California · 2025 pay

How much do California Water Resources Control Board employees make?

Name: California Water Resources Control Board employee pay 2025
Creator: PublicPayData

$106,409typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025

$73,749 – $134,334what 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: Water Resource Control Engineer Range C Environmental Scientist Range C Analyst II Range a

✓ 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.

$76,306

$107,337

$135,094

$234,176

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 $95,382 in 2022 to $106,409 in 2025 (+12%).

Typical payNumber of people paidTotal payroll

What changed since 2024

+5.3%Typical pay went up from $101,035 to $106,409.
+242,829 people were paid in 2025, compared with 2,805 in 2024.
+12%Since 2022, typical pay has gone from $95,382 to $106,409, while the number of people paid went up from 2,739 to 2,829.

The next update is expected in late 2027.

Pay slip · 2025

A typical worker's year

California Water Resources Control Board

4years of
official data
2022–2025

Average pay of people in the middle of the pay range
Regular pay	$105,580
Overtime	$487
Extra pay	$1,269
Total for the year	$107,337

Average of the 138 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.

Job	People	Typical pay	Most earn	Since 2024
Water Resource Control Engineer Range C	330	$121,144	$109k – $130k	▲ 0.6%
Environmental Scientist Range C	286	$82,128	$72k – $95k	▲ 1.7%
Analyst II Range a	276	$75,955	$69k – $83k	new
Water Resource Control Engineer Range D	169	$130,376	$118k – $138k	▲ 0.1%
Engineering Geologist Range D	159	$127,597	$116k – $138k	▲ 2.8%
Engineering Geologist Range C	118	$113,801	$104k – $125k	▲ 4.7%
Senior Water Resource Control Engineer Range S	110	$155,289	$143k – $163k	▲ 4.3%
Supervisor I	92	$92,661	$85k – $99k	new
Senior Environmental Scientist Supervisory	90	$141,341	$131k – $152k	▲ 0.6%
Scientific Aid	80	$20,335	$11k – $27k	▼ 4.5%
Senior Engineering Geologist Range S	58	$155,843	$139k – $162k	▲ 2.3%
Analyst I Range C	55	$59,585	$53k – $64k	new
Member Regional Water Quality Control Board/State Water Resources Control Board	53	$4,000	$4k – $5k	▲ 0.0%
Water Resource Control Engineer Range B	52	$97,710	$67k – $104k	▲ 0.6%
Senior Water Resource Control Engineer Range a	50	$156,894	$142k – $163k	▲ 4.7%
Senior Environmental Scientist Specialist	49	$106,020	$94k – $117k	▲ 4.6%
Supervising Water Resource Control Engineer Supervisory	41	$175,745	$164k – $184k	▲ 0.2%
Attorney IV Range a	41	$158,173	$148k – $179k	▼ 3.8%
Environmental Program Manager I Supervisory	38	$171,828	$157k – $179k	▲ 2.0%
Environmental Scientist Range B	35	$55,462	$43k – $61k	▼ 1.6%
Associate Sanitary Engineer	28	$140,473	$138k – $147k	▲ 1.0%
Information Technology Specialist II Range a	28	$120,020	$103k – $130k	▲ 0.4%
Information Technology Specialist I Range C	25	$114,851	$97k – $117k	▲ 5.5%
Seasonal Clerk Range a	25	$21,660	$18k – $28k	▲ 50.8%
Senior Engineering Geologist Range a	23	$153,035	$139k – $162k	▲ 4.0%
Information Technology Specialist III	22	$139,501	$132k – $145k	▲ 0.9%
Supervisor II	22	$108,273	$99k – $113k	new
C.e.a. Range a	19	$186,391	$157k – $190k	▲ 2.3%
Office Technician Typing Range a	19	$47,136	$43k – $53k	▲ 17.0%
Supervising Engineering Geologist	17	$167,897	$163k – $178k	▼ 4.4%
Accountant Trainee Range a	17	$39,859	$28k – $50k	▲ 34.7%
Engineering Geologist Range B	16	$85,501	$77k – $87k	▲ 3.0%
Senior Accounting Officer Specialist Range a	16	$70,632	$65k – $75k	▲ 6.9%
C.e.a. Range B	15	$208,264	$197k – $215k	▲ 5.2%
Attorney III Range a	14	$132,715	$111k – $138k	▲ 6.1%
Accounting Officer Specialist Range a	14	$62,158	$55k – $67k	▲ 10.6%
Water Resource Control Engineer Range a	14	$34,972	$14k – $72k	▼ 42.0%
Student Assistant Range D	13	$3,132	$3k – $24k	▼ 88.1%
Associate Accounting Analyst Range a	12	$84,864	$80k – $89k	▲ 9.8%
Sanitary Engineer Range C	11	$130,426	$128k – $132k	▲ 2.7%
Research Data Specialist III Range a	10	$105,958	$100k – $108k	▲ 7.8%
Associate Personnel Analyst Range a	10	$77,334	$65k – $85k	▲ 0.8%
Attorney Range B	9	$110,231	$109k – $113k	▲ 4.1%
Attorney Range a	9	$78,432	$64k – $97k	▼ 14.1%
Student Assistant -Engineering and Architectural Sciences- Range C	9	$8,968	$7k – $15k	▼ 14.5%
Attorney Assistant Chief Counsel	8	$198,386	$186k – $199k	▲ 0.6%
Senior Sanitary Engineer	8	$172,235	$167k – $174k	▲ 3.0%
Information Technology Specialist I Range B	8	$97,606	$96k – $103k	▲ 7.0%
Executive Officer Regional Water Quality Control Board/State Water Resources Control Board	7	$199,143	$194k – $200k	▲ 2.5%
Principal Water Resource Control Engineer	7	$191,520	$190k – $208k	▼ 1.5%
Attorney V Range a	7	$187,495	$184k – $188k	▲ 2.3%
Environmental Program Manager I Managerial	7	$173,558	$171k – $183k	▲ 3.0%
Information Technology Supervisor II	7	$121,816	$118k – $127k	▲ 9.4%
Information Technology Associate Range D	7	$100,344	$100k – $103k	▲ 3.2%
Accounting Administrator I Supervisor	7	$94,901	$93k – $95k	▲ 7.4%
Student Assistant -Engineering and Architectural Sciences- Range E	7	$11,168	$8k – $22k	▼ 23.9%
Student Assistant -Engineering and Architectural Sciences- Range D	7	$4,804	$3k – $13k	▼ 55.5%
Student Assistant Range B	7	$3,045	$3k – $10k	new
Information Technology Manager I	6	$141,895	$118k – $142k	▲ 5.7%
Manager II	6	$121,251	$120k – $123k	new
Sanitary Engineering Associate	6	$94,418	$87k – $97k	▲ 4.7%
Engineering Geologist Range a	6	$59,751	$49k – $72k	▲ 10.4%
Accounting Administrator I Specialist Range a	5	$86,074	$84k – $91k	▼ 5.0%
Environmental Scientist Range a	5	$34,994	$26k – $39k	▲ 42.3%
Principal Engineer Drinking Water Program	5	$22,661	$20k – $48k	▲ 19.9%

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How many people earn what

Under $10k128
$10k – $30k159
$30k – $50k130
$50k – $70k220
$70k – $90k448
$90k – $110k435
$110k – $150k915
$150k or more394

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

Common questions

How much does a California Water Resources Control Board employee make?

The typical employee was paid $106,409 in 2025: half of the 2,829 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $73,749 and $134,334.

Does this include benefits like health insurance or pension?

No. It is the pay people received: regular salary or wages (96.8% of all pay), overtime (0.1%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (1.7%).

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.

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