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Malia M. Cohen
California State Controller
California State Controller's Office Seal
Kern County
Year:
Population
916,464

This county includes payments toward the unfunded liability of the employer sponsored retirement plan.

Report: Departments

Department Employees Total Wages Total Retirement & Health Contribution
Animal Control 78 $3,001,913 $1,813,781
Board of Trade 13 $429,285 $282,280
Construction Services 24 $1,757,977 $1,152,454
County Counsel 50 $4,845,249 $3,041,594
Garage 11 $502,275 $300,317
Library 178 $3,049,764 $1,295,870
Mental Health Services 962 $46,896,682 $28,280,801
Public Defender 112 $8,397,940 $5,003,430
Risk Management 30 $1,538,700 $1,056,248
Aging and Adult Services 209 $6,986,878 $3,964,031
Assessor 98 $5,806,053 $3,858,753
Auditor-Controller 45 $3,313,255 $2,040,753
County Clerk Elections 21 $1,010,900 $601,933
District Attorney 231 $19,509,856 $13,368,360
Farm and Home Advisor 4 $188,240 $147,723
Fire 732 $81,277,136 $51,487,998
Personnel 39 $2,128,951 $1,339,523
Probation 662 $38,802,342 $33,395,889
Recorder 31 $1,139,189 $769,093
Sheriff 1,330 $100,038,021 $74,487,908
Treasurer-Tax Collector 32 $1,878,901 $1,252,566
California Children's Services 59 $3,141,215 $2,005,627
Development Services Agency 1 $27,297 $9,784
District Attorney Forensic Division 38 $2,670,339 $1,679,582
Board of Supervisors-District 4 13 $362,223 $185,672
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors 8 $429,444 $268,278
Kern Sanitation Authority 19 $1,099,548 $761,062
Board of Supervisors-District 3 4 $292,330 $167,597
Information Technology Services 66 $4,951,132 $3,175,416
Board of Supervisors-District 2 5 $285,973 $165,800
Board of Supervisors-District 1 5 $300,969 $155,612
Board of Supervisors-District 5 5 $280,891 $169,172
Agriculture and Measurement Standards 103 $3,364,014 $1,826,849
Airports 31 $1,299,964 $766,049
Child Support Services 248 $9,815,599 $6,092,853
Community and Economic Development 13 $668,613 $407,842
County Administrative Officer 15 $1,595,895 $1,015,197
Employers' Training Resource 134 $6,153,946 $3,892,095
General Services 215 $8,962,477 $5,794,555
Human Services 1,968 $83,937,161 $54,201,511
KCERA 35 $2,182,094 $1,296,188
Planning & Community Development 70 $3,706,912 $2,077,447
Public Health 243 $12,029,970 $7,899,345
Veterans Services 18 $694,034 $342,268
Public Works-Public Ways 464 $25,974,662 $16,751,694
County Clerk Spec Rev 7 $199,989 $127,085
Environ Health Serv Div 58 $3,625,410 $2,393,039
Extend Leave Holding Unit 9 $8,233 $455