Agency file

Insurance

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

The Insurance regulates industry and protects consumers — licensing, oversight, and enforcement of standards.

In 2025, this agency had 1,347 employees with median total compensation of $100,540; the highest distinct record was $353,603.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $138M
Employees: 1,347
Median total: $100,540
Highest record: $353,603

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

-$1,962$205,537+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 1,347 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($100,540) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $98,257 (96%)
Overtime — $817 (1%)
Other — $3,366 (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

$48,161

$73,114

$100,540

$129,011

$164,943

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $164,943 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $48,161. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Investigator

128 · $124,052

Associate Insurance Compliance Officer, Department of Insurance

96 · $97,557

Associate Governmental Program Analyst

85 · $80,751

Special Investigator

51 · $90,934

Information Technology Specialist I

49 · $122,921

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	$125.7M —	1,317 —	$94,996 —
2024	$129.1M ▲ 2.7%	1,332 ▲ 1.1%	$97,180 ▲ 2.3%
2025	$138M ▲ 6.9%	1,347 ▲ 1.1%	$100,540 ▲ 3.5%

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Record list

Employees

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Chandara Phanachone

Chief, Office of Insurance Diversity and Innovation/Insurance

2025 total comp

$145,168

Base pay: $141,281
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $3,887
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $145,168
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: E99
Work county: Sacramento
Middle name: K

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $12,131
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 4131209401001
Salary Total: $11,767
Total Pay: $145,168

Chandara Phanachone works as a Chief, Office of Insurance Diversity and Innovation for Insurance. Their status is full-time. Chandara earned $145,168 in 2025. They are represented by E99.