California state workers' bank accounts keep growing
The Sacramento Bee looks at California state workers and their recent salary increases over the past several years.
Four years ago, barely three dozen California state workers earned a base salary of more than $200,000. Today, as the state faces a fiscal crisis, close to 1,000 state workers make that much.
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In fact, four of the top five highest-paid workers in the state worked for the University of California as of 2007, though two of them have since moved on. When the UC is included in the analysis of state government employees, California's highest-salaried worker is Mark Laret, chief executive officer at UC San Francisco Medical Center. Laret earns a base salary of $566,838.
However, when gross UC salaries including bonuses and other compensation – not available to compare all state workers – were included, several UC doctors actually earned over $1 million last year. And Cal football coach Jeff Tedford came out on top, grossing about $2.7 million.