Government Compensation
in California

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Welcome to the Government Compensation in California (GCC) Website

Browse local salaries Find compensation for city & county public employees See the 10 highest paid See how different entities pay their employees Create your own reports Slice and dice salary information however you like Download all data Get compensation information for all available years

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This system currently contains salary and compensation information for public entities in California, including 58 counties, more than 450 cities, more than 2900 special districts, more than 90 higher education providers, and most state employees for a total of more than 1.5 million positions. Watch a video introduction featuring Controller John Chiang.

Browse the Data

Just looking around? Feel free to dive into any of the following datasets we've gathered:

Looking for missing data?

The database contains information on the salary and other compensation of public employee positions in cities, counties, special districts, the California State University system, and for most state employees.

A list of any cities, counties and special districts that have yet to file salary and compensation reports—or that have filed incomplete or otherwise noncompliant reports—is also available.

Not included in the database at this time are state positions that are not paid by the Controller, including: staff of legislators and staff of the Lieutenant Governor, the Department of Food and Agriculture's agriculture associations and Division of Fairs and Expositions, and the University of California.

Top Reports

For quick hits, check out our most popular reports for our data.

Average Employee Wage per Entity

Highest Compensated Positions

Wage Changes Over Time

Or use our Report Builder to create your own.

Raw Data Exports

If you're a researcher, business, or just someone interested in diving deeper into the data we collect, feel free to download the full datasets from our system.

Export all compensation data or select a custom subset of data

For Reporting Entities

To have your information appear, you will need to submit your data to the Controller's Office.

Learn about the reporting process

Comments? Suggestions?

This project is a work-in-progress, and we welcome all feedback. Please feel free to email any ideas you have as we expand and improve this site.

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New Features

The updated Government Compensation in California website has these new features:

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The information presented is posted as submitted by the reporting entity. The State Controller's Office is not responsible for the accuracy of this information.
If you have any questions, please contact that entity. If provided, the entity's website is available for your convenience.

Brought to you by the
California State Controller's Office, Controller John Chiang