Afro-American Museum

Source file: California — State Employee Compensation (SCO Payroll Data Warehouse, CPRA) / ingested Jul 4, 2026

The Afro-American Museum supports cultural and educational resources such as libraries, museums, and the arts.

In 2025, this agency had 49 employees with median total compensation of $18,095; the highest distinct record was $190,455.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $1.6M
Employees: 49
Median total: $18,095
Highest record: $190,455

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$250$136,492+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 49 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($18,095) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $32,302 (96%)
Overtime — $17 (0%)
Other — $1,165 (3%)
Benefits — $0 (0%)

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

$3,244

$6,923

$18,095

$35,197

$87,217

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $87,217 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $3,244. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Guide Ii/California Afro-American Museum

28 · $8,112

Program Manager, California Museum of Afro-American History and Culture

3 · $109,696

Staff Services Manager I

3 · $84,170

Administrative Assistant I/Science Center, California

3 · $19,892

Associate Governmental Program Analyst

2 · $63,526

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 3 published years.

Year	Total payroll	Employees	Median pay
2023	$1.5M —	31 —	$24,633 —
2024	$1.3M ▼ 13.1%	30 ▼ 3.2%	$28,502 ▲ 15.7%
2025	$1.6M ▲ 23.2%	49 ▲ 63.3%	$18,095 ▼ 36.5%

Record list

Employees

Page 1

Essence Harden-Terry

Program Manager, California Museum of Afro-American History and Culture/Afro-American Museum

2024 total comp

$51,594

Base pay: $45,360
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $6,234
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $51,594
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: S01
Work county: Los Angeles
Middle name: C

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $8,183
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 3172115844002
Salary Total: $8,183
Total Pay: $51,594

At Afro-American Museum, Essence Harden-Terry serves as a Program Manager, California Museum of Afro-American History and Culture. They work full-time. Their 2024 pay totaled $51,594. They are represented by S01.