Placer County supervisors make much less than their peers
By Ed Fletcher, Sacramento Bee
The five Placer County supervisors agree on this: At $30,000 annually, they’re underpaid. They also agree that nobody is going to do anything about it anytime soon.
The board earlier this month heard a staff report comparing an array of county salaries to those of similar-sized counties, other local entities and private-sector equivalents.
The report revealed that the county has a smaller per capita workforce than most of its peers, that Placer County employees earn about what their public-sector counterparts do and that comparing private- and public-sector jobs is easier said than done.
The numbers also showed there is a clear disparity between Placer County supervisors’ compensation and that of county supervisors from similar-sized counties.
Set at $30,000 in 1992 by voters, Placer supervisors’ pay is $69,821 less than the $99,821 average paid to supervisors in El Dorado, San Luis Obispo, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, Contra Costa and Sacramento counties.
Including benefits, the average annual supervisors’ salary of the seven “matching” counties (as selected by county staff) comes to $121,683 – almost four times the Placer supervisors’ total take of $31,154.
You mean to say we pay NORMA almost $100,000.0 to do nothing!
She must also have an expense account for her lunchs, gas, and the movies!
That’s how the assorted government employees’ unions and the school districts have been upping their pay for the last 25 years.
Well, the teachers/supervisors/whatever over in THAT county get 30% more than we do so we deserve a raise! So that raise gets used as evidence by ANOTHER county that THEIR employees need a raise. And on and on and on.
It’s always been my opinion that if you prefer the pay in a different place, then you should GO THERE!
Instead of raising Placer supervisors’ pay, lower the others.
Exactly like STPUD has done in the past.
Hiring consultants to do a salary and benefits comparision study. then raising employees salaries and benefits to insure equality, while the consultants doing the study move to the next district or municipality to show them that they are now below the average salary and benefits and need to raise them and on and on and on…. An endless upward spiral where salaries and benefits rise exponentially and efficiency declines.
When did the pay for El Dorado County Supes go to $100,000? I thought when Norma Santiago was elected the Supes made $40 some thousand? Has she been giving herself raises? What have we been getting for that money? Her friendship with Kathy Lovell? What a waste!
Pay should be determined by supply and demand in the labor market not compaing to other organizations. Using comparability studies always makes you pay more as you adjust your pay scale to other organizations and not the actual supply and demand for a given
position.
No kidding, Carl. I don’t see any shortage of applicants for the positions. Only then, when nobody is willing to do the job for the offered pay, should raising it be considered.
Are you running for the STPUD board John?
Yes, I am Julie.
According to the El Dorado County salary schedule, posted online, county supervisors make $6406.40 per month, plus benefits. Benefit information is not posted online. That totals $76,876.80 in salary annually.