California / Employment Development Department

Agency file

Employment Development Department

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

The Employment Development Department supports the workforce — employment services, unemployment benefits, and enforcement of labor standards.

In 2025, this agency had 10,018 employees with median total compensation of $74,086; the highest distinct record was $347,783.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $745.6M
Employees: 10,018
Median total: $74,086
Highest record: $347,783

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

-$92,819$158,608+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 10,018 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($74,086) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $68,937 (93%)
Overtime — $3,816 (5%)
Other — $1,672 (2%)
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

$23,064

$52,155

$74,086

$96,670

$122,188

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $122,188 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $23,064. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Employment Program Representative

2,893 · $64,799

Disability Insurance Program Representative

1,130 · $63,363

Associate Governmental Program Analyst

849 · $79,954

Tax Compliance Representative

391 · $75,533

Information Technology Specialist I

378 · $105,374

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	$682.6M —	9,517 —	$70,710 —
2024	$709.9M ▲ 4.0%	10,570 ▲ 11.1%	$70,299 ▼ 0.6%
2025	$745.6M ▲ 5.0%	10,018 ▼ 5.2%	$74,086 ▲ 5.4%

Record list

Employees

Page 1

John Hanson

Tax Administrator I, Employment Development Department/Employment Development Department

2025 total comp

-$9,502

Base pay: -$9,502
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: -$9,502
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: S01
Work county: Sacramento
Middle name: R

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $9,976
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 2807594332016
Salary Total: $9,976
Total Pay: -$9,502

John Hanson is a Tax Administrator I, Employment Development Department at Employment Development Department. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to -$9,502. They are represented by S01.

Amethyst Thormann

Administrative Law Judge/Employment Development Department

2025 total comp

-$9,880

Sub-department: Unemployment Insurance Appeal
Base pay: -$11,830
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $1,950
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: -$9,880
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: R02
Work county: San Bernardino
Middle name: R

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $11,267
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 2793686016022
Salary Total: $11,830
Total Pay: -$9,880

Amethyst Thormann works as a Administrative Law Judge for Employment Development Department within Unemployment Insurance Appeal. Their status is full-time. Amethyst earned -$9,880 in 2025. Their bargaining unit is R02.

Angie Lopez-Silva

Employment Program Representative/Employment Development Department

2025 total comp

-$14,926

Base pay: -$14,926
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: -$14,926
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: R01
Work county: Los Angeles

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $5,238
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 2801229194025
Salary Total: $5,238
Total Pay: -$14,926

Angie Lopez-Silva works as a Employment Program Representative for Employment Development Department. Their status is full-time. Angie earned -$14,926 in 2025. Their bargaining unit is R01.

Eric Gallegos

Employment Program Representative/Employment Development Department

2025 total comp

-$19,198

Base pay: -$19,772
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $574
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: -$19,198
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: R01
Work county: Humboldt
Middle name: R

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $4,613
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 2801349194001
Salary Total: $4,394
Total Pay: -$19,198

Eric Gallegos is a Employment Program Representative at Employment Development Department. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to -$19,198. Union affiliation: R01.