State Controller Malia M. Cohen has published the 2022 self-reported payroll data for state departments, superior courts and California State University, or CSU, institutions on the Government Compensation in California website.
The data covers more than 397,000 positions and approximately $27.83 billion in total wages.
The newly published data were reported by:
• 24 CSU institutions (118,282 employees);
• 53 superior courts (18,748 employees); and
• 156 state departments (260,183 employees).
The data show that in 2022 the Lake County Superior Court had 44 employees, earning wages totaling $3,129,773, with total retirement and health contributions of $559,648.
That’s compared to 2021, when the court had 41 employees earning total wages of $2,771,228, with total retirement and health contributions at $482,524.
For 2022, the four Lake County Superior Court judges made between $210,963 and $218,653 in annual wages and total retirement and health contributions ranging from $1,064 to $20,703.
The fifth highest-paid employee for the Lake County Superior Court last year was the executive officer, who earned annual wages of $201,246 and total retirement and health benefits of $35,128.
California law requires cities, counties and special districts to annually report compensation data to the State Controller’s Office.
The state controller also maintains and publishes state and CSU salary data.
No such statutory requirement exists for the University of California, California community colleges, superior courts, fairs and expositions, First 5 commissions, or K-12 education providers; their reporting is voluntary.
Five superior courts either did not file or filed a report that was noncompliant. Those are the courts for Alameda, Del Norte, Glenn, San Diego and Tuolumne counties.
The Government Compensation in California website 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.
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.
State controller publishes 2022 payroll data for state government, superior courts and CSUs
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