State Controller Betty T. Yee has published 2020 self-reported payroll data for cities and counties on the Government Compensation in California website.
The data cover 665,721 positions and a total of more than $51.43 billion in 2020 wages.
The newly published data include 459 cities and 50 counties.
The small city of Vernon once again had the highest average city employee wage in California, followed by Hayward, Fairfield, and Pleasant Hill.
Topping the list for highest average county employee wage were the counties of Santa Clara, Alameda, Los Angeles, and Monterey.
The highest-salaried city employee in California was the city manager of Fontana, while the top 40 highest-paid county employees work in health care professions.
In Lake County in 2020, the county of Lake had 1,132 employees, with $46,423,592 in salaries and $13,082,520 in retirement and health contributions.
The Top 10 jobs pay for the county of Lake in 2020 were as follows:
Public Health officer: $182,314.
County counsel: $145,418.
County administrative officer: $141,309.
Sheriff-coroner: $140,185.
Social Services director: $128,266.
District attorney: $124,720.
Chief probation officer: $118,544.
Deputy sheriff sergeant: $114,746.
Sheriff’s captain: $114,721.
Chief deputy district attorney: $113,185.
In the city of Clearlake, there were 80 employees with wages totaling $4,659,135 and $1,102,549 in retirement and health contributions in 2020.
Top 10 positions by salary were:
City manager: $169,552
Police chief: $163,924.
Police captain: $142,745.
Police sergeant: $139,813.
Police sergeant: $134,826.
Police lieutenant: $124,656.
Police sergeant: $119,513.
Administrative Services director/city clerk: $118,956.
Police officer II: $116,417.
Police officer II : $112,594.
In the city of Lakeport, there were 65 employees in 2020, with total wages of $3,440,598 and total retirement and health contributions of $888,831.
Top 10 employees by salary were:
City manager (outgoing): $172,196.
City manager (successor): $149,536.
Police chief: $137,492.
Police lieutenant: $114,198.
Public Works director: $111,598.
Utilities superintendent II: $107,573.
Administrative Services director/city clerk: $106,706.
Finance director: $103,589.
Police sergeant: $90,530.
Police officer II : $88,120.
California law requires cities, counties, and special districts to annually report compensation data to the State Controller.
The state controller also maintains and publishes state and CSU salary data.
Seven counties and 23 cities failed to file or provided incomplete or late information. San Francisco is both a city and a county; the website reports San Francisco as a city.
Since the website launched in 2010, it has registered more than 13 million page views.
The site contains pay and benefit information on more than two million government jobs in California, as reported annually by each entity.
Users of the site can:
— View compensation levels on maps and search by region;
— Narrow results by name of the entity or by job title; and
— Export raw data or custom reports.
California controller publishes 2020 payroll data for city and county governments
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