City and County of San Francisco / City Administrator

Agency file

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

Similar departments

Departments elsewhere with the most similar mix of roles — a proxy for the same kind of agency, matched by workforce composition rather than name. Pay is not cost-of-living adjusted.

Airport Commission City and County of San Francisco67% match
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Av-Aviation City of Albuquerque46% match
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Record list

Employees

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Tammy Zhou

Animal Care Attendant/City Administrator

2025 total comp

$81,104

Sub-department: Park & Zoo
Organization group: General Administration & Finance
Base pay: $64,897
Overtime: $109
Other pay: $440
Benefits: $15,658
Total compensation: $81,104
Employment type: Permanent Civil Service
Union / bargaining unit: Teamsters, Local 856, Multi
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 0.91

Source-specific fields

Data As Of: Jun 14, 2026
Data Loaded At: Jun 15, 2026
Department Code: ADM
Job Code: 3370
Job Family Code: 3300
Organization Group Code: General Administration & Finance
Other Benefits: $5,115
Retirement Contribution: $10,542

At City Administrator, Tammy Zhou serves as a Animal Care Attendant within Park & Zoo. They work permanent civil service, 0.91 FTE. Their 2025 pay totaled $81,104. Union affiliation: Teamsters, Local 856, Multi.