Compensation Survey - City Manager
California Large to Mid-Size Cities
Agency
Salary
Effective
Salary Range
Min
Salary Range
Max Salary
Car
Allowance
Other
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 Bonus
TOTAL
COMPENSATION
Pension at Retirement
- % of Final Comp (6)
Pension at
Retirement -
Estimated Amt (1)
Carlsbad 7/1/2021 $326,756 $12,000 $0 $338,756 457 = $27,500 $27,500 2% @ 60 7.00% ($22,873) $21,168 $0 $364,551 60.00% $196,054 Fremont(1) 7/3/2022 $369,128 $0 $0 $369,128
401(a) = 2% of base salary
457 = $20,500 $27,883 2.5% @ 55 8.00% ($29,530) $28,200 $0 $395,680 75.00% $276,846 Mountain View (2) 6/26/2022 $372,760 $0 $600 $373,360 457 = 4% of base salary $14,910 2.7% @ 55 11.50% ($42,867) $39,780 $0 $385,183 81.00% $301,935 Palo Alto 7/3/2021 $366,708 $0 $0 $366,708 401 (a) = $18,500 $18,500 2% @ 60 7.00% ($25,670) $26,160 $0 $385,698 60.00% $220,025 Redwood City (3) 10/3/2022 $334,248 $4,800 $900 $339,948 401(a) = 2% of base salary $6,685 2% @ 60 14.00% ($46,795) $24,066 $0 $323,904 60.00% $200,549 San Mateo 3/20/2022 $283,864 $4,500 $0 $288,364 457 = $1500/mo $18,000 2% @ 55 7.92% ($22,482) $24,072 $0 $307,954 67.86% $192,630 Torrance 8/9/2022 $283,404 $5,352 $0 $288,756
401(a) = 0.5% of base
salary $1,417 2% @ 55 7.00% ($19,838) $17,652 $0 $287,987 67.86% $192,318 Average $333,838 $3,807 $214 $337,860 $16,414 8.92% ($30,008) $25,871 $0 $350,137 67.39% $225,765 Santa Clara(4) 4/6/2022 $445,245 $468,674 $445,245 $6,600 $960 $452,805 401(a)= 5% of base salary
457- $19,500& Catchup
$6,500 $48,262 2.7% @ 55 8.00% ($35,620) $12,710 $0 $478,158 81.00% $360,648 Sunnyvale (6) 12/26/2021 $302,041 $410,799 $375,915 $6,000 $480 $382,395 401(a) = $20,500+$6,500
= $27,000 $26,000 2.7% @ 55 4.00% ($15,037) $40,805 $10,000 $444,164 81.00% $304,491 Sunnyvale above/(below)
average - in $: $42,077 $2,193 $266 $44,535 $9,586 -4.9% $14,971 $14,934 $10,000 $94,027 13.6% $78,726 Sunnyvale above/(below)
average - in %: 12.6% 57.6% 124.0% 13.2% 58.4% -55.1% -49.9% 57.7% 0.0% 26.9% 20.2% 34.9% Notes:
(1) Fremont: Max City paid medical due to increase 1/2023 to $2500/mo (2) Mountain View: Other allowance - Cell phone $50/mo
(3) Redwood City: Other allowance - Cell phone $75/mo
(4) Santa Clara: Current incumbent is an interim City Manager and does not receive benefits, their hourly pay rate is $214.06/hr listed as a yearly amount. All other benefits listed were for the last regular incumbent. (5) Sunnyvale: Other allowance - Cell phone $75/mo. Bonus - one time lump sum paid 1/13/22 (6) Pension at retirement estimation is based on retiring at age 60, with 30 years of service, and not accounting for EPMC (not all agencies contracted EPMC as compensation).
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Kent Steffens Compensation
Data Updated 11/10/22
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