City of Los Angeles / Building and Safety

Agency file

Building and Safety

Source file: City of Los Angeles Controller — City Employee Payroll / ingested Jun 17, 2026

The Building and Safety is a government agency that delivers public services and programs within its jurisdiction.

In 2025, this agency had 1,306 employees with median total compensation of $125,764; the highest distinct record was $410,849.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $155.4M
Employees: 1,306
Median total: $125,764
Highest record: $410,849

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$0$274,110+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 1,306 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($125,764) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $89,359 (75%)
Overtime — $10,904 (9%)
Other — $5,277 (4%)
Benefits — $13,444 (11%)

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

$10,150

$49,713

$125,764

$177,166

$212,044

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $212,044 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $10,150. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Building Mechanical Inspector

189 · $160,484

101 · $7,827

Administrative Clerk

97 · $71,035

Structural Engineering Associate II

89 · $191,084

Senior Building Inspector

45 · $182,567

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.

Trend

Year over year

How this department's total payroll, headcount, and median pay changed across the 2 published years.

Year	Total payroll	Employees	Median pay
2024	$142M —	1,159 —	$134,991 —
2025	$155.4M ▲ 9.4%	1,306 ▲ 12.7%	$125,764 ▼ 6.8%

Record list

Employees

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Nick Larocca

Senior Building Inspector/Building and Safety

2025 total comp

$217,249

Sub-department: Inspectors
Base pay: $167,568
Overtime: $11,976
Other pay: $15,028
Benefits: $22,677
Total compensation: $217,249
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: 05

Source-specific fields

FMS Department Code: 8
Job Class Pay Grade: 4213-0
Job Status: Active
Record Number: 373336343031
Row ID: 2537333634303184213-0FT

Nick Larocca works as a Senior Building Inspector for Building and Safety within Inspectors. Their status is full-time. Nick earned $217,249 in 2025. Their bargaining unit is 05.

David Haendle

Principal Inspector/Building and Safety

2025 total comp

$217,155

Sub-department: Supervisory Technical
Base pay: $162,115
Overtime: $28,459
Other pay: $3,905
Benefits: $22,677
Total compensation: $217,155
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: 19

Source-specific fields

FMS Department Code: 8
Job Class Pay Grade: 4226-0
Job Status: Active
Record Number: 3334343637
Row ID: 25333434363784226-0FT

David Haendle holds the role of Principal Inspector at Building and Safety within Supervisory Technical. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $217,155. Their bargaining unit is 19.