Wildlife Conservation Board

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

The Wildlife Conservation Board protects natural resources and the environment — conservation, parks and wildlife, and environmental regulation.

In 2025, this agency had 45 employees with median total compensation of $123,423; the highest distinct record was $198,166.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $5.1M
Employees: 45
Median total: $123,423
Highest record: $198,166

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$32,604$183,136+

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

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 45 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($123,423) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $111,391 (98%)
Overtime — $0 (0%)
Other — $1,815 (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

$64,556

$88,492

$123,423

$129,708

$157,641

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $157,641 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $64,556. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Senior Environmental Scientist(Specialist)

10 · $123,448

Senior Right of Way Agent

7 · $129,301

Associate Governmental Program Analyst

5 · $80,923

C.E.A.

2 · $169,112

Senior Environmental Scientist (Supervisory)

2 · $160,366

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	$4.2M —	45 —	$99,661 —
2024	$4.8M ▲ 14.6%	46 ▲ 2.2%	$115,587 ▲ 16.0%
2025	$5.1M ▲ 5.1%	45 ▼ 2.2%	$123,423 ▲ 6.8%

Record list

Employees

Page 1

John Donnelly

Executive Director, Wildlife Conservation Board/Department of Fish and Game/Wildlife Conservation Board

2023 total comp

$169,726

Base pay: $107,911
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $61,815
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $169,726
Employment type: Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit: E99
Work county: Sacramento
Middle name: P

Source-specific fields

Base Pay: $13,566
Cs/csu: Cs
Position Number: 5670010947401
Salary Total: $13,566
Total Pay: $169,726

At Wildlife Conservation Board, John Donnelly serves as a Executive Director, Wildlife Conservation Board/Department of Fish and Game. They work full-time. Their 2023 pay totaled $169,726. They are represented by E99.