City of Los Angeles / Public Works - Street Services / Civil Engineer

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Civil Engineer

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

13 employees hold this title in Public Works - Street Services. Median total compensation for the role is $192,379, above the department median of $104,697.

Employees: 13
Total payroll: $2.4M
Role median: $192,379
Agency median: $104,697
Comparison: Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$102,306$201,253+

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How total compensation varies among the 13 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.

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This role across City of Los Angeles

Civil Engineer is held in 7 City of Los Angeles departments. In Public Works - Street Services, the median of $192,379 ranks #2 of 7.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Public Works - Contract Administration

$200,556 · 1

Public Works - Engineering

$188,456 · 79

Public Works - Sanitation

$186,415 · 6

Harbor

$176,096 · 11

Water and Power

$142,081 · 11

Recreation and Parks

$91,858 · 2

Median total compensation for the Civil Engineer role in other City of Los Angelesdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

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Civil Engineer beyond City of Los Angeles

This role is reported in 13 jurisdictions. In City of Los Angeles, the median of $185,740 ranks #2 of 13. See Civil Engineer across all of City of Los Angeles →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

$239,551 · 156

$147,263 · 19

$130,717 · 57

$117,636 · 70

$115,093 · 149

City of Phoenix, Arizona

$109,892 · 63

New York Public Authorities

$98,211 · 131

City of Milwaukee

$87,664 · 110

Median total compensation for comparable Civil 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.

Record list

Employees with this title

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Mark Wissa

Civil Engineer/Public Works - Street Services

2025 total comp

$102,306

Sub-department: Supervisory Professional Engineering and Scientific
Base pay: $51,690
Overtime: $702
Other pay: $34,919
Benefits: $14,996
Total compensation: $102,306
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: 17

Source-specific fields

FMS Department Code: 86
Job Class Pay Grade: 7237-0
Job Status: Not active
Record Number: 353832353733
Row ID: 25353832353733867237-0FT

Mark Wissa is a Civil Engineer at Public Works - Street Services within Supervisory Professional Engineering and Scientific. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $102,306. Their bargaining unit is 17.