SF City Employee Salaries

ikarcuaso · 03-16-2009, 11:21 PM

$330K for a nurse, $280K for a police sergeant

9000 employees earn >$100K

So much for the low-paid civil servant. I learned the salaries of some friends:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2009/01/09/sfpay2008.DTL

Porsche-O-Phile · Porsche-O-Phile's Garage

$100k in San Fran is chump change. You might be able to afford a 1BR apartment downtown with that. Maybe.

I've turned down two job offers in the past in the bay area that on paper were VERY good - paid about 30% more than the job I just got laid off from. However it just wasn't worth it given the cost of living up there. Housing alone will kill ya'. And the traffic is almost as bad as L.A.

red-beard · red-beard's Garage

That is over a billion dollars, just for those employees. Wow!

ruf-porsche · ruf-porsche's Garage

No wonder it is so expensive to live in SF if public workers are making that kind of money, think what the taxes are.

The Gaijin · 03-17-2009, 06:22 AM

Wait til you figure in the pensions plans and retirement bennies...

sammyg2 · 03-17-2009, 06:48 AM

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Originally Posted by vash

my public job is super challenging. time flys, and i get very stressed out.

i havent even looked at the link. some of those jobs are firemen/cops, right? OT adds up. bums me out our salaries are public info. too many people looking over the fence.

The people who are paying those salaries have a right to know how much they are paying.
John Q. Public is not only the customer, he's the boss.

lendaddy · 07:01 AM

Why do you think I'm trying to get on this bus? I will make more money in my first year as a 9/11 dispatcher(fingers crossed, one more interview) than I ever did in 15+ years in business.

stevepaa · 03-17-2009, 07:57 AM

anytime OT gets up to 1/4 of base, they need to be on top of that and manage it better.

it is good that is public. I suspect co -workers will apply some pressure for some of that OT and spread it around.

Dueller · 03-17-2009, 08:09 AM

That is nuckin' futs.

vash · vash's Garage

sammy, i deleted my post because i changed my mind. info is public for a reason.

i wish someone would put up the numbers an unscrupulous contractor can squeeze from the public coffers. makes salaries look like a weekly kid's allowance.

MichiganMat · MichiganMat's Garage

Its an outrage, cost of living be damned.

jyl · jyl's Garage

Agreed, but you can live in the East Bay for less and take BART, it works. $100K for a family with kids in the Bay Area is pretty tight. For a DINK it is okay. House prices in the nicer parts of the Bay Area have held up relatively well so not much relief there (yet).

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$100k in San Fran is chump change. You might be able to afford a 1BR apartment downtown with that. Maybe.

I've turned down two job offers in the past in the bay area that on paper were VERY good - paid about 30% more than the job I just got laid off from. However it just wasn't worth it given the cost of living up there. Housing alone will kill ya'. And the traffic is almost as bad as L.A.

jyl · jyl's Garage

I think most of the $200K police officers etc are working insane OT hours. The city doesn't have to pay extra benefits, so I'm okay with it - if someone wants to live to work, that's their call.

red-beard · red-beard's Garage

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Originally Posted by jyl

I think most of the $200K police officers etc are working insane OT hours. The city doesn't have to pay extra benefits, so I'm okay with it - if someone wants to live to work, that's their call.

I hope people understand this, but still, those 9000 racked up more than a billion dollars between themselves alone.