California / General Services

Agency file

General Services

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

The General Services provides central administrative services — personnel, procurement, facilities, and internal operations.

In 2025, this agency had 4,309 employees with median total compensation of $68,912; the highest distinct record was $350,132.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $336.8M
Employees: 4,309
Median total: $68,912
Highest record: $350,132

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

-$12,047$196,038+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 4,309 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($68,912) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $74,890 (96%)
Overtime — $1,032 (1%)
Other — $2,233 (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

$24,773

$46,991

$68,912

$103,814

$150,169

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $150,169 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $24,773. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Custodian I

1,065 · $45,284

Associate Governmental Program Analyst

415 · $76,743

Staff Services Manager I

182 · $97,539

Stationary Engineer

160 · $90,826

Information Technology Specialist I

147 · $111,436

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	$309.1M —	4,069 —	$65,787 —
2024	$320.4M ▲ 3.7%	4,137 ▲ 1.7%	$68,583 ▲ 4.3%
2025	$336.8M ▲ 5.1%	4,309 ▲ 4.2%	$68,912 ▲ 0.5%

Compare

Similar departments

Departments elsewhere with the most similar mix of roles — a proxy for the same kind of agency, matched by workforce composition rather than name. Pay is not cost-of-living adjusted.

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Record list

Employees

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Vimlesh Nair

Custodian I/General Services

2025 total comp

$74,672

Sub-department: Building and Property Management Br
Base pay: $49,525
Overtime: $24,425
Other pay: $723
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $74,672
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: R15
Work county: Sacramento
Middle name: G

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $4,163
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 3080692011037
Salary Total: $4,125
Total Pay: $74,672

Vimlesh Nair is a Custodian I at General Services within Building and Property Management Br. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $74,672. Union affiliation: R15.