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
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+

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.

Record list

Employees

Highest-paid first / page 29

Meliton San Agustin

Examiner of Steam and Diesel Engineers/Building and Safety

2025 total comp

Sub-department: NON-REPRESENTED - OTHER
Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $0
Employment type: Part-Time
Union / bargaining unit: 00

Source-specific fields

FMS Department Code: 8
Job Class Pay Grade: 0121-0
Job Status: Active
Record Number: 3936353036
Row ID: 25393635303680121-0PT

Meliton San Agustin holds the role of Examiner of Steam and Diesel Engineers at Building and Safety within Non-Represented - Other. Their status is part-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $0. Union affiliation: 00.

Samson Truong

Student Professional Worker/Building and Safety

2025 total comp

Sub-department: NON-REPRESENTED - OTHER
Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $0
Employment type: Part-Time
Union / bargaining unit: 00

Source-specific fields

FMS Department Code: 8
Job Class Pay Grade: 1502-0
Job Status: Active
Record Number: 353132323134
Row ID: 2535313232313481502-0PT

Samson Truong is a Student Professional Worker at Building and Safety within Non-Represented - Other. They work part-time. 2025 total compensation came to $0. They are represented by 00.

Leonard Vorhis

Building Mechanical Inspector/Building and Safety

2025 total comp

Sub-department: INSPECTORS
Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $0
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: 05

Source-specific fields

FMS Department Code: 8
Job Class Pay Grade: 4251-0
Job Status: Active
Record Number: 3735353632
Row ID: 25373535363284251-0FT

Leonard Vorhis is a Building Mechanical Inspector at Building and Safety within Inspectors. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $0. Their bargaining unit is 05.

Elenore Williams

Commissioner II/Building and Safety

2025 total comp

Sub-department: NON-REPRESENTED - OTHER
Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $0
Employment type: Part-Time
Union / bargaining unit: 00

Source-specific fields

FMS Department Code: 8
Job Class Pay Grade: 0101-2
Job Status: Active
Record Number: 373938363832
Row ID: 2537393836383280101-2PT

Elenore Williams is a Commissioner II at Building and Safety within Non-Represented - Other. They work part-time. 2025 total compensation came to $0. Union affiliation: 00.

Jordan Xu

Student Professional Worker/Building and Safety

2025 total comp

Sub-department: NON-REPRESENTED - OTHER
Base pay: $0
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $0
Employment type: Part-Time
Union / bargaining unit: 00

Source-specific fields

FMS Department Code: 8
Job Class Pay Grade: 1502-0
Job Status: Active
Record Number: 383438363234
Row ID: 2538343836323481502-0PT

Jordan Xu is a Student Professional Worker at Building and Safety within Non-Represented - Other. They work part-time. 2025 total compensation came to $0. Their bargaining unit is 00.