Agency file

CDCR

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

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

In 2025, this agency had 54,125 employees with median total compensation of $111,126; the highest distinct record was $773,626.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $6B
Employees: 54,125
Median total: $111,126
Highest record: $773,626

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

-$43,390$249,845+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 54,125 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($111,126) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $90,218 (81%)
Overtime — $10,958 (10%)
Other — $9,937 (9%)
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

$39,405

$73,238

$111,126

$140,493

$178,555

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $178,555 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $39,405. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Correctional Officer

21,443 · $116,798

Correctional Sergeant

2,561 · $144,629

Office Technician (Typing)

2,139 · $48,289

Registered Nurse, Correctional Facility

2,012 · $141,962

Licensed Vocational Nurse, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

1,430 · $82,498

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	$6B —	56,943 —	$107,319 —
2024	$6.2B ▲ 2.7%	61,264 ▲ 7.6%	$103,486 ▼ 3.6%
2025	$6B ▼ 3.0%	54,125 ▼ 11.7%	$111,126 ▲ 7.4%

Compare

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.

Department of Corrections Cook County, Illinois93% match
Pps Prisons City of Philadelphia93% match
Maine Correctional Center Maine92% match
She Cdc-M Offend Management Key Metro Nashville91% match
Corrections Illinois91% match
Corrections and Rehabilitation Miami-Dade County91% match

Record list

Employees

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Adrienne Brooks-Sellers

Parole Agent I Adult Parole/CDCR

2025 total comp

$29,923

Sub-department: Parole & Community Svs Division
Base pay: -$5,879
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $35,803
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $29,923
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: R06
Work county: Kern
Middle name: M

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $10,777
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 0611149765142
Salary Total: $11,944
Total Pay: $29,923

Adrienne Brooks-Sellers holds the role of Parole Agent I Adult Parole at CDCR within Parole & Community Svs Division. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $29,923. Their bargaining unit is R06.