Public Health Medical Officer III

Class code 7705 · Bargaining Unit U16

Authorized salary ranges

What CalHR authorizes this class to be paid.
Range	Monthly	Annual
B	$14,425 to $19,790	$173,100 to $237,480
C	$14,763 to $20,259	$177,156 to $243,108
S	$15,083 to $20,298	$180,996 to $243,576
T	$15,439 to $20,781	$185,268 to $249,372

Representation

Bargaining Unit U16.

Bargaining Unit U16 raise history

Where these jobs are

33 state employees held this classification in 2025, from State Controller payroll data.

Department	Employees
Public Health, California Department of	22
Department of Health Care Services	5
Department of Industrial Relations	3
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment	2
Department of Health Care Access and Information	1

Against the market

The BLS median wage for Physicians and Surgeons, All Other across all California employers was $204,190 a year in 2018. This classification is authorized from $173,100 to $249,372 a year.

Footnotes

Footnote 01 Used in Pay Letters to designate 12-month probationary period. In the Alphabetic and Schematic Pay Scales Listings, a column is provided for designating the months of the probationary period. (Reinstituted 12/78)
Footnote 19 Rule of three ranks certification. (Effective 1/1/79, all open examinations are rule of three ranks per Government Code 19057.1.)