California State Controller's Office and City of Los Angeles, CA · 2025 pay · 29 people
How much does a fire assistant chief make in California State Controller's Office and City of Los Angeles, CA?
$422,034typical pay for a fire assistant chief in 2025
$254,868 – $497,195what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay rose 23.9% from 2024.
✓ Official data from LA City Controller · Matches the agency's latest release · controller.lacity.gov ↗✓ Official data from California State Controller's Office · Matches the agency's latest release · sco.ca.gov ↗
Where fire assistant chiefs work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
Related jobs and the next step up
Same line of work at a different rank, by typical pay (full-year employees where we can tell).
- Fire Intern$8,675 (everyone)
- Fire Recruit$16,030 (everyone)
- Fire Chief$193,508 (everyone)
- Assistant Fire Chief$250,243 (everyone)
- Deputy Fire Chief$268,546 (everyone)
- Fire Deputy Chief$293,783 (everyone)
- Fire Assistant Chief (this page)$422,034 (everyone)
Highest-paid fire assistant chiefs, 2025
- 1Peter HsiaoFire Assistant Chief · Los Angeles$786,469
- 2Surgey TomlinsonFire Assistant Chief · Los Angeles$590,121
- 3Eric TalamantesFire Assistant Chief · Los Angeles$541,682
- 4Carlos CalvilloFire Assistant Chief · Los Angeles$540,522
- 5Justin MooreFire Assistant Chief · Los Angeles$530,044
Common questions
How much does a fire assistant chief make in California State Controller's Office and City of Los Angeles, CA?
The typical fire assistant chief was paid $422,034 in 2025; most earned between $254,868 and $497,195. This counts all 29 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 25.4% of all pay for fire assistant chiefs in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Fire Assistant Chief, at any level (for example "Fire Assistant Chief"). Part-time-schedule titles (such as "20 hours") are left out. Senior, supervising and trainee titles have their own pages.
Job titles are written out in full from the payroll's abbreviations (for example "SR CRRECTNL POLC OFCR" → "Senior Correctional Police Officer"). "Typical pay" is the median; "most earned" is the middle half. How we calculate this