Los Angeles County / Internal Services Department / Custodian

Job-title file

Custodian

Operate, maintain, and repair equipment or facilities, performing skilled hands-on work.

87 employees hold this title in Internal Services Department. Median total compensation for the role is $85,754, below the department median of $162,327.

Employees: 87
Total payroll: $7.2M
Role median: $85,754
Agency median: $162,327
Comparison: Below

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$425$104,017+

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

How total compensation varies among the 87 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

Custodian pay vs. the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area

Across all employers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, the median wage for Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners — about 83,160 people — is $38,720. Internal Services Department pays a median base salary of $48,885 for this role, 26% above that figure — about the 78th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Internal Services Department sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$35,700

$36,520

$38,720

$47,070

$56,300

Internal Services Department median · $48,885

The bar is the range of annual wages for Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners across every employer in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Internal Services Department’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners — about 2,209,760 people — is $36,840. Internal Services Department’s median base salary is 33% above that national figure, about the 87th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$28,640

$32,240

$36,840

$44,060

$50,270

Internal Services Department median · $48,885

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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA range relative to the national one.

Computed over the 76 of 87 people in this role paid at least $25,000in 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 Internal Services Department is $85,754, 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 Los Angeles County

Custodian is held in 8 Los Angeles County departments. In Internal Services Department, the median of $85,754 ranks #6 of 8.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Probation Department

$95,387 · 32

Sheriff

$92,085 · 16

Los Angeles General Medical Center

$90,228 · 238

Health Services

$89,395 · 17

Ambulatory Care Network

$87,736 · 71

Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center

$85,387 · 46

Parks & Recreation Department

$82,999 · 29

Median total compensation for the Custodian role in other Los Angeles Countydepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Compare jurisdictions

Custodian beyond Los Angeles County

This role is reported in 18 jurisdictions. In Los Angeles County, the median of $88,717 ranks #3 of 18. See Custodian across all of Los Angeles County →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

City and County of San Francisco

$120,190 · 992

$96,176 · 23

$85,992 · 12

$77,741 · 394

$69,555 · 18

$59,048 · 320

$44,421 · 5,653

$44,399 · 37

Median total compensation for comparable Custodianroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.

Record list