City of Philadelphia / Pwd Water / Deputy Commissioner
Job-title file
Enforce laws and maintain public safety — patrol, respond to incidents, investigate crimes, and make arrests.
10 employees hold this title in Pwd Water. Median total compensation for the role is $54,006, above the department median of $20,746.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 10 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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Deputy Commissioner is held in 14 City of Philadelphia departments. In Pwd Water, the median of $54,006 ranks #1 of 14.
Median total compensation for the Deputy Commissioner role in other City of Philadelphiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
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This role is reported in 8 jurisdictions. In City of Philadelphia, the median of $39,912 ranks #8 of 8. See Deputy Commissioner across all of City of Philadelphia →
Median total compensation for comparable Deputy Commissionerroles 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
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Deputy Commissioner/Pwd Water
Source-specific fields
At Pwd Water, Melissa La Buda serves as a Deputy Commissioner. They work salaried. Their 2022 pay totaled $166,744.