City of San Jose / Public Works / Division Manager
Job-title file
Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.
9 employees hold this title in Public Works. Median total compensation for the role is $282,325, above the department median of $132,393.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 9 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area, the median wage for Sales Managers — about 8,940 people — is $201,780. Public Works pays a median base salary of $219,209 for this role, 9% above that figure — about the 54th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Sales Managers across every employer in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Public Works’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Sales Managers — about 637,080 people — is $148,270. Public Works’s median base salary is 48% above that national figure, about the 77th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Public Works is $282,325, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
Division Manager is held in 16 City of San Jose departments. In Public Works, the median of $282,325 ranks #5 of 16.
Median total compensation for the Division Manager role in other City of San Josedepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 4 jurisdictions. In City of San Jose, the median of $266,485 ranks #1 of 4. See Division Manager across all of City of San Jose →
Median total compensation for comparable Division Managerroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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Division Manager/Public Works
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Harsh Gautam holds the role of Division Manager at Public Works. In 2025, their total compensation was $319,538.
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At Public Works, Samuel Yung serves as a Division Manager. Their 2025 pay totaled $307,599.
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Huimin Mu holds the role of Division Manager at Public Works. In 2025, their total compensation was $285,335.
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At Public Works, Ryan Rucker serves as a Division Manager. Their 2025 pay totaled $284,740.
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Christopher Hickey is a Division Manager at Public Works. 2025 total compensation came to $282,325.
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John Aquino works as a Division Manager for Public Works. John earned $280,916 in 2025.
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Kiska Icard holds the role of Division Manager at Public Works. In 2025, their total compensation was $270,312.
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Steve Choy holds the role of Division Manager at Public Works. In 2025, their total compensation was $269,527.
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Elizabeth Kather works as a Division Manager for Public Works. Elizabeth earned $252,821 in 2025.