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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 Districts for Activity

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Report: Highest Paid Employees

  Position Special District Department Total Wages Total Retirement & Health Contribution
1. Chief Executive Officer And General Manager Sacramento Municipal Utility District General Manager's Office $518,410 $34,956
2. General Manager Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Executive Managers Team $408,210 $134,166
3. Chief Grid Strategy And Operations Officer Sacramento Municipal Utility District General Manager's Office $364,499 $36,085
4. General Manager Northern California Power Agency General Manager & Exec Services $341,921 $32,214
5. Line Construction Foreman/Woman Sacramento Municipal Utility District Work Performance Resource $339,929 $27,616
6. Chief Financial Officer Sacramento Municipal Utility District General Manager's Office $335,994 $37,962
7. General Manager East Bay Municipal Utility District Office Of The General Manager $331,110 $153,111
8. Director Of Field Services Placer County Water Agency Field Services $329,772 $39,800
9. General Manager San Diego County Water Authority GM Administration $328,318 $102,798
10. Executive Director Southern California Public Power Authority Administration $327,178 $37,872
11. Assistant General Manager/Coo Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Executive Managers Team $314,945 $101,439
12. Chief Generation And Grid Assets Officer Sacramento Municipal Utility District General Manager's Office $301,153 $37,590
13. General Counsel Metropolitan Water District of Southern California General Counsel $298,674 $95,876
14. Assistant General Manager/Cfo Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Chief Financial Officer $297,813 $108,662
15. Assistant Gm Strategic Water Initiative Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Executive Managers Team $297,718 $111,668
16. Chief Workforce Officer Sacramento Municipal Utility District General Manager's Office $296,496 $31,686
17. Assistant General Manager II Northern California Power Agency Admin Services $293,643 $98,233
18. Chief Legal Officer Sacramento Municipal Utility District General Manager's Office $289,596 $47,299
19. Group Manager-Water System Ops Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Off Of Manager Of Water System Ops $288,671 $96,327
20. Assistant General Manager/Cao Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Executive Managers Team $284,475 $108,411
21. Line Construction Foreman/Woman With Class A License Sacramento Municipal Utility District Work Performance Resource $279,351 $34,081
22. Manager General Imperial Irrigation District General Manager $277,207 $28,217
23. General Manager Three Valleys Municipal Water District Administration $277,003 $42,466
24. General Manager Walnut Valley Water District Administration $275,302 $74,663
25. Executive Advisor Sacramento Municipal Utility District Energy Trading And Contracts $274,939 $29,770
26. General Manager Truckee-Donner Public Utility District General Management $274,451 $120,514
27. Assistant General Manager/Ceao Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Executive Managers Team $273,685 $107,842
28. Group Manager-Engineering Services Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Off Of Eng Services Group Manager $273,673 $99,993
29. Ceo Marin Clean Energy Administration $273,041 $26,949
30. Director Of Operations & Maintenance East Bay Municipal Utility District Omd Administration $266,529 $114,199
31. Assistant General Counsel (C) Metropolitan Water District of Southern California General Counsel $265,283 $85,043
32. Lineman/Woman Sacramento Municipal Utility District Work Performance Resource $264,638 $14,855
33. Director Of Engineering & Construction East Bay Municipal Utility District Engineering Administration $262,784 $127,151
34. Bay-Delta Initiatives Manager Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Bay Delta Initiatives $262,517 $92,556
35. Assistant General Manager Walnut Valley Water District Administration $262,502 $74,115
36. Assistant General Manager II Northern California Power Agency Power Management $259,841 $101,767
37. Assistant General Manager II Northern California Power Agency Generation Services $259,377 $97,721
38. General Manager Placer County Water Agency General Manager $258,786 $90,972
39. General Manager Olivenhain Municipal Water District General Manager $258,024 $51,587
40. Assistant General Counsel (C) Metropolitan Water District of Southern California General Counsel $257,862 $88,123
41. Assistant General Manager II Northern California Power Agency Legislative & Regulatory $256,274 $99,840
42. Executive Director Sonoma Clean Power Authority Administration $254,492 $29,218
43. Senior Director, Iowa Hill Development Project Sacramento Municipal Utility District Generation Management $254,357 $23,597
44. Director Of Water/Natural Resource East Bay Municipal Utility District Water Resources Department $254,178 $132,307
45. Group Manager-Water Resource Management Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Wrm, Off Of Manager Of Wrmg $253,688 $99,242
46. General Auditor Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Office Of The General Auditor $251,433 $91,270
47. General Manager Trinity Public Utilities District Management $251,302 $65,124
48. Manager Energy Department Imperial Irrigation District Energy $250,337 $52,987
49. Line Construction Foreman/Woman Sacramento Municipal Utility District Work Performance Resource $249,372 $33,781
50. Chief Deputy General Counsel Metropolitan Water District of Southern California General Counsel $248,939 $94,467
51. Chief Customer Officer Sacramento Municipal Utility District General Manager's Office $248,813 $43,508
52. General Manager Oakdale Irrigation District Administration $248,114 $47,172
53. Procurement Director Sonoma Clean Power Authority Administration $247,447 $14,411
54. Senior Director, Grid Assets Sacramento Municipal Utility District Distribution Services Supervisor $247,363 $33,487
55. Assistant Group Manager Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Off Of Manager Of Water System Ops $246,758 $94,505
56. Dir. Of Res. & Program Dev. Southern California Public Power Authority Administration $246,508 $11,620
57. Group Manager-Human Resources Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Off Of Human Resources Grp Manager $245,875 $90,078
58. General Counsel East Bay Municipal Utility District Office Of General Counsel $245,770 $143,555
59. Distribution System Operator II Sacramento Municipal Utility District System Operation And Reliability $244,497 $26,570
60. Troubleshooter Sacramento Municipal Utility District Work Performance Resource $243,345 $33,966
61. Operations & Maintenance Department Manager East Bay Municipal Utility District Omd Administration $242,602 $133,298
62. General Counsel San Diego County Water Authority General Counsel $242,351 $0
63. Assistant General Counsel (C) Metropolitan Water District of Southern California General Counsel $241,869 $81,436
64. Chief Executive Officer South Feather Water and Power Agency Admin $241,231 $57,135
65. Manager, Transmission And Distribution Line Construction And Maintenance Sacramento Municipal Utility District Distribution Services Supervisor $239,289 $28,958
66. Director Of Wastewater East Bay Municipal Utility District Wastewater Department Administration $239,219 $126,936
67. Chief Assistant General Counsel Sacramento Municipal Utility District General Counsel $237,807 $33,359
68. Shift Senior Power Systems Operator 1/ Sacramento Municipal Utility District System Operation And Reliability $236,566 $16,207
69. Line Sub Foreman/Woman Sacramento Municipal Utility District Work Performance Resource $236,337 $27,766
70. General Manager United Water Conservation District Administration $236,018 $60,130
71. General Manager Turlock Irrigation District General Managers Administration $235,880 $93,815
72. Manager Energy Department Assistant Imperial Irrigation District Energy $235,003 $17,940
73. Asset Supervisor Business Operations Sacramento Municipal Utility District Distribution Services Supervisor $234,927 $32,594
74. Shift Senior Power Systems Operator 1/ Sacramento Municipal Utility District System Operation And Reliability $234,887 $27,157
75. Deputy General Manager San Diego County Water Authority GM Administration $233,660 $81,427
76. Director, Substation, Telecommunication And Metering Assets Sacramento Municipal Utility District Distribution Services Supervisor $233,580 $27,570
77. Line Sub Foreman/Woman With Class A License Sacramento Municipal Utility District Work Performance Resource $232,808 $28,006
78. Portfolio Management Officer Imperial Irrigation District Portfolio Management $232,648 $20,889
79. General Manager Yuba County Water Agency General Admin. $231,485 $77,027
80. Director, Enterprise System Support Center Sacramento Municipal Utility District Technology Resource Center $231,388 $34,666
81. Lead Distribution System Operator 1/ Sacramento Municipal Utility District System Operation And Reliability $230,328 $34,825
82. Director, Information Technology Projects Sacramento Municipal Utility District Technology Resource Center $230,214 $16,446
83. Power Systems Operator II 1/ Sacramento Municipal Utility District System Operation And Reliability $229,894 $15,993
84. Manager Of Information Systems East Bay Municipal Utility District Information Systems $228,659 $113,610
85. Lead Distribution System Operator 1/ Sacramento Municipal Utility District System Operation And Reliability $228,549 $33,865
86. Executive Legislative Rep (C) Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Federal Legislative Services $228,401 $78,464
87. Distribution System Operator II 1/ Sacramento Municipal Utility District System Operation And Reliability $228,333 $28,575
88. Line Foreman/Woman, Light With Class A License Sacramento Municipal Utility District Work Performance Resource $228,087 $27,981
89. Group Manager-External Affairs Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Off Grp Manager, External Affairs $226,248 $94,572
90. Distribution System Operator II Sacramento Municipal Utility District System Operation And Reliability $226,141 $28,023
91. Director, Reliability Compliance And Coordinator Sacramento Municipal Utility District Legislative And Regulatory $225,903 $34,092
92. General Counsel Southern California Public Power Authority Administration $225,747 $43,824
93. Section Manager II-Engineering Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Infrastructure Reliability $225,686 $86,308
94. General Manager Modesto Irrigation District General Manager $225,598 $116,667
95. Agm-Transmission And Distribution Modesto Irrigation District Electric Trans And Dist $224,006 $116,946
96. Special Projects Manager Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Bay Delta Initiatives $222,526 $87,170
97. Lineman/Woman Sacramento Municipal Utility District Work Performance Resource $222,464 $28,085
98. Line Sub Foreman/Woman With Class A License Sacramento Municipal Utility District Work Performance Resource $222,257 $33,567
99. Assistant General Manager San Diego County Water Authority GM Administration $221,571 $82,684
100. Chief Financial Officer / Assistant General Manager - Financial Services Turlock Irrigation District General Managers Administration $221,524 $96,440