California · 2025 pay
How much do California Commission on State Mandates employees make?
$82,425typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$66,669 – $115,357what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year and seasonal workers. The source doesn't show who worked the full year.
California State Controller's Office publishes pay by position without employee names, so there is no name search here.
Common jobs:
✓ Official data from California State Controller's OfficeMatches the agency's latest releasesco.ca.gov ↗
Is pay going up?
No. Typical pay went from $95,307 in 2022 to $82,425 in 2025 (−14%).
What changed since 2024
- +11.0%Typical pay went up from $74,235 to $82,425.
- −118 people were paid in 2025, compared with 19 in 2024.
- −14%Since 2022, typical pay has gone from $95,307 to $82,425, while the number of people paid went up from 16 to 18.
The next update is expected in late 2027.
Pay by job
Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2025.
| Job | People | Typical pay | Most earn |
|---|
How many people earn what
- Under $10k2
- $10k – $30k0
- $30k – $50k1
- $50k – $70k2
- $70k – $90k5
- $90k – $110k2
- $110k – $150k3
- $150k or more3
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Highest paid at Commission on State Mandates in 2025
Common questions
How much does a California Commission on State Mandates employee make?
The typical employee was paid $82,425 in 2025: half of the 18 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $66,669 and $115,357.
Why do so many people earn very little?
The list includes everyone who got a paycheck during the year: part-time, seasonal and short-term workers, and people who joined or left partway through. 2 people (11.1%) were paid under $10,000.
Does this include benefits like health insurance or pension?
No. It is the pay people received: regular salary or wages (86.4% of all pay), overtime (0.0%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (6.8%).
Where does this data come from, and when is it updated?
From California State Controller's Office (Government Compensation in California) (sco.ca.gov). Our figures match the agency's latest release; the next update is expected in late 2027.
"Typical pay" is the median: half earn more, half earn less. "Most earn" is the middle half of workers. Figures are calculated by PublicPayData from the official dataset; 0 records with $0 or negative pay are left out. How we calculate this · Corrections & removals