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Malia M. Cohen
California State Controller
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Employee information from cities, counties, special districts, superior courts, the University of California, California State University, community college districts, K-12 education providers, First 5 commissions, and fairs and expos will appear in this report once their payroll figures are published for the selected calendar year.

Report: Employers in County

Employer Employer Type Employees Total Wages Total Retirement & Health Contribution
Kern County County 8,961 $505,527,052 $333,638,504
Arvin City 59 $3,393,936 $904,868
Bakersfield City 1,926 $124,639,968 $37,482,627
California City City 198 $8,439,917 $1,496,964
Delano City 396 $20,588,178 $7,094,780
Maricopa City 11 $99,493 $28,800
McFarland City 67 $2,507,403 $921,675
Ridgecrest City 199 $7,666,119 $1,501,487
Shafter City 248 $13,607,254 $10,725,038
Taft City 200 $7,884,050 $1,676,638
Tehachapi City 92 $5,392,203 $1,284,476
Wasco City 81 $3,249,902 $750,001
Eastern Kern Air Pollution Control District Special District 17 $887,057 $687,289
Mojave Air and Space Port Special District 52 $2,035,622 $802,578
Indian Wells Valley Airport District Special District 16 $322,295 $0
Minter Field Airport District Special District 14 $560,182 $175,415
South Kern Cemetery District Special District 10 $206,100 $39,708
Cemetery District No. 1 Special District 11 $397,798 $202,224
East Kern Cemetery District Special District 7 $132,832 $88,978
Kern River Valley Cemetery District Special District 10 $100,304 $16,557
North Kern Cemetery District Special District 16 $451,535 $35,609
Tehachapi Cemetery District Special District 10 $157,106 $22,454
West Side Cemetery District Special District 9 $417,990 $621,814
Arvin Community Services District Special District 14 $508,851 $113,432
Bear Valley Community Services District Special District 68 $3,026,948 $586,761
Boron Community Services District Special District 9 $258,828 $94,431
Desert Lake Community Services District Special District 9 $56,443 $0
East Niles Community Services District Special District 30 $1,225,543 $447,447
Golden Hills Community Service District Special District 18 $665,515 $216,991
Inyokern Community Services District Special District 7 $47,275 $0
Mountain Meadows Community Services District Special District 23 $68,156 $0
Rosamond Community Services District Special District 26 $1,817,886 $455,898
Stallion Springs Community Services District Special District 47 $1,078,020 $260,480
East Kern Health Care District Special District 5 $0 $0
Kern Valley Hospital District Special District 324 $12,306,926 $1,500,467
Muroc Hospital District Special District 5 $0 $0
North Kern-South Tulare Hospital District Special District 263 $9,829,094 $544,496
Southwest Healthcare District Special District 5 $3,975 $0
Tehachapi Valley Healthcare District Special District 9 $233,687 $17,923
West Side Health Care District Special District 47 $1,998,428 $197,193
Delano Mosquito Abatement District Special District 21 $600,970 $213,250
Kern Mosquito and Vector Control Special District 27 $1,223,223 $678,673
South Fork Mosquito Abatement District Special District 7 $9,933 $0
West Side Mosquito and Vector Control District Special District 24 $628,597 $324,250
Kern County Citrus Pest Control District Special District 5 $0 $0
Bear Mountain Recreation and Park District Special District 23 $280,755 $121,220
Buttonwillow Recreation and Park District Special District 15 $94,530 $32,168
McFarland Recreation and Park District Special District 67 $527,544 $169,301
North of the River Recreation and Park District Special District 722 $6,012,352 $1,319,848
Shafter Recreation and Park District Special District 103 $348,582 $56,142
Tehachapi Valley Recreation and Park District Special District 83 $544,229 $86,800
Wasco Recreation and Park District Special District 26 $277,683 $109,408
West Side Recreation and Park District Special District 146 $1,301,528 $407,877
Lost Hills Utility District (Kern) Special District 9 $280,365 $20,763
North of the River Sanitary District No.1 (Kern) Special District 22 $1,140,397 $727,530
Greater Bakersfield Separation of Grade District Special District 5 $0 $0
Eastern Kern Resource Conservation District Special District 8 $17,438 $0
North West Kern Resource Conservation District Special District 11 $128,134 $26,500
Tehachapi Resource Conservation District Special District 6 $1,061 $0
Lamont Storm Water District (Kern) Special District 5 $5,000 $0
Southern San Joaquin Municipal Utility District Special District 20 $1,079,574 $475,515
Enos Lane Public Utility District Special District 5 $0 $0
Frazier Park Public Utility District Special District 12 $284,804 $106,891
Lamont Public Utility District Special District 22 $751,037 $133,987
Mojave Public Utility District Special District 15 $650,485 $257,573
Berrenda Mesa Water District Special District 6 $203,026 $80,592
Cawelo Water District Special District 28 $1,193,329 $453,431
Henry Miller Water District Special District 5 $0 $0
Kern Delta Water District Special District 50 $2,068,981 $449,951
Kern-Tulare Water District Special District 16 $893,102 $219,210
Lost Hills Water District Special District 22 $1,462,665 $416,621
Olcese Water District Special District 7 $197,175 $7,509
Quail Valley Water District Special District 12 $107,724 $0
Tejon-Castac Water District Special District 7 $163,978 $9,702
Buttonwillow County Water District Special District 5 $4,425 $0
Greenfield County Water District Special District 14 $487,013 $208,935
Indian Wells Valley Water District Special District 39 $2,538,794 $962,221
Lebec County Water District Special District 11 $154,043 $8,975
Mettler County Water District Special District 5 $2,750 $0
Rand Communities Water District Special District 11 $116,743 $9,000
North Edwards Water District Special District 7 $31,315 $0
Tehachapi - Cummings County Water District Special District 35 $1,762,895 $586,339
West Kern Water District Special District 53 $3,778,099 $1,359,567
North of the River Municipal Water District Special District 6 $9,313 $0
Antelope Valley-East Kern Water Agency Special District 57 $5,073,211 $1,415,753
Kern County Water Agency Special District 70 $6,935,624 $4,346,134
Arvin-Edison Water Storage District Special District 66 $3,701,060 $1,155,620
Belridge Water Storage District Special District 10 $387,946 $130,369
Buena Vista Water Storage District Special District 27 $1,610,843 $268,654
North Kern Water Storage District Special District 42 $1,980,620 $754,545
Rosedale-Rio Bravo Water Storage District Special District 26 $1,256,785 $260,942
Semitropic Water Storage District Special District 49 $3,449,887 $873,524
Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa Water Storage District Special District 59 $3,274,152 $1,738,945
Golden Empire Schools Financing Authority Special District 5 $0 $0
Inyo-Kern Schools Financing Authority Special District 6 $0 $0
Kern Water Bank Authority Special District 16 $754,625 $126,967
San Joaquin Valleywide Air Pollution Study Agency Special District 8 $0 $0
Self-Insured Schools of California SISC II - Liability and Property Special District 26 $0 $0
Self-Insured Schools of California SISC III - Health and Welfare Benefits Special District 26 $0 $0
Self-Insured Schools of California SISC I - Workers Compensation Special District 20 $0 $0
Southern California Water Bank Authority Special District 4 $0 $0
Southern San Joaquin Valley Power Authority Special District 5 $0 $0
Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District Special District 16 $733,765 $358,678
Kern Community College District Public Facilities Financing Corporation Special District 7 $0 $0
Golden Empire Transit District Special District 427 $17,590,782 $3,228,690
Kern Council of Governments Special District 39 $1,863,942 $804,507
Lake Isabella Community Service District Special District 3 $0 $0
Kern Community College District Community College District 3,764 $114,155,966 $36,266,014
West Kern Community College District Community College District 835 $19,895,786 $6,761,963
State University, Bakersfield California State University 2,856 $85,447,085 $36,775,195
Kern River Watershed Coalition Authority Special District 26 $84,012 $11,693
North Kern/Cawelo Financing Authority Special District 5 $0 $0
Eastside Power Authority Special District 4 $0 $0
Metropolitan Bakersfield Habitat Conservation Plan Implementation Special District 3 $0 $0
Kern County Office of Education K-12 Education 2,649 $104,158,151 $39,560,877
Arvin Union K-12 Education
Bakersfield City K-12 Education 4,464 $238,978,426 $94,795,538
Beardsley Elementary K-12 Education 458 $12,465,323 $4,220,204
Belridge Elementary K-12 Education
Blake Elementary K-12 Education
Panama-Buena Vista Union K-12 Education 3,795 $129,878,924 $48,353,248
Buttonwillow Union Elementary K-12 Education 91 $2,735,998 $894,580
Caliente Union Elementary K-12 Education
Delano Union Elementary K-12 Education 1,231 $53,918,708 $19,739,741
Delano Joint Union High K-12 Education
Di Giorgio Elementary K-12 Education
Edison Elementary K-12 Education 305 $8,243,021 $2,745,522
Elk Hills Elementary K-12 Education
Fairfax Elementary K-12 Education 360 $17,488,945 $7,133,349
Fruitvale Elementary K-12 Education 596 $19,428,427 $6,315,674
General Shafter Elementary K-12 Education
Greenfield Union K-12 Education 1,914 $69,466,885 $22,939,510
Kern High K-12 Education 6,399 $317,476,097 $115,354,312
Kernville Union Elementary K-12 Education 248 $7,359,219 $2,545,658
Lakeside Union K-12 Education
Lamont Elementary K-12 Education 677 $21,795,181 $7,614,902
Richland Union Elementary K-12 Education
Linns Valley-Poso Flat Union K-12 Education
Lost Hills Union Elementary K-12 Education
Maple Elementary K-12 Education
Maricopa Unified K-12 Education
McKittrick Elementary K-12 Education
Midway Elementary K-12 Education
Mojave Unified K-12 Education 550 $21,115,323 $6,816,998
Muroc Joint Unified K-12 Education 425 $12,213,348 $3,747,975
Norris Elementary K-12 Education
Pond Union Elementary K-12 Education
Rosedale Union Elementary K-12 Education
Semitropic Elementary K-12 Education
Southern Kern Unified K-12 Education
South Fork Union K-12 Education 88 $1,987,276 $466,651
Standard Elementary K-12 Education
Taft City K-12 Education
Taft Union High K-12 Education
Tehachapi Unified K-12 Education
Vineland Elementary K-12 Education
Wasco Union Elementary K-12 Education
Wasco Union High K-12 Education
Rio Bravo-Greeley Union Elementary K-12 Education
Sierra Sands Unified K-12 Education
McFarland Unified K-12 Education
El Tejon Unified K-12 Education 146 $4,764,199 $1,573,916
Wonderful College Prep Academy K-12 Education
Insight School of California K-12 Education
Grow Academy Arvin K-12 Education
Kern County Fair - DAA 15 Fairs & Expos 595 $2,520,531 $756,486
Desert Empire Fair - DAA 53 Fairs & Expos 10 $117,163 $41,592
Kern County Superior Court Superior Court 638 $41,258,180 $16,033,811
Peak to Peak Mountain Charter K-12 Education
Kern Fan Authority Special District 4 $0 $0
James Water Bank Authority Special District 3 $0 $0
McFarland Tri-Agency Partners Special District 5 $0 $0
Kern Groundwater Authority Special District 18 $0 $0
Lamont Public Utility District Financing Authority Special District 5 $0 $0
South Valley Water Resources Authority Special District 4 $0 $0
Tejon Ranch Public Facilities Financing Authority Special District 7 $0 $0
Blue Ridge Academy K-12 Education
Kern County Hospital Authority Special District 2,534 $170,502,803 $61,357,077
Wonderful College Prep Academy - Lost Hills K-12 Education
Grow Academy Shafter K-12 Education
Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Authority Special District 5 $0 $0
West Kern Adult Education Network Special District 4 $0 $0
RNR School Financing Authority Special District 6 $0 $0
Rosedale Financing Authority Special District 5 $0 $0
California Virtual Academy at Maricopa K-12 Education
Heartland Charter K-12 Education
Ridgecrest Elementary Academy for Language, Music, and Science K-12 Education