City and County of San Francisco / Assessor-Recorder

Agency file

Assessor-Recorder

Source file: City and County of San Francisco — Employee Compensation / ingested Jun 17, 2026

The Assessor-Recorder is a government agency that delivers public services and programs within its jurisdiction.

In 2025, this agency had 201 employees with median total compensation of $172,716; the highest distinct record was $341,776.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $31.8M
Employees: 201
Median total: $172,716
Highest record: $341,776

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$39$268,755+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 201 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($172,716) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $114,328 (72%)
Overtime — $14 (0%)
Other — $1,734 (1%)
Benefits — $42,298 (27%)

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

$41,436

$121,512

$172,716

$201,088

$233,557

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $233,557 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $41,436. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Real Property Appraiser

36 · $135,414

Asr Senior Office Specialist

29 · $131,151

Senior Real Property Appraiser

20 · $193,304

Asr-Office Assistant

17 · $107,795

Pr Real Property Appraiser

11 · $227,312

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 2 published years.

Year	Total payroll	Employees	Median pay
2024	$31M —	184 —	$173,971 —
2025	$31.8M ▲ 2.7%	201 ▲ 9.2%	$172,716 ▼ 0.7%

Record list

Employees

Page 1

Matthew Thomas

Manager III/Assessor-Recorder

2025 total comp

$49,874

Sub-department: Management
Organization group: General Administration & Finance
Base pay: $17,188
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $26,033
Benefits: $6,652
Total compensation: $49,874
Employment type: Temporary Exempt
Union / bargaining unit: Municipal Exec Assoc, Misc

Source-specific fields

Data As Of: Jun 14, 2026
Data Loaded At: Jun 15, 2026
Department Code: ASR
Health and Dental Benefits: $2,179
Job Code: 0931
Job Family Code: 0900
Organization Group Code: General Administration & Finance
Other Benefits: $3,409

Matthew Thomas holds the role of Manager III at Assessor-Recorder within Management. Their status is temporary exempt. In 2025, their total compensation was $49,874. Their bargaining unit is Municipal Exec Assoc, Misc.

Donna Gilliam

Real Property Appraiser/Assessor-Recorder

2025 total comp

$47,875

Sub-department: Appraisal & Taxation
Organization group: General Administration & Finance
Base pay: $32,941
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $2,083
Benefits: $12,852
Total compensation: $47,875
Employment type: Permanent Civil Service
Union / bargaining unit: Prof & Tech Eng, Local 21
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 0.27

Source-specific fields

Data As Of: Jun 14, 2026
Data Loaded At: Jun 15, 2026
Department Code: ASR
Health and Dental Benefits: $5,220
Job Code: 4261
Job Family Code: 4200
Organization Group Code: General Administration & Finance
Other Benefits: $2,701

Donna Gilliam is a Real Property Appraiser at Assessor-Recorder within Appraisal & Taxation. They work permanent civil service, 0.27 FTE. 2025 total compensation came to $47,875. They are represented by Prof & Tech Eng, Local 21.

Kit Chau

Asr Senior Office Specialist/Assessor-Recorder

2025 total comp

$46,479

Sub-department: Appraisal & Taxation
Organization group: General Administration & Finance
Base pay: $43,237
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $3,241
Total compensation: $46,479
Employment type: Temporary Exempt
Union / bargaining unit: SEIU, Local 1021, Misc
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 0.4

Source-specific fields

Data As Of: Jun 14, 2026
Data Loaded At: Jun 15, 2026
Department Code: ASR
Job Code: 4215
Job Family Code: 4200
Organization Group Code: General Administration & Finance
Other Benefits: $3,241
Total Salary: $43,237

Kit Chau works as a Asr Senior Office Specialist for Assessor-Recorder within Appraisal & Taxation. Their status is temporary exempt, 0.4 FTE. Kit earned $46,479 in 2025. Their bargaining unit is SEIU, Local 1021, Misc.