City and County of San Francisco / Human Resources

Agency file

Human Resources

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

The Human Resources provides central administrative services — personnel, procurement, facilities, and internal operations.

In 2025, this agency had 294 employees with median total compensation of $169,649; the highest distinct record was $441,350.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $45.3M
Employees: 294
Median total: $169,649
Highest record: $441,350

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$129$327,295+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 294 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($169,649) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $113,061 (73%)
Overtime — $15 (0%)
Other — $838 (1%)
Benefits — $40,127 (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

$9,658

$105,090

$169,649

$215,869

$253,009

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $253,009 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $9,658. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Testing Technician

31 · $2,503

Worker's Compensation Adjuster

30 · $173,588

Senior Human Resources Analyst

26 · $216,833

Analyst Trainee

25 · $55,390

Clerk

14 · $112,791

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	$45.6M —	335 —	$142,981 —
2025	$45.3M ▼ 0.7%	294 ▼ 12.2%	$169,649 ▲ 18.7%

Record list

Employees

Page 1

Gary Chen

Principal Human Resources Analyst/Human Resources

2025 total comp

$231,815

Sub-department: Personnel
Organization group: General Administration & Finance
Base pay: $174,487
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $57,328
Total compensation: $231,815
Employment type: Permanent Exempt
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: HRD
Health and Dental Benefits: $19,546
Job Code: 1246
Job Family Code: 1200
Organization Group Code: General Administration & Finance
Other Benefits: $12,968

At Human Resources, Gary Chen serves as a Principal Human Resources Analyst within Personnel. They work permanent exempt. Their 2025 pay totaled $231,815. They are represented by Prof & Tech Eng, Local 21.

Nathaniel Jr

Principal Human Resources Analyst/Human Resources

2025 total comp

$230,869

Sub-department: Personnel
Organization group: General Administration & Finance
Base pay: $174,174
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $56,695
Total compensation: $230,869
Employment type: Permanent Civil Service
Union / bargaining unit: Prof & Tech Eng, Local 21
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 0.93

Source-specific fields

Data As Of: Jun 14, 2026
Data Loaded At: Jun 15, 2026
Department Code: HRD
Health and Dental Benefits: $18,135
Job Code: 1246
Job Family Code: 1200
Organization Group Code: General Administration & Finance
Other Benefits: $13,814

Nathaniel Jr holds the role of Principal Human Resources Analyst at Human Resources within Personnel. Their status is permanent civil service, 0.93 FTE. In 2025, their total compensation was $230,869. Their bargaining unit is Prof & Tech Eng, Local 21.

Daniel Kaplan

Prnpl Administrative Analyst II/Human Resources

2025 total comp

$230,784

Sub-department: Budget, Admn & Stats Analysis
Organization group: General Administration & Finance
Base pay: $189,867
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $40,917
Total compensation: $230,784
Employment type: Permanent Exempt
Union / bargaining unit: Prof & Tech Eng, Local 21
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 0.97

Source-specific fields

Data As Of: Jun 14, 2026
Data Loaded At: Jun 15, 2026
Department Code: HRD
Job Code: 1825
Job Family Code: 1800
Organization Group Code: General Administration & Finance
Other Benefits: $13,925
Retirement Contribution: $26,993

Daniel Kaplan works as a Prnpl Administrative Analyst II for Human Resources within Budget, Admn & Stats Analysis. Their status is permanent exempt, 0.97 FTE. Daniel earned $230,784 in 2025. Union affiliation: Prof & Tech Eng, Local 21.

Cody Nicolaou

Is Engineer-Journey/Human Resources

2025 total comp

$229,575

Sub-department: Information Systems
Organization group: General Administration & Finance
Base pay: $172,405
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $57,170
Total compensation: $229,575
Employment type: Permanent Exempt
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: HRD
Health and Dental Benefits: $19,546
Job Code: 1042
Job Family Code: 1000
Organization Group Code: General Administration & Finance
Other Benefits: $13,106

Cody Nicolaou works as a Is Engineer-Journey for Human Resources within Information Systems. Their status is permanent exempt. Cody earned $229,575 in 2025. They are represented by Prof & Tech Eng, Local 21.

Donna Ho

Principal Human Resources Analyst/Human Resources

2025 total comp

$228,118

Sub-department: Personnel
Organization group: General Administration & Finance
Base pay: $187,623
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $40,496
Total compensation: $228,118
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: HRD
Job Code: 1246
Job Family Code: 1200
Organization Group Code: General Administration & Finance
Other Benefits: $13,814
Retirement Contribution: $26,682

Donna Ho is a Principal Human Resources Analyst at Human Resources within Personnel. They work permanent civil service. 2025 total compensation came to $228,118. Union affiliation: Prof & Tech Eng, Local 21.

Arlene Mesa

Accountant IV/Human Resources

2025 total comp

$226,146

Sub-department: Payroll, Billing & Accounting
Organization group: General Administration & Finance
Base pay: $169,477
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $56,669
Total compensation: $226,146
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: HRD
Health and Dental Benefits: $19,546
Job Code: 1657
Job Family Code: 1600
Organization Group Code: General Administration & Finance
Other Benefits: $13,021

At Human Resources, Arlene Mesa serves as a Accountant IV within Payroll, Billing & Accounting. They work permanent civil service. Their 2025 pay totaled $226,146. Their bargaining unit is Prof & Tech Eng, Local 21.

Jaclyn Lerch

Principal Human Resources Analyst/Human Resources

2025 total comp

$225,208

Sub-department: Personnel
Organization group: General Administration & Finance
Base pay: $169,509
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $55,699
Total compensation: $225,208
Employment type: Permanent Civil Service
Union / bargaining unit: Prof & Tech Eng, Local 21
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 0.98

Source-specific fields

Data As Of: Jun 14, 2026
Data Loaded At: Jun 15, 2026
Department Code: HRD
Health and Dental Benefits: $19,150
Job Code: 1246
Job Family Code: 1200
Organization Group Code: General Administration & Finance
Other Benefits: $12,452

At Human Resources, Jaclyn Lerch serves as a Principal Human Resources Analyst within Personnel. They work permanent civil service, 0.98 FTE. Their 2025 pay totaled $225,208. Their bargaining unit is Prof & Tech Eng, Local 21.

Theodore Wisinski

Employee Relations Representat/Human Resources

2025 total comp

$222,895

Sub-department: Personnel
Organization group: General Administration & Finance
Base pay: $162,283
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $60,612
Total compensation: $222,895
Employment type: Permanent Exempt
Union / bargaining unit: Misc. Unrepresented Employees
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1

Source-specific fields

Data As Of: Jun 14, 2026
Data Loaded At: Jun 15, 2026
Department Code: HRD
Health and Dental Benefits: $24,262
Job Code: 1280
Job Family Code: 1200
Organization Group Code: General Administration & Finance
Other Benefits: $13,271

Theodore Wisinski holds the role of Employee Relations Representat at Human Resources within Personnel. Their status is permanent exempt. In 2025, their total compensation was $222,895. Union affiliation: Misc. Unrepresented Employees.

Andrea Chang

Is Engineer-Journey/Human Resources

2025 total comp

$222,531

Sub-department: Information Systems
Organization group: General Administration & Finance
Base pay: $166,650
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $55,881
Total compensation: $222,531
Employment type: Permanent Exempt
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: HRD
Health and Dental Benefits: $19,546
Job Code: 1042
Job Family Code: 1000
Organization Group Code: General Administration & Finance
Other Benefits: $12,638

Andrea Chang works as a Is Engineer-Journey for Human Resources within Information Systems. Their status is permanent exempt. Andrea earned $222,531 in 2025. Union affiliation: Prof & Tech Eng, Local 21.

Kristen Erbst

Senior Human Resources Analyst/Human Resources

2025 total comp

$219,840

Sub-department: Personnel
Organization group: General Administration & Finance
Base pay: $164,665
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $55,175
Total compensation: $219,840
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: HRD
Health and Dental Benefits: $19,546
Job Code: 1244
Job Family Code: 1200
Organization Group Code: General Administration & Finance
Other Benefits: $12,212

Kristen Erbst is a Senior Human Resources Analyst at Human Resources within Personnel. They work permanent civil service. 2025 total compensation came to $219,840. They are represented by Prof & Tech Eng, Local 21.

Karen Charlton

Eeo Senior Specialist/Human Resources

2024 total comp

$218,434

Sub-department: Personnel
Organization group: General Administration & Finance
Base pay: $162,996
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $55,438
Total compensation: $218,434
Employment type: Temporary Provisional
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: HRD
Health and Dental Benefits: $18,802
Job Code: 1231
Job Family Code: 1200
Organization Group Code: General Administration & Finance
Other Benefits: $12,469

Karen Charlton works as a Eeo Senior Specialist for Human Resources within Personnel. Their status is temporary provisional, 1.04 FTE. Karen earned $218,434 in 2024. Union affiliation: Prof & Tech Eng, Local 21.