California / Employment Development Department / Student Assistant

Job-title file

Student Assistant

Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.

170 employees hold this title in Employment Development Department. Median total compensation for the role is $10,605, below the department median of $74,086.

Employees: 170
Total payroll: $2.2M
Role median: $10,605
Agency median: $74,086
Comparison: Below

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

-$4,070$34,628+

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

How total compensation varies among the 170 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.

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This role across California

Student Assistant is held in 61 California departments. In Employment Development Department, the median of $10,605 ranks #31 of 61.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Alcoholic Beverage Center Ap Bd

$37,781 · 1

State Public Defender

$34,263 · 3

CA Department of Human Resources

$30,126 · 3

CA. Debt Advisory Commission

$26,250 · 1

Pesticide Regulation

$19,609 · 6

California Department of Aging

$19,093 · 9

Community on Teacher Credentialing

$19,053 · 5

Franchise Tax Board

$18,969 · 163

CA High Speed Rail Authority

$18,920 · 11

State Teachers Retirement Systems

$18,391 · 2

Office of Systems Integration

$18,269 · 12

Consumer Affairs

$17,591 · 18

Median total compensation for the Student Assistant role in other Californiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

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Student Assistant beyond California

This role is reported in 4 jurisdictions. In California, the median of $11,993 ranks #3 of 4. See Student Assistant across all of California →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

Tennessee

$41,600 · 10

Georgia

$12,228 · 27

New York Public Authorities

$4,676 · 15

Median total compensation for comparable Student Assistantroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.

Record list

Employees with this title

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Raquel Pina-Zepeda

Student Assistant/Employment Development Department

2025 total comp

-$4,070

Base pay: -$4,070
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: -$4,070
Employment type: Intermittent
Union / bargaining unit: E
Work county: Shasta
Middle name: G

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $2,786
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 2801314870946
Salary Total: $16
Total Pay: -$4,070

Raquel Pina-Zepeda works as a Student Assistant for Employment Development Department. Their status is intermittent. Raquel earned -$4,070 in 2025. Their bargaining unit is E.