Compensation Survey - City Attorney
California Large to Mid-Size Cities
Information as of May 2023, unless otherwise indicated in the notes section Updated 5/16/23
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 114,549 8/2/2022 $280,000 $9,600 $0 $289,600 IRS Max $30,000 $30,000 2% @ 60 7.0% ($19,600) $21,168 $0 $321,168 60.0% $168,000 Fremont 229,467 7/3/2022 $309,750 $0 $0 $309,750
401(a): 2% &
457(b): IRS max
$30,000 $36,195 2% @ 60 7.0% ($21,683) $30,000 $0 $354,263 60.0% $185,850 Hayward 159,800 1/1/2023 $275,309 $0 $5,400 $280,709 0% $0 2.5% @ 55 13.0% ($35,790) $29,955 $0 $274,874 75.0% $206,482 Mountain View 83,601 6/26/2022 $307,650 $0 $600 $308,250 2% $6,153 2.7% @ 55 11.5% ($35,380) $41,383 $0 $320,406 81.0% $249,196 Palo Alto 67,287 11/28/2022 $335,748 $3,900 $0 $339,648 401(a): $2,500/yr
457: $2,500/yr $5,000 2% @ 60 8.0% ($26,860) $27,120 $0 $344,908 60.0% $201,449 Redwood City 81,495 7/4/2022 $296,475 $4,000 $3,300 $303,775 401 (a): 2% $5,929 2% @ 60 15.0% ($44,471) $24,027 $0 $289,260 60.0% $177,885 San Mateo 103,318 3/5/2023 $265,200 $4,500 $0 $269,700 457: 0.5% $1,326 2% @ 55 7.92% ($21,004) $25,658 $0 $275,680 67.9% $179,965 Torrance 143,057 7/17/2022 $236,165 $8,592 $1,500 $246,257 401(a)or 457: 0.5% $1,181 2% @ 55 0.0% $0 $19,152 $0 $266,589 67.9% $171,480 Average $288,287 $3,824 $1,350 $293,461 $10,723 8.7% ($25,598) $27,308 $305,893 66.5% $192,538 Sunnyvale 156,317 7/24/2022 $304,954 $0 $0 $304,954 401(a): 2% &
457: IRS max $30,000 $36,099 2% @ 60 3.0% ($9,149) $37,774 $0 $369,679 60.0% $190,291 Sunnyvale above/(below)
average - in $: $16,667 ($3,824) ($1,350) $11,493 $25,376 -5.7% $16,450 $10,467 $63,785 -6.5% ($2,247) Sunnyvale above/(below)
average - in %: 5.8% 3.9% 236.6% -64.3% 38.3% 20.9% -1.2% Reference:
Santa Clara 132,476 5/1/2023 $345,000 $6,240 $960 $352,200 0% $0 2% @ 62 6.50% ($22,425) $21,930 $0 $351,705 54.0% $69,152 Notes:
(1) Population: California Department of Finance, Demographic Research Unit, Estimates 1/1/23, 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.
All Annual - Based on Current Incumbents
Attachment 1