State Controller Betty T. Yee has published the 2021 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 cover more than 384,000 positions and approximately $25.92 billion in total wages.
The newly published data were reported by 24 CSU institutions (106,203 employees), 55 superior courts (19,458 employees), and 157 state departments (258,483 employees).
Three superior courts — Alameda, Del Norte and Glenn — did not file a report.
The Lake County Superior Court’s report shows that it has 41 employees, paid $2,771,228 in total wages in 2021 and $482,524 in retirement.
The highest paid staff in the Lake County Superior Court are the judges, with their pay ranging between $210,000 and $218,653 annually. The court executive officer receives an annual salary of $201,246 and the commissioner/attorney is paid $126,321.
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.
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.
Since the website launched in 2010, it has registered more than 14 million pageviews. The 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 Yee 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.