City of Los Angeles / City Employees Retirement System

Agency file

City Employees Retirement System

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

The City Employees Retirement System is a government agency that delivers public services and programs within its jurisdiction.

In 2025, this agency had 398 employees with median total compensation of $44,873; the highest distinct record was $430,184.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $28.9M
Employees: 398
Median total: $44,873
Highest record: $430,184

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$0$237,576+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 398 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($44,873) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $58,715 (81%)
Overtime — $1,240 (2%)
Other — $4,105 (6%)
Benefits — $8,456 (12%)

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

$1,125

$12,113

$44,873

$117,358

$168,571

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $168,571 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $1,125. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Benefits Specialist

58 · $88,930

41 · $4,387

Retiree Over the Limit

38 · $3,638

Benefits Analyst

36 · $120,471

Administrative Intern I

33 · $15,933

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	$27.5M —	357 —	$60,070 —
2025	$28.9M ▲ 5.0%	398 ▲ 11.5%	$44,873 ▼ 25.3%

Compare

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.

Pension City of Los Angeles89% match
Department of Management Services Florida41% match
Health Service System City and County of San Francisco39% match

Record list

Employees

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Lin Lin

Na/City Employees Retirement System

2025 total comp

$207,129

Sub-department: Na
Base pay: $56,079
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $145,963
Benefits: $5,087
Total compensation: $207,129
Employment type: Per Event
Union / bargaining unit: Xx

Source-specific fields

FMS Department Code: 16
Job Class Pay Grade: XXXX-X
Job Status: Not active
Record Number: 3238303832
Row ID: 25323830383216XXXX-XPV

Lin Lin works as a Na for City Employees Retirement System within Na. Their status is per event. Lin earned $207,129 in 2025. Their bargaining unit is Xx.

Jason Leung

Senior Systems Analyst II/City Employees Retirement System

2025 total comp

$206,927

Sub-department: Supervisory Administrative
Base pay: $191,942
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $14,246
Benefits: $739
Total compensation: $206,927
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: 20

Source-specific fields

FMS Department Code: 16
Job Class Pay Grade: 1597-2
Job Status: Active
Record Number: 3037333635
Row ID: 253037333635161597-2FT

At City Employees Retirement System, Jason Leung serves as a Senior Systems Analyst II within Supervisory Administrative. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $206,927. Their bargaining unit is 20.