Public Works - Street Lighting

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

The Public Works - Street Lighting is a government agency that delivers public services and programs within its jurisdiction.

In 2025, this agency had 481 employees with median total compensation of $93,465; the highest distinct record was $361,543.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $44.1M
Employees: 481
Median total: $93,465
Highest record: $361,543

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$0$221,433+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 481 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($93,465) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $72,276 (79%)
Overtime — $3,984 (4%)
Other — $3,887 (4%)
Benefits — $11,516 (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

$656

$19,727

$93,465

$151,235

$179,552

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $179,552 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $656. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Electrical Craft Helper

76 · $90,632

Street Lighting Engineering Associate II

44 · $154,653

44 · $319

Electrical Craft Helper Assistant

40 · $13,662

Street Lighting Electrician

38 · $157,888

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	$42.9M —	401 —	$107,787 —
2025	$44.1M ▲ 2.7%	481 ▲ 20.0%	$93,465 ▼ 13.3%

Record list

Employees

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Philip Mendez

Administrative Intern I/Public Works - Street Lighting

2025 total comp

$19,727

Sub-department: Administrative
Base pay: $19,502
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $225
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $19,727
Employment type: Part-Time
Union / bargaining unit: 01

Source-specific fields

FMS Department Code: 84
Job Class Pay Grade: 1535-1
Job Status: Active
Record Number: 373033393933
Row ID: 25373033393933841535-1PT

Philip Mendez is a Administrative Intern I at Public Works - Street Lighting within Administrative. They work part-time. 2025 total compensation came to $19,727. Their bargaining unit is 01.