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Every California public agency. 26.8M compensation records across 9,100+ agencies — cleaned, classified, and comparable. Skip the data gathering. Start the analysis.

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City of Pleasanton

Alameda County • 432 employees • Quality: A

Police OfficerPOLICE-02

$248,391

Senior PlannerPLAN-03

$189,234

City ManagerEXEC-01

$387,254

Auto-classified • All 29 SCO columns • Benefits itemized

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Workflow comparison

Skip the spreadsheet archaeology

The Manual Way

20 – 35 hours

per study, per analyst

Download SCO CSVs

2-3 hours29 columns, inconsistent formatting

Clean & normalize titles

4-6 hours9,100+ agencies, no standard taxonomy

Classify positions to benchmarks

3-5 hoursManual matching, analyst judgment calls

Build peer comparisons

2-4 hoursCherry-picking, missing data gaps

Look up CalPERS rates

2-3 hoursMultiple plan types, PEPRA vs Classic tiers

Validate and cross-check

1-3 hoursMissing data, outlier investigation, reconciliation

Calculate cost-to-market

2-3 hoursSpreadsheet formulas, revision cycles

With CalComp Data

Under 2 hours

automated, repeatable, auditable

Find your client agency

GET /v1/agencies?search=< 1 sec

Pull all classified compensation data

GET /v1/positions?agency_id=< 2 sec

Get dimensional similarity scores for peer candidates

GET /v1/agencies/:id/similar< 1 sec

Generate formatted Excel workbook

GET /v1/export/positions< 30 sec

For Compensation Consultants

From 18 hours to 2 hours per comp study

How comp study firms use CalComp Data

A California compensation consulting firm conducting 15+ total comp studies per year currently spends 18–25 hours per engagement on data gathering: downloading SCO CSVs, cleaning title inconsistencies, matching positions to benchmark classifications, collecting salary schedules and MOU terms from peer agencies, and looking up CalPERS rates.

With CalComp Data, firms pull classified salary data, peer comparisons, and salary schedules with step progressions in minutes — then go straight to analysis. Board packet intelligence surfaces new comp study opportunities before the RFP is even published.

Based on typical compensation study workflows in California municipal consulting. Actual results vary by firm size, methodology, and study complexity.

Data gathering per study

18 hours

2 hours

89% reduction

Comp studies per quarter

75% increase

Position classification

Manual crosswalk

Auto-classified

273 taxonomy codes

Data coverage

The most complete CA compensation dataset

Position Records

All 10 SCO employer types, 2014-2024

Agencies

Cities, counties, special districts, K-12, CSU, UC

Years of Data

2014 through 2024, updated annually

CalPERS Plans

Employer rates, formulas, tiers

Financial Records

SCO FTR fiscal data

Taxonomy Codes

Auto-classified with SOC crosswalks

Last updated: March 24, 2026

Classification Engine

326K+ titles classified. Here's how.

Every title in the database passes through a 4-layer pipeline. The genomic classifier is the fallback, not the default — most titles are resolved by deterministic cache and pattern matching first.

Title Cache

Previously classified titles are instantly matched. Handles repeat lookups across 9,100+ agencies.

Heuristic Matcher

Regex patterns for ~120 common municipal titles (Police Officer, City Manager, etc.). Built-in, instant, 95%+ confidence.

Fuzzy Matcher

pgvector semantic matching against 273 canonical taxonomy entries. Catches abbreviations, misspellings, and variants.

Genomic Classifier

Pattern-trained classifier with full taxonomy context. Handles unusual or ambiguous titles with confidence scoring.

Worked Example

Raw SCO title:

"SR MGMT ANALYST"

1Cache miss

2No heuristic match

3Fuzzy: 'Senior Management Analyst' (87%)

4Confirmed by classifier (94%)

ADMIN-05: Senior Management Analyst

Confidence: 94%

326K

Titles Classified

273

Taxonomy Entries

Position Families

Pricing

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All 29 SCO compensation columns + 21 computed fields
9,100+ California agencies (cities, counties, special districts, K-12)
Salary schedules with step progressions (1,200+ agencies)
MOU contract terms, COLA history & special pay provisions
CalPERS employer contribution rates
Board packet intelligence & procurement alerts

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