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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Julio Gonzalez appears in Transportation payroll as a Caltrans Equipment Operator II, with $64,120 reported in 2024 — this entry may combine more than one individual of the same name.
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Michael Phipps holds the role of Caltrans Equipment Operator II at Transportation within District 6. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $64,079. They are represented by R12.
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David Guerena works as a Caltrans Equipment Operator II for Transportation within District 5. Their status is full-time. David earned $64,057 in 2025. They are represented by R12.
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Israel Ramirez Hernandez works as a Caltrans Equipment Operator II for Transportation within District 5. Their status is full-time. Israel earned $63,931 in 2025. They are represented by R12.
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Kenneth Anderson works as a Caltrans Equipment Operator II for Transportation within District 2. Their status is full-time. Kenneth earned $63,884 in 2025. Their bargaining unit is R12.
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Joel Haro holds the role of Caltrans Equipment Operator II at Transportation within District 8. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $63,872. Their bargaining unit is R12.
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Daniel Martinez works as a Caltrans Equipment Operator II for Transportation within District 8. Their status is full-time. Daniel earned $63,864 in 2025. They are represented by R12.
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At Transportation, Daniel Wells serves as a Caltrans Equipment Operator II within District 10. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $63,862. Union affiliation: R12.
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Arthur Delacerda is a Caltrans Equipment Operator II at Transportation within District 4. They work full-time. 2024 total compensation came to $63,850. Their bargaining unit is R12.
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At Transportation, David Terrases serves as a Caltrans Equipment Operator II within District 3. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $63,840. Union affiliation: R12.
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Jason Bedard holds the role of Caltrans Equipment Operator II at Transportation within District 9. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $63,783. Union affiliation: R12.
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At Transportation, Bibiano Lugo serves as a Caltrans Equipment Operator II within District 6. They work full-time. Their 2023 pay totaled $63,764. Their bargaining unit is R12.
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At Transportation, Zachary Pacheco serves as a Caltrans Equipment Operator II within District 10. They work intermittent. Their 2025 pay totaled $63,755. They are represented by R12.
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Matthew Yoder works as a Caltrans Equipment Operator II for Transportation within District 2. Their status is full-time. Matthew earned $63,749 in 2025. Union affiliation: R12.
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Jose Castellanos appears in Transportation payroll as a Caltrans Equipment Operator II, with $63,746 reported in 2025 — this entry may combine more than one individual of the same name.
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At Transportation, Kyle Zayas serves as a Caltrans Equipment Operator II within District 10. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $63,701. They are represented by R12.
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At Transportation, Andrew Hooper serves as a Caltrans Equipment Operator II within District 8. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $63,663. Their bargaining unit is R12.
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John Birtwistle is a Caltrans Equipment Operator II at Transportation within District 4. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $63,650. Their bargaining unit is R12.
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Scott Mccormack holds the role of Caltrans Equipment Operator II at Transportation within District 5. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $63,646. Their bargaining unit is R12.
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Daniel Barajas is a Caltrans Equipment Operator II at Transportation within District 7. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $63,643. Their bargaining unit is R12.
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Colton Banuelos is a Caltrans Equipment Operator II at Transportation within District 6. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $63,636. They are represented by R12.
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At Transportation, Joseph Vaars serves as a Caltrans Equipment Operator II within District 3. They work intermittent. Their 2025 pay totaled $63,616. Their bargaining unit is R12.
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Mario Aguirre is a Caltrans Equipment Operator II at Transportation within District 8. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $63,551. Union affiliation: R12.
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Angel Carias Paredes works as a Caltrans Equipment Operator II for Transportation within District 6. Their status is full-time. Angel earned $63,486 in 2025. Union affiliation: R12.
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Charles Cha works as a Caltrans Equipment Operator II for Transportation within District 6. Their status is full-time. Charles earned $63,463 in 2025. Their bargaining unit is R12.
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At Transportation, Matthew Teeter serves as a Caltrans Equipment Operator II within District 10. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $63,436. They are represented by R12.
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Royal Balingit holds the role of Caltrans Equipment Operator II at Transportation within District 12. Their status is full-time. In 2024, their total compensation was $63,425. Union affiliation: R12.
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Taylor Salmonsen holds the role of Caltrans Equipment Operator II at Transportation within District 8. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $63,401. Union affiliation: R12.
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Austin G Gill holds the role of Caltrans Equipment Operator II at Transportation within District 4. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $63,397. Union affiliation: R12.
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Rene Ortega works as a Caltrans Equipment Operator II for Transportation within District 10. Their status is full-time. Rene earned $63,389 in 2025. They are represented by R12.
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Thomas Ramirez works as a Caltrans Equipment Operator II for Transportation within District 8. Their status is full-time. Thomas earned $63,383 in 2025. They are represented by R12.
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Cesar Velasquez holds the role of Caltrans Equipment Operator II at Transportation within District 7. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $63,378. They are represented by R12.
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Robert Robinson works as a Caltrans Equipment Operator II for Transportation within District 3. Their status is full-time. Robert earned $63,363 in 2025. Their bargaining unit is R12.
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David Medina holds the role of Caltrans Equipment Operator II at Transportation within District 8. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $63,346. Union affiliation: R12.
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Antonio Solis works as a Caltrans Equipment Operator II for Transportation within District 6. Their status is full-time. Antonio earned $63,345 in 2025. Union affiliation: R12.
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Joseph Lomeli works as a Caltrans Equipment Operator II for Transportation within District 6. Their status is full-time. Joseph earned $63,343 in 2025. Their bargaining unit is R12.
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At Transportation, Jose Arellano serves as a Caltrans Equipment Operator II within District 7. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $63,330. They are represented by R12.
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Andrew Kendrick holds the role of Caltrans Equipment Operator II at Transportation within District 4. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $63,300. Union affiliation: R12.
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Gene Tallman holds the role of Caltrans Equipment Operator II at Transportation within District 10. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $63,248. Union affiliation: R12.
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Nicholas Lopez is a Caltrans Equipment Operator II at Transportation within District 7. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $63,228. Their bargaining unit is R12.