The Human Resources Division is here to support our most important asset: our people. We manage recruitment, benefits, training, and employee relations to ensure a fair, inclusive, and productive workplace. Whether you’re exploring career opportunities with the City of Palm Desert or seeking guidance as a current employee, HR is your resource for growth, support, and success.

Current Job Openings
Director of Finance Recruitment
Diversity & Inclusion
Equal Opportunity Employer

Salary Schedule

The City of Palm Desert’s Personnel System, Section 2.52 of the Palm Desert Municipal Code, prescribes specific terms for appointment and tenure of all City employees. Effective July 1, 2021, Resolution 2021- 47 authorized a new salary scale, salary ranges, allocated positions, and authorized classifications.

    Salary Ranges 10-30
    Salary Ranges 31-50
    Salary Ranges 51-75
    Special Classifications

    Employee Memorandum of Understanding

    The City of Palm Desert has a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) with the Palm Desert City Employees’ Organization (PDEO), which to address wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment within the scope of bargaining of the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act (Government Code Section 3500, et seq.).

    Upon expiration of the current MOU, the City of Palm Desert and the Palm Desert City Employees’ Organization will enter into negotiations for revision and update of the MOU, generating a proposal for Council consideration.

    Employee Memorandum of Understanding (7/1/26 - 6/30/31)
    Employee Benefits
    Official City Holidays

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