California / State Polytech University / Painter
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
20 employees hold this title in State Polytech University. Median total compensation for the role is $74,266, above the department median of $48,119.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 20 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
Across all employers in California, the median wage for Painters, Construction and Maintenance — about 38,430 people — is $59,020. State Polytech University pays a median base salary of $78,090 for this role, 32% above that figure — about the 79th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Painters, Construction and Maintenance across every employer in California, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows State Polytech University’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Painters, Construction and Maintenance — about 225,190 people — is $49,400. State Polytech University’s median base salary is 58% above that national figure, about the 89th 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 California range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 13 of 20 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 Polytech University is $74,266, 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
Painter is held in 2 California departments. In State Polytech University, the median of $74,266 ranks #1 of 2.
Median total compensation for the Painter role in other Californiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 28 jurisdictions. In California, the median of $69,923 ranks #15 of 28. See Painter across all of California →
Median total compensation for comparable Painterroles 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.
Record list
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Source-specific fields
Marco Gonzalez Padilla appears in State Polytech University payroll as a Painter, with $4,005 reported in 2025 — this entry may combine more than one individual of the same name.