California · 2025 pay

How much do California Franchise Tax Board employees make?

Name: California Franchise Tax Board employee pay 2025
Creator: PublicPayData

$70,159typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025

$49,612 – $101,170what 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: Tax Technician Franchise Tax Board Range B Information Technology Specialist I Range C Compliance Representative Franchise Tax Board Range C

✓ 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.

$50,048

$70,776

$102,083

$323,105

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 $63,307 in 2022 to $70,159 in 2025 (+11%).

Typical payNumber of people paidTotal payroll

What changed since 2024

+5.5%Typical pay went up from $66,507 to $70,159.
−2076,848 people were paid in 2025, compared with 7,055 in 2024.
+11%Since 2022, typical pay has gone from $63,307 to $70,159, while the number of people paid went up from 6,842 to 6,848.

The next update is expected in late 2027.

Pay slip · 2025

A typical worker's year

California Franchise Tax Board

4years of
official data
2022–2025

Average pay of people in the middle of the pay range
Regular pay	$68,845
Overtime	$727
Extra pay	$1,204
Total for the year	$70,776

Average of the 338 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.

Official source: California State Controller's Office (Government Compensation in California), sco.ca.gov ↗
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
Tax Technician Franchise Tax Board Range B	956	$47,077	$39k – $52k	▲ 2.6%
Information Technology Specialist I Range C	572	$114,998	$96k – $119k	▲ 2.3%
Compliance Representative Franchise Tax Board Range C	491	$68,896	$62k – $76k	▲ 2.9%
Tax Program Technician I Franchise Tax Board	355	$53,456	$41k – $58k	▲ 2.2%
Senior Compliance Representative Franchise Tax Board	319	$88,291	$80k – $94k	▲ 4.8%
Program Specialist II Franchise Tax Board	229	$115,056	$108k – $120k	▲ 2.3%
Tax Program Technician II Franchise Tax Board	222	$62,725	$58k – $66k	▲ 2.7%
Administrator I Franchise Tax Board	210	$111,905	$100k – $119k	▲ 2.2%
Key Data Operator Range B	193	$16,672	$14k – $47k	▼ 20.6%
Program Specialist I Franchise Tax Board Range a	191	$97,740	$85k – $107k	▲ 4.4%
Tax Program Assistant Range C	176	$34,977	$26k – $51k	▼ 3.5%
Administrator II Franchise Tax Board	172	$123,418	$118k – $127k	▲ 2.3%
Seasonal Clerk Range a	150	$7,206	$6k – $8k	▼ 5.8%
Tax Auditor Franchise Tax Board Range B	147	$67,023	$60k – $72k	▲ 6.4%
Information Technology Specialist II Range a	134	$126,648	$107k – $131k	▲ 3.8%
Information Technology Specialist I Range B	134	$87,465	$83k – $100k	▲ 2.8%
Customer Service Specialist Franchise Tax Board Range C	129	$60,421	$56k – $66k	▲ 4.3%
Associate Tax Auditor Franchise Tax Board	122	$80,453	$73k – $89k	▲ 4.2%
Staff Operations Specialist Franchise Tax Board	98	$88,916	$81k – $93k	▲ 3.4%
Associate Operations Specialist Franchise Tax Board Range a	94	$76,074	$69k – $83k	▲ 2.1%
Information Technology Associate Range C	91	$70,402	$66k – $76k	▲ 4.3%
Analyst I Range C	89	$60,376	$57k – $66k	new
Information Technology Supervisor II	84	$125,785	$117k – $130k	▲ 4.5%
Information Technology Associate Range D	83	$81,100	$73k – $97k	▲ 1.9%
Tax Technician Franchise Tax Board Range a	82	$17,512	$11k – $26k	▼ 21.5%
Information Technology Specialist I Range a	81	$77,225	$74k – $88k	▲ 0.8%
Program Specialist III Franchise Tax Board	80	$128,734	$123k – $132k	▲ 4.2%
Administrator III Franchise Tax Board	74	$140,974	$133k – $145k	▼ 0.6%
Senior Operations Specialist Franchise Tax Board	68	$97,944	$88k – $102k	▲ 2.4%
Principal Compliance Representative Franchise Tax Board	66	$94,276	$89k – $99k	▲ 2.4%
Tax Program Supervisor Franchise Tax Board	60	$66,022	$60k – $70k	▲ 3.2%
Information Technology Manager I	54	$139,961	$133k – $144k	▲ 2.6%
Student Assistant Range D	53	$26,050	$19k – $32k	▲ 5.7%
Attorney IV Range a	49	$176,521	$163k – $181k	▲ 4.5%
C.e.a. Range B	43	$168,061	$161k – $172k	▲ 5.6%
Tax Auditor Franchise Tax Board Range a	41	$48,597	$25k – $53k	▲ 7.3%
Office Technician Typing Range a	31	$43,651	$27k – $49k	▲ 1.0%
Administrator IV Franchise Tax Board	30	$152,221	$149k – $155k	▲ 0.7%
Analyst II Range a	29	$70,863	$64k – $74k	new
Compliance Representative Franchise Tax Board Range B	29	$56,120	$50k – $59k	▲ 2.3%
Attorney III Range a	27	$138,368	$132k – $156k	▲ 9.1%
Associate Personnel Analyst Range a	26	$73,454	$64k – $82k	▲ 6.5%
Customer Service Supervisor Franchise Tax Board	23	$85,943	$77k – $91k	▲ 6.6%
Information Technology Associate Range B	20	$63,131	$58k – $69k	▲ 1.5%
Office Services Manager I	18	$78,532	$73k – $83k	▲ 7.0%
Key Data Operator Range a	18	$14,805	$11k – $15k	▲ 55.6%
Accounting Officer Specialist Range a	17	$62,283	$57k – $64k	▲ 6.2%
Tax Program Assistant Range B	17	$24,483	$21k – $30k	▼ 10.1%
Information Technology Manager II	14	$155,696	$149k – $159k	▲ 4.3%
Investigation Specialist II Technical Franchise Tax Board	14	$128,583	$36k – $137k	▲ 2.7%
Mailing Machines Operator II	14	$51,146	$48k – $55k	▲ 1.8%
Supervisor I	13	$93,262	$87k – $96k	new
Accountant Trainee Range a	12	$49,672	$47k – $52k	▲ 5.3%
Associate Business Management Analyst Range a	11	$77,009	$73k – $84k	▲ 2.2%
Personnel Specialist Range D	11	$62,552	$61k – $66k	▼ 1.6%
Customer Service Specialist Franchise Tax Board Range B	11	$50,904	$49k – $52k	▲ 0.9%
Compliance Representative Franchise Tax Board Range a	11	$49,156	$48k – $54k	▼ 2.5%
Senior Personnel Specialist Range a	10	$81,474	$79k – $85k	▼ 0.3%
C.e.a. Range C	9	$180,250	$175k – $184k	▲ 1.9%
Attorney Range B	9	$110,068	$110k – $113k	▲ 9.9%
Attorney Range a	9	$98,804	$98k – $101k	▲ 95.8%
Key Data Supervisor I	9	$54,568	$54k – $56k	▼ 0.3%
Information Technology Specialist III	8	$141,563	$136k – $144k	▲ 1.3%
Senior Accounting Officer Specialist Range a	8	$79,085	$78k – $81k	▼ 7.1%
Skilled Laborer Range a	8	$53,645	$22k – $59k	▼ 3.8%
Student Assistant Range a	8	$8,454	$5k – $13k	▲ 126.9%
Attorney Assistant Chief Counsel	7	$196,248	$196k – $199k	▲ 2.3%
Attorney Supervisor Range a	7	$186,929	$186k – $192k	▲ 5.3%
Investigation Specialist II Supervisor Franchise Tax Board	7	$146,025	$144k – $147k	▲ 7.7%
Legal Secretary Range B	7	$71,845	$68k – $74k	▲ 9.7%
Office Technician General Range a	7	$42,796	$36k – $48k	▲ 20.8%
Student Assistant Range B	7	$6,774	$5k – $15k	▼ 35.2%
Investigation Specialist I Franchise Tax Board Range B	6	$107,636	$102k – $115k	▲ 16.2%
Personnel Specialist Range C	6	$56,130	$55k – $57k	▼ 1.5%
C.e.a. Range a	5	$133,646	$130k – $142k	▼ 2.5%
Accounting Administrator I Specialist Range a	5	$91,328	$86k – $92k	▼ 2.7%
Research Data Analyst II Range a	5	$84,100	$84k – $91k	▼ 4.5%
Audio-Visual Specialist Technical	5	$64,771	$36k – $78k	new
Materials and Stores Specialist Range a	5	$50,198	$50k – $56k	▲ 4.9%
Accountant I Specialist Range a	5	$49,216	$30k – $57k	new
Warehouse Worker Range a	5	$41,303	$31k – $46k	new
Graduate Legal Assistant Range a	5	$15,253	$15k – $39k	new

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How many people earn what

Under $10k278
$10k – $30k564
$30k – $50k911
$50k – $70k1,657
$70k – $90k1,166
$90k – $110k849
$110k – $150k1,254
$150k or more169

Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.

Common questions

How much does a California Franchise Tax Board employee make?

The typical employee was paid $70,159 in 2025: half of the 6,848 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $49,612 and $101,170.

Does this include benefits like health insurance or pension?

No. It is the pay people received: regular salary or wages (96.4% of all pay), overtime (0.7%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (2.2%).

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