California State Controller John Chiang released new data provided by California cities. Here is how two local cities, Agoura Hills and Calabasas, just briefly compared.

AGOURA HILLS

20,516 residents

74 employees

277 residents per city employee

$163 amount spent on total wages per resident

$56 amount spent on total ret. & health cost per resident

$45,286 average wages for this city’s employees

$15,445 average retirement & health cost for this city’s employees

$3,351,197 total wages paid by this city

$1,142,914 total retirement & health cost paid by this city

CALABASAS

23,802 residents

280 employees

85 residents per city employee

$338 amount spent on total wages per resident

$103 amount spent on total ret. & health cost per resident

$28,755 average wages for this city’s employees

$8,769 average retirement & health cost for this city’s employees

$8,051,490 total wages paid by this city

$2,455,291 total retirement & health cost paid by this city

Upcoming: LVHF will report on this shortly in much greater detail – i.e. part-time vs. full time employees, department head remuneration, etc.