There are 195 city employees in San Francisco who made more than $200,000 in 2012. As Matier and Ross point out in last week's San Francisco Chronicle, there are 572 workers in the city who made more than the governor. With a payroll of around $2.5 billion, San Francisco paid more than $3,000 per resident to its employees.
News of San Francisco's mammoth payroll seemed like a good excuse to test drive the State Controller's new public employee compensation database and see what city workers in San Ramon are pulling down these days.
The State Controller’s newly updated website shows that in 2011 San Ramon spent $335 per resident on its 568 municipal employees. San Ramon had two positions topping $200,000 mark in 2011 (See second table at bottom of article).
In 2011, the city's highest paid position was the city manager, with total wages of $222,688, according to the figures on the State Controller's website.
If you haven't explored it yet, the controller's new website has some nifty features for people interested in public employee compensation in California.
San Ramon Municipal Employee Compensation Snapshot for 2011 San Ramon Statewide Average Population 73,109 64,930 Number of City Employees 568 620 Ratio of Residents per City Employee 1281:1 104:1 Average Wages for City Employees $43,095 $61,059 Amount Spent on Total Wages $24,478,114 Amount Spent per resident $335 Source: California State Controller's Office
The Top 10 Highest Paying Positions in San Ramon in 2011* Position Total Wages Defined
Benefit Plan Employees' Ret. Cost Covered Deferred Compensation Health, Dental
& Vision City Manager $222,668 $43,376 $15,234 -- $23,395 Director $208,484 $37,631 $16,061 -- $19,352 Police Officer $195,741 $29,849 $10,570 -- $19,352 Director $194,486 $38,323 $13,561 -- $23,395 Director $193,938 $39,020 $13,782 -- $14,299 Director $189,769 $49,509 $17,561 -- $16,676 Director $188,950 $39,309 $13,904 -- $23,395 City Attorney $187,938 $35,819 $12,675 -- $14,299 City Manager $186,565 $14,073 $6,768 -- -- Sergeant $164,754 $33,408 $11,809 -- $10024
Source: California State Controller
* The wages include, salary, overtime, vacation, payouts and bonuses.
