Wages reported for local hospital and water districts; SJB still
not compliant
Salary and benefit information for the San Benito Health Care
District and local water districts are included in the latest
release of data from the state controller’s office.
Last October, the state released salary, pension benefits and
other employee compensation figures online for more than 600,000
city and county employees around California. This second phase
includes information from nearly 750 special districts, including
Hazel Hawkins Hospital and the Aromas and Sunnyslope water
districts.
Seventy seven percent of special districts in the second phase
followed the new reporting requirements, while another set of data
will be released at the end of April.
Wages reported for local hospital and water districts; SJB still not compliant
Salary and benefit information for the San Benito Health Care District and local water districts are included in the latest release of data from the state controller’s office.
Last October, the state released salary, pension benefits and other employee compensation figures online for more than 600,000 city and county employees around California. This second phase includes information from nearly 750 special districts, including Hazel Hawkins Hospital and the Aromas and Sunnyslope water districts.
Seventy seven percent of special districts in the second phase followed the new reporting requirements, while another set of data will be released at the end of April.
The previously-released information, available at www.sco.ca.gov, already includes salary information for employees of San Benito County and the City of Hollister. The City of San Juan Bautista is the only city in California listed as filing a “non-compliant salary and compensation report” and therefore has no information posted. Two other cities – Fort Jones and Tulelake, have not filed any reports. Non-complying agencies face a $5,000 fine.
Hazel Hawkins Hospital Chief Executive Officer Ken Underwood is the highest paid employee in the health care district, bringing home $273,956 in wages in 2009. The report lists salaries for numerous employees, ranging from cooks and food service workers to clerks, nurses and therapists.
The second highest salary earned in the district in 2009, the most recent year for which data is available, was an intensive care nurse on a 12-hour shift. That person earned $265,018 during the reporting year. The vice president of nursing administration earned nearly $230,000 and a medical surgical floor nurse was the fourth-highest paid employee in the 684-person district at $211,153 in reported wages.
In the Sunnyslope County Water District, for which the compensation for 25 employees was posted, the general manager was the top wage earner in 2009 at $170,839. The water superintendent made just under $150,000 while water and wastewater utility and maintenance workers earned salaries between $52,000 and $76,000.
The manager of the 12-person Aromas County Water District made nearly $96,000 during the reporting year while two operations employees brought in approximately $47,000 and $66,000, respectively.
State Controller John Jiang anticipates completing the website with all special district compensation information, along with compensation for state employees, by June.
