City of San Jose / Public Works / Maintenance Worker I
Job-title file
Operate, maintain, and repair equipment or facilities, performing skilled hands-on work.
4 employees hold this title in Public Works. Median total compensation for the role is $109,522, below the department median of $132,393.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area, the median wage for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General — about 7,750 people — is $63,220. Public Works pays a median base salary of $80,272 for this role, 27% above that figure — about the 75th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General across every employer in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Public Works’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General — about 1,529,700 people — is $49,590. Public Works’s median base salary is 62% 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 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Public Works is $109,522, 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
Maintenance Worker I is held in 5 City of San Jose departments. In Public Works, the median of $109,522 ranks #1 of 5.
Median total compensation for the Maintenance Worker I role in other City of San Josedepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 11 jurisdictions. In City of San Jose, the median of $111,734 ranks #1 of 11. See Maintenance Worker across all of City of San Jose →
Median total compensation for comparable Maintenance Worker roles 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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Record list
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Maintenance Worker I/Public Works
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Segundo Gines holds the role of Maintenance Worker I at Public Works. In 2025, their total compensation was $136,041.
Maintenance Worker I/Public Works
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Michael Orellana works as a Maintenance Worker I for Public Works. Michael earned $120,220 in 2025.
Maintenance Worker I/Public Works
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Thomas Quinonez is a Maintenance Worker I at Public Works. 2025 total compensation came to $98,824.
Maintenance Worker I/Public Works
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Eduardo Moreno is a Maintenance Worker I at Public Works. 2025 total compensation came to $87,992.