California / Transportation / Caltrans Equipment Operator II
Job-title file
Operate, maintain, and repair equipment or facilities, performing skilled hands-on work.
2,830 employees hold this title in Transportation. Median total compensation for the role is $69,898, below the department median of $94,114.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 2,830 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 Highway Maintenance Workers — about 8,150 people — is $59,580. Transportation pays a median base salary of $62,452 for this role, 5% above that figure — about the 54th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Highway Maintenance Workers across every employer in California, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Transportation’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Highway Maintenance Workers — about 154,960 people — is $50,260. Transportation’s median base salary is 24% above that national figure, about the 77th 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 2,199 of 2,968 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in 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 Transportation is $69,192, 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
Caltrans Equipment Operator II is held in 2 California departments. In Transportation, the median of $69,898 ranks #2 of 2.
Median total compensation for the Caltrans Equipment Operator II role in other Californiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Record list
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Christopher Garcia appears in Transportation payroll as a Caltrans Equipment Operator II, with $68,149 reported in 2025 — this entry may combine more than one individual of the same name.
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Rudy Martinez works as a Caltrans Equipment Operator II for Transportation within District 7. Their status is full-time. Rudy earned $68,144 in 2025. Their bargaining unit is R12.
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At Transportation, Heriberto Loza serves as a Caltrans Equipment Operator II within District 6. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $68,143. Their bargaining unit is R12.
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Joseph Aiken holds the role of Caltrans Equipment Operator II at Transportation within District 1. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $68,139. They are represented by R12.
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At Transportation, Dakota Mcmahon serves as a Caltrans Equipment Operator II within District 2. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $68,123. Their bargaining unit is R12.
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Ian Fabo-Aigner holds the role of Caltrans Equipment Operator II at Transportation within District 4. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $68,102. Union affiliation: R12.
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Derek Lamoreux works as a Caltrans Equipment Operator II for Transportation within District 2. Their status is full-time. Derek earned $68,080 in 2025. They are represented by R12.
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Edgar Vasquez is a Caltrans Equipment Operator II at Transportation within District 7. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $68,067. They are represented by R12.
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At Transportation, Jose Oseguera serves as a Caltrans Equipment Operator II within District 10. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $68,065. Union affiliation: R12.
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Garrett Mclean is a Caltrans Equipment Operator II at Transportation within District 2. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $68,062. Union affiliation: R12.
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Andres Lemus is a Caltrans Equipment Operator II at Transportation within District 4. They work full-time. 2024 total compensation came to $68,025. They are represented by R12.
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Earnest Willhite Jr holds the role of Caltrans Equipment Operator II at Transportation within District 10. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $67,964. They are represented by R12.
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Angel Cordero holds the role of Caltrans Equipment Operator II at Transportation within District 8. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $67,919. They are represented by R12.
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At Transportation, Steven Snider serves as a Caltrans Equipment Operator II within District 2. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $67,899. They are represented by R12.
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Daniel Mackey works as a Caltrans Equipment Operator II for Transportation within District 11. Their status is full-time. Daniel earned $67,892 in 2025. Their bargaining unit is R12.
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Joseph Mishoe holds the role of Caltrans Equipment Operator II at Transportation within District 2. Their status is full-time. In 2023, their total compensation was $67,879. Their bargaining unit is R12.
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Louis Perez works as a Caltrans Equipment Operator II for Transportation within District 5. Their status is full-time. Louis earned $67,865 in 2025. They are represented by R12.
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Michael Fellers holds the role of Caltrans Equipment Operator II at Transportation within District 7. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $67,859. Union affiliation: R12.
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At Transportation, Cristian Gamboa serves as a Caltrans Equipment Operator II within District 7. They work full-time. Their 2024 pay totaled $67,826. Union affiliation: R12.
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Giuseppe Di Stasio works as a Caltrans Equipment Operator II for Transportation within District 11. Their status is full-time. Giuseppe earned $67,825 in 2025. Their bargaining unit is R12.
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At Transportation, Chad Reynolds serves as a Caltrans Equipment Operator II within District 7. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $67,777. Their bargaining unit is R12.
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At Transportation, Daniel Ross serves as a Caltrans Equipment Operator II within District 4. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $67,775. Their bargaining unit is R12.
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Juan Carlos Monroy is a Caltrans Equipment Operator II at Transportation within District 6. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $67,676. Their bargaining unit is R12.
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At Transportation, Levon Khorenyan serves as a Caltrans Equipment Operator II within District 7. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $67,674. They are represented by R12.
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Charlotte King holds the role of Caltrans Equipment Operator II at Transportation within District 3. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $67,674. They are represented by R12.
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Kyle Forte holds the role of Caltrans Equipment Operator II at Transportation within District 7. Their status is full-time. In 2023, their total compensation was $67,672. They are represented by R12.
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Andrew Xiong is a Caltrans Equipment Operator II at Transportation within District 10. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $67,662. Union affiliation: R12.
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William Corona holds the role of Caltrans Equipment Operator II at Transportation within District 11. Their status is full-time. In 2023, their total compensation was $67,647. Their bargaining unit is R12.
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At Transportation, Sonny Arce-Rios serves as a Caltrans Equipment Operator II within District 12. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $67,646. Their bargaining unit is R12.
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Daniel Fajardo Gongora is a Caltrans Equipment Operator II at Transportation within District 4. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $67,619. Their bargaining unit is R12.
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Max Alvarado Jr holds the role of Caltrans Equipment Operator II at Transportation within District 10. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $67,618. Their bargaining unit is R12.
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At Transportation, Brandon Mccoy serves as a Caltrans Equipment Operator II within District 4. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $67,603. They are represented by R12.
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Everardo Ventura is a Caltrans Equipment Operator II at Transportation within District 3. They work full-time. 2023 total compensation came to $67,572. Union affiliation: R12.
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At Transportation, Byron Sabajan serves as a Caltrans Equipment Operator II within District 7. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $67,556. Union affiliation: R12.
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At Transportation, Rene Baeza serves as a Caltrans Equipment Operator II within District 6. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $67,543. They are represented by R12.
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At Transportation, Alfred Wilson Jr serves as a Caltrans Equipment Operator II within District 12. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $67,540. They are represented by R12.
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At Transportation, Daniel Jones serves as a Caltrans Equipment Operator II within District 3. They work full-time. Their 2024 pay totaled $67,510. They are represented by R12.
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At Transportation, Derek Deanda serves as a Caltrans Equipment Operator II within District 3. They work intermittent. Their 2024 pay totaled $67,491. Their bargaining unit is R12.
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At Transportation, Scott Gustafson serves as a Caltrans Equipment Operator II within District 9. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $67,491. Their bargaining unit is R12.
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Jay Hammond holds the role of Caltrans Equipment Operator II at Transportation within District 6. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $67,483. They are represented by R12.