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Malia M. Cohen
California State Controller
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Government Compensation in California
Malia M. Cohen, California State Controller

Special District Detail

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Year:
County: Los Angeles County
Activities performed by this Special District:
Employees
2,000
Total Wages
$269,635,160
Total Retirement & Health Contribution
$84,022,719

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

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Last Updated: 8/29/2023

Report: Departments

Department Employees Total Wages Total Retirement & Health Contribution
Bay Delta Initiatives 18 $3,145,277 $896,546
Board Member 38 $0 $0
Chief Financial Officer 4 $710,889 $179,629
General Counsel 36 $6,955,389 $1,993,690
Office of Ethics 5 $935,474 $274,621
Resource Implementation Section 3 $653,594 $174,730
Information Technology Section 2 $463,347 $132,023
Legislative Services Section 8 $1,389,066 $430,495
Office of the General Auditor 12 $2,143,354 $652,767
Water Quality Section 7 $1,076,944 $345,290
Water Treatment Section 1 $250,052 $81,860
Administrative Services Section 4 $727,897 $240,447
Benefits Unit 8 $1,053,924 $364,928
Chemistry Unit 1 $218,220 $65,358
Construction Services Unit 3 $575,809 $184,220
Contracting Services Unit 2 $368,138 $101,366
Document Services Unit 5 $734,721 $234,609
Education Unit 4 $624,611 $185,477
Imported Supply Unit 11 $1,721,560 $527,149
Infrastructure Reliability Section 1 $261,723 $82,338
Infrastructure Unit 2 $443,548 $128,539
Manufacturing Services Unit 1 $92,346 $19,976
Microbiology Unit 1 $201,193 $51,250
Risk Management 4 $521,906 $165,829
Security Management Unit 1 $234,404 $75,092
System Operations Unit 5 $881,144 $245,307
Treasury and Debt Management Section 7 $962,452 $323,373
Water Purification Unit 1 $233,983 $71,266
Accounting Operations 6 $727,790 $236,515
Accounts Payable Team 13 $894,410 $309,784
Aqueduct Maintenance Team 13 $1,849,777 $563,287
Chemistry Compliance Team 12 $1,549,670 $521,975
Coatings Team 9 $969,134 $367,331
Construction Contracts Team 13 $1,993,702 $659,569
Construction Management Team 1 12 $1,469,892 $481,388
construction Management Team 2 11 $1,455,260 $451,035
Construction Management Team 3 10 $1,438,361 $437,474
Construction Management Unit 2 $336,448 $75,838
Control System Application Services Team 15 $2,231,421 $610,498
Database Services Team 9 $1,324,908 $381,980
Desert Region Coatings Team 11 $1,304,355 $444,097
Diamond Valley Lake Team 18 $2,503,442 $762,135
Diemer Unit 4 $560,512 $169,659
Eagle Team 10 $1,406,878 $371,430
East Region Coating Team 10 $1,077,953 $373,883
Eastern Construction Team 16 $1,878,953 $642,432
Eastern Region Unit 4 $455,117 $130,602
Electrical Team 7 $848,014 $274,620
Emerging Chemicals Team 6 $791,998 $260,710
Engineering Compliance Team 7 $875,473 $286,342
Enterprise Application Services Team 12 $1,746,749 $537,201
Enterprise Water Systems Unit 1 $53,048 $6,161
Equipment Design Team 12 $1,834,584 $579,437
Executive Administrative Staff Team 10 $1,463,342 $454,399
Executive Managers Team 7 $2,236,382 $599,344
Facility Planning Team 10 $1,599,915 $479,758
Field Survey Team 13 $1,462,788 $476,559
Fleet Unit 3 $452,457 $139,427
General Design Team 9 $1,218,664 $365,609
Graphic Design Team 3 $395,738 $132,651
Hinds Team 9 $1,135,274 $347,294
Hydro Electric Team 11 $1,790,481 $570,897
Instrumentation Design Team 7 $1,128,068 $333,597
Inventory Management Team 7 $664,183 $237,377
Iron Team 8 $1,245,125 $359,514
Jensen Unit 3 $362,075 $113,934
La Verne Team 16 $2,038,012 $633,495
Lake Skinner Team 9 $1,138,461 $403,883
Los Angeles Team 19 $2,420,431 $729,431
Maintenance Engineering Team 8 $1,364,265 $422,679
Mills Unit 3 $466,511 $165,204
Operations Application Services Team 9 $1,395,713 $471,299
Operations Compliance Team 8 $1,101,562 $334,925
Orange County Team 16 $2,031,919 $633,399
Payroll Team 4 $361,821 $121,246
Pipeline Design Team 11 $1,528,412 $432,264
Power Design Team 11 $1,694,914 $487,653
Powerline Maintenance Team 5 $872,961 $272,920
Procurement Team 9 $914,797 $262,417
Production Planning Team 7 $842,863 $232,251
Professional Services Contract Team 7 $966,710 $295,597
Pump Maintenance Team 16 $2,375,577 $701,847
Reservoir Management Team 8 $1,117,713 $381,535
Riverside Team 12 $1,653,385 $557,321
Security Management Team 9 $1,448,000 $440,296
Skinner Unit 4 $532,274 $207,687
Source Water Microbiology Team 6 $575,657 $196,609
Substructures Team 6 $869,001 $296,247
Technical Assistance Team 12 $1,372,513 $455,131
Technical Writing Team 6 $745,745 $236,177
Treatment Plant Design Team 12 $1,883,028 $525,506
Valley Team 17 $2,372,511 $731,677
Valve Diving Team 18 $1,585,626 $378,518
Warehousing Team 13 $1,198,436 $446,594
West Region Coating Team 6 $816,572 $264,008
Western Construction Team 17 $1,781,573 $599,554
Western Region Unit 2 $378,011 $120,596
Weymouth Unit 2 $354,997 $109,146
Capital Program Management Unit 3 $589,340 $195,258
Construction Management Team 4 11 $1,089,487 $313,473
Desert Fleet Team 8 $1,115,804 $359,580
East Fleet Team 11 $1,128,938 $400,877
Records Management And Imaging Services 9 $876,301 $274,072
Supply Acquisition Team 8 $1,261,845 $384,366
Technical Control Team 4 $667,785 $229,333
Treat Plant Lab Team 7 $823,236 $248,635
Treated Water Micro Team 9 $1,181,941 $351,341
Water Efficiency Team 12 $1,735,357 $526,859
West Fleet Team 14 $1,644,157 $536,705
Engineering Administrative Team 14 $1,637,087 $522,237
Project Controls Team 9 $1,358,297 $413,626
Administrative Services Business Management Team 9 $765,990 $262,731
Apprentice and Technical Training Unit 5 $699,890 $221,896
Business Application Service Team 8 $1,126,507 $379,341
Classification-Compensation and Recruitment Unit 15 $1,512,704 $490,400
Community Programs Unit 3 $246,202 $58,539
Conservation and Community Services Section 4 $642,776 $214,905
Controller Services Section 2 $368,163 $116,180
Desert Business Support Team 5 $465,445 $151,494
Desert Control Systems Team 7 $1,016,294 $273,636
Diemer Control Systems Team 9 $988,837 $349,262
Diemer Electrical Team 15 $1,714,573 $538,974
Diemer Mechanical Team 14 $1,629,653 $538,497
Diemer Treatment Team 17 $2,406,582 $700,974
Eastern Business Support Team 7 $590,876 $213,495
Environmental Planning Section 18 $2,312,231 $750,723
External Affairs Business Support Team 4 $461,055 $147,125
Geographic Information System and Computer Aided Design Application Services Team 7 $1,089,106 $352,550
Health and Safety Program Support Team 8 $1,132,954 $332,827
Heating and Air Conditioning Facility Maintenance Team 10 $868,285 $319,945
Human Resources Business Management Team 4 $461,826 $172,872
Information Technology Business Management Team 6 $782,783 $260,685
Infrastructure Services Unit 2 $405,145 $123,221
Inspection Trips Team 4 $770,959 $248,862
Jensen Business Support Team 3 $361,305 $122,163
Jensen Control Systems Team 13 $1,365,070 $489,367
Jensen Electrical Team 9 $947,046 $324,266
Jensen Mechanical Team 11 $1,309,229 $471,804
Jensen Treatment Team 15 $2,314,913 $725,645
Member Services and Public Outreach Section 3 $530,799 $163,983
Mills Business Support Team 3 $349,662 $90,787
Mills Control Systems Team 7 $967,935 $296,795
Mills Electrical Team 8 $1,038,995 $359,784
Mills Mechanical Team 14 $1,807,566 $610,207
Mills Treatment Team 12 $1,937,342 $541,571
Office of Business Outreach 7 $1,187,839 $409,746
Office of Engineering Services Group 5 $1,142,675 $312,149
Office of External Affairs Group 4 $862,295 $268,384
Office of Human Resources Group 3 $468,422 $160,962
Office of Real Property Group 1 $311,309 $84,002
Office of Water System Operations Group 6 $1,443,411 $397,968
Operations Business Management Team 8 $910,624 $256,758
Operations Control Center Team 13 $2,361,175 $717,232
Operations Planning and Programs Unit 8 $1,097,749 $268,838
Operations Support Services Section 1 $300,226 $83,832
Planning and Acquisition Unit 1 $233,822 $67,257
Power and Equipment Reliability Unit 3 $579,677 $197,242
Power Operating and Planning Section 12 $1,684,144 $505,129
Property Management Team 12 $1,113,993 $297,758
Real Property Business Management Team 8 $563,992 $189,888
Resource Planning and Development Section 2 $472,084 $132,853
Server Administrative Services Team 7 $1,117,885 $333,143
Skinner Control Systems Team 7 $832,377 $314,708
Skinner Electrical Team 11 $1,167,048 $363,491
Skinner Mechanical Team 11 $1,229,790 $450,144
Skinner Treatment Team 15 $2,180,087 $741,259
Water Operations and Planning Section 2 $374,779 $122,102
Western Business Support Team 5 $528,101 $166,351
Weymouth Business Support Team 3 $358,360 $104,474
Weymouth Control Systems Team 10 $1,150,466 $368,668
Weymouth Electrical Team 16 $2,058,392 $630,776
Weymouth Mechanical Team 17 $1,921,699 $691,553
Weymouth Treatment Team 16 $2,331,172 $752,384
Workers Compensation Unit 3 $440,763 $108,116
Acquisition and Disposition Team 8 $595,176 $208,325
Board of Directors Unit 6 $948,532 $264,990
Business Intelligence Services Team 5 $647,650 $235,512
Colorado River Aqueduct Team 8 $1,308,161 $361,597
Construction Management Team 5 9 $982,363 $303,935
Conveyance and Distribution Team 8 $1,334,024 $370,997
Design Section 1 $263,281 $74,231
Eastern Region Facility Management Team 8 $927,730 $283,210
Eastern Safety and Regulatory Services Site Support Team 9 $1,411,733 $411,403
Engineering Planning Section 2 $363,912 $90,871
Environmental Program Support Team 12 $1,752,250 $516,108
Fabrication and Machine Shops Team 14 $1,306,258 $502,243
Facility Asset Management Unit 2 $315,893 $77,488
Facility Design Unit 3 $481,616 $146,897
Facility Planning Unit 2 $348,387 $105,730
Federal Legislative Services Unit 2 $387,686 $118,770
Geodetics and Mapping Team 1 9 $1,442,867 $476,590
Geodetics and Mapping Team 2 10 $1,304,915 $418,798
Implementation Projects and Studies Unit 4 $599,408 $170,739
Information Technology Project Management Team 4 $722,470 $232,382
Information Technology Service Desk Team 9 $847,140 $211,973
Land Management Unit 4 $740,315 $223,506
Media and Communications Section 8 $1,282,546 $328,287
Office of Information Technology Group 2 $524,853 $149,262
Office of Water Resource Management Group 1 $342,887 $93,090
Operations Safety and Regulatory Services Section 4 $831,390 $270,321
Operations Support Administrative Services Team 6 $640,517 $207,511
Pipeline Rehabilitation Team 6 $958,242 $306,194
Program Management Section 2 $376,538 $127,694
Quality Assurance and Quality Control Team 5 $689,522 $204,969
Real Property Section 1 $256,033 $71,813
Resource Development Team 6 $586,436 $192,573
Resource Planning Team 8 $1,207,154 $321,542
Safety and Technical Training Team 9 $1,280,351 $409,472
State Legislative Services Unit 3 $571,925 $191,675
Systems Design Unit 1 $245,244 $72,777
Technology Projects Team 4 $767,305 $240,385
Treatment and Technology Program Management Unit 1 $230,929 $76,007
Treatment Plant Program Management Team 10 $1,529,057 $409,947
Water Resource Management Group Support Team 10 $1,090,083 $372,729
Water Supply Initiatives Unit 1 $236,556 $56,744
Western Region Facility Management Team 11 $1,197,601 $414,985
Western Safety and Regulatory Services Site Support Team 7 $1,163,133 $363,855
Cybersecurity Services Team 4 $605,016 $158,166
Design Technology Team 8 $1,196,269 $383,060
Engineering Field Administrative Team 7 $553,400 $196,732
Facility Design Support Team 11 $1,379,903 $463,180
Facility Design Team 8 $1,253,034 $423,944
Guest Services Team 27 $1,266,682 $629,269
Human Resources Information Systems Unit 4 $671,069 $216,006
Human Resources Partners Section 1 $261,890 $62,724
Human Resources Strategic Partner Unit 6 $1,170,715 $372,050
Information Technology Project Management Office Unit 12 $1,572,499 $439,326
Laboratory Support Team 10 $906,415 $361,763
Land Planning Team 7 $715,085 $202,725
Quality Assurance Team 8 $1,071,801 $346,475
Systems Design Support Team 15 $1,645,238 $566,517
Water Quality Business Support Team 4 $392,123 $176,498
Corrosion Engineering Team 1 8 $1,059,063 $356,450
Corrosion Engineering Team 2 9 $1,396,912 $436,584
Enterprise Network Systems Team 14 $2,219,569 $617,710
Gene Team 9 $1,302,103 $441,601
Laboratory Services Unit 2 $360,406 $123,405
Office of Enterprise Cybersecurity 2 $376,171 $64,805
Operations Projects and Asset Management Unit 7 $1,148,117 $354,231
Rates, Charges and financial Planning Unit 4 $425,093 $127,045
Accounts Receivable and Cash Management 5 $412,838 $124,860
Budget Unit 4 $582,686 $142,252
Conveyance and Distribution Project Management Unit 2 $467,755 $150,748
Conveyance and Distribution Section Desert Region 1 $296,354 $73,898
Conveyance and Distribution Section Eastern and Western Regions 2 $446,106 $126,752
Creative Design Team 9 $1,222,307 $408,272
Desert Pump Operations Unit 4 $601,114 $210,637
Desert Support Services Unit 2 $367,411 $122,066
External Affairs Community Relations Unit 3 $486,728 $134,496
Hydraulics and System Modeling Team 8 $1,379,857 $457,214
Intake Team 10 $1,611,282 $490,973
Major Project Controls Team 2 $328,476 $117,542
Office of Treasury and Debt Management 1 $228,348 $23,848
Organizational Learning and Development Unit 4 $561,845 $154,831
Reporting And Operations Unit 6 $626,746 $174,671
Revenue and Budget Section 2 $449,127 $121,918
Safety of Dams and Geotech Team 8 $1,244,789 $419,948
Special Projects Program Management Team 8 $1,119,697 $271,813
applications and Support Services 1 $238,302 $75,235
Cybersecurity Operations Team 3 $509,379 $172,528
Information Network Systems Team 1 $181,449 $58,938
Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion 5 $833,900 $261,302
Office of Equal Employment Opportunity 7 $776,050 $168,995
Office of Sustainability, Resiliency and Innovation 7 $1,238,066 $360,524