California / Health Care Access and Information

Agency file

Health Care Access and Information

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

The Health Care Access and Information oversees public health and medical services — disease prevention, clinics and hospitals, and health licensing and regulation.

In 2025, this agency had 737 employees with median total compensation of $92,880; the highest distinct record was $263,226.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $73.5M
Employees: 737
Median total: $92,880
Highest record: $263,226

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$200$206,469+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 737 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($92,880) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $96,814 (97%)
Overtime — $488 (0%)
Other — $2,445 (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

$28,607

$65,614

$92,880

$135,576

$174,377

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $174,377 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $28,607. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Associate Governmental Program Analyst

89 · $75,572

Information Technology Specialist I

44 · $99,740

Staff Services Manager I

43 · $90,722

Compliance Officer, Health Facilities Construction

33 · $150,641

Staff Services Analyst

33 · $59,831

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	$61.7M —	647 —	$89,231 —
2024	$67.5M ▲ 9.4%	679 ▲ 4.9%	$91,358 ▲ 2.4%
2025	$73.5M ▲ 8.8%	737 ▲ 8.5%	$92,880 ▲ 1.7%

Record list

Employees

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Alma Gutierrez

Staff Services Analyst/Health Care Access and Information

2025 total comp

$63,150

Base pay: $62,300
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $850
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $63,150
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: R01
Work county: Sacramento
Middle name: C

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $5,287
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 4412015157703
Salary Total: $5,328
Total Pay: $63,150

At Health Care Access and Information, Alma Gutierrez serves as a Staff Services Analyst. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $63,150. They are represented by R01.

Charise Frisch

Executive Assistant/Health Care Access and Information

2023 total comp

$62,943

Base pay: $60,523
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $2,420
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $62,943
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: R04
Work county: Sacramento
Middle name: L

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $5,421
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 4412011728001
Salary Total: $5,421
Total Pay: $62,943

Charise Frisch works as a Executive Assistant for Health Care Access and Information. Their status is full-time. Charise earned $62,943 in 2023. Their bargaining unit is R04.

Jarod Canger

Fire and Life Safety Officer II (Health Facilities Construction)/Health Care Access and Information

2024 total comp

$62,852

Base pay: $56,171
Overtime: $509
Other pay: $6,171
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $62,852
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: R09
Work county: Los Angeles
Middle name: M

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $10,092
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 4414014314003
Salary Total: $10,092
Total Pay: $62,852

Jarod Canger works as a Fire and Life Safety Officer II (Health Facilities Construction) for Health Care Access and Information. Their status is full-time. Jarod earned $62,852 in 2024. Their bargaining unit is R09.

Elena Melendez Avila

Accounting Officer (Specialist)/Health Care Access and Information

2024 total comp

$62,824

Base pay: $54,461
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $8,363
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $62,824
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: R01
Work county: Sacramento
Middle name: M

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $5,113
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 4411614546706
Salary Total: $5,113
Total Pay: $62,824

Elena Melendez Avila holds the role of Accounting Officer (Specialist) at Health Care Access and Information. Their status is full-time. In 2024, their total compensation was $62,824. Union affiliation: R01.

Diana Espinoza

Health Program Auditor II, Department of Health Services/Health Care Access and Information

2025 total comp

$62,754

Base pay: $62,304
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $450
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $62,754
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: R01
Work county: Sacramento
Middle name: S

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $7,269
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 4415074254704
Salary Total: $7,051
Total Pay: $62,754

Diana Espinoza is a Health Program Auditor II, Department of Health Services at Health Care Access and Information. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $62,754. They are represented by R01.

Justine Casarez

Associate Governmental Program Analyst/Health Care Access and Information

2025 total comp

$62,554

Base pay: $62,004
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $550
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $62,554
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: R01
Work county: Sacramento
Middle name: M

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $6,332
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 4416015393704
Salary Total: $6,332
Total Pay: $62,554

Justine Casarez works as a Associate Governmental Program Analyst for Health Care Access and Information. Their status is full-time. Justine earned $62,554 in 2025. Their bargaining unit is R01.

Tiffany Hong

Research Data Specialist I/Health Care Access and Information

2025 total comp

$62,375

Base pay: $61,775
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $600
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $62,375
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: R01
Work county: Sacramento

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $7,668
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 4412125742003
Salary Total: $7,438
Total Pay: $62,375

At Health Care Access and Information, Tiffany Hong serves as a Research Data Specialist I. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $62,375. They are represented by R01.

Andrew Lak

Research Data Analyst I/Health Care Access and Information

2025 total comp

$62,308

Base pay: $61,708
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $600
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $62,308
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: R01
Work county: Sacramento

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $5,805
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 4415375729700
Salary Total: $5,631
Total Pay: $62,308

Andrew Lak is a Research Data Analyst I at Health Care Access and Information. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $62,308. Union affiliation: R01.

Christopher Fiorenza

Accounting Officer (Specialist)/Health Care Access and Information

2025 total comp

$62,109

Base pay: $60,389
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $1,720
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $62,109
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: R01
Work county: Sacramento
Middle name: J

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $5,530
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 4411614546700
Salary Total: $5,109
Total Pay: $62,109

Christopher Fiorenza is a Accounting Officer (Specialist) at Health Care Access and Information. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $62,109. Their bargaining unit is R01.

Robert Hoyas

Compliance Officer, Health Facilities Construction/Health Care Access and Information

2025 total comp

$61,846

Base pay: $61,846
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $61,846
Employment type: Intermittent
Union / bargaining unit: R09
Work county: Sacramento
Middle name: J

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $13,173
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 4414044017901
Salary Total: $76
Total Pay: $61,846

At Health Care Access and Information, Robert Hoyas serves as a Compliance Officer, Health Facilities Construction. They work intermittent. Their 2025 pay totaled $61,846. Their bargaining unit is R09.

Rebecca Patterson

Accounting Officer (Specialist)/Health Care Access and Information

2025 total comp

$61,828

Base pay: $61,228
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $600
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $61,828
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: R01
Work county: Sacramento
Middle name: L

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $5,399
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 4411614546703
Salary Total: $5,237
Total Pay: $61,828

Rebecca Patterson holds the role of Accounting Officer (Specialist) at Health Care Access and Information. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $61,828. They are represented by R01.

Nathan Ong

Information Technology Associate/Health Care Access and Information

2025 total comp

$61,516

Base pay: $60,966
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $550
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $61,516
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: R01
Work county: Sacramento
Middle name: A

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $6,226
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 4411751401027
Salary Total: $6,039
Total Pay: $61,516

Nathan Ong holds the role of Information Technology Associate at Health Care Access and Information. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $61,516. They are represented by R01.

Roses Vajtsab

Accounting Officer (Specialist)/Health Care Access and Information

2025 total comp

$61,267

Base pay: $60,667
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $600
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $61,267
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: R01
Work county: Sacramento

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $5,529
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 4411614546701
Salary Total: $5,363
Total Pay: $61,267

Roses Vajtsab holds the role of Accounting Officer (Specialist) at Health Care Access and Information. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $61,267. Union affiliation: R01.

Michelle Ohlson

Staff Services Analyst/Health Care Access and Information

2025 total comp

$60,692

Base pay: $60,092
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $600
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $60,692
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: R01
Work county: Sacramento
Middle name: R

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $5,264
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 4412105157700
Salary Total: $5,106
Total Pay: $60,692

Michelle Ohlson is a Staff Services Analyst at Health Care Access and Information. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $60,692. Their bargaining unit is R01.