Neighborhood Empowerment

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

The Neighborhood Empowerment is a government agency that delivers public services and programs within its jurisdiction.

In 2025, this agency had 44 employees with median total compensation of $99,914; the highest distinct record was $294,899.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $4.2M
Employees: 44
Median total: $99,914
Highest record: $294,899

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$19$238,255+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 44 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($99,914) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $80,726 (85%)
Overtime — $9 (0%)
Other — $2,382 (2%)
Benefits — $12,319 (13%)

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

$460

$66,545

$99,914

$134,214

$149,795

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $149,795 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $460. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Project Coordinator

13 · $108,289

Project Assistant

6 · $78,206

Senior Project Coordinator

4 · $139,409

Administrative Clerk

3 · $61,943

3 · $460

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	$3.9M —	45 —	$94,957 —
2025	$4.2M ▲ 6.9%	44 ▼ 2.2%	$99,914 ▲ 5.2%

Record list

Employees

Page 1

John Darnell

Project Coordinator/Neighborhood Empowerment

2025 total comp

$149,795

Sub-department: Administrative
Base pay: $117,956
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $5,261
Benefits: $26,577
Total compensation: $149,795
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: 01

Source-specific fields

FMS Department Code: 47
Job Class Pay Grade: 1537-0
Job Status: Active
Record Number: 393332363233
Row ID: 25393332363233471537-0FT

John Darnell is a Project Coordinator at Neighborhood Empowerment within Administrative. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $149,795. Their bargaining unit is 01.