Los Angeles County / Public Works Department / Associate Mechanical Engineer
Job-title file
Design, analyze, and oversee technical systems or infrastructure, ensuring they meet specifications and codes.
4 employees hold this title in Public Works Department. Median total compensation for the role is $219,981, above the department median of $147,401.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, the median wage for Mechanical Engineers — about 8,780 people — is $123,900. Public Works Department pays a median base salary of $142,731 for this role, 15% above that figure — about the 71st percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Mechanical Engineers 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 Public Works Department’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Mechanical Engineers — about 296,810 people — is $104,110. Public Works Department’s median base salary is 37% above that national figure, about the 80th 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Public Works Department is $219,981, 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.
Record list
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Associate Mechanical Engineer/Public Works Department
Ashkan Motamedi holds the role of Associate Mechanical Engineer at Public Works Department. In 2025, their total compensation was $244,725.
Associate Mechanical Engineer/Public Works Department
Ramy Eshak is a Associate Mechanical Engineer at Public Works Department. 2025 total compensation came to $221,825.
Associate Mechanical Engineer/Public Works Department
Derek Chan is a Associate Mechanical Engineer at Public Works Department. 2025 total compensation came to $218,137.
Associate Mechanical Engineer/Public Works Department
At Public Works Department, Lanh Duong serves as a Associate Mechanical Engineer. Their 2025 pay totaled $206,548.