Los Angeles County / Children & Family Services / Principal Information Systems Analyst

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Principal Information Systems Analyst

Collect and analyze data to inform decisions, produce reports, and identify trends.

6 employees hold this title in Children & Family Services. Median total compensation for the role is $261,992, above the department median of $150,462.

Employees: 6
Total payroll: $1.5M
Role median: $261,992
Agency median: $150,462
Comparison: Above

Compared with the local labor market

Principal Information Systems Analyst pay vs. the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area

Across all employers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, the median wage for Computer Systems Analysts — about 16,900 people — is $121,560. Children & Family Services pays a median base salary of $155,763 for this role, 28% above that figure — about the 84th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Children & Family Services sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$76,430

$100,960

$121,560

$140,460

$165,620

Children & Family Services median · $155,763

The bar is the range of annual wages for Computer Systems Analysts across every employer in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Children & Family Services’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Computer Systems Analysts — about 519,530 people — is $105,850. Children & Family Services’s median base salary is 47% above that national figure, about the 85th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$67,340

$82,860

$105,850

$134,110

$167,710

Children & Family Services median · $155,763

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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA range relative to the national one.

Median total compensation for this role at Children & Family Services is $261,992, 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

This role across Los Angeles County

Principal Information Systems Analyst is held in 24 Los Angeles County departments. In Children & Family Services, the median of $261,992 ranks #7 of 24.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Economic Opportunity

$271,053 · 1

Public Health

$267,170 · 9

Public Works Department

$266,927 · 2

District Attorney

$266,610 · 1

Treasurer & Tax Collector

$265,440 · 2

Public Social Services Department

$262,960 · 22

Ambulatory Care Network

$259,936 · 1

Probation Department

$257,856 · 2

Health Services

$257,688 · 32

Regional Planning Department

$257,016 · 1

Harbor-Ucla Medical Center

$256,147 · 4

Los Angeles General Medical Center

$253,235 · 7

Median total compensation for the Principal Information Systems Analyst role in other Los Angeles Countydepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

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