City of Las Vegas / Public Works - City Engineer / Senior Engineering Associate
Job-title file
Design, analyze, and oversee technical systems or infrastructure, ensuring they meet specifications and codes.
10 employees hold this title in Public Works - City Engineer. Median total compensation for the role is $174,997, above the department median of $166,433.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 10 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
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. Public Works - City Engineer pays a median base salary of $112,155 for this role, 14% above that figure — about the 57th 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 Public Works - City Engineer’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. Public Works - City Engineer’s median base salary is 17% below that national figure, about the 30th 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.
Computed over the 9 of 10 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Public Works - City Engineer is $174,997, 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 Public Works - City Engineer, the median of $174,997 ranks #1 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.
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Record list
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Senior Engineering Associate/Public Works - City Engineer
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At Public Works - City Engineer, Harlow Smoot serves as a Senior Engineering Associate within Cea. Their 2025 pay totaled $235,017.
Senior Engineering Associate/Public Works - City Engineer
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Jose Pena holds the role of Senior Engineering Associate at Public Works - City Engineer within Cea. In 2025, their total compensation was $204,728.
Senior Engineering Associate/Public Works - City Engineer
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At Public Works - City Engineer, Davies David serves as a Senior Engineering Associate within Cea. Their 2025 pay totaled $203,373.
Senior Engineering Associate/Public Works - City Engineer
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Neil Wacaser holds the role of Senior Engineering Associate at Public Works - City Engineer within Cea. In 2025, their total compensation was $201,301.
Senior Engineering Associate/Public Works - City Engineer
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Mark Dwillis works as a Senior Engineering Associate for Public Works - City Engineer within Cea. Mark earned $177,579 in 2025.
Senior Engineering Associate/Public Works - City Engineer
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Stanley Fong is a Senior Engineering Associate at Public Works - City Engineer within Cea. 2025 total compensation came to $172,415.
Senior Engineering Associate/Public Works - City Engineer
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John Petrie holds the role of Senior Engineering Associate at Public Works - City Engineer within Cea. In 2025, their total compensation was $170,671.
Senior Engineering Associate/Public Works - City Engineer
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Brian Yu is a Senior Engineering Associate at Public Works - City Engineer within Cea. 2018 total compensation came to $152,485.
Senior Engineering Associate/Public Works - City Engineer
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Christopher Perez holds the role of Senior Engineering Associate at Public Works - City Engineer within Cea. In 2025, their total compensation was $150,202.
Senior Engineering Associate/Public Works - City Engineer
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At Public Works - City Engineer, Peter Jackson serves as a Senior Engineering Associate within Cea. Their 2024 pay totaled $75,909.