California / Forestry and Fire Protection / Fire Apparatus Engineer

Job-title file

Fire Apparatus Engineer

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

2,576 employees hold this title in Forestry and Fire Protection. Median total compensation for the role is $130,725, above the department median of $111,787.

Employees: 2,576
Total payroll: $321.5M
Role median: $130,725
Agency median: $111,787
Comparison: Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

-$2,724$198,406+

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

How total compensation varies among the 2,576 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

Fire Apparatus Engineer pay vs. California

Across all employers in California, the median wage for Firefighters — about 31,470 people — is $85,120. Forestry and Fire Protection pays a median base salary of $69,468 for this role, 18% below that figure — about the 30th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Forestry and Fire Protection sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$52,390

$65,170

$85,120

$109,620

$136,150

Forestry and Fire Protection median · $69,468

The bar is the range of annual wages for Firefighters across every employer in California, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Forestry and Fire Protection’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Firefighters — about 345,990 people — is $59,280. Forestry and Fire Protection’s median base salary is 17% above that national figure, about the 64th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$34,910

$44,490

$59,280

$77,250

$101,040

Forestry and Fire Protection median · $69,468

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.

Computed over the 2,694 of 2,885 people in this role paid at least $25,000in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.

Median total compensation for this role at Forestry and Fire Protection is $132,927, 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.

Record list

Employees with this title

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Kelly Hahn

Fire Apparatus Engineer/Forestry and Fire Protection

2024 total comp

$148,766

Sub-department: Forestry
Base pay: $68,066
Overtime: $39,257
Other pay: $41,444
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $148,766
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: R08
Work county: Siskiyou
Middle name: L

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $6,689
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 5422141077005
Salary Total: $6,689
Total Pay: $148,766

Kelly Hahn holds the role of Fire Apparatus Engineer at Forestry and Fire Protection within Forestry. Their status is full-time. In 2024, their total compensation was $148,766. Their bargaining unit is R08.

Tobias Olivera Jr

Fire Apparatus Engineer/Forestry and Fire Protection

2025 total comp

$148,757

Sub-department: Forestry
Base pay: $71,372
Overtime: $51,030
Other pay: $26,355
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $148,757
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: R08
Work county: Butte

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $6,427
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 5422111077622
Salary Total: $6,266
Total Pay: $148,757

At Forestry and Fire Protection, Tobias Olivera Jr serves as a Fire Apparatus Engineer within Forestry. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $148,757. They are represented by R08.

Trevor Santos

Fire Apparatus Engineer/Forestry and Fire Protection

2023 total comp

$148,674

Sub-department: Forestry
Base pay: $60,929
Overtime: $29,705
Other pay: $58,040
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $148,674
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: R08
Work county: Mariposa
Middle name: A

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $5,371
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 5424141077502
Salary Total: $5,371
Total Pay: $148,674

Trevor Santos is a Fire Apparatus Engineer at Forestry and Fire Protection within Forestry. They work full-time. 2023 total compensation came to $148,674. Their bargaining unit is R08.

Justin Travis

Fire Apparatus Engineer/Forestry and Fire Protection

2025 total comp

$148,671

Sub-department: Forestry
Base pay: $73,044
Overtime: $46,509
Other pay: $29,118
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $148,671
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: R08
Work county: Tehama
Middle name: V

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $6,444
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 5422401077004
Salary Total: $6,283
Total Pay: $148,671

At Forestry and Fire Protection, Justin Travis serves as a Fire Apparatus Engineer within Forestry. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $148,671. Their bargaining unit is R08.

Adam Beltran

Fire Apparatus Engineer/Forestry and Fire Protection

2025 total comp

$148,639

Sub-department: Forestry
Base pay: $73,343
Overtime: $43,882
Other pay: $31,414
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $148,639
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: R08
Work county: Monterey
Middle name: A

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $6,444
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 5424191077614
Salary Total: $6,283
Total Pay: $148,639

Adam Beltran is a Fire Apparatus Engineer at Forestry and Fire Protection within Forestry. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $148,639. Union affiliation: R08.

Dean J Dalu

Fire Apparatus Engineer/Forestry and Fire Protection

2025 total comp

$148,547

Sub-department: Forestry
Base pay: $80,259
Overtime: $35,614
Other pay: $32,674
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $148,547
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: R08
Work county: Riverside
Middle name: A

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $6,856
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 5423121077907
Salary Total: $6,685
Total Pay: $148,547

Dean J Dalu holds the role of Fire Apparatus Engineer at Forestry and Fire Protection within Forestry. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $148,547. They are represented by R08.

Matthew Buckingham

Fire Apparatus Engineer/Forestry and Fire Protection

2025 total comp

$148,540

Sub-department: Forestry
Base pay: $71,956
Overtime: $47,880
Other pay: $28,704
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $148,540
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: R08
Work county: San Luis Obispo
Middle name: R

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $6,196
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 5423161077523
Salary Total: $6,041
Total Pay: $148,540

Matthew Buckingham holds the role of Fire Apparatus Engineer at Forestry and Fire Protection within Forestry. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $148,540. They are represented by R08.

Trevor Valdez

Fire Apparatus Engineer/Forestry and Fire Protection

2025 total comp

$148,526

Sub-department: Forestry
Base pay: $78,141
Overtime: $39,000
Other pay: $31,385
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $148,526
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: R08
Work county: Riverside
Middle name: R

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $6,669
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 5423121077680
Salary Total: $6,652
Total Pay: $148,526

Trevor Valdez holds the role of Fire Apparatus Engineer at Forestry and Fire Protection within Forestry. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $148,526. Union affiliation: R08.

Alberto Cruz

Fire Apparatus Engineer/Forestry and Fire Protection

2025 total comp

$148,423

Sub-department: Forestry
Base pay: $69,284
Overtime: $51,416
Other pay: $27,722
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $148,423
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: R08
Work county: Siskiyou
Middle name: J

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $6,138
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 5422141077519
Salary Total: $5,985
Total Pay: $148,423

Alberto Cruz works as a Fire Apparatus Engineer for Forestry and Fire Protection within Forestry. Their status is full-time. Alberto earned $148,423 in 2025. Union affiliation: R08.

Fabian Moreno

Fire Apparatus Engineer/Forestry and Fire Protection

2023 total comp

$148,418

Sub-department: Forestry
Base pay: $66,922
Overtime: $36,700
Other pay: $44,796
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $148,418
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: R08
Work county: Riverside

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $5,718
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 5423121077664
Salary Total: $5,718
Total Pay: $148,418

At Forestry and Fire Protection, Fabian Moreno serves as a Fire Apparatus Engineer within Forestry. They work full-time. Their 2023 pay totaled $148,418. Union affiliation: R08.

David Surface

Fire Apparatus Engineer/Forestry and Fire Protection

2025 total comp

$148,395

Sub-department: Forestry
Base pay: $69,569
Overtime: $48,907
Other pay: $29,919
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $148,395
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: R08
Work county: Monterey
Middle name: D

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $6,138
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 5424191077540
Salary Total: $5,985
Total Pay: $148,395

At Forestry and Fire Protection, David Surface serves as a Fire Apparatus Engineer within Forestry. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $148,395. They are represented by R08.

Joel Wahl

Fire Apparatus Engineer/Forestry and Fire Protection

2025 total comp

$148,387

Sub-department: Forestry
Base pay: $70,516
Overtime: $49,684
Other pay: $28,186
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $148,387
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: R08
Work county: Tehama
Middle name: P

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $6,196
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 5422151077504
Salary Total: $6,041
Total Pay: $148,387

Joel Wahl is a Fire Apparatus Engineer at Forestry and Fire Protection within Forestry. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $148,387. Their bargaining unit is R08.

Kevin Kimmey

Fire Apparatus Engineer/Forestry and Fire Protection

2023 total comp

$148,378

Sub-department: Forestry
Base pay: $61,901
Overtime: $48,993
Other pay: $37,484
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $148,378
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: R08
Work county: San Luis Obispo
Middle name: D

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $5,239
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 5423161077604
Salary Total: $5,239
Total Pay: $148,378

At Forestry and Fire Protection, Kevin Kimmey serves as a Fire Apparatus Engineer within Forestry. They work full-time. Their 2023 pay totaled $148,378. They are represented by R08.

Matthew Spencer

Fire Apparatus Engineer/Forestry and Fire Protection

2025 total comp

$148,341

Sub-department: Forestry
Base pay: $82,059
Overtime: $33,815
Other pay: $32,466
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $148,341
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: R08
Work county: Riverside
Middle name: M

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $6,856
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 5423121077792
Salary Total: $6,835
Total Pay: $148,341

Matthew Spencer is a Fire Apparatus Engineer at Forestry and Fire Protection within Forestry. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $148,341. Union affiliation: R08.

Justine Wyngaarden

Fire Apparatus Engineer/Forestry and Fire Protection

2025 total comp

$148,277

Sub-department: Forestry
Base pay: $67,153
Overtime: $52,209
Other pay: $28,915
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $148,277
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: R08
Work county: Humboldt
Middle name: K

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $5,829
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 5421111077518
Salary Total: $5,683
Total Pay: $148,277

Justine Wyngaarden holds the role of Fire Apparatus Engineer at Forestry and Fire Protection within Forestry. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $148,277. Their bargaining unit is R08.

Dane Eccles

Fire Apparatus Engineer/Forestry and Fire Protection

2025 total comp

$148,269

Sub-department: Forestry
Base pay: $70,236
Overtime: $47,847
Other pay: $30,187
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $148,269
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: R08
Work county: Humboldt
Middle name: A

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $6,121
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 5421111077512
Salary Total: $5,968
Total Pay: $148,269

At Forestry and Fire Protection, Dane Eccles serves as a Fire Apparatus Engineer within Forestry. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $148,269. They are represented by R08.

Johnathan Valdez

Fire Apparatus Engineer/Forestry and Fire Protection

2025 total comp

$148,241

Sub-department: Forestry
Base pay: $73,705
Overtime: $45,175
Other pay: $29,360
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $148,241
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: R08
Work county: Riverside
Middle name: I

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $6,503
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 5423121077785
Salary Total: $6,340
Total Pay: $148,241

Johnathan Valdez works as a Fire Apparatus Engineer for Forestry and Fire Protection within Forestry. Their status is full-time. Johnathan earned $148,241 in 2025. They are represented by R08.

John Covarrubias Garcia

Fire Apparatus Engineer/Forestry and Fire Protection

2025 total comp

$148,235

Sub-department: Forestry
Base pay: $71,849
Overtime: $47,704
Other pay: $28,682
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $148,235
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: R08
Work county: San Luis Obispo

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $6,445
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 5423161077617
Salary Total: $6,284
Total Pay: $148,235

At Forestry and Fire Protection, John Covarrubias Garcia serves as a Fire Apparatus Engineer within Forestry. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $148,235. They are represented by R08.

Austin Wolfe

Fire Apparatus Engineer/Forestry and Fire Protection

2025 total comp

$148,179

Sub-department: Forestry
Base pay: $77,726
Overtime: $32,304
Other pay: $38,149
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $148,179
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: R08
Work county: Riverside
Middle name: G

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $6,856
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 5423121077907
Salary Total: $6,835
Total Pay: $148,179

Austin Wolfe is a Fire Apparatus Engineer at Forestry and Fire Protection within Forestry. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $148,179. Their bargaining unit is R08.

Brock Pisacco

Fire Apparatus Engineer/Forestry and Fire Protection

2024 total comp

$148,163

Sub-department: Forestry
Base pay: $62,571
Overtime: $47,073
Other pay: $38,519
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $148,163
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: R08
Work county: Napa
Middle name: M

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $6,344
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 5424141077630
Salary Total: $6,344
Total Pay: $148,163

Brock Pisacco holds the role of Fire Apparatus Engineer at Forestry and Fire Protection within Forestry. Their status is full-time. In 2024, their total compensation was $148,163. Their bargaining unit is R08.

Daniel Flores

Fire Apparatus Engineer/Forestry and Fire Protection

2025 total comp

$148,159

Sub-department: Forestry
Base pay: $69,561
Overtime: $51,116
Other pay: $27,483
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $148,159
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: R08
Work county: Napa

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $6,120
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 5421141077509
Salary Total: $6,117
Total Pay: $148,159

Daniel Flores holds the role of Fire Apparatus Engineer at Forestry and Fire Protection within Forestry. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $148,159. Their bargaining unit is R08.