At openthebooks.com/Forbes recently reported:
220,000 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
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…
21,862 highly compensated, retired California public employees make over $100,000 per year and cost taxpayers $3.0 billion.
MAPPING THE $100,000+ CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PENSIONS AT CALPERS COSTING TAXPAYERS $3.0 BILLION
It takes all income taxes from 1.573 million California taxpayers to generate an amount equivalent to the $3.0 billion annual payout to the six-figure CalPERS retirees.
We found a ‘$1 Million General Manager’ position and even private employers muscled into the California public pension plans. A city manager is retired on $313,404 per month and the list goes on and on…