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Custodian I

Operate, maintain, and repair equipment or facilities, performing skilled hands-on work.

12 employees hold this title in State Comp Insurance Fund. Median total compensation for the role is $52,193, below the department median of $99,340.

Employees
12
Total payroll
$467.5K
Role median
$52,193
Agency median
$99,340
Comparison
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What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$3,017$54,805+

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

How total compensation varies among the 12 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

Custodian I pay vs. California

Across all employers in California, the median wage for Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners — about 234,240 people — is $41,090. State Comp Insurance Fund pays a median base salary of $48,485 for this role, 18% above that figureabout the 75th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where State Comp Insurance Fund sits in the local pay range

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$35,610
$36,830
$41,090
$48,250
$58,950
State Comp Insurance Fund median · $48,485

The bar is the range of annual wages for Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners across every employer in California, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows State Comp Insurance Fund’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners — about 2,209,760 people — is $36,840. State Comp Insurance Fund’s median base salary is 32% above that national figure, about the 86th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$28,640
$32,240
$36,840
$44,060
$50,270
State Comp Insurance Fund median · $48,485

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 11 of 15 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 State Comp Insurance Fund is $52,610, 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

Custodian I is held in 20 California departments. In State Comp Insurance Fund, the median of $52,193 ranks #2 of 20.

Highest-paying departments for this role

CDCR
$53,483 · 34
Rehabilitation
$47,551 · 2
Education
$47,462 · 43
Transportation
$45,780 · 27
Veterans Affairs
$45,192 · 251
General Services
$43,240 · 1,326
Military Department
$42,835 · 10

Median total compensation for the Custodian I role in other Californiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Compare jurisdictions

Custodian beyond California

This role is reported in 18 jurisdictions. In California, the median of $44,421 ranks #8 of 18. See Custodian across all of California

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

Connecticut
$96,176 · 23
Los Angeles County
$88,717 · 536
City of Las Vegas
$85,992 · 12
City of Los Angeles
$77,741 · 394
City of Seattle
$69,555 · 18
New York City
$59,048 · 320
City of Greensboro
$44,399 · 37

Median total compensation for comparable Custodianroles 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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