Agency file

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

$1$362,704+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

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

Public Health Nurse

468 · $214,329

Health Facilites Evaluator, Nursing

255 · $186,362

Environmental Health Specialist III

188 · $164,140

Senior Typist-Clerk

175 · $103,532

Intermediate Typist-Clerk

159 · $90,297

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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Similar departments

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.

Hea School Health Metro Nashville49% match
Department of Public Health Cook County, Illinois45% match

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