California / Veterans Affairs / Food Service Technician I
Job-title file
Operate, maintain, and repair equipment or facilities, performing skilled hands-on work.
372 employees hold this title in Veterans Affairs. Median total compensation for the role is $41,380, below the department median of $59,957.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 372 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 Food Servers, Nonrestaurant — about 32,430 people — is $39,010. Veterans Affairs pays a median base salary of $44,696 for this role, 15% above that figure — about the 68th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Food Servers, Nonrestaurant across every employer in California, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Veterans Affairs’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Food Servers, Nonrestaurant — about 293,900 people — is $35,360. Veterans Affairs’s median base salary is 26% above that national figure, about the 87th 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 287 of 447 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 Veterans Affairs is $43,905, 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
Food Service Technician I is held in 7 California departments. In Veterans Affairs, the median of $41,380 ranks #2 of 7.
Median total compensation for the Food Service Technician I role in other Californiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Record list
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Christopher Burwell appears in Veterans Affairs payroll as a Food Service Technician I, with $13,110 reported in 2023 — this entry may combine more than one individual of the same name.
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Amber Davis works as a Food Service Technician I for Veterans Affairs within Glavc. Their status is full-time. Amber earned $12,774 in 2025. They are represented by R15.
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Ralph Emerson Gerero is a Food Service Technician I at Veterans Affairs within Veterans Home. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $12,641. They are represented by R15.
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Anthony Gutierrez is a Food Service Technician I at Veterans Affairs within Veterans Home of CA, Fresno. They work full-time. 2023 total compensation came to $11,858. They are represented by R15.
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Rochelle Sumabat holds the role of Food Service Technician I at Veterans Affairs within Chula Vista Veterans Home. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $11,815. Union affiliation: R15.
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At Veterans Affairs, Stephen Lassa serves as a Food Service Technician I within Veterans Home of CA, Redding. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $11,656. Union affiliation: R15.
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Eva Guerrero is a Food Service Technician I at Veterans Affairs within Veterans Home of CA, Fresno. They work full-time. 2023 total compensation came to $11,431. They are represented by R15.
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At Veterans Affairs, Sage Brandt serves as a Food Service Technician I within Veterans Home of CA, Redding. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $11,397. Union affiliation: R15.
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At Veterans Affairs, Jeanet Urrea serves as a Food Service Technician I within Veterans Home of CA, Fresno. They work full-time. Their 2023 pay totaled $11,120. Their bargaining unit is R15.
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At Veterans Affairs, Elias Lacanilao serves as a Food Service Technician I within Chula Vista Veterans Home. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $11,041. Union affiliation: R15.
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Emily Merkes works as a Food Service Technician I for Veterans Affairs within Glavc. Their status is full-time. Emily earned $10,996 in 2023. They are represented by R15.
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At Veterans Affairs, Manuel Cruces serves as a Food Service Technician I within Chula Vista Veterans Home. They work full-time. Their 2024 pay totaled $10,358. Union affiliation: R15.
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Lorena Garcia holds the role of Food Service Technician I at Veterans Affairs within Glavc. Their status is full-time. In 2023, their total compensation was $10,155. Union affiliation: R15.
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Gener De Guzman is a Food Service Technician I at Veterans Affairs within Veterans Home. They work full-time. 2023 total compensation came to $9,238. Their bargaining unit is R15.
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At Veterans Affairs, Natsuko Sharretts serves as a Food Service Technician I within Veterans Home. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $8,901. They are represented by R15.
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Andya Mayfield holds the role of Food Service Technician I at Veterans Affairs within Veterans Home. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $8,517. Their bargaining unit is R15.
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Travis Ludd works as a Food Service Technician I for Veterans Affairs within Veterans Home of CA, Redding. Their status is full-time. Travis earned $8,393 in 2024. They are represented by R15.
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Michelle Cercado is a Food Service Technician I at Veterans Affairs within Glavc. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $8,234. They are represented by R15.
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At Veterans Affairs, Meghan Moore serves as a Food Service Technician I within Veterans Home. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $7,885. Their bargaining unit is R15.
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Jose Barajas Jr works as a Food Service Technician I for Veterans Affairs within Chula Vista Veterans Home. Their status is full-time. Jose earned $7,870 in 2025. Their bargaining unit is R15.
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Maria Tejeda Moran works as a Food Service Technician I for Veterans Affairs within Veterans Home of CA, Redding. Their status is full-time. Maria earned $7,717 in 2025. Their bargaining unit is R15.
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Ulysses Leyva works as a Food Service Technician I for Veterans Affairs within Veterans Home. Their status is full-time. Ulysses earned $7,356 in 2025. They are represented by R15.
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Elizabeth Boutelle works as a Food Service Technician I for Veterans Affairs within Veterans Home of CA, Redding. Their status is full-time. Elizabeth earned $7,160 in 2023. They are represented by R15.
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Mary Jane Bie is a Food Service Technician I at Veterans Affairs within Veterans Home. They work full-time. 2023 total compensation came to $7,009. Union affiliation: R15.
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At Veterans Affairs, Jesse Hurtado serves as a Food Service Technician I within Veterans Home of CA, Fresno. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $6,926. They are represented by R15.
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At Veterans Affairs, Brianna Martinez serves as a Food Service Technician I within Glavc. They work full-time. Their 2023 pay totaled $6,820. Union affiliation: R15.
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Joey Mendoza works as a Food Service Technician I for Veterans Affairs within Veterans Home. Their status is intermittent. Joey earned $6,716 in 2025. Union affiliation: R15.
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At Veterans Affairs, Erich Bowers serves as a Food Service Technician I within Veterans Home of CA, Fresno. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $6,658. They are represented by R15.
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Paul Mv Jones works as a Food Service Technician I for Veterans Affairs within Veterans Home of CA, Fresno. Their status is full-time. Paul earned $6,658 in 2025. Their bargaining unit is R15.
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At Veterans Affairs, Awanda Quarles serves as a Food Service Technician I within Veterans Home of CA, Fresno. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $6,650. Union affiliation: R15.
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At Veterans Affairs, Navjot Sandhu serves as a Food Service Technician I within Veterans Home. They work full-time. Their 2024 pay totaled $6,539. Union affiliation: R15.
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Mattisen Melvin works as a Food Service Technician I for Veterans Affairs within Veterans Home of CA, Fresno. Their status is full-time. Mattisen earned $6,535 in 2025. Union affiliation: R15.
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At Veterans Affairs, Sherry Rahn serves as a Food Service Technician I within Veterans Home. They work full-time. Their 2024 pay totaled $6,267. They are represented by R15.
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Melody Torres holds the role of Food Service Technician I at Veterans Affairs within Glavc. Their status is full-time. In 2023, their total compensation was $6,216. They are represented by R15.
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Marian Abulencia is a Food Service Technician I at Veterans Affairs within Veterans Home. They work full-time. 2023 total compensation came to $5,990. Union affiliation: R15.
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Gloria Smith is a Food Service Technician I at Veterans Affairs within Veterans Home. They work intermittent. 2025 total compensation came to $5,970. Their bargaining unit is R15.
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Arnold Lincoln holds the role of Food Service Technician I at Veterans Affairs within Veterans Home. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $5,967. They are represented by R15.
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At Veterans Affairs, Tiffany Ford serves as a Food Service Technician I within Glavc. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $5,939. Union affiliation: R15.
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Marc Harvel holds the role of Food Service Technician I at Veterans Affairs within Veterans Home. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $5,713. Their bargaining unit is R15.
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Carlos Cosme works as a Food Service Technician I for Veterans Affairs within Veterans Home. Their status is intermittent. Carlos earned $5,387 in 2025. Their bargaining unit is R15.