SACRAMENTO, Calif. — More than 1,400 state employees in California were paid in excess of $200,000 last year, according to compensation data made public for the first time Tuesday on Controller John Chiang’s website.
Of those, 790 were prison doctors, dentists or nurses. More than 300 others were psychiatrists and other medical professionals working for the state’s Department of Mental Health.
One prison doctor collected $777,423 in 2010, and a dentist took home $599,403, according to the website. The president of the state’s stem-cell- research agency received $482,234.
Four state jobs come with salary ranges that reach above $500,000, according to Chiang’s website.
The chief investment officer for the state pension system can make up to $612,000. The president of the workers’ compensation insurance fund can make $585,360. By contrast, Gov. Jerry Brown is paid $173,900 a year.
Los Angeles Times
