State Controller Malia M. Cohen has published the 2023 self-reported payroll data for fairs, expositions and First 5 commissions on the Government Compensation in California website.

The data covers 2,230 positions and a total of nearly $64 million in 2023 wages.

The newly published data includes 1,364 positions at 20 fairs and expositions, and 866 positions at 37 First 5 commissions.

This does not include 38 fairs and expositions, and 15 First 5 commissions that did not file their report or were noncompliant.

Among those fairs that did not file was the Lake County Fair, District Agricultural Association 49.

The controller’s website shows that this is the first time since 2013 that the Lake County Fair has not filed.

Lake County’s First 5 Commission reported $105,501 in total wages and $29,657 in total retirement and health contributions.

That includes an executive director, with total wages of $82,217 and $20,016 in health and retirement contributions; a health program support specialist, with wages of $23,284 and $9,641 in health and retirement contributions; and eight unpaid commissioners.

California law requires cities, counties and special districts to annually report compensation data to the State Controller.

Controller Cohen also maintains and publishes state government and California State University salary data.

No statutory requirement exists for superior courts, University of California, community college districts, fairs, expositions, First 5 commissions, or K-12 education providers. Their reporting is voluntary.

The site contains pay and benefit information on more than two million government jobs in California, as reported annually by each entity.

As the chief fiscal officer of California, Controller Cohen is responsible for accountability and disbursement of the state’s financial resources. The controller has independent auditing authority over government agencies that spend state funds.