Innovation & Performance

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

The Innovation & Performance is a government agency that delivers public services and programs within its jurisdiction.

In 2019, this agency had 73 employees with median total compensation of $11,556; the highest distinct record was $21,433.

Year: 2019
Total payroll: $785.5K
Employees: 73
Median total: $11,556
Highest record: $21,433

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$362$20,834+

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

How 2019 total compensation is spread across the 73 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($11,556) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $8,649 (80%)
Overtime — $0 (0%)
Other — $615 (6%)
Benefits — $1,497 (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

$3,106

$8,744

$11,556

$13,797

$15,705

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $15,705 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $3,106. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Cis Intern

6 · $1,023

Mayor's 311 Resp Line Representative

5 · $7,000

Information Technology Analyst 1

3 · $9,899

Editor/Videographer

3 · $9,565

Data Base Administrator

2 · $14,751

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	$4.2M —	71 —	$64,761 —
2018	$4.4M ▲ 4.7%	80 ▲ 12.7%	$64,371 ▼ 0.6%
2019	$785.5K ▼ 82.2%	73 ▼ 8.8%	$11,556 ▼ 82.0%

Record list

Employees

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Laura Meixell

Assist Director Digital Services/Innovation & Performance

2019 total comp

$18,208

Sub-department: Innovation and Performance
Base pay: $14,777
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $1,069
Benefits: $2,361
Total compensation: $18,208
Hire date: 2014-01-01
Union / bargaining unit: Non-Union

Source-specific fields

Employment Status: Full-Time
Home Cost Center: 103000
Socrata Entity Number: 627558
Total Taxes: 1069.29

Laura Meixell works as a Assist Director Digital Services for Innovation & Performance within Innovation and Performance. Their tenure dates to 2014, about 5 years. Laura earned $18,208 in 2019. Their bargaining unit is Non-Union.