City and County of San Francisco / Fine Arts Museum

Agency file

Fine Arts Museum

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

The Fine Arts Museum supports cultural and educational resources such as libraries, museums, and the arts.

In 2025, this agency had 200 employees with median total compensation of $81,171; the highest distinct record was $348,025.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $17.3M
Employees: 200
Median total: $81,171
Highest record: $348,025

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$31$253,305+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 200 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($81,171) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $56,194 (65%)
Overtime — $6,323 (7%)
Other — $1,279 (1%)
Benefits — $22,724 (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

$7,117

$19,182

$81,171

$142,951

$183,992

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $183,992 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $7,117. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

85 · $25,719

58 · $98,980

24 · $23,785

10 · $103,831

Museum Secretary Supervisor

7 · $175,984

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	$17.8M —	214 —	$52,467 —
2025	$17.3M ▼ 2.5%	200 ▼ 6.5%	$81,171 ▲ 54.7%

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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.

Asian Art Museum City and County of San Francisco99% match
Smithsonian Institution U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense)36% match

Record list

Employees

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Maria Cenit

Museum Guard/Fine Arts Museum

2024 total comp

$94,137

Sub-department: Protection & Apprehension
Organization group: Culture & Recreation
Base pay: $58,519
Overtime: $3,038
Other pay: $4,526
Benefits: $28,054
Total compensation: $94,137
Employment type: Permanent Civil Service
Union / bargaining unit: SEIU, Local 1021, Misc
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 0.69

Source-specific fields

Data As Of: Jun 14, 2026
Data Loaded At: Jun 15, 2026
Department Code: FAM
Health and Dental Benefits: $13,291
Job Code: 8226
Job Family Code: 8200
Organization Group Code: Culture & Recreation
Other Benefits: $5,121

Maria Cenit works as a Museum Guard for Fine Arts Museum within Protection & Apprehension. Their status is permanent civil service, 0.69 FTE. Maria earned $94,137 in 2024. Union affiliation: SEIU, Local 1021, Misc.

Gerald Meisel

Museum Guard/Fine Arts Museum

2025 total comp

$92,444

Sub-department: Protection & Apprehension
Organization group: Culture & Recreation
Base pay: $46,445
Overtime: $13,883
Other pay: $534
Benefits: $31,582
Total compensation: $92,444
Employment type: Permanent Civil Service
Union / bargaining unit: SEIU, Local 1021, Misc
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 0.62

Source-specific fields

Data As Of: Jun 14, 2026
Data Loaded At: Jun 15, 2026
Department Code: FAM
Health and Dental Benefits: $19,900
Job Code: 8226
Job Family Code: 8200
Organization Group Code: Culture & Recreation
Other Benefits: $4,766

Gerald Meisel holds the role of Museum Guard at Fine Arts Museum within Protection & Apprehension. Their status is permanent civil service, 0.62 FTE. In 2025, their total compensation was $92,444. Union affiliation: SEIU, Local 1021, Misc.

Gayatri Kishore

Admission Attendant/Fine Arts Museum

2025 total comp

$87,217

Sub-department: Park & Zoo
Organization group: Culture & Recreation
Base pay: $54,165
Overtime: $3,151
Other pay: $817
Benefits: $29,084
Total compensation: $87,217
Employment type: Permanent Civil Service
Union / bargaining unit: SEIU, Local 1021, Misc
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 0.82

Source-specific fields

Data As Of: Jun 14, 2026
Data Loaded At: Jun 15, 2026
Department Code: FAM
Health and Dental Benefits: $15,674
Job Code: 3302
Job Family Code: 3300
Organization Group Code: Culture & Recreation
Other Benefits: $4,532

Gayatri Kishore is a Admission Attendant at Fine Arts Museum within Park & Zoo. They work permanent civil service, 0.82 FTE. 2025 total compensation came to $87,217. They are represented by SEIU, Local 1021, Misc.