City of Phoenix, Arizona / Office of the Council: Staff
Agency file
The Office of the Council: Staff is part of the legislative branch — making laws, setting policy, and overseeing government.
In 2025, this agency had 33 employees with median total compensation of $68,834; the highest distinct record was $161,946.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 33 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($68,834) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.
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.
The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $122,748 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $41,825. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).
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
How this department's total payroll, headcount, and median pay changed across the 3 published years.
| Year | Total payroll | Employees | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $2.2M — | 35 — | $56,275 — |
| 2024 | $2M ▼ 10.9% | 29 ▼ 17.1% | $66,442 ▲ 18.1% |
| 2025 | $2.4M ▲ 22.9% | 33 ▲ 13.8% | $68,834 ▲ 3.6% |
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Departments elsewhere with the most similar mix of roles — a proxy for the same kind of agency, matched by workforce composition rather than name. Pay is not cost-of-living adjusted.
Record list
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Council Research Analyst (Nc)/Office of the Council: Staff
Source-specific fields
At Office of the Council: Staff, Bethzabe Villicana serves as a Council Research Analyst (Nc). Their 2025 pay totaled $41,825.