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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: Highest Paid Employees

  Position Employer Department Total Wages Total Retirement & Health Contribution
1. Chief Executive Officer And General Manager Sacramento Municipal Utility District General Manager's Office $620,932 $84,189
2. Deputy County Executive Sacramento County Office Of The County Executive $504,994 $41,868
3. Chief Grid Strategy And Operations Officer Sacramento Municipal Utility District General Manager's Office $452,119 $43,526
4. Chief Generation And Grid Assets Officer Sacramento Municipal Utility District General Manager's Office $410,839 $57,732
5. President, Range 0 State University, Sacramento $405,763 $119,275
6. General Manager Northern California Power Agency General Manager & Exec Services $403,332 $45,819
7. Chief Legal Officer Sacramento Municipal Utility District General Manager's Office $392,287 $71,762
8. Chief Information Officer Sacramento Municipal Utility District General Manager's Office $367,059 $42,108
9. Sheriff Captain Sacramento County Sheriff $366,623 $64,531
10. Chancellor Los Rios Community College District District Office - Chancellor's Office $366,038 $83,938
11. Chief Workforce Officer Sacramento Municipal Utility District General Manager's Office $360,880 $58,188
12. General Manager / Chief Executive Officer Sacramento Regional Transit System General Manager / Chief Executive Officer $358,658 $84,343
13. Sheriff Chief Deputy Sacramento County Sheriff $357,168 $47,248
14. Battalion Chief Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District Suppression $354,045 $44,381
15. County Executive Sacramento County Office Of The County Executive $353,192 $42,293
16. City Manager Sacramento Executive Office $345,831 $56,773
17. Battalion Chief Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District Suppression $344,422 $58,308
18. Chief Customer Officer Sacramento Municipal Utility District General Manager's Office $341,758 $63,182
19. Chief Forensic Pathologist Sacramento County Coroner $338,766 $34,132
20. Chief Executive Officer Public Risk Innovation Solutions and Management (PRISM) Administration $337,975 $87,816
21. Superintendent Twin Rivers Unified Supt/Governing Board $337,768 $103,273
22. Fire Engineer Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District Suppression $337,372 $43,038
23. Chief Actuarial Officer Public Risk Innovation Solutions and Management (PRISM) Actuary $336,640 $58,171
24. Fire Captain Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District Suppression $335,253 $44,824
25. Senior Advisor/General Counsel Sacramento Area Council of Governments General Counsel $334,453 $35,114
26. Battalion Chief Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District Suppression $329,469 $49,698
27. City Manager Citrus Heights City Manager's Office $327,816 $83,794
28. Line Foreman/Woman, Light Sacramento Municipal Utility District Work Performance Resource $325,701 $49,978
29. Director, Information Technology Strategic Initiatives Sacramento Municipal Utility District Technology Resource Center $323,838 $58,946
30. Chief Financial Officer Sacramento Municipal Utility District General Manager's Office $322,282 $51,096
31. Battalion Chief Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District Suppression $322,212 $56,876
32. Sheriff Sergeant Sacramento County Sheriff $321,076 $49,843
33. Fire Engineer Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District Suppression $319,229 $43,473
34. Sheriff Chief Deputy Sacramento County Sheriff $314,589 $41,970
35. Deputy County Executive Sacramento County Office Of The County Executive $313,741 $16,311
36. County Superintendent/Schools Sacramento County Office of Education Administration (110) $310,403 $74,142
37. Pharmacist Sacramento County Health Services $306,299 $49,472
38. City Attorney Elk Grove City Attorney $305,777 $70,041
39. Fire Captain Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District Emergency Medical Services $305,531 $48,811
40. Forensic Pathologist Lv II Sacramento County Coroner $302,895 $29,782
41. Deputy Supt Admn Services Twin Rivers Unified Administrative Svcs $298,333 $75,056
42. Battalion Chief Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District Suppression $298,300 $52,161
43. City Manager Elk Grove City Manager $294,772 $74,202
44. Chief Executive Officer Association of California Water Agencies Joint Powers Insurance Authority Chief Executive Officer $294,635 $67,854
45. Fire Captain Cosumnes Community Services District Fire/Fire Operations $294,295 $42,695
46. Forensic Pathologist Lv II Sacramento County Coroner $293,201 $19,574
47. Line Construction Foreman/Woman With Class A License Sacramento Municipal Utility District Work Performance Resource $292,903 $50,539
48. Assistant Chief Dep District Attorney Sacramento County District Attorney $292,403 $45,518
49. Assistant General Manager II Northern California Power Agency Generation Services $292,010 $51,272
50. Fire Captain Cosumnes Community Services District Fire/Special Operations $291,366 $43,807
51. Chief Construction Management & Inspection Div Sacramento County Office Of Development And Code Services $289,831 $21,402
52. Forensic Pathologist Lv II Sacramento County Coroner $288,435 $29,782
53. Deputy General Counsel Sacramento Municipal Utility District General Counsel $285,372 $57,583
54. Fire Captain Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District Suppression $283,676 $47,971
55. Assistant General Manager II Northern California Power Agency Legislative & Regulatory $282,704 $51,441
56. Probation Division Chief Sacramento County Probation $282,480 $36,177
57. Fire Chief Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District Fire Chief $281,797 $58,418
58. City Manager Rancho Cordova City Manager $280,822 $67,839
59. Fire Chief Cosumnes Community Services District Administration/General Manager $280,268 $55,468
60. Executive Director Schools Insurance Authority Operations $278,974 $72,579
61. Judge, Superior Court Sacramento County Superior Court Judge's Retire System Member $278,614 $6,680
62. Battalion Chief Cosumnes Community Services District Fire/Fire Operations $278,300 $46,830
63. Director, Energy Trading Contracts Sacramento Municipal Utility District Energy Trading And Contracts $278,191 $42,639
64. Assistant Fire Chief Cosumnes Community Services District Fire/Ems $277,523 $50,760
65. Chief Executive Officer Cooperative Personnel Services Regular Full Time $276,750 $45,551
66. Director, Community Choice Aggregation Development Sacramento Municipal Utility District Customer Leadership And Business $276,614 $49,211
67. Line Foreman/Woman, Light Sacramento Municipal Utility District Work Performance Resource $276,180 $37,896
68. Administrator IV, Range 1 State University, Sacramento $275,525 $101,788
69. District Attorney Sacramento County District Attorney $275,222 $52,247
70. Fire Engineer Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District Suppression $274,641 $28,925
71. Fire Engineer Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District Suppression $274,468 $44,901
72. Fire Captain Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District Suppression $274,216 $47,810
73. Judge, Superior Court Sacramento County Superior Court Judge's Retire System Member $273,689 $12,447
74. Manager, Transmission And Distribution Line Construction And Maintenance Sacramento Municipal Utility District Distribution Services Supervisor $272,907 $45,637
75. Battalion Chief Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District Suppression $271,063 $56,869
76. Director, Grid Operations Sacramento Municipal Utility District System Operation And Reliability $270,543 $59,483
77. Lead Distribution System Operator Sacramento Municipal Utility District System Operation And Reliability $270,445 $44,393
78. Line Foreman/Woman, Light With Class A License Sacramento Municipal Utility District Work Performance Resource $270,280 $39,032
79. Assistant County Executive Officer Sacramento County Office Of The Assistant County Executive $269,014 $32,418
80. Fire Engineer Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District Suppression $268,486 $44,434
81. Chief Of Police Citrus Heights Police $267,669 $51,106
82. Director, Reliability Compliance And Coordinator Sacramento Municipal Utility District Legislative And Regulatory $266,993 $56,921
83. Police Chief Sacramento Office Of The Chief - Admin $266,764 $80,448
84. Deputy Chief Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District Fire Chief $266,729 $65,454
85. Judge, Superior Court Sacramento County Superior Court Judge's Retire System Member $266,702 $27,195
86. Chief Operating Officer Public Risk Innovation Solutions and Management (PRISM) Administration $266,400 $51,009
87. Line Construction Foreman/Woman With Class A License Sacramento Municipal Utility District Work Performance Resource $265,133 $50,287
88. Sheriff Sergeant Sacramento County Sheriff $264,717 $44,110
89. Deputy General Counsel Sacramento Municipal Utility District General Counsel $263,239 $53,297
90. Executive Director Sacramento Area Council of Governments Executive $263,046 $45,612
91. Administrator III, Range 1 State University, Sacramento $262,927 $20,592
92. General Counsel Northern California Power Agency General Counsel $262,532 $45,287
93. Chief, Transportation Div - O & M Sacramento County Transportation $262,443 $40,066
94. Deputy Chief Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District Fire Chief $262,124 $65,454
95. Fire Engineer Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District Suppression $261,558 $42,226
96. Chief Of Police Elk Grove Police Department $261,370 $67,490
97. Director, Line Assets Sacramento Municipal Utility District Distribution Services Supervisor $260,853 $41,823
98. Lead Distribution System Operator Sacramento Municipal Utility District System Operation And Reliability $260,694 $53,658
99. Battalion Chief Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District Suppression $260,312 $58,696
100. Deputy Sheriff Rng B Sacramento County Sheriff $260,287 $36,313