City and County of San Francisco / Ethics Commission

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Ethics Commission

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

The Ethics Commission is a government agency that delivers public services and programs within its jurisdiction.

In 2025, this agency had 30 employees with median total compensation of $185,294; the highest distinct record was $286,150.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $5.1M
Employees: 30
Median total: $185,294
Highest record: $286,150

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$22,198$274,901+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 30 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($185,294) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $128,752 (76%)
Overtime — $7 (0%)
Other — $287 (0%)
Benefits — $41,447 (24%)

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

$73,018

$136,515

$185,294

$208,921

$225,613

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $225,613 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $73,018. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Senior Administrative Analyst

8 · $170,908

Pr Administrative Analyst

3 · $208,921

Auditor II

3 · $136,039

Senior Management Assistant

2 · $168,640

Deputy Director I

2 · $140,910

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	$5M —	30 —	$191,806 —
2025	$5.1M ▲ 3.0%	30 ±0%	$185,294 ▼ 3.4%

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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.

City Administrative Officer City of Los Angeles63% match
Homelessness Services City and County of San Francisco61% match

Record list

Employees

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Gayathri Thaikkendiyil

Deputy Director I/Ethics Commission

2025 total comp

$73,018

Sub-department: Management
Organization group: General Administration & Finance
Base pay: $51,635
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $5,818
Benefits: $15,565
Total compensation: $73,018
Employment type: Permanent Exempt
Union / bargaining unit: Municipal Exec Assoc, Misc
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 0.27

Source-specific fields

Data As Of: Jun 14, 2026
Data Loaded At: Jun 15, 2026
Department Code: ETH
Health and Dental Benefits: $3,372
Job Code: 0951
Job Family Code: 0900
Organization Group Code: General Administration & Finance
Other Benefits: $4,758

Gayathri Thaikkendiyil is a Deputy Director I at Ethics Commission within Management. They work permanent exempt, 0.27 FTE. 2025 total compensation came to $73,018. Their bargaining unit is Municipal Exec Assoc, Misc.