Website lists city salary information

SACRAMENTO - The state of California unveiled a new website Monday listing the salary, pension benefits and other compensation for more than 594,000 city and county employees throughout California.The website can be found at http://sco.ca.gov/compensation_search.html. In August, state controller John Chiang announced new requirements for cities and counties to submit the wage and compensation data to his office. Chiang said he is extending the requirement to state and local public agencies so that by June 2011, the compensation information for all special district and state employees also will be accessible on the website. According to the website, 83% of all cities and counties have submitted salary information, including Downey.

********** Published: October 28, 2010 - Volume 9 - Issue 28