Housing Finance Agency

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

The Housing Finance Agency supports housing and community development — affordable housing, planning, and neighborhood programs.

In 2025, this agency had 231 employees with median total compensation of $82,278; the highest distinct record was $227,863.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $19.6M
Employees: 231
Median total: $82,278
Highest record: $227,863

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$300$199,988+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 231 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($82,278) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $82,409 (97%)
Overtime — $973 (1%)
Other — $1,680 (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

$24,502

$57,983

$82,278

$107,925

$147,099

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $147,099 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $24,502. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Associate Governmental Program Analyst

22 · $66,928

Staff Services Analyst

22 · $51,069

Information Technology Associate

15 · $72,795

Staff Services Manager I

14 · $98,636

Information Technology Specialist I

13 · $88,922

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	$17.3M —	209 —	$85,135 —
2024	$17.7M ▲ 2.3%	221 ▲ 5.7%	$83,083 ▼ 2.4%
2025	$19.6M ▲ 10.9%	231 ▲ 4.5%	$82,278 ▼ 1.0%

Record list

Employees

Page 1

Ellen Martin

Director of Homeownership Program/Housing Finance Agency

2025 total comp

$188,711

Base pay: $188,111
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $600
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $188,711
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: E99
Work county: Sacramento
Middle name: E

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $15,488
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 6930012267901
Salary Total: $15,488
Total Pay: $188,711

At Housing Finance Agency, Ellen Martin serves as a Director of Homeownership Program. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $188,711. Their bargaining unit is E99.