“Since the website was launched in 2010, it has registered nearly 9 million page views. The site now contains information on more than 2 million jobs in California, as reported by each government entity,” the SCO said in an announcement Tuesday.
Here are some insights the SCO identified from the public pay data:
For instance, the new data show that the three counties with the highest average government salaries in 2014 were Santa Clara ($78,486), Alameda ($70,808) and Los Angeles ($69,608). For cities in 2014, Vernon led the way ($103,601), followed by Hayward ($94,041) and Palm Desert ($89,582). Average wages in city governments fell by more than 3 percent from 2013 to 2014, from $61,583 to $59,614. Average wages increased by almost 3 percent in county governments, from $59,309 to $60,993. The new data show that average retirement and health-care costs declined by about 1 percent in cities to $17,810 while increasing almost 11 percent for counties to $25,130. City governments with the highest average retirement and health-care costs were Industry, San Jose and Burlingame. For county governments, it was Alameda, Kern and Santa Barbara.
