U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense) / National Transportation Safety Board / General Engineering

Job-title file

General Engineering

Design, analyze, and oversee technical systems or infrastructure, ensuring they meet specifications and codes.

15 employees hold this title in National Transportation Safety Board. Median total compensation for the role is $169,429, above the department median of $163,768.

Employees: 15
Total payroll: $2.5M
Role median: $169,429
Agency median: $163,768
Comparison: Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$122,198$191,900+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How total compensation varies among the 15 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Compared with the local labor market

General Engineering pay vs. the United States

Across all employers in the United States, the median wage for Engineers, All Other — about 154,070 people — is $122,930. National Transportation Safety Board pays a median base salary of $169,429 for this role, 38% above that figure — about the 80th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where National Transportation Safety Board sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$66,810

$90,970

$122,930

$158,090

$189,950

National Transportation Safety Board median · $169,429

The bar is the range of annual wages for Engineers, All Other across every employer in the United States, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows National Transportation Safety Board’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

Median total compensation for this role at National Transportation Safety Board is $169,429, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.

Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.

Compare departments

This role across U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense)

General Engineering is held in 35 U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense) departments. In National Transportation Safety Board, the median of $169,429 ranks #12 of 35.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

$204,000 · 72

International Joint Cmsn: U.S. & Canada

$199,300 · 1

National Science Foundation

$198,712 · 89

Presidio Trust

$196,129 · 3

Export-Import Bank of the United States

$193,452 · 2

U.S.Agency for Global Media

$191,900 · 1

Surface Transportation Board

$181,216 · 2

Nat Archives and Records Administration

$181,216 · 7

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

$176,570 · 868

Department of State

$171,923 · 106

Nat Aeronautics and Space Administration

$170,045 · 3,426

Consumer Product Safety Commission

$167,276 · 14

Median total compensation for the General Engineering role in other U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense)departments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Record list

Employees with this title

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Sarah Mccomb

General Engineering/National Transportation Safety Board

2024 total comp

$191,900

Sub-department: National Transportation Safety Board
Base pay: $191,900
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $191,900
Pay grade: 15
Work county: District of Columbia
Work state: District of Columbia

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $191,900
Basic Pay (before locality): $159,950
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 110000001
Length of Service (Years): 29
Occupation Code (OPM): 0801
Pay Plan (OPM): GS

At National Transportation Safety Board, Sarah Mccomb serves as a General Engineering based in District of Columbia. Their 2024 pay totaled $191,900. They are classified at grade 15.

Carl Schultheisz

General Engineering/National Transportation Safety Board

2024 total comp

$191,900

Sub-department: National Transportation Safety Board
Base pay: $191,900
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $191,900
Pay grade: 15
Work city: Washington
Work county: District of Columbia
Work state: District of Columbia

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $191,900
Basic Pay (before locality): $159,950
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 110010001
Length of Service (Years): 31
Occupation Code (OPM): 0801
Pay Plan (OPM): GS

Carl Schultheisz works as a General Engineering for National Transportation Safety Board based in Washington, District of Columbia. Carl earned $191,900 in 2024. Their pay grade is 15.

Ben Hsu

General Engineering/National Transportation Safety Board

2024 total comp

$191,900

Sub-department: National Transportation Safety Board
Base pay: $191,900
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $191,900
Pay grade: 15
Work county: District of Columbia
Work state: District of Columbia

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $191,900
Basic Pay (before locality): $147,647
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 110000001
Length of Service (Years): 6
Occupation Code (OPM): 0801
Pay Plan (OPM): GS

Ben Hsu works as a General Engineering for National Transportation Safety Board based in District of Columbia. Ben earned $191,900 in 2024. Their pay grade is 15.

Christopher Babcock

General Engineering/National Transportation Safety Board

2024 total comp

$191,289

Sub-department: National Transportation Safety Board
Base pay: $191,289
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $191,289
Pay grade: 15
Work city: Washington
Work county: District of Columbia
Work state: District of Columbia

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $191,289
Basic Pay (before locality): $143,546
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 110010001
Length of Service (Years): 16
Occupation Code (OPM): 0801
Pay Plan (OPM): GS

Christopher Babcock works as a General Engineering for National Transportation Safety Board based in Washington, District of Columbia. Christopher earned $191,289 in 2024. Their pay grade is 15.

Brian Young

General Engineering/National Transportation Safety Board

2024 total comp

$179,462

Sub-department: National Transportation Safety Board
Base pay: $179,462
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $179,462
Pay grade: 14
Work city: Scarborough
Work county: Cumberland
Work state: Maine

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $179,462
Basic Pay (before locality): $135,987
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 237265005
Length of Service (Years): 9
Occupation Code (OPM): 0801
Pay Plan (OPM): GS

Brian Young works as a General Engineering for National Transportation Safety Board based in Scarborough, Maine. Brian earned $179,462 in 2024. Their pay grade is 14.

Alice Park

General Engineering/National Transportation Safety Board

2024 total comp

$176,620

Sub-department: National Transportation Safety Board
Base pay: $176,620
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $176,620
Pay grade: 14
Work city: Erie
Work county: Weld
Work state: Colorado

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $176,620
Basic Pay (before locality): $135,987
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 080750123
Length of Service (Years): 28
Occupation Code (OPM): 0801
Pay Plan (OPM): GS

Alice Park is a General Engineering at National Transportation Safety Board based in Erie, Colorado. 2024 total compensation came to $176,620. They are classified at grade 14.

Daniel Walsh

General Engineering/National Transportation Safety Board

2024 total comp

$172,581

Sub-department: National Transportation Safety Board
Base pay: $172,581
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $172,581
Pay grade: 14
Work city: Keller
Work county: Tarrant
Work state: Texas

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $172,581
Basic Pay (before locality): $135,987
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 483594439
Length of Service (Years): 21
Occupation Code (OPM): 0801
Pay Plan (OPM): GS

Daniel Walsh works as a General Engineering for National Transportation Safety Board based in Keller, Texas. Daniel earned $172,581 in 2024. Their pay grade is 14.

Sean Payne

General Engineering/National Transportation Safety Board

2024 total comp

$169,429

Sub-department: National Transportation Safety Board
Base pay: $169,429
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $169,429
Pay grade: 15
Work city: Washington
Work county: District of Columbia
Work state: District of Columbia

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $169,429
Basic Pay (before locality): $127,142
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 110010001
Length of Service (Years): 14
Occupation Code (OPM): 0801
Pay Plan (OPM): GS

Sean Payne is a General Engineering at National Transportation Safety Board based in Washington, District of Columbia. 2024 total compensation came to $169,429. They are classified at grade 15.

Luke Wisniewski

General Engineering/National Transportation Safety Board

2024 total comp

$167,276

Sub-department: National Transportation Safety Board
Base pay: $167,276
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $167,276
Pay grade: 14
Work city: Washington
Work county: District of Columbia
Work state: District of Columbia

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $167,276
Basic Pay (before locality): $125,526
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 110010001
Length of Service (Years): 16
Occupation Code (OPM): 0801
Pay Plan (OPM): GS

Luke Wisniewski is a General Engineering at National Transportation Safety Board based in Washington, District of Columbia. 2024 total compensation came to $167,276. They are classified at grade 14.

David Flaherty

General Engineering/National Transportation Safety Board

2024 total comp

$157,982

Sub-department: National Transportation Safety Board
Base pay: $157,982
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $157,982
Pay grade: 14
Work city: Washington
Work county: District of Columbia
Work state: District of Columbia

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $157,982
Basic Pay (before locality): $118,552
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 110010001
Length of Service (Years): 6
Occupation Code (OPM): 0801
Pay Plan (OPM): GS

David Flaherty is a General Engineering at National Transportation Safety Board based in Washington, District of Columbia. 2024 total compensation came to $157,982. They are classified at grade 14.

Jason Zeitler

General Engineering/National Transportation Safety Board

2024 total comp

$147,502

Sub-department: National Transportation Safety Board
Base pay: $147,502
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $147,502
Pay grade: 14
Work city: Boca Raton
Work county: Palm Beach
Work state: Florida

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $147,502
Basic Pay (before locality): $118,552
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 120290099
Length of Service (Years): 1
Occupation Code (OPM): 0801
Pay Plan (OPM): GS

Jason Zeitler is a General Engineering at National Transportation Safety Board based in Boca Raton, Florida. 2024 total compensation came to $147,502. They are classified at grade 14.

Barton Barnum

General Engineering/National Transportation Safety Board

2024 total comp

$142,566

Sub-department: National Transportation Safety Board
Base pay: $142,566
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $142,566
Pay grade: 14
Work city: Madison
Work county: Somerset
Work state: Maine

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $142,566
Basic Pay (before locality): $122,039
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 234950025
Length of Service (Years): 4
Occupation Code (OPM): 0801
Pay Plan (OPM): GS

Barton Barnum works as a General Engineering for National Transportation Safety Board based in Madison, Maine. Barton earned $142,566 in 2024. Their pay grade is 14.

Dane Spillers

General Engineering/National Transportation Safety Board

2024 total comp

$142,566

Sub-department: National Transportation Safety Board
Base pay: $142,566
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $142,566
Pay grade: 14
Work city: Springfield
Work county: Sangamon
Work state: Illinois

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $142,566
Basic Pay (before locality): $122,039
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 178220167
Length of Service (Years): 16
Occupation Code (OPM): 0801
Pay Plan (OPM): GS

Dane Spillers is a General Engineering at National Transportation Safety Board based in Springfield, Illinois. 2024 total compensation came to $142,566. They are classified at grade 14.

John Humm

General Engineering/National Transportation Safety Board

2024 total comp

$136,293

Sub-department: National Transportation Safety Board
Base pay: $136,293
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $136,293
Pay grade: 14
Work city: Greendale
Work county: Milwaukee
Work state: Wisconsin

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $136,293
Basic Pay (before locality): $111,578
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 552010079
Length of Service (Years): 1
Occupation Code (OPM): 0801
Pay Plan (OPM): GS

John Humm is a General Engineering at National Transportation Safety Board based in Greendale, Wisconsin. 2024 total compensation came to $136,293. They are classified at grade 14.

Ashley Horton

General Engineering/National Transportation Safety Board

2024 total comp

$122,198

Sub-department: National Transportation Safety Board
Base pay: $122,198
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $122,198
Pay grade: 14
Work city: Oklahoma City
Work county: Oklahoma
Work state: Oklahoma

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $122,198
Basic Pay (before locality): $104,604
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 403550109
Length of Service (Years): 5
Occupation Code (OPM): 0801
Pay Plan (OPM): GS

At National Transportation Safety Board, Ashley Horton serves as a General Engineering based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Their 2024 pay totaled $122,198. They are classified at grade 14.