California / Cradle to Career

Agency file

Cradle to Career

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

The Cradle to Career is a government agency that delivers public services and programs within its jurisdiction.

In 2025, this agency had 50 employees with median total compensation of $53,395; the highest distinct record was $214,746.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $3.4M
Employees: 50
Median total: $53,395
Highest record: $214,746

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$200$199,156+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 50 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($53,395) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $65,706 (97%)
Overtime — $0 (0%)
Other — $1,780 (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

$200

$600

$53,395

$113,850

$164,877

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $164,877 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $200. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Member, Cradle-To-Career Data System Governing Board

19 · $300

C.E.A.

8 · $167,877

Associate Governmental Program Analyst

5 · $74,053

Information Technology Manager II

3 · $161,799

Research Data Specialist III

3 · $96,925

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	$2M —	21 —	$75,931 —
2024	$2.9M ▲ 48.9%	28 ▲ 33.3%	$88,814 ▲ 17.0%
2025	$3.4M ▲ 15.5%	50 ▲ 78.6%	$53,395 ▼ 39.9%

Record list

Employees

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Nicholas Broten

Research Data Specialist III/Cradle to Career

2025 total comp

$113,850

Base pay: $113,525
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $325
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $113,850
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: R01
Work county: Sacramento
Middle name: J

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $9,986
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 4241005770002
Salary Total: $9,686
Total Pay: $113,850

At Cradle to Career, Nicholas Broten serves as a Research Data Specialist III. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $113,850. Their bargaining unit is R01.

Mary Kathyrn Cruz-Jones

Staff Services Manager III/Cradle to Career

2025 total comp

$110,439

Base pay: $92,777
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $17,662
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $110,439
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: M01
Work county: Sacramento
Middle name: T

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $10,552
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 4241004802001
Salary Total: $10,235
Total Pay: $110,439

Mary Kathyrn Cruz-Jones is a Staff Services Manager III at Cradle to Career. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $110,439. Union affiliation: M01.