Compensation Survey - City Attorney
California Large to Mid-Size Cities
Information as of May 2022, unless otherwise indicated in the notes section Updated 5/23/22
Agency
Population
(1)
Salary
Effective Salary Car Allowance
Other Cash
Allowance
Total $ : Salary
& Cash
City Paid Deferred
Compensation
Total $ : Deferred
Compensation
CalPERS
Formula
Employee Paid
PERS (include
paying for City)
Total $ :
Employee Paid
PERS
Max City Paid
Medical One-Time Pay
TOTAL
COMPENSATION
Pension at
Retirement - % of
Final Comp (2)
Pension at
Retirement -
Estimated Amt
(2, 3)
Carlsbad 115,585 1/1/2021 $318,379 $7,500 $0 $325,879 IRS Max $27,000 $27,000 2% @ 60 7.0% ($22,287) $20,844 $0 $351,436 60.0% $191,027 Fremont 229,476 2/2/2022 $295,000 $0 $6,960 $301,960 401(a): 3.4% &
457: IRS max $26,400 $36,430 2% @ 60 7.0% ($20,650) $28,200 $0 $345,940 60.0% $177,000 Hayward 160,591 1/1/2022 $245,386 $0 $5,400 $250,786 0% $0 2.5% @ 55 13.0% ($31,900) $28,779 $0 $247,665 75.0% $184,039 Mountain View 83,864 12/26/2021 $293,000 $0 $600 $293,600 2% $5,860 2.7% @ 55 11.5% ($33,695) $39,785 $0 $305,550 81.0% $237,330 Palo Alto 67,473 7/3/2021 $322,837 $3,900 $0 $326,737 401(a): $2,500/yr
457: $2,500/yr $5,000 2% @ 60 7.0% ($22,599) $27,120 $0 $336,258 60.0% $193,702 Redwood City 82,344 12/20/2021 $285,067 $4,800 $3,300 $293,167 401 (a): 2% $5,701 2% @ 60 14.0% ($39,909) $24,066 $0 $283,025 60.0% $171,040 San Mateo 103,779 5/17/2021 $255,000 $4,500 $0 $259,500 $1500/mo $18,000 2% @ 55 7.94% ($20,247) $24,066 $0 $281,319 67.9% $173,043 Torrance 144,433 11/7/2017 $224,916 $5,352 $1,500 $231,768 0.5% $1,125 2% @ 55 0.0% $0 $17,652 $0 $250,544 67.9% $163,312 Average $279,948 $3,257 $2,220 $285,425 $12,389 8.4% ($23,911) $26,314 $300,217 66.5% $186,312 Sunnyvale 156,234 7/11/2021 $290,432 $0 $0 $290,432 401(a): 2% +
457: IRS max $27,000 $31,809 2% @ 60 3.0% ($8,713) $40,685 $0 $354,212 60.0% $181,230 Sunnyvale above/(below)
average - in $: $10,484 ($3,257) ($2,220) $5,007 $19,419 -5.4% $15,198 $14,371 $53,995 -6.5% ($5,082) Sunnyvale above/(below)
average - in %: 3.7% 1.8% 156.7% -63.6% 54.6% 18.0% -2.7% Reference:
Santa Clara(4) 130,127 4/5/2022 $332,796 $332,796 $0 $0 $332,796 $0 Notes:
(1) Population: California Department of Finance, Demographic Research Unit, Estimates January 2022, City Population (https://dof.ca.gov/forecasting/demographics/estimates/estimates-e5-2010-2021/) (2) Pension at retirement estimation is based on retiring at age 60 with 30 years of service, and including EPMC as compensation. (3) EPMC is included as compensation in the pension at retirement estimation. (4) Santa Clara: No Match for this survey as there is no current incumbent.
All Annual - Based on Current Incumbents
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