California / Franchise Tax Board

Agency file

Franchise Tax Board

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

The Franchise Tax Board manages public finances — collecting revenue and taxes, budgeting, accounting, and financial oversight.

In 2025, this agency had 6,903 employees with median total compensation of $73,390; the highest distinct record was $269,992.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $535.6M
Employees: 6,903
Median total: $73,390
Highest record: $269,992

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

-$6,469$161,807+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 6,903 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($73,390) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $75,334 (97%)
Overtime — $532 (1%)
Other — $1,726 (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

$22,912

$51,759

$73,390

$105,761

$129,811

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $129,811 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $22,912. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Tax Technician, Franchise Tax Board

1,052 · $48,245

Information Technology Specialist I

789 · $111,139

Compliance Representative, Franchise Tax Board

533 · $71,077

Tax Program Technician I, Franchise Tax Board

355 · $56,105

Senior Compliance Representative, Franchise Tax Board

320 · $92,663

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	$498.2M —	6,781 —	$69,075 —
2024	$527.1M ▲ 5.8%	7,077 ▲ 4.4%	$70,047 ▲ 1.4%
2025	$535.6M ▲ 1.6%	6,903 ▼ 2.5%	$73,390 ▲ 4.8%

Record list

Employees

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Tiffany Nguyen

Senior Compliance Representative, Franchise Tax Board/Franchise Tax Board

2025 total comp

$77,684

Base pay: $77,609
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $75
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $77,684
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: R01
Work county: Orange
Middle name: D

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $7,057
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 5646638620003
Salary Total: $6,769
Total Pay: $77,684

At Franchise Tax Board, Tiffany Nguyen serves as a Senior Compliance Representative, Franchise Tax Board. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $77,684. Their bargaining unit is R01.

Gavin Edward Furlong

Information Technology Specialist I/Franchise Tax Board

2025 total comp

$77,673

Base pay: $77,073
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $600
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $77,673
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: R01
Work county: Sacramento

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $6,863
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 5642721402007
Salary Total: $6,657
Total Pay: $77,673

Gavin Edward Furlong is a Information Technology Specialist I at Franchise Tax Board. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $77,673. Union affiliation: R01.