California Controller Malia M. Cohen released on Thursday the state’s annual payroll report that provides a comprehensive look at salary compensation data in the local government workforce.
As a whole, California cities and counties reported approximately 751,117 filled positions and nearly $94.4 billion in total government compensation in the calendar year 2025.
CBS News Sacramento provides a data breakdown of compensation numbers, average employee wages, and total employee wages within city governments across the Greater Sacramento region.
Stockton and Yuba City are not included in the report because they failed to submit the required information or provided incomplete data.
By major city – number of employees; average wages
Of the major cities of the Greater Sacramento region, Fairfield has the highest average wage at $115,615. Placerville has the lowest average wage at $42,034.
Citrus Heights: 258; $88,857 Davis: 868; $53,765 Elk Grove: 580; $102,983 Fairfield: 810; $115,615 Folsom: 946; $62,623 Grass Valley: 135; $97,883 Lodi: 741; $82,668 Manteca: 717; $88,013 Marysville: 112; $61,985 Modesto: 1,897; $83,823 Placerville: 199; $42,034 Rancho Cordova: 163; $87,799 Rocklin: 378; $86,514 Roseville: 2,240; $79,127 Sacramento: 5,827; $81,228 South Lake Tahoe: 355; $80,813 Tracy: 735; $95,671Turlock: 744; $63,046 West Sacramento: 800; $77,064 Woodland: 602; $63,565By county – number of employees; total wages
Sacramento County has the highest number of city employees at 8,410. It also has the highest total wage at $647,109,638, which nearly doubles the county that follows, Solano County, which has a total wage of $331,870,147.
El Dorado County: 554; $37,053,481 Nevada County: 456; $35,991,623 Placer County: 3,716; $248,624,281 Sacramento County: 8,410: $647,109,638 San Joaquin County: 2,693; $233,674,879 Solano County: 3,458; $331,870,147 Stanislaus County: 3,584; $258,595,573 Yolo County: 2,377; $151,772,499 Yuba County: 149; $9,032,439 By major city – number of employees; total wages
The city with the most government employees is Sacramento, and the city with the fewest government employees is Marysville. Sacramento City has 52 times more government employees than Marysville, which has 112 city employees. Sacramento City also has a total wage roughly 62 times higher than that of Marysville.
Citrus Heights: 258; $22,925,190 Davis: 868; $46,668,397 Elk Grove: 580; $59,729,956 Fairfield: 810; $93,647,984 Folsom: 946; $59,241,496 Grass Valley: 135; $13,214,145 Lodi: 741; $61,256,619 Manteca: 717; $63,105,503 Marysville: 112; $6,942,358 Modesto: 1,897; $159,012,856 Placerville: 199; $8,364,755 Rancho Cordova: 163; $14,311,274 Rocklin: 378; $32,702,429 Roseville: 2,240; $177,244,768 Sacramento: 5,827; $473,317,838 South Lake Tahoe: 355; $28,688,726 Tracy: 735; $70,317,982 Turlock: 755; $46,906,028 West Sacramento: 800; $61,651,322 Woodland: 602; $38,265,850 By major city – total wages for city managers
The average total wage for city managers in the cities listed below is $290,491.
Citrus Heights: $296,782*Davis: $144,491; $78,260 Elk Grove: $366,887 Fairfield: $343,759 Folsom: $257,227 Grass Valley: $257,456 Lodi: $437,425 Manteca: $338,282; $18,000 Marysville: $224,497 Modesto: $371,171 *Placerville: $185,345; $178,499 Rancho Cordova: $331,871 Rocklin: $277,319 Roseville: $396,772 Sacramento: $363,620 South Lake Tahoe: $261,657 Tracy: $414,351 Turlock: $109,320 West Sacramento: $302,092 Woodland: $326,217
*These cities appointed a city manager during the 2025 calendar year.
K-12 education – number of employees; average wages
The average wage among employees at the school districts listed below is $48,410.
Sacramento City Unified School District: 7,689; $59,606Twin Rivers Unified School District: 4,624; $55,035 Folsom-Cordova Unified School District: 4,181; $50,732 Manteca Unified School District: 4,314; $50,481 Yuba City Unified School District: 2,323; $48,797 Roseville City School District: 2,064; $50,964 Woodland Joint Unified School District: 2,266; $43,651 Stanislaus County Office of Education: 1,821; $48,267 Western Placer Unified School District: 1,458; $44,595 El Dorado Union High School District: 1,213; $47,132 Grass Valley Elementary School District: 482; $33,246
The average total wage for mayors in the cities listed below is $23,882.
Citrus Heights: $22,800 Davis: $17,172 Elk Grove: $31,800 Fairfield: $23,180 Folsom: $10,427 Grass Valley: $7,200 Lodi: $19,200 Manteca: $26,400 Marysville: $3,600 Modesto: $52,875 Placerville: $9,636 Rancho Cordova: $14,385 Rocklin: $8,220 Roseville: $7,800 Sacramento: $168,189 South Lake Tahoe: $13,784 Tracy: $24,304 Turlock: $6,000 West Sacramento: $31,068 Woodland: $3,000 By major city – average retirement and health contributions per employee
Employees in Folsom City have the highest average retirement and health contribution, at $30,845 annually. Employees in Marysville have the lowest average retirement and health contribution, at $13,733 annually.
Citrus Heights: $23,850Davis: $29,692Elk Grove: $30,299Fairfield: $28,920Folsom: $30,845Grass Valley: $29,547Lodi: $17,159 Manteca: $21,341Marysville: $13,733Modesto: $20,483 Placerville: $13,769Rancho Cordova: $24,641Rocklin: $22,215Roseville: $23,844Sacramento: $21,582South Lake Tahoe: $23,301Tracy: $29,011 Turlock: $18,568 West Sacramento: $22,709Woodland: $19,793
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