Agency file

Mayor's Office

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

The Mayor's Office is a government agency that delivers public services and programs within its jurisdiction.

In 2019, this agency had 14 employees with median total compensation of $13,243; the highest distinct record was $22,375.

Year: 2019
Total payroll: $202.1K
Employees: 14
Median total: $13,243
Highest record: $22,375

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$7,676$22,375+

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

How 2019 total compensation is spread across the 14 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($13,243) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $11,867 (82%)
Overtime — $0 (0%)
Other — $863 (6%)
Benefits — $1,703 (12%)

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

$9,005

$10,134

$13,243

$19,939

$21,224

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $21,224 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $9,005. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Assistant Chief of Staff

2 · $15,557

Administrative Assistant

2 · $8,340

Chief Operations Officer

1 · $22,375

Chief of Staff

1 · $21,224

Communications Director

1 · $20,425

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	$1.1M —	14 —	$71,931 —
2018	$1.1M ▲ 6.5%	15 ▲ 7.1%	$64,263 ▼ 10.7%
2019	$202.1K ▼ 82.2%	14 ▼ 6.7%	$13,243 ▼ 79.4%

Record list

Employees

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Darlene Watson

Administrative Assistant Receptionist/Mayor's Office

2019 total comp

$9,956

Sub-department: Office of Mayor
Base pay: $8,193
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $585
Benefits: $1,178
Total compensation: $9,956
Hire date: 2016-09-06
Union / bargaining unit: Non-Union

Source-specific fields

Employment Status: Full-Time
Home Cost Center: 102000
Socrata Entity Number: 787562
Total Taxes: 584.94

Darlene Watson works as a Administrative Assistant Receptionist for Mayor's Office within Office of Mayor. Hired in 2016, they have about 3 years of service. Darlene earned $9,956 in 2019. Union affiliation: Non-Union.