California / Department of Child Support Service

Agency file

Department of Child Support Service

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

The Department of Child Support Service delivers health and social services — programs such as Medicaid, public assistance, child welfare, and support for aging and disabled residents.

In 2025, this agency had 634 employees with median total compensation of $104,164; the highest distinct record was $226,724.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $64.3M
Employees: 634
Median total: $104,164
Highest record: $226,724

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$953$164,927+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 634 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($104,164) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $98,540 (97%)
Overtime — $57 (0%)
Other — $2,859 (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

$59,200

$82,814

$104,164

$123,314

$135,191

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $135,191 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $59,200. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Information Technology Specialist I

173 · $123,314

Associate Governmental Program Analyst

119 · $84,379

Staff Services Manager I

53 · $105,811

Information Technology Specialist II

39 · $135,191

Management Services Technician

24 · $58,885

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	$60.8M —	637 —	$99,596 —
2024	$64M ▲ 5.3%	655 ▲ 2.8%	$100,290 ▲ 0.7%
2025	$64.3M ▲ 0.5%	634 ▼ 3.2%	$104,164 ▲ 3.9%

Record list

Employees

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Courtney Watts-Cole

Associate Governmental Program Analyst/Department of Child Support Service

2024 total comp

$89,964

Base pay: $85,191
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $4,773
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $89,964
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: R01
Work county: Sacramento
Middle name: K

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $7,327
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 8171405393702
Salary Total: $7,327
Total Pay: $89,964

At Department of Child Support Service, Courtney Watts-Cole serves as a Associate Governmental Program Analyst. They work full-time. Their 2024 pay totaled $89,964. Union affiliation: R01.

Eshani Ladiwalla

Research Data Specialist I/Department of Child Support Service

2025 total comp

$89,881

Base pay: $89,281
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $600
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $89,881
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: R01
Work county: Sacramento
Middle name: R

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $7,666
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 8172515742011
Salary Total: $7,436
Total Pay: $89,881

Eshani Ladiwalla works as a Research Data Specialist I for Department of Child Support Service. Their status is full-time. Eshani earned $89,881 in 2025. Their bargaining unit is R01.