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Malia M. Cohen
California State Controller
California State Controller's Office Seal
Humboldt County
Year:
Population
135,168

This county does not include payments toward the unfunded liability of the employer sponsored retirement plan.

Last Updated: 8/8/2022

Report: Departments

Department Employees Total Wages Total Retirement & Health Contribution
Administration 29 $2,369,161 $459,887
Advanced Planning Department 11 $581,753 $120,354
Agricultural Commissioner 10 $593,839 $118,789
Arcata-Eureka Airport 29 $866,112 $173,171
Assessor 31 $1,502,167 $335,632
Auditor-Controller 19 $914,731 $174,311
Building Inspector 19 $985,343 $208,270
CDS Natural Resources Planning 4 $275,929 $63,964
Conflict Counsel 10 $774,574 $137,436
Drug Court 6 $242,713 $64,388
Economic Development Division 13 $568,651 $98,088
Elections 40 $388,109 $79,905
Environment Health 31 $1,694,112 $388,956
ETD Staff 24 $1,167,668 $304,121
Health Education 31 $1,467,636 $325,993
Information Technology 24 $1,334,299 $263,046
Juvenile Hall 35 $1,679,790 $446,894
Personnel 16 $584,908 $125,221
Public Guardian - Conservator 10 $389,807 $96,325
Public Health Administration 66 $2,808,863 $533,318
Public Health Field Nursing 63 $3,958,730 $736,112
Recorder 11 $603,728 $143,008
Revenue Recovery 3 $157,888 $36,609
Roads-Engineering 16 $932,852 $169,071
Roads-Equipment Maintenance 12 $602,236 $142,536
Roads-Real Property 8 $340,263 $86,849
Sheriff 178 $10,746,082 $2,403,888
Sheriff - Jail 140 $8,528,218 $1,922,827
Title IV-E Waiver & Resolution 2 $157,874 $42,350
Treasurer-Tax Collector 8 $468,289 $116,590
Veterans Service Officer 5 $155,489 $43,920
Victim-Witness Program 6 $174,553 $49,645
Alcohol & Drug 17 $766,395 $176,460
Animal Control 1 $44,162 $11,580
Board Of Supervisors 11 $784,949 $137,409
Communications 2 $68,295 $14,483
Cooperative Extension 2 $72,318 $26,321
County Administrative Officer 8 $674,619 $97,355
County Counsel 22 $1,555,544 $272,507
County Library 62 $1,479,126 $304,582
Current Planning Department 31 $1,742,272 $339,042
Da-Child Abuse Service Team 5 $389,197 $89,954
District Attorney 43 $2,981,026 $575,889
Facility Management 47 $2,259,113 $526,225
Healthy Moms 10 $435,446 $103,703
Mcah/Ccs Personnel Program 17 $1,012,916 $209,437
Mental Health 308 $16,464,056 $3,525,015
Motor Pool-Operating 10 $378,745 $97,984
Parks & Recreation 11 $337,861 $87,761
Probation 42 $2,561,942 $710,797
Proposition 10 4 $260,992 $50,882
Public Defender 22 $1,590,903 $288,312
Public Health Laboratory 21 $611,174 $150,382
Public Works - Land Use 3 $275,452 $58,459
Purchasing Agent 4 $200,798 $60,661
Risk Management 10 $678,281 $118,521
Roads-Administration/Business 11 $660,992 $153,880
Roads-Natural Resources 3 $277,833 $52,394
Social Services 442 $19,418,421 $4,899,783
State Board Of Control 1 $25,921 $7,158
Water Management 3 $210,776 $46,435
WIC Nutrition 14 $450,771 $113,118
Public Safety Realignment 12 $802,105 $222,662
Victim Advocacy & Outreach 2 $93,019 $23,723
Roads-Construction & Maintenance 68 $3,395,041 $747,958
District Attorney Measure Z 11 $682,279 $161,481
Probation Measure Z 6 $360,154 $103,683
Sheriff Measure Z 34 $2,677,970 $580,622
Cannabis Planning 21 $909,056 $210,917
DHHS Measure Z 8 $342,251 $72,703
Public Defender Measure Z 3 $153,663 $28,205
Child Welfare Services 196 $10,175,397 $2,159,761
Code Enforcement 13 $700,058 $142,645
Department Of Child Support Services 42 $2,085,198 $444,908
Early Childhood Care & Education 1 $72,430 $13,058
Inmate Welfare 2 $63,669 $13,736
Juvenile Crime Prevention Act 2000 3 $117,638 $38,703
ADA Compliance ISF 5 $348,834 $78,461
Department Of Health & Human Services 3 $2,634 $0
First Five Humboldt-Vesper 3 $23,099 $3,578
Housing Outreach & Mobile Eng 16 $784,065 $142,312
Nurse Family Partnership (Nfp) 11 $276,477 $61,060
Parent & Family Support 2 $67,566 $13,079
Public Works 1 $133 $0
Retention Incentive Program 1 $36,229 $0