Compensation Survey ‐ City Manager
Updated: 8/31/2023
Agency Salary
Range Min
Salary
Range Max
Salary
Effective Salary Car
Allowance
Other
Allowance
Total $: Salary
& Cash
City Paid Deferred
Compensation
Total $:
Deferred
Compensation
CalPERS
Formula
Employee Paid
CalPERS (include
paying for City)
Total $ :
Employee
Paid CalPERS
Max City
Paid
Medical
Bonus TOTAL
COMPENSATION
Carlsbad none none 7/1/2021 $326,756 $12,000 $0 $338,756 457: $27,500 $27,500 2% @ 60 7.00% ($22,873) $42,336 $0 $385,719 Fremont none none 7/2/2023 $406,964 $0 $0 $406,964
401(a): 2% of base
457 = IRS max
$22,500
$30,639 2.5% @ 55 8.00% ($32,557) $30,000 $0 $435,046
Mountain View (2) none none 6/25/2023 $387,670 $0 $600 $388,270 4% of base $15,507 2.7% @ 55 11.50% ($44,582) $41,383 $0 $400,577 Palo Alto (3) none none 11/28/2022 $381,389 $0 $0 $381,389 401 (a): $18,500 $18,500 2% @ 60 8.00% ($30,511) $27,120 $0 $396,498 Redwood City (4) none none 7/3/2023 $358,044 $4,800 $900 $363,744 401(a): 2% of base $7,161 2% @ 60 14.00% ($50,126) $32,980 $0 $353,759 San Mateo (5) ‐ New City
Manager 8/21/2023 none none 8/21/2023 $338,000 $4,500 $0 $342,500 $18,000 $18,000 2% @ 55 8.30% ($28,054) $32,980 $0 $365,426 Torrance none none 2/12/2023 $299,520 $8,592 $0 $308,112 457: 0.5% $1,498 2% @ 55 0.00% $0 $19,152 $0 $328,761 Average $356,906 $4,270 $214 $361,391 $16,972 8.11% ($29,815) $32,279 $0 $380,827 Sunnyvale ‐ Kent Steffens (6) $302,041 $422,749 12/25/2022 $398,470 $6,000 $480 $404,950 401(a): IRS 457 age
50 max + 457: one‐
time $15,000
$45,000 2.7% @ 55 4.00% ($15,939) $37,774 $0 $471,785
Sunnyvale above/(below)
average ‐ in $: $41,564 $1,730 $266 $43,559 $28,028 ‐4.1% $13,876 $5,496 $0 $90,959 Sunnyvale above/(below)
average ‐ in %: 11.6% 40.5% 124.0% 12.1% 165.1% ‐50.7% ‐46.5% 17.0% 0.0% 23.9% Reference ‐ Not included in the average:
Santa Clara ‐ New City
Manager 5/1/2023 $405,056 $483,906 5/1/2023 $405,056 $6,240 $0 $411,296 $8,600 $8,600 2% @ 62 7.00% ($28,354) $21,930 $0 $413,472 Notes:
(1) Pension at retirement ‐ Estimate based on retiring at age 60, with 30 years of service, and not accounting for EPMC (not all agencies contracted EPMC as compensation). (2) Mountain View: Other allowance ‐ Cell phone $50/month.
Employee paid CalPERS ‐ 8% member + 3.5% employer.
(3) Palo Alto: Salary ‐ May be granted with salary adjustment annually based on performance. Date is not determined for 2023.
Employee paid CalPERS ‐ 7% member + 1% employer.
(4) Redwood City:
Other allowance ‐ Cell phone $75/month.
Employee paid CalPERS ‐ 7% member + 7% employer.
(5) San Mateo: Employee paid CalPERS ‐ 50% of total normal cost. (6) Sunnyvale: Other allowance ‐ Cell phone $40/month.
Annual Numbers ‐ Based on Current Incumbents
Attachment 7