Eligibility Worker I

Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.

443 employees hold this title in Public Social Services Department. Median total compensation for the role is $39,578, below the department median of $111,187.

Employees: 443
Total payroll: $20.4M
Role median: $39,578
Agency median: $111,187
Comparison: Below

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$1$103,372+

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

How total compensation varies among the 443 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Compared with the local labor market

Eligibility Worker 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 Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs — about 15,160 people — is $63,520. Public Social Services Department pays a median base salary of $62,096 for this role, 2% below that figure — about the 34th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Public Social Services Department sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$48,580

$61,300

$63,520

$76,890

Public Social Services Department median · $62,096

The bar is the range of annual wages for Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs 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 Social Services Department’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs — about 154,800 people — is $54,210. Public Social Services Department’s median base salary is 15% above that national figure, about the 71st percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$38,900

$45,910

$54,210

$63,610

$74,690

Public Social Services Department median · $62,096

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.

Computed over the 6,432 of 7,293 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.

Median total compensation for this role at Public Social Services Department is $104,807, 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

Eligibility Worker I is held in 2 Los Angeles County departments. In Public Social Services Department, the median of $39,578 ranks #2 of 2.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Children & Family Services

$85,864 · 16

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

Record list