Costa Mesa , CA Has 356 Employees Making Over $100,000 in Compensation : Town Size 109,960

Public CEO reports:

On Tuesday, the City of Costa Mesa published one of the most extensive municipal employee compensation reports to date.

The 27-page report details the total compensation of 752 full- and part-time City employees. The report even includes Costa Mesa's five council members. The employees' pay and benefits are broken down into 14 categories, including base pay, overtime pay, specialty pay, certification pay, leave payouts, health benefits, and City pension contributions.

The document also provides definitions for each category of pay and pension contributions, bringing additional transparency to the report.

Some of the numbers that can be gleaned from the report are shocking. 76 city employees receive total compensation packages worth more than $200,000 per year; 356 employees receive packages worth more than $100,000. 494 employees make more than the city's median household income.

A city with 110,000 sure has a lot of overpaid government workers.