Human Resources/Civil Service

Source file: City of Pittsburgh — Employee Salaries (2017-2019) / ingested Jun 19, 2026

The Human Resources/Civil Service provides central administrative services — personnel, procurement, facilities, and internal operations.

In 2019, this agency had 39 employees with median total compensation of $10,539; the highest distinct record was $20,976.

Year: 2019
Total payroll: $391.5K
Employees: 39
Median total: $10,539
Highest record: $20,976

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$622$16,832+

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

How 2019 total compensation is spread across the 39 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($10,539) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $8,014 (80%)
Overtime — $0 (0%)
Other — $568 (6%)
Benefits — $1,455 (14%)

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

$1,867

$8,381

$10,539

$12,787

$15,648

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $15,648 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $1,867. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Human Resources Specialist

6 · $6,617

HR Business Partner

5 · $11,577

Payroll Coordinator

3 · $9,969

Civil Service Commissioner

3 · $1,205

Wellness Guru

2 · $8,489

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 3 published years.

Year	Total payroll	Employees	Median pay
2017	$2.2M —	40 —	$63,012 —
2018	$2.5M ▲ 12.6%	48 ▲ 20.0%	$57,486 ▼ 8.8%
2019	$391.5K ▼ 84.3%	39 ▼ 18.8%	$10,539 ▼ 81.7%

Record list

Employees

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Yvonne Denson

Human Resources Specialist/Human Resources/Civil Service

2019 total comp

$7,172

Sub-department: Pers & Civil Service-ED
Base pay: $5,589
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $405
Benefits: $1,178
Total compensation: $7,172
Hire date: 2018-06-25
Union / bargaining unit: Non-Union

Source-specific fields

Employment Status: Full-Time
Home Cost Center: 109000
Socrata Entity Number: 945860
Total Taxes: 405.04

Yvonne Denson is a Human Resources Specialist at Human Resources/Civil Service within Pers & Civil Service-Ed. They have served since 2018 (about a year). 2019 total compensation came to $7,172. Their bargaining unit is Non-Union.