California Department of Transportation

192 certified · Median $89,136 a year · Sacramento, CA

Counts are Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) employers filed with the US Department of Labor. Certified means DOL accepted the LCA, the step before a visa petition: it is not a visa or a hire. Wages are what the employer wrote on it. Data sources

By year

Fiscal yearCertifiedCertified, then withdrawnWithdrawnDenied
FY2026October 1, 2025 to June 30, 202679400
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025113610

Every decision, by when it was made. From the US Department of Labor’s LCA disclosure files for FY2025 and FY2026, all listed in Data sources.

Wages

25th percentile
$86,544
Median
$89,136
75th percentile
$106,752

A year, from 192 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.

Job titles

  • Transportation Engineer (Civil)Transportation Engineers · median $89,136140
  • Transportation Engineer (Electrical)Electrical Engineers · median $106,75214
  • Research Data Analyst IIData Scientists · median $78,60010
  • Analyst IIBusiness Intelligence Analysts · median $72,3724
  • Environmental ScientistEnvironmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health · median $78,7924
  • Associate Governmental Program AnalystPurchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products · median $70,2603
  • Senior Transportation Engineer, CaltransCivil Engineers · median $137,2443
  • Associate Transportation PlannerTransportation Planners · median $87,9362
  • Research Data Analyst IData Scientists · median $64,4162
  • Research Data Specialist IIGeographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians · median $90,3422

Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.

Places

  • Sacramento, CA50
  • Oakland, CA39
  • Stockton, CA12
  • Marysville, CA9
  • San Diego, CA9
  • San Luis Obispo, CA8
  • Eureka, CA6
  • Fresno, CA5
  • Redding, CA5
  • Novato, CA4

Certified filings by the first worksite.

Filings 203