City and County of San Francisco / City Administrator

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City Administrator

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

The City Administrator provides central administrative services — personnel, procurement, facilities, and internal operations.

In 2025, this agency had 1,110 employees with median total compensation of $151,053; the highest distinct record was $546,598.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $170.4M
Employees: 1,110
Median total: $151,053
Highest record: $546,598

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$129$322,680+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 1,110 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($151,053) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $106,673 (69%)
Overtime — $3,602 (2%)
Other — $2,925 (2%)
Benefits — $40,300 (26%)

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

$38,038

$115,994

$151,053

$199,141

$247,143

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $247,143 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $38,038. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Custodian

200 · $120,997

Customer Service Agent

83 · $153,197

Stationary Engineer

38 · $195,303

Contract Compliance Officer 1

32 · $191,985

Heavy Duty Mechanic/Automchnst

29 · $179,180

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	$170.9M —	1,170 —	$142,999 —
2025	$170.4M ▼ 0.3%	1,110 ▼ 5.1%	$151,053 ▲ 5.6%

Compare

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Record list

Employees

Page 1

Lorna Walker

Manager IV/City Administrator

2025 total comp

$295,524

Sub-department: Management
Organization group: General Administration & Finance
Base pay: $208,718
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $86,805
Total compensation: $295,524
Employment type: Permanent Exempt
Union / bargaining unit: Municipal Exec Assoc, Misc
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1

Source-specific fields

Data As Of: Jun 14, 2026
Data Loaded At: Jun 15, 2026
Department Code: ADM
Health and Dental Benefits: $42,252
Job Code: 0932
Job Family Code: 0900
Organization Group Code: General Administration & Finance
Other Benefits: $14,872

At City Administrator, Lorna Walker serves as a Manager IV within Management. They work permanent exempt. Their 2025 pay totaled $295,524. They are represented by Municipal Exec Assoc, Misc.

Mark Powning

Medical Examiner's Investigator II/City Administrator

2025 total comp

$291,355

Sub-department: Med Therapy & Auxiliary
Organization group: General Administration & Finance
Base pay: $146,465
Overtime: $66,323
Other pay: $21,330
Benefits: $57,236
Total compensation: $291,355
Employment type: Permanent Civil Service
Union / bargaining unit: SEIU, Local 1021, Misc
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1.27

Source-specific fields

Data As Of: Jun 14, 2026
Data Loaded At: Jun 15, 2026
Department Code: ADM
Health and Dental Benefits: $19,953
Job Code: 2578
Job Family Code: 2500
Organization Group Code: General Administration & Finance
Other Benefits: $14,474

At City Administrator, Mark Powning serves as a Medical Examiner's Investigator II within Medical Therapy & Auxiliary. They work permanent civil service, 1.27 FTE. Their 2025 pay totaled $291,355. Union affiliation: SEIU, Local 1021, Misc.

Han Jiang

Is Engineer-Principal/City Administrator

2024 total comp

$288,270

Sub-department: Information Systems
Organization group: General Administration & Finance
Base pay: $222,524
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $65,746
Total compensation: $288,270
Employment type: Permanent Civil Service
Union / bargaining unit: Prof & Tech Eng, Local 21
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1.04

Source-specific fields

Data As Of: Jun 14, 2026
Data Loaded At: Jun 15, 2026
Department Code: ADM
Health and Dental Benefits: $18,802
Job Code: 1044
Job Family Code: 1000
Organization Group Code: General Administration & Finance
Other Benefits: $13,952

Han Jiang holds the role of Is Engineer-Principal at City Administrator within Information Systems. Their status is permanent civil service, 1.04 FTE. In 2024, their total compensation was $288,270. They are represented by Prof & Tech Eng, Local 21.

Hui Shao

Is Engineer-Principal/City Administrator

2025 total comp

$287,107

Sub-department: Information Systems
Organization group: General Administration & Finance
Base pay: $221,579
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $84
Benefits: $65,444
Total compensation: $287,107
Employment type: Permanent Civil Service
Union / bargaining unit: Prof & Tech Eng, Local 21
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1

Source-specific fields

Data As Of: Jun 14, 2026
Data Loaded At: Jun 15, 2026
Department Code: ADM
Health and Dental Benefits: $19,546
Job Code: 1044
Job Family Code: 1000
Organization Group Code: General Administration & Finance
Other Benefits: $14,386

Hui Shao works as a Is Engineer-Principal for City Administrator within Information Systems. Their status is permanent civil service. Hui earned $287,107 in 2025. They are represented by Prof & Tech Eng, Local 21.

Tedman Eng

Is Engineer-Principal/City Administrator

2025 total comp

$286,902

Sub-department: Information Systems
Organization group: General Administration & Finance
Base pay: $221,579
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $65,323
Total compensation: $286,902
Employment type: Permanent Civil Service
Union / bargaining unit: Prof & Tech Eng, Local 21
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1

Source-specific fields

Data As Of: Jun 14, 2026
Data Loaded At: Jun 15, 2026
Department Code: ADM
Health and Dental Benefits: $19,546
Job Code: 1044
Job Family Code: 1000
Organization Group Code: General Administration & Finance
Other Benefits: $14,265

Tedman Eng holds the role of Is Engineer-Principal at City Administrator within Information Systems. Their status is permanent civil service. In 2025, their total compensation was $286,902. Union affiliation: Prof & Tech Eng, Local 21.

Brian O'Connor

Manager III/City Administrator

2025 total comp

$284,593

Sub-department: Management
Organization group: General Administration & Finance
Base pay: $212,969
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $71,624
Total compensation: $284,593
Employment type: Permanent Civil Service
Union / bargaining unit: Municipal Exec Assoc, Misc
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1

Source-specific fields

Data As Of: Jun 14, 2026
Data Loaded At: Jun 15, 2026
Department Code: ADM
Health and Dental Benefits: $26,486
Job Code: 0931
Job Family Code: 0900
Organization Group Code: General Administration & Finance
Other Benefits: $14,850

Brian O'Connor works as a Manager III for City Administrator within Management. Their status is permanent civil service. Brian earned $284,593 in 2025. They are represented by Municipal Exec Assoc, Misc.

Margaret Weiland

Department Head I/City Administrator

2025 total comp

$283,764

Sub-department: Management
Organization group: General Administration & Finance
Base pay: $214,099
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $69,665
Total compensation: $283,764
Employment type: Permanent Exempt
Union / bargaining unit: Municipal Exec Assoc, Misc
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1

Source-specific fields

Data As Of: Jun 14, 2026
Data Loaded At: Jun 15, 2026
Department Code: ADM
Health and Dental Benefits: $24,559
Job Code: 0961
Job Family Code: 0900
Organization Group Code: General Administration & Finance
Other Benefits: $14,658

At City Administrator, Margaret Weiland serves as a Department Head I within Management. They work permanent exempt. Their 2025 pay totaled $283,764. They are represented by Municipal Exec Assoc, Misc.