Department of Technology

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

The Department of Technology provides technology and information-systems services that support other government operations.

In 2025, this agency had 1,033 employees with median total compensation of $123,314; the highest distinct record was $317,115.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $119M
Employees: 1,033
Median total: $123,314
Highest record: $317,115

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$37$181,764+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 1,033 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($123,314) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $111,210 (97%)
Overtime — $87 (0%)
Other — $3,880 (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

$69,474

$93,105

$123,314

$136,023

$157,019

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $157,019 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $69,474. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Information Technology Specialist I

331 · $112,685

Information Technology Specialist II

165 · $135,191

Information Technology Manager I

134 · $150,194

Information Technology Associate

81 · $84,156

Information Technology Supervisor II

74 · $136,068

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	$112.6M —	1,029 —	$118,665 —
2024	$117.5M ▲ 4.3%	1,055 ▲ 2.5%	$120,845 ▲ 1.8%
2025	$119M ▲ 1.3%	1,033 ▼ 2.1%	$123,314 ▲ 2.0%

Record list

Employees

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Cynthia Soto

Information Technology Associate/Department of Technology

2025 total comp

$93,133

Base pay: $92,533
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $600
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $93,133
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: R01
Work county: Sacramento
Middle name: M

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $7,947
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 6952411401004
Salary Total: $7,709
Total Pay: $93,133

Cynthia Soto works as a Information Technology Associate for Department of Technology. Their status is full-time. Cynthia earned $93,133 in 2025. Their bargaining unit is R01.