Agency file

Controller

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

The Controller manages public finances — collecting revenue and taxes, budgeting, accounting, and financial oversight.

In 2025, this agency had 219 employees with median total compensation of $111,100; the highest distinct record was $308,675.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $24.6M
Employees: 219
Median total: $111,100
Highest record: $308,675

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$0$262,489+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 219 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($111,100) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $91,157 (81%)
Overtime — $1,876 (2%)
Other — $7,371 (7%)
Benefits — $11,802 (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

$14,819

$42,687

$111,100

$170,434

$210,403

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $210,403 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $14,819. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Fiscal Systems Specialist I

18 · $177,099

Accountant

18 · $86,572

16 · $104,173

Accounting Clerk

12 · $52,262

Fiscal Systems Specialist II

11 · $205,812

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	$23M —	161 —	$141,695 —
2025	$24.6M ▲ 6.8%	219 ▲ 36.0%	$111,100 ▼ 21.6%

Record list

Employees

Page 1

Tiffany Sanford

Administrative Clerk/Controller

2025 total comp

$57,828

Sub-department: Clerical
Base pay: $47,148
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $48
Benefits: $10,632
Total compensation: $57,828
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: 03

Source-specific fields

FMS Department Code: 26
Job Class Pay Grade: 1358-0
Job Status: Active
Record Number: 353832343035
Row ID: 25353832343035261358-0FT

Tiffany Sanford works as a Administrative Clerk for Controller within Clerical. Their status is full-time. Tiffany earned $57,828 in 2025. They are represented by 03.