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Pw - Transportation Engineering

Source file: City of Las Vegas — Employee Compensation / ingested Jun 19, 2026

The Pw - Transportation Engineering plans, builds, and maintains transportation infrastructure — roads, bridges, transit, and motor-vehicle services.

In 2025, this agency had 21 employees with median total compensation of $169,318; the highest distinct record was $260,079.

Year
2025
Total payroll
$3.1M
Employees
21
Median total
$169,318
Highest record
$260,079

What the records show

Compensation analytics

These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.

Salary distribution

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 21 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($169,318) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

  • Base$89,298 (61%)
  • Overtime$559 (0%)
  • Other$15,190 (10%)
  • Benefits$41,571 (28%)

What an average paycheck here is made of — base salary versus overtime, other pay (bonuses, allowances), and benefits. A large overtime or other-pay share means take-home often exceeds base salary.

Pay percentiles

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$25,603
$124,345
$169,318
$187,580
$202,340

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $202,340 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $25,603. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

The most common job titles in this department by headcount, with the median total compensation for each. Click a title to see everyone who holds it.

Trend

Year over year

How this department's total payroll, headcount, and median pay changed across the 10 published years.

YearTotal payrollEmployeesMedian pay
2016
$3.3M
24
$132,862
2017
$3.5M
8.0%
26
8.3%
$132,878
±0%
2018
$3.5M
0.4%
25
3.8%
$136,915
3.0%
2019
$3.8M
7.5%
26
4.0%
$152,802
11.6%
2020
$3.7M
0.8%
26
±0%
$147,694
3.3%
2021
$2.8M
26.1%
18
30.8%
$168,767
14.3%
2022
$2.6M
6.1%
19
5.6%
$149,093
11.7%
2023
$2.9M
10.3%
20
5.3%
$149,710
0.4%
2024
$3M
6.0%
21
5.0%
$153,623
2.6%
2025
$3.1M
1.8%
21
±0%
$169,318
10.2%

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Record list

Employees

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Christina Karanikolas

Engineering Project Manager/Pw - Transportation Engineering

2020 total comp
$182,491
Sub-department
Scea
Base pay
$128,026
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$3,979
Benefits
$50,486
Total compensation
$182,491

Source-specific fields

Gross Wages
$132,005
Record ID
98,535

Christina Karanikolas is a Engineering Project Manager at Pw - Transportation Engineering within Scea. 2020 total compensation came to $182,491.

Nicole Jolly

Engineering Project Manager/Pw - Transportation Engineering

2025 total comp
$177,190
Sub-department
Scea
Base pay
$121,092
Overtime
$3,147
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$52,951
Total compensation
$177,190

Source-specific fields

Gross Wages
$124,239
Record ID
73,646

At Pw - Transportation Engineering, Nicole Jolly serves as a Engineering Project Manager within Scea. Their 2025 pay totaled $177,190.

Joanna Wadsworth

Program Manager - Engineering/Pw - Transportation Engineering

2017 total comp
$176,890
Sub-department
Executive
Base pay
$127,398
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$1,982
Benefits
$47,510
Total compensation
$176,890

Source-specific fields

Gross Wages
$129,380
Record ID
109,071

At Pw - Transportation Engineering, Joanna Wadsworth serves as a Program Manager - Engineering within Executive. Their 2017 pay totaled $176,890.

Joanna Wadsworth

Assistant City Traffic Engineer/Pw - Transportation Engineering

2016 total comp
$176,831
Sub-department
Executive
Base pay
$122,413
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$8,620
Benefits
$45,797
Total compensation
$176,831

Source-specific fields

Gross Wages
$131,034
Record ID
89,436

Joanna Wadsworth is a Assistant City Traffic Engineer at Pw - Transportation Engineering within Executive. 2016 total compensation came to $176,831.

Rick Schroder

Project Engineer/Pw - Transportation Engineering

2025 total comp
$176,462
Sub-department
Cea
Base pay
$58,833
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$90,870
Benefits
$26,758
Total compensation
$176,462

Source-specific fields

Gross Wages
$149,704
Record ID
70,315

Rick Schroder works as a Project Engineer for Pw - Transportation Engineering within Cea. Rick earned $176,462 in 2025.