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4.4
Average Rating
(based on 31 Caltrans Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
4.2
Growth Opportunities
4.2
People You Work With
4.7
Person You Work For
4.6
Rewards You Receive
4.2
Support You Get
4.3
Way You Work
4.4
Work Setting
4.3
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Secretary
Person You Work For 4.8 / 5 People You Work With 4.8 / 5 Work Setting 4.8 / 5
Support You Get 4.8 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.7 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.9 / 5
Company Culture 4.8 / 5 Way You Work 4.7 / 5
Engineering Project Manager

What do you like about working at Caltrans?

"I like working with professional and courteous people. The stability of the work and employment is very important."

Construction Engineer

What do you like about working at Caltrans?

"If an employee wanted to work above and beyond his pay grade, and get consistently superior experience and responsibility, opportunities regularly applied themselves to a driven and intelligent individual. Be all you want to be."

What don't you like about working at Caltrans?

"Parking"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Weed out the road blocks(people) in the org, too many folk that hinder progress just so you have to talk to them. Cats are there for the lonely."

Information Systems Analyst

What do you like about working at Caltrans?

"It was a great place to work at."

What don't you like about working at Caltrans?

"Nothing."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"None, it was perfect."

Civil Engineer

"Offered a wide range of learning and challangee opportunities in my career"

What do you like about working at Caltrans?

"If an employee wanted to work above and beyond his pay grade, and get consistently superior experience and responsibility, opportunities regularly applied themselves to a driven and intelligent individual."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Civil Service application is very long. Keep with it."

What don't you like about working at Caltrans?

"When poor bosses became entrenched, they were nearly impossible to remove"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Monitor and remove bad managers."

Student Assistant

"Student assistant position gave me insight on what I wanted to do upon graduation"

What do you like about working at Caltrans?

"I enjoyed learning from experienced IT personnel. I believe the student assistant program was a great benefit and I learned a lot from my supervisor."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be honest and exceptional, and research the company prior to the interview."

What don't you like about working at Caltrans?

"I believe the compensation could have been better for the type of work that we were doing, but I understand that as a student worker, you have to gain experience either paid or un-paid in order to be successful in a full-time position."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I believe that the student assistant program is extremely necessary in building the talent for the future, I would make a suggestion to make sure the program stays funded."

Civil Transportation Engineer

"Caltrans is too bureaucratic for me as a primary employer"

What do you like about working at Caltrans?

"Great benefits"

What don't you like about working at Caltrans?

"Too bureaucratic and big. Too slow"

Assistant Transportation Engineer

"First Engineering Job out of School"

What do you like about working at Caltrans?

"Many engineering and administration opportunities"

Caltrans Reviews FAQs

Is Caltrans a good company to work for?

Caltrans has an overall rating of 4.4 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 31 Caltrans Review Ratings left anonymously by Caltrans employees, which is 13% higher than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 97% of employees would recommend working at Caltrans.

Does Caltrans pay their employees well?

Caltrans employees earn $59,500 annually on average, or $29 per hour, which is 10% lower than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 15 Caltrans employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find Caltrans Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at Caltrans?

97% of employees would recommend working at Caltrans with the overall rating of 4.4 out of 5. Employees also rated Caltrans 4.2 out of 5 for Company Culture, 4.2 for Rewards You Receive, 4.2 for Growth Opportunities and 4.3 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at Caltrans?

According to our data, the highest paying job at Caltrans is a Equipment Services Project Manager at $115,000 annually. Browse Caltrans Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at Caltrans?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at Caltrans is a Secretary at $20,000 annually. Browse Caltrans Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at Caltrans?

According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at Caltrans to be Company Culture, Growth Opportunities, People You Work With and Person You Work For, and no cons.

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