Los Angeles County / Public Works Department / Traffic Checker
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
3 employees hold this title in Public Works Department. Median total compensation for the role is $116,907, below 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 Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping — about 2,220 people — is $43,670. Public Works Department pays a median base salary of $61,841 for this role, 42% above that figure — above the 90th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping 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 Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping — about 53,300 people — is $46,380. Public Works Department’s median base salary is 33% above that national figure, above the 90th 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 $116,907, 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.
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Traffic Checker/Public Works Department
At Public Works Department, Richard Rodriguez Jr serves as a Traffic Checker. Their 2025 pay totaled $130,335.
Traffic Checker/Public Works Department
At Public Works Department, Francisco Zaragoza serves as a Traffic Checker. Their 2025 pay totaled $116,907.
Traffic Checker/Public Works Department
Jonathan Cutting is a Traffic Checker at Public Works Department. 2025 total compensation came to $112,117.