Subscriber Special - 220,000 Highly-Compensated California Public Employees November 12, 2016 10:28 AM 220,000 Highly-Compensated California Public Employees Make Over $100,000 per year and Cost Taxpayers $35 Billion NEW '$100,000 MINIMUM WAGE' FOR 220,000 HIGHLY COMPENSATED CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES COSTS TAXPAYERS $35 BILLION Read the Forbes editorial CLICK HERE Forbes | November 12, 2016 We found lifeguard bosses making $256,000; City of San Francisco truck drivers at $183,000; city attorneys earning $419,000; LA harbor-boat-pilots up to $483,000; an 'assistant sheriff' netted $653,000; and the list goes on and on... This spring at Forbes, we exposed 50,000 Illinois public employees earning six-figures who cost taxpayers $8 billion annually. In California, the numbers are exponentially larger: 218,667 employees making six-figures who cost $35 billion. Here's a chart of the TOP 10 Highly-Compensated City Managers: Today, at Forbes, we've installed our interactive mapping tool, quickly review the 220,000 California public employees who earn more than $100,000. Click here and start searching by ZIP code across California. Just click on a pin and scroll down to search the results rendered in the chart beneath the map. Please read our editorial at Forbes, 'New $100,000 Minimum Wage' For 220,000 California Public Employees Costs Taxpayers $35 Billion, Click Here. It's Your Money. Join The Transparency Revolution! Adam Andrzejewski (say: Angie-f-ski) Founder and CEO, OpenTheBooks.com Matthew Tyrmand Deputy Director PS. Our new video describes how our data and technology can help you stop government waste! Watch it here. Help fund our movement with a special Crowdfunding donation of $1, $50, $100, or more, please click here. $1 or more receives our OpenTheBooks bumper sticker $50 - $74 receives a cotton OpenTheBooks.com baseball cap $75 or more receives a hardcover copy of U.S. Senator (retired) Dr. Tom Coburn's book, The Debt Bomb. Together, we are a strong team. Please click here to help our mission. STAY UP TO DATE WITH OPEN THE BOOKS! JOIN THE TRANSPARENCY REVOLUTION AT OPENTHEBOOKS.COM Back to news