Agency file

Personnel

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

The Personnel provides central administrative services — personnel, procurement, facilities, and internal operations.

In 2025, this agency had 1,118 employees with median total compensation of $58,351; the highest distinct record was $363,407.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $80.6M
Employees: 1,118
Median total: $58,351
Highest record: $363,407

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$0$256,998+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 1,118 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($58,351) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $61,070 (85%)
Overtime — $341 (0%)
Other — $2,578 (4%)
Benefits — $8,098 (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

$233

$5,253

$58,351

$118,523

$173,029

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $173,029 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $233. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

191 · $654

Administrative Clerk

91 · $65,930

Senior Personnel Analyst I

65 · $82,148

Relief Nurse

63 · $7,987

Proctor

55 · $1,838

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	$75.3M —	881 —	$76,075 —
2025	$80.6M ▲ 7.1%	1,118 ▲ 26.9%	$58,351 ▼ 23.3%

Record list

Employees

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Chia Shen

Accounting Clerk/Personnel

2025 total comp

$65,533

Sub-department: Clerical
Base pay: $62,550
Overtime: $186
Other pay: $1,959
Benefits: $838
Total compensation: $65,533
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: 03

Source-specific fields

FMS Department Code: 66
Job Class Pay Grade: 1223-0
Job Status: Active
Record Number: 353831393035
Row ID: 25353831393035661223-0FT

Chia Shen holds the role of Accounting Clerk at Personnel within Clerical. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $65,533. They are represented by 03.