479 cities reported
317,526 city employees
662 average number of
employees per city
68,089 average number of
residents per city
103 average number of
residents per city employee
$63,856 average wages
for all city employees
$19,060 avg. retirement & health cost
for all city employees
$20,275,957,908 total wages
paid by all cities
$6,051,944,562 total retirement & health cost
paid by all cities
The total retirement and health cost sometimes includes payments toward the
unfunded liability of the employer sponsored retirement plan(s). To view financial and statistical information for public employee retirement systems, please visit the
State Controller's Government Financial Reports website.