Pw- Bureau of Administration

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

The Pw- Bureau of Administration provides central administrative services — personnel, procurement, facilities, and internal operations.

In 2019, this agency had 14 employees with median total compensation of $10,410; the highest distinct record was $22,339.

Year: 2019
Total payroll: $157K
Employees: 14
Median total: $10,410
Highest record: $22,339

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$2,446$22,339+

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 ($10,410) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $8,764 (78%)
Overtime — $0 (0%)
Other — $629 (6%)
Benefits — $1,822 (16%)

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

$2,631

$8,449

$10,410

$15,131

$19,761

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $19,761 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $2,631. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Secretary-Public Works

2 · $7,982

Intern Pw 1

2 · $2,539

Director-Sh

1 · $22,339

Assistant Director-Operations

1 · $19,761

Manager Personnel & Finance-Sh

1 · $15,695

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	$937.3K —	19 —	$54,794 —
2018	$994.5K ▲ 6.1%	22 ▲ 15.8%	$50,503 ▼ 7.8%
2019	$157K ▼ 84.2%	14 ▼ 36.4%	$10,410 ▼ 79.4%

Record list

Employees

Page 1

Jiahong Tong

Intern Pw 1/Pw- Bureau of Administration

2018 total comp

$7,045

Sub-department: PW-Director's Ofc
Base pay: $7,045
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $7,045
Hire date: 2017-10-16
Union / bargaining unit: Non-Union

Source-specific fields

Date Terminated: Oct 1, 2018
Employment Status: Temporary
Home Cost Center: 410000
Socrata Entity Number: 885236
Total Taxes: 0

At Pw- Bureau of Administration, Jiahong Tong serves as a Intern Pw 1 within Pw-Director's Office. They have served since 2017 (about a year). Their 2018 pay totaled $7,045. Union affiliation: Non-Union.