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Los Angeles County / Public Health / Project Director I

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Project Director I

Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.

1 employees hold this title in Public Health. Median total compensation for the role is $180,212, above the department median of $162,589.

Employees
1
Total payroll
$180.2K
Role median
$180,212
Agency median
$162,589
Comparison
Above

Compared with the local labor market

Project Director I 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 Managers, All Otherabout 31,210 people is $168,160. Public Health pays a median base salary of $110,892 for this role, 34% below that figureabout the 18th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Public Health sits in the local pay range

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$93,160
$125,470
$168,160
$213,340
$290,440
Public Health median · $110,892

The bar is the range of annual wages for Managers, All Other 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 Public Health’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Managers, All Otherabout 622,190 people is $141,900. Public Health’s median base salary is 22% below that national figure, about the 30th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$74,300
$102,880
$141,900
$186,300
$238,270
Public Health median · $110,892

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 Public Health is $180,212, 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

Project Director I is held in 3 Los Angeles County departments. In Public Health, the median of $180,212 ranks #3 of 3.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Median total compensation for the Project Director I role in other Los Angeles Countydepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

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Project Director beyond Los Angeles County

This role is reported in 7 jurisdictions. See Project Director across all of Los Angeles County

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

California
$145,287 · 142
Tennessee
$138,649 · 8
Missouri
$117,987 · 19
Vermont
$94,276 · 8

Median total compensation for comparable Project Director roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.

Record list

Employees with this title

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Harlan Rotblatt

Project Director I/Public Health

2025 total comp
$180,212
Base pay
$110,892
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$11,599
Benefits
$57,721
Total compensation
$180,212

Harlan Rotblatt holds the role of Project Director I at Public Health. In 2025, their total compensation was $180,212.