California / CA Transportation Commission

Agency file

CA Transportation Commission

Source file: California — State Employee Compensation (SCO Payroll Data Warehouse, CPRA) / ingested Jul 4, 2026

The CA Transportation Commission plans, builds, and maintains transportation infrastructure — roads, bridges, transit, and motor-vehicle services.

In 2025, this agency had 70 employees with median total compensation of $82,551; the highest distinct record was $227,080.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $5.4M
Employees: 70
Median total: $82,551
Highest record: $227,080

What the records show

Compensation analytics

These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.

Salary distribution

$100$213,744+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 70 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($82,551) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $74,153 (97%)
Overtime — $0 (0%)
Other — $2,350 (3%)
Benefits — $0 (0%)

What an average paycheck here is made of — base salary versus overtime, other pay (bonuses, allowances), and benefits. A large overtime or other-pay share means take-home often exceeds base salary.

Pay percentiles

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$1,100

$3,600

$82,551

$124,143

$169,857

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $169,857 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $1,100. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Member, Advisory Committee, California Transportation Commmission

16 · $1,350

Commissioner/California Transportation Commission

8 · $4,673

Supervising Transportation Planner

7 · $129,673

Associate Governmental Program Analyst

7 · $81,023

C.E.A.

6 · $165,641

The most common job titles in this department by headcount, with the median total compensation for each. Click a title to see everyone who holds it.

Trend

Year over year

How this department's total payroll, headcount, and median pay changed across the 2 published years.

Year	Total payroll	Employees	Median pay
2024	$5.3M —	68 —	$78,385 —
2025	$5.4M ▲ 0.2%	70 ▲ 2.9%	$82,551 ▲ 5.3%

Record list

Employees

Page 1

Jaeden Gales

Staff Services Manager I/CA Transportation Commission

2025 total comp

$87,399

Base pay: $83,271
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $4,128
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $87,399
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: E48
Work county: Sacramento
Middle name: M

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $7,531
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 6960044800003
Salary Total: $7,305
Total Pay: $87,399

Jaeden Gales works as a Staff Services Manager I for CA Transportation Commission. Their status is full-time. Jaeden earned $87,399 in 2025. Their bargaining unit is E48.

Gloria Mercado

Associate Governmental Program Analyst/CA Transportation Commission

2025 total comp

$81,023

Base pay: $80,323
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $700
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $81,023
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: R01
Work county: Sacramento
Middle name: D

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $6,980
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 6960045393009
Salary Total: $6,771
Total Pay: $81,023

Gloria Mercado works as a Associate Governmental Program Analyst for CA Transportation Commission. Their status is full-time. Gloria earned $81,023 in 2025. Their bargaining unit is R01.