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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.

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	Position	Employer	Department	Total Wages	Total Retirement & Health Contribution
1.	City Attorney (EM)	Santa Ana	City Attorney	$571,695	$33,741
2.	Executive Manager	Orange County	Social Services Agency	$320,871	$25,655
3.	General Manager	Irvine Ranch Water District	Administration	$320,078	$47,129
4.	General Manager	Santa Margarita Water District	Administration	$319,039	$50,241
5.	Police Chief	Fountain Valley	Police	$318,786	$27,870
6.	Director, Administrative Services	Irvine	Administrative Services	$316,425	$15,208
7.	County Probation Officer	Orange County	Probation	$308,563	$30,821
8.	Police Captain	La Habra	Police	$307,012	$20,828
9.	Chief Exec. Officer	Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency	Administration	$301,304	$57,106
10.	Utilities General Manager	Anaheim	Public Utilities	$299,864	$24,950
11.	City Manager (EM)	Santa Ana	City Manager	$284,783	$33,169
12.	President, Range 0	State University, Fullerton		$283,251	$63,000
13.	Police Chief	Brea	Police Services	$283,064	$31,564
14.	City Manager	Garden Grove	City Manager	$282,014	$14,604
15.	City Manager	Laguna Niguel	City Manager	$279,429	$46,700
16.	City Manager	Buena Park	City Manager	$277,958	$30,283
17.	Chief Executive Officer	Orange County Transportation Authority	Chief Executive Office	$274,618	$55,653
18.	City Manager	Huntington Beach	City Manager	$274,144	$21,912
19.	City Manager	Laguna Hills	Legislative/Executive	$272,651	$76,317
20.	General Manager	Mesa Water District (Orange)	Office of the General Manager	$272,506	$44,343
21.	Director, Social Services	Orange County	Social Services Agency	$272,336	$39,587
22.	City Manager	Irvine	City Manager	$267,206	$21,370
23.	County Executive Officer	Orange County	County Executive Office	$267,136	$65,698
24.	General Manager	Orange County Sanitation District	General Management	$264,177	$20,500
25.	City Manager	San Clemente	City Manager	$263,190	$37,982
26.	City Manager	Brea	Management Services	$262,883	$50,977
27.	Deputy Chief Executive Officer	Orange County Transportation Authority	Chief Executive Office	$261,698	$57,931
28.	City Manager	Anaheim	City Administration	$257,499	$37,187
29.	Community Mntl Hlth Psych	Orange County	Health Care Agency	$256,996	$7,176
30.	Assistant General Manager	Irvine Ranch Water District	Administration	$256,912	$43,971
31.	City Manager	Cypress	Administration	$253,309	$54,412
32.	District Manager	Orange County Mosquito and Vector Control District	Executive	$251,977	$28,031
33.	General Manager	Serrano Water District	Administration	$251,642	$26,348
34.	City Manager	Laguna Beach	General Government	$250,492	$31,208
35.	Police Lieutenant	Garden Grove	Police	$249,315	$3,457
36.	Police Chief	Santa Ana	Police Department	$248,408	$33,864
37.	Community Mntl Hlth Psych	Orange County	Health Care Agency	$248,377	$5,273
38.	City Manager	Fountain Valley	Administration	$247,779	$21,141
39.	Chief of Police	Anaheim	Police	$247,606	$36,208
40.	City Manager	Newport Beach	City Manager	$246,976	$29,326
41.	Community Mntl Hlth Psych	Orange County	Health Care Agency	$240,869	$5,273
42.	City Manager	Seal Beach	City Manager's Office	$239,729	$43,357
43.	Fire Captain	Newport Beach	Fire	$239,490	$8,126
44.	Fire Chief	Newport Beach	Fire	$237,660	$3,953
45.	Police Captain	La Habra	Police	$236,460	$23,433
46.	City Manager	Lake Forest	City Manager	$235,445	$29,484
47.	Assistant City Manager	Laguna Hills	Administration	$235,444	$60,429
48.	Police Chief	Newport Beach	Police	$235,165	$12,233
49.	Community Mntl Hlth Psych	Orange County	Health Care Agency	$235,119	$9,896
50.	General Manager	Orange County Water District	General Managers Office	$234,934	$53,154
51.	City Manager	Mission Viejo	City Manager	$234,905	$26,192
52.	Administrator IV, Range 1 Other Positions Held: Executive Vice Chancellor And Chief Academic Officer, Range 0	State University, Fullerton		$234,528	$49,300
53.	City Manager	Westminster	City Manager	$232,818	$27,911
54.	Deputy Police Chief	Irvine	Public Safety	$232,588	$24,771
55.	City Manager	Fullerton	Administration	$231,385	$26,023
56.	Director of Fin & Admin Svcs	Orange County Sanitation District	Administrative Services	$230,257	$13,791
57.	City Manager	Laguna Beach	General Government	$230,006	$34,005
58.	City Manager	Rancho Santa Margarita	General Government	$229,025	$28,807
59.	City Attorney	Newport Beach	City Attorney	$228,900	$30,326
60.	General Manager	Moulton-Niguel Water District	Management	$228,404	$42,665
61.	Executive Manager	Orange County	County Counsel	$228,133	$25,954
62.	Director, Public Safety	Irvine	Public Safety	$227,850	$32,113
63.	Police Commander	Irvine	Public Safety	$227,701	$23,845
64.	City Attorney	Huntington Beach	City Attorney	$227,371	$19,821
65.	Fire Battalion Chief	Huntington Beach	Fire	$227,180	$24,497
66.	Police Chief	Orange	Police	$226,942	$20,222
67.	Fire Captain	Orange County Fire Authority	Operations Department	$226,513	$31,784
68.	General Manager	South Coast Water District	Executive	$226,019	$33,429
69.	Community Mntl Hlth Psych	Orange County	Health Care Agency	$225,891	$7,424
70.	General Manager	Municipal Water District of Orange County	General Manager	$225,809	$27,598
71.	Executive Director	Orange County Transportation Authority	Chief Executive Office	$225,538	$42,893
72.	Fire Captain III	Anaheim	Fire	$224,901	$15,892
73.	City Manager	Dana Point	City Manager	$224,440	$42,286
74.	Fire Captain	Newport Beach	Fire	$223,791	$21,626
75.	Fire Division Chief	Huntington Beach	Fire	$223,121	$24,780
76.	District Attorney	Orange County	District Attorney	$222,261	$26,357
77.	Fire Battalion Chief	Anaheim	Fire	$222,217	$0
78.	Administrative Manageriii(Spl)	Orange County	OC Public Works	$222,191	$23,021
79.	City Manager	Orange	City Manager	$221,798	$38,166
80.	Police Chief	Costa Mesa	Police	$221,515	$22,957
81.	Deputy Attorney IV	Orange County	County Counsel	$221,351	$29,125
82.	Chief Information Officer	Orange County	County Executive Office	$220,266	$46,421
83.	Election Aide	Orange County	Registrar Of Voters	$219,310	$0
84.	Executive Manager	Orange County	District Attorney	$218,819	$30,433
85.	Executive Director	Orange County Transportation Authority	Chief Executive Office	$218,532	$37,432
86.	Fire Captain III	Anaheim	Fire	$218,050	$11,962
87.	Deputy County Executive Officr	Orange County	County Executive Office	$217,792	$41,365
88.	Police Lieutenant	Irvine	Public Safety	$217,289	$30,514
89.	Community Mntl Hlth Psych	Orange County	Health Care Agency	$217,176	$5,273
90.	Executive Director	Orange County Transportation Authority	Chief Executive Office	$216,972	$64,553
91.	City Administrator	Placentia	Administration	$216,779	$24,912
92.	City Manager	Costa Mesa	City Manager	$216,739	$29,135
93.	Assistant General Manager	Orange County Sanitation District	General Management	$216,621	$17,437
94.	Planning Director	Anaheim	Planning	$216,041	$17,603
95.	Sheriff-Coroner	Orange County	Sheriff-Coroner	$215,996	$59,280
96.	Chief Executive Officer, Great Park Corporation	Irvine	Orange County Great Park	$215,727	$18,780
97.	Deputy City Manager for Development Services (EM)	Santa Ana	Community Development	$215,515	$28,634
98.	Chief Financial Officer	Orange County	County Executive Office	$215,404	$43,386
99.	Fire Captain III	Anaheim	Fire	$215,398	$15,892
100.	Utilities Assistant General Manager - Water Services	Anaheim	Public Utilities	$215,367	$23,942