City of Las Vegas / Department of Public Works, City Engineer, Engineering Planning / Senior Engineering Associate
Job-title file
Design, analyze, and oversee technical systems or infrastructure, ensuring they meet specifications and codes.
1 employee holds this title in Department of Public Works, City Engineer, Engineering Planning. Median total compensation for the role is $174,331, above the department median of $160,769.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV area, the median wage for Aerospace Engineers — about 180 people — is $98,510. Department of Public Works, City Engineer, Engineering Planning pays a median base salary of $107,797 for this role, 9% above that figure — about the 55th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Aerospace Engineers across every employer in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department of Public Works, City Engineer, Engineering Planning’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Aerospace Engineers — about 67,710 people — is $134,960. Department of Public Works, City Engineer, Engineering Planning’s median base salary is 20% below that national figure, about the 26th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Department of Public Works, City Engineer, Engineering Planning is $174,331, 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
Senior Engineering Associate is held in 4 City of Las Vegas departments. In Department of Public Works, City Engineer, Engineering Planning, the median of $174,331 ranks #2 of 4.
Median total compensation for the Senior Engineering Associate role in other City of Las Vegasdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Record list
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Senior Engineering Associate/Department of Public Works, City Engineer, Engineering Planning
Source-specific fields
Jose Pena holds the role of Senior Engineering Associate at Department of Public Works, City Engineer, Engineering Planning within Cea. In 2020, their total compensation was $174,331.