic II	12	$118,545	$111k – $129k	▲ 1.5%
Executive Analyst II U	12	$110,559	$106k – $125k	▲ 8.9%
Engineer I	12	$105,393	$102k – $108k	▲ 55.6%
Animal Care Attendant I Ft	12	$65,750	$60k – $68k	▲ 16.2%
Sjpda; Tempee Retiree U Nx	12	$29,078	$16k – $39k	▲ 4.7%
Zoo Keeper (Part-Time)	12	$18,218	$16k – $23k	▲ 56.1%
Police Captain	11	$359,580	$339k – $390k	▼ 5.1%
Senr Deputy City Attorney III U	11	$223,199	$218k – $229k	▲ 6.2%
Senr Transportation Specialist	11	$196,791	$193k – $198k	▲ 7.7%
Senr Electrician	11	$193,617	$185k – $254k	▲ 3.9%
Senr Pub Safe Dispatch	11	$172,442	$153k – $179k	▲ 6.1%
Prin Construction Inspect	11	$161,202	$156k – $166k	▲ 4.4%
Snr Power Resources Specialist	11	$158,185	$155k – $167k	▲ 19.2%
Associate Transportation Specialist	11	$150,530	$148k – $162k	▲ 9.3%
Senr Police Data Specialist	11	$107,880	$98k – $113k	▲ 5.0%
Crime Prevention Specialist	11	$104,476	$100k – $110k	▲ 20.9%
Code Enforcement Insp I	11	$101,914	$97k – $111k	▲ 1.8%
Geographic Information Systms Specialist II	11	$98,996	$68k – $110k	▲ 2.9%
Executive Assistant U	11	$97,986	$86k – $115k	▼ 7.2%
Therapeutic Specialist	11	$81,683	$81k – $89k	▲ 7.6%
Senr Airport Operator Specialist I	11	$78,759	$67k – $84k	▲ 15.9%
Aea; Student Intern U (Part-Time)	11	$12,787	$7k – $20k	▼ 23.3%
Police Data Specialist I	11	$11,109	$10k – $56k	▼ 66.9%
Senr Deputy City Attorney IV U	10	$258,107	$248k – $267k	▲ 3.5%
Senr Environment Program Manager	10	$193,493	$97k – $207k	▲ 0.7%
Instrument Control Technician IV	10	$182,479	$164k – $242k	▲ 5.2%
Parks Manager	10	$177,964	$172k – $183k	▲ 7.5%
Industrial Electrician	10	$156,073	$46k – $205k	▼ 8.4%
Building Inspect Combo Certified II Ft	10	$144,832	$133k – $150k	▲ 8.3%
Events Coordinator II	10	$103,380	$101k – $107k	▲ 5.8%
Administrative Assistant	10	$99,201	$99k – $99k	▲ 4.8%
Prin Account Clerk	10	$89,045	$86k – $96k	▲ 1.1%
Council Comnrel Coordinator U	10	$69,864	$48k – $93k	▼ 16.5%
Engineerg Technician I	10	$59,665	$6k – $69k	▼ 0.1%
Senr Recr Leader (Part-Time)	10	$51,822	$50k – $54k	▲ 0.4%
Park Ranger Assistant (Part-Time)	10	$41,944	$25k – $48k	▼ 16.1%
Animal Health Assistant (Part-Time)	10	$33,086	$15k – $53k	▲ 42.6%
Supervg Applicat Analyst	9	$188,798	$188k – $193k	▲ 3.9%
Senr Public Information Representative	9	$141,624	$135k – $155k	▲ 8.7%
Background Investigator Ft	9	$140,499	$116k – $150k	▼ 1.4%
Wastewater Senr Mechanic II	9	$135,987	$129k – $137k	▲ 12.0%
Community Services Supervisor	9	$128,066	$116k – $131k	▲ 8.4%
Air Conditioning Mech	9	$122,839	$105k – $146k	▼ 11.6%
Crime and Intelligence Analyst	9	$117,948	$115k – $131k	▲ 15.4%
Senr Airport Operator Specialist III	9	$117,088	$113k – $138k	▼ 7.2%
Building Inspect Combo Certified I Ft	9	$94,939	$50k – $128k	▼ 28.4%
Warehouse Worker II	9	$82,624	$77k – $84k	▲ 7.4%
Account Clerk II	9	$68,406	$67k – $72k	▼ 0.5%
Enterprise Information Technology Eng II	8	$157,795	$153k – $168k	▼ 3.1%
Airport Operator Supervisor III	8	$156,376	$149k – $158k	▲ 8.0%
Building Inspect Combo Certified III Ft	8	$153,763	$154k – $157k	▲ 4.4%
Deputy City Attorney II U	8	$138,763	$86k – $140k	new
Legal Analyst II	8	$116,007	$109k – $120k	▲ 5.2%
Associate Environ Service Specialist	8	$105,445	$102k – $109k	▲ 1.0%
Contract Compl Specialist	8	$105,349	$95k – $111k	▲ 4.7%
Council Comnrel Director U	8	$103,465	$94k – $109k	▲ 7.3%
Construction Inspector II	8	$94,764	$93k – $96k	▲ 2.3%
Public Information Representative I	8	$93,935	$89k – $100k	▲ 15.6%
Senr Security Officer	8	$91,537	$80k – $95k	▼ 0.0%
Legal Admin Assist II	8	$72,750	$42k – $94k	▼ 17.3%
Wastewater Operator Trainee	8	$69,302	$69k – $70k	new
Mef; Tempee U Nonmgt Benefited	8	$66,044	$28k – $76k	▼ 8.4%
Youth Outreach Worker I Ft	8	$61,643	$61k – $63k	▲ 8.6%
Abmei; Tempee Retiree U Nx	8	$57,578	$52k – $70k	new
Council Policy and Legi Advisor U	8	$46,814	$22k – $76k	▼ 42.7%
Equipment Mech Assistant I	8	$45,513	$25k – $71k	▲ 48.8%
Police Data Specialist II (Part-Time)	8	$4,546	$0k – $23k	▼ 81.8%
Unit 99; Student Intern U (Part-Time)	8	$429	$0k – $2k	▼ 93.0%
Deputy Chief of Police U	7	$358,150	$174k – $375k	▲ 1.3%
Enterprise Prin Technician Analyst	7	$202,895	$201k – $207k	▲ 6.9%
Wastewater Facility Senr Engineer	7	$192,209	$174k – $219k	new
Prin Accountant	7	$184,990	$153k – $205k	▲ 3.2%
Mayor's Executive Officer U	7	$172,039	$169k – $192k	▲ 1.4%
Wastewater Operations Foreperson II	7	$170,028	$170k – $176k	▼ 4.0%
Environment Program Manager	7	$165,759	$165k – $170k	▲ 7.5%
Environment Inspector Senior	7	$152,562	$150k – $153k	▲ 11.5%
Code Enforcement Supervisor	7	$147,060	$141k – $151k	▲ 8.7%
Water Systems Operator III	7	$134,637	$133k – $136k	▲ 14.2%
Prin Engineering Technician	7	$133,850	$132k – $138k	▲ 4.7%
Legal Analyst III	7	$132,148	$132k – $132k	▲ 4.7%
Airport Equipment Mechanic	7	$120,386	$119k – $126k	▲ 8.6%
Systems Applications Progmr II	7	$118,014	$113k – $121k	▲ 10.2%
Accountant I	7	$114,462	$108k – $131k	▲ 9.6%
Network Technician II	7	$109,463	$109k – $117k	▲ 5.8%
Senr Airport Operator Specialist II	7	$101,851	$98k – $120k	▲ 8.4%
Council Policy and Legi Director U	7	$91,974	$91k – $104k	▲ 20.4%
Youth Outreach Specialist Ft	7	$81,586	$81k – $84k	▲ 4.3%
Security Officer	7	$71,231	$59k – $80k	▼ 4.5%
Pol Radio Dispatcher Trainee	7	$66,218	$65k – $70k	▲ 78.7%
Youth Outreach Worker II Ft	7	$64,625	$64k – $77k	▼ 8.2%
Poa; Tempee Retiree U Nx	7	$42,568	$40k – $50k	▼ 17.0%
Animal Care Attendant II (Part-Time)	7	$26,995	$14k – $42k	▼ 25.9%
Temp Employee U Management Unben	7	$22,587	$20k – $118k	▼ 67.7%
Prkg and Trafic Control Officer (Part-Time)	7	$16,353	$9k – $36k	▲ 56.6%
Regional Park Aide (Part-Time)	7	$16,062	$10k – $23k	▼ 8.4%
Animal Shelter Veterinarian (Part-Time)	7	$10,264	$7k – $13k	▼ 10.5%
Council Assistant U (Part-Time)	7	$10,032	$5k – $32k	▼ 57.1%
Deputy City Manager U	6	$325,755	$245k – $389k	▼ 7.9%
Wastewater Fac Principal Engineer	6	$235,407	$235k – $243k	▲ 1.4%
Principal Engineer/Architect	6	$233,741	$231k – $236k	▲ 4.3%
Supervising Police Dispatcher	6	$190,976	$181k – $203k	▲ 8.1%
Electrician Supervisor	6	$186,726	$48k – $210k	▲ 6.3%
Senr Air Cond Mechanic	6	$184,216	$161k – $198k	new
Environmental Laboratory Supervisor	6	$159,636	$67k – $173k	▲ 6.7%
Wastewater Mechanical Supervisor II	6	$158,459	$153k – $164k	▲ 4.3%
Airport Operator Supervisor II	6	$151,344	$139k – $154k	▲ 10.3%
Sanitary Engineer	6	$148,776	$146k – $153k	▲ 5.5%
Financial Analyst	6	$145,323	$137k – $146k	▲ 6.2%
Senr Mechanic I	6	$134,814	$114k – $175k	new
Community Programs Admin	6	$134,523	$129k – $147k	▲ 11.3%
Survey Party Chief	6	$131,804	$131k – $138k	▲ 1.7%
Power Resources Specialist II	6	$128,800	$126k – $133k	▲ 9.7%
Senr Geographic Information Systems Specialist	6	$123,978	$35k – $140k	▲ 9.3%
Program Performance Auditor II U	6	$122,523	$119k – $127k	▲ 9.0%
Assistant Arborist	6	$117,352	$78k – $128k	new
Principal Permit Specialist	6	$116,593	$113k – $118k	▲ 1.8%
Senr Council Assistant U	6	$114,856	$103k – $120k	▲ 24.0%
Senr Supervisor Administration	6	$113,122	$106k – $118k	▲ 2.6%
Painter Wpcp	6	$104,814	$102k – $111k	▲ 32.5%
Senior Parking and Traffic Control Officer	6	$104,183	$99k – $111k	▼ 2.8%
Park Ranger	6	$98,067	$35k – $99k	▲ 4.6%
Communications Technician	6	$95,779	$69k – $146k	▼ 10.4%
Facility Repair Worker	6	$90,388	$37k – $110k	▲ 18.1%
Apprentice Mechanic	6	$88,212	$77k – $94k	▲ 4.7%
Animal Shelter Coordinator	6	$78,041	$42k – $85k	▲ 12.8%
Community Activity Specialist	6	$77,296	$77k – $81k	▲ 9.5%
Animal Health Assistant	6	$76,944	$74k – $81k	▲ 37.9%
Instrument Person	6	$42,712	$22k – $107k	new
Swimming Pool Manager (Part-Time)	6	$20,346	$17k – $25k	▼ 23.9%
Camp;graduate Student Intern U	6	$16,024	$10k – $25k	▼ 43.9%
Enterprise Technology Manager	5	$215,796	$212k – $223k	▲ 4.4%
Construction Manager	5	$195,652	$189k – $196k	▲ 11.0%
Department Information Technician Manager	5	$193,890	$194k – $194k	▲ 5.5%
Senr Architect/Landscape Arch	5	$188,551	$186k – $197k	▲ 7.9%
Building Management Admin	5	$188,502	$185k – $195k	▲ 3.9%
Wastewater Operations Supt II	5	$183,565	$172k – $188k	new
Recreation Superintendent	5	$174,066	$150k – $179k	▲ 4.5%
Associate Architect/Land Architect	5	$167,156	$154k – $181k	▲ 13.1%
Maintenance Superintend	5	$166,015	$156k – $263k	new
Supervg Accountant	5	$165,949	$159k – $169k	▲ 4.6%
Supervisor Trades	5	$157,852	$154k – $216k	new
Senr Events Coordinator	5	$143,215	$143k – $144k	▲ 7.0%
Supervisor Animal Service Operations	5	$126,121	$77k – $127k	new
Deputy City Attorney III U	5	$124,021	$92k – $165k	new
Property Manager II	5	$117,988	$117k – $125k	▲ 24.1%
Buyer III	5	$114,752	$97k – $117k	new
Senr Facility Repair Worker	5	$114,356	$113k – $123k	▼ 1.8%
Power Resources Specialist I	5	$110,375	$110k – $116k	new
Painter	5	$105,308	$105k – $110k	▲ 9.8%
Carpenter	5	$104,631	$97k – $108k	▲ 5.9%
Investigator Collector I	5	$99,676	$99k – $100k	▲ 16.6%
Environment Insp Assistant	5	$85,770	$81k – $86k	new
Aviation Security and Perm Specialist	5	$82,339	$80k – $93k	▲ 6.9%
Dispatcher	5	$81,603	$81k – $85k	▲ 2.9%
Community Service Officer I	5	$74,174	$69k – $81k	▼ 20.7%
Animal Care Attendant II Ft	5	$68,769	$68k – $71k	▲ 1.6%
Assist Envir Service Specialist	5	$66,011	$8k – $98k	▲ 44.9%
Police Cadet U (Part-Time)	5	$5,791	$5k – $6k	new

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How many people earn what

Under $10k936
$10k – $30k1,064
$30k – $50k421
$50k – $70k375
$70k – $90k742
$90k – $110k876
$110k – $150k1,373
$150k or more2,744

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

Pay by department

Department	People	Typical pay
Police	1,980	$167,084
Parks/rec & Neigh Serv P R N S	1,601	$23,187
Fire	857	$208,521
Public Works	754	$106,469
Library	627	$35,261
Environmental Services	604	$116,631
Transportation	554	$108,842
Planning/building/code	301	$120,628
Airport	241	$116,952
Finance	141	$110,411
City Council	129	$75,637
Housing	120	$109,824

Common questions

How much does a San Jose employee make?

The typical employee was paid $106,904 in 2025: half of the 8,531 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $34,468 and $175,888.

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. 936 people (11.0%) 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 (82.0% of all pay), overtime (12.8%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (5.3%).

Where does this data come from, and when is it updated?

From City of San Jose (Human Resources / Open Data) (sanjoseca.gov). Our figures match the agency's latest release; the next update is expected in spring 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