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Los Angeles County / Public Health

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Public Health

Source file: Los Angeles County — Employee Salaries (Auditor-Controller) / ingested Jun 19, 2026

The Public Health oversees public health and medical services — disease prevention, clinics and hospitals, and health licensing and regulation.

In 2025, this agency had 4,627 employees with median total compensation of $162,589; the highest distinct record was $819,411.

Year
2025
Total payroll
$762.7M
Employees
4,627
Median total
$162,589
Highest record
$819,411

What the records show

Compensation analytics

These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.

Salary distribution

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 4,627 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($162,589) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

  • Base$102,401 (62%)
  • Overtime$1,365 (1%)
  • Other$8,958 (5%)
  • Benefits$52,123 (32%)

What an average paycheck here is made of — base salary versus overtime, other pay (bonuses, allowances), and benefits. A large overtime or other-pay share means take-home often exceeds base salary.

Pay percentiles

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$77,661
$111,106
$162,589
$209,587
$245,821

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $245,821 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $77,661. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

The most common job titles in this department by headcount, with the median total compensation for each. Click a title to see everyone who holds it.

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Departments elsewhere with the most similar mix of roles — a proxy for the same kind of agency, matched by workforce composition rather than name. Pay is not cost-of-living adjusted.

Record list

Employees

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Lulit Shiferaw

Public Health Nurse/Public Health

2025 total comp
$211,692
Base pay
$156,731
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$5,000
Benefits
$49,961
Total compensation
$211,692

Lulit Shiferaw is a Public Health Nurse at Public Health. 2025 total compensation came to $211,692.

George Sunga

Health Facilites Evaluator, Nursing/Public Health

2025 total comp
$211,682
Base pay
$126,558
Overtime
$16,369
Other pay
$6,525
Benefits
$62,230
Total compensation
$211,682

George Sunga is a Health Facilites Evaluator, Nursing at Public Health. 2025 total compensation came to $211,682.

Rosheda Samuel

Public Health Nurse/Public Health

2025 total comp
$211,649
Base pay
$128,875
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$5,059
Benefits
$77,715
Total compensation
$211,649

At Public Health, Rosheda Samuel serves as a Public Health Nurse. Their 2025 pay totaled $211,649.

Carmen Quinones

Supvg Administrative Assistant III/Public Health

2025 total comp
$211,639
Base pay
$121,883
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$7,924
Benefits
$81,832
Total compensation
$211,639

Carmen Quinones works as a Supvg Administrative Assistant III for Public Health. Carmen earned $211,639 in 2025.

Robert Cheshier

Staff Analyst, Health/Public Health

2025 total comp
$211,632
Base pay
$131,464
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$14,314
Benefits
$65,854
Total compensation
$211,632

At Public Health, Robert Cheshier serves as a Staff Analyst, Health. Their 2025 pay totaled $211,632.