State Controller Malia M. Cohen on Tuesday published 2022 self-reported payroll data for California special districts on the Government Compensation in California website.
The data cover 164,324 positions and a total of over $10.74 billion in 2022 wages and nearly $2.97 billion in health and retirement costs for 3,067 special districts.
Special districts are governmental entities created by a local community to meet a specific need.
Data for 2022 show the top 10 districts by total wages are transportation, health care, utility, water, and fire districts.
The top 10 individual salaries reported all are in health care districts.
Lake County has 30 special districts, with 423 employees, reported wages totaling $12,038,250 and retirement and health benefits totaling $3,808,978.
The top 10 special districts in Lake County based on wages paid are as follows:
• Lake County Fire Protection District: 42 employees; wages, $1,968,469; retirement and health benefits, $773,119.
• Northshore Fire Protection District: 57 employees; wages, $1,693,675; retirement and health benefits, $482,234.
• Kelseyville Fire Protection District: 27 employees; wages, $1,411,075; retirement and health benefits, $427,774.
• Lakeport Fire Protection District: 28 employees; wages, $1,229,897; retirement and health benefits, $529,125.
• Clearlake Oaks Water District : 24 employees; wages, $1,209,700; retirement and health benefits, $347,015.
• Hidden Valley Lake Community Services District: 25 employees; wages, $1,165,305; retirement and health benefits, $512,584.
• Lake County Vector Control District: 15 employees; wages, $706,236; retirement and health benefits, $262,637.
• Konocti County Water District : 16 employees; wages, $593,296; retirement and health benefits, $122,388.
• Cobb Area County Water District: 16 employees; wages, $415,645; retirement and health benefits, $99,302.
• Lower Lake County Waterworks District No. 1: 18 employees; wages, $356,204; retirement and health benefits, $98,588.
California law requires cities, counties and special districts to annually report compensation data to the State Controller.
Users of the site can:
• View compensation levels on maps and search by region;
• Narrow results by name of the district or by job title; and
• Export raw data or custom reports.
The state controller also maintains and publishes state and California State University salary data.
A list of districts that did not file or filed incomplete reports is available here.
The Government Compensation in California 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.
Controller Cohen publishes 2022 payroll data for special districts
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