City of Los Angeles / Public Works - Sanitation / Project Assistant

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Project Assistant

Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.

63 employees hold this title in Public Works - Sanitation. Median total compensation for the role is $17,495, below the department median of $118,358.

Employees: 63
Total payroll: $1.2M
Role median: $17,495
Agency median: $118,358
Comparison: Below

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$102$31,874+

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How total compensation varies among the 63 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.

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This role across City of Los Angeles

Project Assistant is held in 16 City of Los Angeles departments. In Public Works - Sanitation, the median of $17,495 ranks #14 of 16.

Highest-paying departments for this role

City Planning

$109,242 · 1

City Ethics Commission

$94,476 · 1

City Clerk

$89,333 · 5

Los Angeles Housing

$82,816 · 8

Economic and Workforce Development Department

$82,454 · 4

Neighborhood Empowerment

$78,206 · 6

Community Investment for Families Department

$77,588 · 2

$75,968 · 1

$33,581 · 2

$31,561 · 32

$30,855 · 16

El Pueblo De Los Angeles Historical Monument Authority

$26,060 · 6

Median total compensation for the Project Assistant role in other City of Los Angelesdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

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Project Assistant beyond City of Los Angeles

This role is reported in 5 jurisdictions. In City of Los Angeles, the median of $28,126 ranks #5 of 5. See Project Assistant across all of City of Los Angeles →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

District of Columbia

$61,604 · 8

School District of Philadelphia

$52,028 · 24

New York Public Authorities

$37,900 · 9

Georgia

$36,192 · 37

Median total compensation for comparable Project Assistantroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.

Record list

Employees with this title

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Hana Chung

Project Assistant/Public Works - Sanitation

2025 total comp

$8,067

Sub-department: Administrative
Base pay: $8,067
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $8,067
Employment type: Part-Time
Union / bargaining unit: 01

Source-specific fields

FMS Department Code: 82
Job Class Pay Grade: 1542-0
Job Status: Active
Record Number: 383930363135
Row ID: 25383930363135821542-0PT

Hana Chung is a Project Assistant at Public Works - Sanitation within Administrative. They work part-time. 2025 total compensation came to $8,067. They are represented by 01.