Compared with the local labor market
Associate Transportation Planner pay vs. California
Across all employers in California, the median wage for Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other — about 2,970 people — is $97,900. California Highway Patrol pays a median base salary of $73,708 for this role, 25% below that figure — about the 18th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where California Highway Patrol sits in the local pay range
$66,370
$79,410
$97,900
$120,840
$147,410
California Highway Patrol median · $73,708
The bar is the range of annual wages for Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other across every employer in California, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows California Highway Patrol’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other — about 37,100 people — is $101,110. California Highway Patrol’s median base salary is 27% below that national figure, about the 18th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$66,120
$80,860
$101,110
$129,960
$160,300
California Highway Patrol median · $73,708
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 California range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at California Highway Patrol is $137,978, 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 California
Associate Transportation Planner is held in 2 California departments. In California Highway Patrol, the median of $137,978 ranks #1 of 2.
Highest-paying departments for this role
Median total compensation for the Associate Transportation Planner role in other Californiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.