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California · 2025 pay

How much do California Student Aid Commission employees make?

$79,645typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025

$54,698 – $99,644what 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: Analyst II Range aMember Student Aid Commission/Student Aid CommissionInformation Technology Specialist I 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.

$55,286

$79,749

$100,753

$199,529

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 $65,819 in 2022 to $79,645 in 2025 (+21%).

What changed since 2024

  • +4.4%Typical pay went up from $76,312 to $79,645.
  • −12152 people were paid in 2025, compared with 164 in 2024.
  • +21%Since 2022, typical pay has gone from $65,819 to $79,645, while the number of people paid went down from 156 to 152.

The next update is expected in late 2027.

Pay slip · 2025

A typical worker's year

California Student Aid Commission

4years of
official data
2022–2025
Average pay of people in the middle of the pay range
Regular pay$78,467
Overtime$731
Extra pay$550
Total for the year$79,749

Average of the 7 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.

JobPeopleTypical payMost earnSince 2024
Analyst II Range a36$76,421$71k – $82knew
Member Student Aid Commission/Student Aid Commission12$800$1k – $1k▼ 11.1%
Information Technology Specialist I Range C11$111,870$103k – $116k▲ 1.4%
Analyst I Range C11$60,592$57k – $66knew
Program Technician II11$46,964$43k – $51k▲ 2.9%
Supervisor I10$93,296$91k – $98knew
Information Technology Specialist II Range a8$122,063$115k – $126k▲ 7.0%
Supervisor II6$108,764$106k – $112knew
C.e.a. Range B5$149,252$138k – $158k▼ 3.0%

How many people earn what

  • Under $10k15
  • $10k – $30k6
  • $30k – $50k9
  • $50k – $70k28
  • $70k – $90k39
  • $90k – $110k26
  • $110k – $150k25
  • $150k or more4

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

Common questions

How much does a California Student Aid Commission employee make?

The typical employee was paid $79,645 in 2025: half of the 152 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $54,698 and $99,644.

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. 15 people (9.9%) 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 (97.1% of all pay), overtime (0.3%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (2.4%).

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