Sacramento's 1,000 highest-paid local government employees

[CG6468]

This is, unfortunately, not limited to the region of Sacramento, CA, aka the Land of Fruits and Nuts.

The lowest paying job is that of a police lieutenant, who gets $143,866 per year. Could you live on that amount of money?

Sacramento's 1,000 highest-paid local government employees

By Phillip Reese
preese@sacbee.com

Published: Thursday, May. 26, 2011 - 9:42 am
Last Modified: Thursday, May. 26, 2011 - 1:27 pm

The 1,000 highest-paid local government workers in the Sacramento region collectively earned $171 million during 2009 -- equivalent to triple the annual general fund budget of Elk Grove. The median pay for these workers was $161,000. Median pay for all local government workers is far less -- about $62,000, according to a Bee review of data from the state controller's office.

Gee. Why don't people just get a government job?

[Wineslob]

Nothing new. In my town the water works employees make 2-3 X's what the average income is for the COUNTY.

Oh, and they raised the rates AGAIN.