Los Angeles County / Sheriff / Stationary Engineer II

Job-title file

Stationary Engineer II

Design, analyze, and oversee technical systems or infrastructure, ensuring they meet specifications and codes.

19 employees hold this title in Sheriff. Median total compensation for the role is $176,800, below the department median of $212,576.

Employees: 19
Total payroll: $3.5M
Role median: $176,800
Agency median: $212,576
Comparison: Below

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$166,593$237,742+

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

How total compensation varies among the 19 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

Stationary Engineer II 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 Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators — about 1,980 people — is $74,420. Sheriff pays a median base salary of $105,976 for this role, 42% above that figure — about the 75th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Sheriff sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$48,880

$57,190

$74,420

$105,970

$119,130

Sheriff median · $105,976

The bar is the range of annual wages for Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators 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 Sheriff’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators — about 28,250 people — is $78,620. Sheriff’s median base salary is 35% above that national figure, about the 78th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$50,590

$63,160

$78,620

$101,150

$125,390

Sheriff median · $105,976

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 Sheriff is $176,800, 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

Stationary Engineer II is held in 7 Los Angeles County departments. In Sheriff, the median of $176,800 ranks #4 of 7.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Olive View-Ucla Medical Center

$196,758 · 8

Los Angeles General Medical Center

$182,176 · 28

Internal Services Department

$179,020 · 42

Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center

$173,067 · 10

Public Works Department

$171,863 · 2

Harbor-Ucla Medical Center

$153,829 · 5

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

Compare jurisdictions

Stationary Engineer beyond Los Angeles County

This role is reported in 10 jurisdictions. In Los Angeles County, the median of $178,384 ranks #3 of 10. See Stationary Engineer across all of Los Angeles County →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

New York City

$212,795 · 538

City and County of San Francisco

$190,256 · 261

New York Public Authorities

$164,124 · 80

$136,100 · 162

$95,870 · 879

$83,076 · 38

$68,507 · 13

$41,366 · 9

Median total compensation for comparable Stationary Engineerroles 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.

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