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Malia M. Cohen
California State Controller
California State Controller's Office Seal
Kern County
Year:
Population
917,553

This county includes payments toward the unfunded liability of the employer sponsored retirement plan.

Report: Departments

Department Employees Total Wages Total Retirement & Health Contribution
Animal Control 81 $2,767,983 $1,672,319
Board of Trade 8 $430,729 $281,771
Construction Services 22 $1,592,088 $1,023,152
County Counsel 50 $4,705,753 $2,805,184
Garage 10 $495,777 $299,469
Library 168 $3,004,505 $1,276,553
Mental Health Services 1,050 $53,325,088 $32,311,952
Public Defender 110 $8,301,218 $4,919,827
Risk Management 30 $1,638,051 $1,117,902
Aging and Adult Services 222 $7,343,336 $4,045,885
Assessor 92 $5,112,955 $3,405,025
Auditor-Controller 44 $2,704,580 $1,686,091
County Clerk Elections 19 $892,127 $635,552
District Attorney 241 $19,283,152 $12,639,064
Farm and Home Advisor 4 $178,181 $135,184
Fire 730 $74,070,894 $49,191,235
Personnel 38 $2,096,882 $1,354,523
Probation 677 $38,313,570 $31,643,929
Recorder 27 $1,008,428 $690,554
Sheriff 1,303 $100,258,898 $71,735,937
Treasurer-Tax Collector 33 $1,723,980 $1,145,927
District Attorney Forensic Division 37 $2,539,923 $1,517,080
Board of Supervisors-District 4 8 $311,337 $105,393
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors 7 $373,274 $226,830
Kern Sanitation Authority 1 $14,047 $0
Board of Supervisors-District 3 6 $248,102 $127,919
Information Technology Services 91 $5,928,083 $3,726,859
Board of Supervisors-District 2 6 $266,499 $114,881
Board of Supervisors-District 1 6 $286,286 $147,382
Board of Supervisors-District 5 5 $270,414 $162,906
Agriculture and Measurement Standards 95 $3,290,320 $1,858,866
Airports 33 $1,313,532 $737,105
California Childrens Services 45 $2,012,813 $1,352,042
Child Support Services 302 $10,380,411 $6,396,732
Community and Economic Development 10 $579,697 $384,474
County Administrative Officer 22 $1,837,989 $1,037,147
Employers' Training Resource 144 $6,405,114 $4,133,151
General Services 236 $9,094,778 $5,405,725
Human Services 1,980 $81,303,652 $51,167,721
KCERA 33 $2,090,232 $1,258,980
Planning & Community Development 64 $3,383,521 $2,123,116
Public Health 257 $12,226,988 $7,849,753
Veterans Services 17 $602,726 $316,799
Public Works-Public Ways 534 $27,539,282 $16,927,025
County Clerk Spec Rev 9 $274,216 $196,607
Environ Health Serv Div 54 $3,705,641 $2,346,976