Hawthorne Cat
Wholesale · Industrial Machinery
1open role
$84kmedian advertised pay
Scaling fasthiring pace, 86 of 100
28 daysmedian time a role stays open
Overview
Hawthorne Cat is a family-owned Caterpillar equipment dealer headquartered in San Diego, California, that sells, rents and services construction machinery, engines and power generation equipment. Trading as Hawthorne Machinery Co., it has served agriculture, construction, marine and government customers for more than 60 years, with branches across San Diego County and operations in Hawaii, Guam and American Samoa. It hires machinery, engine and field service technicians and mechanics, lube and loadbank technicians, product support and inside sales representatives, branch and project managers, coordinators and administrative staff.
How Hawthorne Cat hires
Truth index
B 82/100
Median time to fill
28 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
73%
Reposted roles
0%
Hawthorne Cat scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 11 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 73% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 28 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Jobs
≈ $91k – $210k per year (Estimated) · In office · 10+ years exp · San Diego
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$84k
Typical range
$40k – $100k
Open positions
17
8
Jobs
Intern
12.5%
Junior
25%
Middle
25%
Senior
25%
Staff
12.5%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intern | 1 | $40k | $40k |
| Junior | 2 | $78k | $76k – $80k |
| Middle | 2 | $70k | $70k |
| Senior | 2 | $100k | $100k |
| Staff | 1 | $100k | $100k |
Highest paying role
Machinery Service Tech/Mechanic 2 - Field
$100k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Hawthorne Cat
By role, level and city, against the market · 17 jobs with pay
Growth
Hiring Momentum
86/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
24
9 opened / 12 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
28 days
faster than 48% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Field & Service
46% ▲
Administrative
17%
Sales
11% ▼
Early Careers
11% ▲
Operations
6%
Leadership
3% ▲
Actively hiring for Field & Service (+4 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
New location: Kahului
Oct 2026
New location: Oceanside
Oct 2026
New location: Lakeside
Oct 2026
New location: Guam
Oct 2026
New location: United States
Sep 2026
Added Microsoft Office to stack
Sep 2026
Added SharePoint to stack
Sep 2026
+5 jobs in a week
Sep 2026
Added AutoCAD to stack
Sep 2026
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Hawthorne Cat over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
3
Postings analysed
12
Stack modernity
57/100
Developer tools
AutoCAD17%
Microsoft Excel8%
Practices & domains
HPC83%
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
14
Hiring now
6
Countries
4
Busiest office
San Diego
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San Diego
United States
HQ
Hawthorne - Rancho Bernardo
13 open roles 14 posted in 90 days 200-500 est. staff $87k Avg Salary
hires for Field & Service, Sales, Administrative
Lakeside
United States
Plant / site
Hawthorne - Lakeside
4 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $74k Avg Salary
hires for Field & Service, Administrative
Waipahu
United States
Plant / site
Hawthorne - Ness Turf
3 open roles 8 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $70k Avg Salary
hires for Management, Field & Service, Early Careers
Tamuning
Guam
Hawthorne - Guam
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Field & Service
Kahului
United States
Regional office
Hawthorne - Maui
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Early Careers
Mesa
United States
Hawthorne - Kearny Mesa
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $100k Avg Salary
hires for Field & Service
Escondido
United States
Regional office
Hawthorne - Escondido
1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
Oceanside
United States
Regional office
Hawthorne - Oceanside
2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
Chula Vista
United States
Regional office
Hawthorne - Chula Vista
1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
Yigo
Guam
Regional office
Hawthorne - Carquest of Guam
Hilo
United States
Regional office
Hawthorne - Hilo
Kailua-Kona
United States
Regional office
Hawthorne - Kona
Pago Pago
American Samoa
Regional office
Hawthorne - American Samoa
Saipan
Northern Mariana Islands
Regional office
Hawthorne - Saipan