California · 2025 pay
How much do Covered California employees make?
$68,434typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$52,159 – $93,109what 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: Program Technician IIAnalyst II Range aProgram Technician III Range a
✓ Official data from California State Controller's OfficeMatches the agency's latest releasesco.ca.gov ↗
How is pay spread across workers?
A year of pay for a lower-paid, typical and higher-paid worker (counting everyone paid), and the top earner, split into regular pay, overtime and extra pay.
$52,399
$68,849
$93,458
$498,598
Lower-paid workerearns more than 1 in 4 coworkers
Typical workerright in the middle
Higher-paid workerearns more than 3 in 4 coworkers
Highest paidone person
Regular payOvertimeExtra pay
Is pay going up?
Yes. Typical pay went from $58,787 in 2022 to $68,434 in 2025 (+16%).
What changed since 2024
- +8.4%Typical pay went up from $63,132 to $68,434.
- +61,514 people were paid in 2025, compared with 1,508 in 2024.
- +16%Since 2022, typical pay has gone from $58,787 to $68,434, while the number of people paid went up from 1,390 to 1,514.
The next update is expected in late 2027.
Pay slip · 2025
A typical worker's year
Covered California
official data
2022–2025
| Regular pay | $66,191 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $1,212 |
| Extra pay | $1,446 |
| Total for the year | $68,849 |
Average of the 74 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.
Matches the agency's latest release
Pay by job
Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2025.
| Job | People | Typical pay | Most earn | Since 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Program Technician II | 439 | $49,959 | $42k – $55k | ▲ 3.7% |
| Analyst II Range a | 279 | $77,534 | $68k – $85k | new |
| Program Technician III Range a | 130 | $57,351 | $52k – $63k | ▲ 1.4% |
| Supervisor I | 116 | $93,686 | $84k – $100k | new |
| Supervising Program Technician III | 50 | $68,223 | $59k – $74k | ▼ 1.8% |
| Information Technology Specialist II Range a | 48 | $123,937 | $113k – $129k | ▲ 8.2% |
| Supervisor II | 47 | $110,467 | $106k – $112k | new |
| Health Program Specialist I | 41 | $88,795 | $79k – $93k | ▲ 1.8% |
| Analyst I Range C | 33 | $61,190 | $55k – $65k | new |
| Health Program Specialist II | 26 | $98,136 | $87k – $103k | ▲ 3.6% |
| Manager II | 25 | $122,305 | $117k – $125k | new |
| Information Technology Specialist I Range C | 17 | $95,190 | $90k – $109k | ▲ 7.4% |
| Research Data Specialist II Range a | 16 | $104,600 | $93k – $108k | ▲ 8.1% |
| Research Data Specialist I Range a | 14 | $83,742 | $79k – $89k | ▲ 6.4% |
| Information Technology Manager I | 13 | $142,711 | $138k – $144k | ▲ 3.1% |
| Information Technology Specialist III | 13 | $141,530 | $136k – $146k | ▲ 5.9% |
| C.e.a. Range a | 11 | $144,197 | $135k – $145k | ▲ 7.9% |
| Senior Marketing Specialist California State Lottery | 10 | $99,791 | $85k – $102k | ▲ 6.6% |
| Associate Accounting Analyst Range a | 9 | $87,111 | $85k – $92k | ▲ 2.4% |
| Marketing Specialist California State Lottery | 9 | $80,267 | $67k – $87k | ▲ 12.4% |
| C.e.a. Range B | 8 | $151,894 | $82k – $164k | ▼ 5.4% |
| Accounting Administrator I Supervisor | 8 | $97,195 | $95k – $102k | ▲ 1.6% |
| Research Data Analyst II Range a | 8 | $75,146 | $69k – $96k | ▼ 5.8% |
| Accounting Officer Specialist Range a | 7 | $60,131 | $56k – $72k | ▼ 12.6% |
| Information Technology Specialist I Range B | 6 | $85,602 | $76k – $94k | ▲ 1.9% |
| Office Technician Typing Range a | 6 | $53,334 | $52k – $54k | ▲ 4.8% |
| Information Technology Manager II | 5 | $154,108 | $140k – $159k | ▲ 2.4% |
| Attorney IV Range a | 5 | $151,011 | $148k – $155k | new |
| Manager I | 5 | $109,107 | $108k – $113k | new |
| Research Scientist III Social/Behavioral sciences | 5 | $97,488 | $84k – $112k | ▼ 7.7% |
| Associate Management Auditor Range a | 5 | $94,016 | $92k – $94k | ▲ 1.7% |
No jobs match.
How many people earn what
- Under $10k57
- $10k – $30k58
- $30k – $50k206
- $50k – $70k456
- $70k – $90k315
- $90k – $110k231
- $110k – $150k152
- $150k or more39
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Highest paid at Covered California in 2025
Common questions
How much does a Covered California employee make?
The typical employee was paid $68,434 in 2025: half of the 1,514 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $52,159 and $93,109.
Does this include benefits like health insurance or pension?
No. It is the pay people received: regular salary or wages (95.9% of all pay), overtime (1.0%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (2.8%).
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