Department of Early Childhood

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

The Department of Early Childhood is a government agency that delivers public services and programs within its jurisdiction.

In 2025, this agency had 61 employees with median total compensation of $176,111; the highest distinct record was $315,307.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $10.6M
Employees: 61
Median total: $176,111
Highest record: $315,307

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$6,727$273,223+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 61 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($176,111) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $127,529 (73%)
Overtime — $0 (0%)
Other — $406 (0%)
Benefits — $45,997 (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

$107,339

$149,595

$176,111

$200,709

$249,859

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $249,859 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $107,339. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Senior Community Devl Spc 1

14 · $177,394

Senior Administrative Analyst

9 · $194,948

Community Development Specialist

7 · $139,593

Manager II

6 · $248,877

Deputy Director II

4 · $269,771

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	$9.1M —	57 —	$170,713 —
2025	$10.6M ▲ 16.8%	61 ▲ 7.0%	$176,111 ▲ 3.2%

Record list

Employees

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Leah Catching

Senior Community Devl Spc 1/Department of Early Childhood

2024 total comp

$96,084

Sub-department: Community Development
Organization group: Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development
Base pay: $76,511
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $19,573
Total compensation: $96,084
Employment type: Temporary Provisional
Union / bargaining unit: SEIU, Local 1021, Misc
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 0.63

Source-specific fields

Data As Of: Jun 14, 2026
Data Loaded At: Jun 15, 2026
Department Code: DEC
Health and Dental Benefits: $11,684
Job Code: 9774
Job Family Code: 9700
Organization Group Code: Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development
Other Benefits: $5,793

At Department of Early Childhood, Leah Catching serves as a Senior Community Devl Spc 1 within Community Development. They work temporary provisional, 0.63 FTE. Their 2024 pay totaled $96,084. They are represented by SEIU, Local 1021, Misc.