Subscriber Special - 21,862 Highly-Compensated, Retired California Public November 26, 2016 10:28 AM 21,862 Highly-Compensated, Retired California Public Employees Make Over $100,000 per year and Cost Taxpayers $3.0 Billion MAPPING THE $100,000 CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PENSIONS AT CALPERS COSTING TAXPAYERS $3.0 BILLION Read our new editorial at Forbes CLICK HERE Forbes | November 26, 2016 It takes all income taxes from 1.573 million California taxpayers to generate an amount equivalent to the $3.0 billion annual payout to the six-figure CalPERS retirees. We found a '$1 Million General Manager' position and even private employers muscled into the California public pension plans. A city manager is retired on $313,404 per month and the list goes on and on... Recently at Forbes, we exposed 220,000 California public employees earning six-figures who cost taxpayers $35 billion annually. Now we give oversight to CalPERS - the USA's largest pension plan - and find 21,862 employees with $100,000 pensions from 1,253 local units of CA government. Here's a chart of the TOP 10 Highly-Compensated CalPERS retirees: Today, at Forbes, we've installed our interactive mapping tool, so you can quickly review the 21,862 California public employees who earn more than $100,000 - in retirement! Click here and start searching by ZIP code across California. Just click on a pin and use the scroll bar to search the results rendered in the chart beneath the map. Please read our editorial at Forbes, 'Mapping the $100,000 California Public Employee Pensions at CalPERS Costing Taxpayers $3.0 Billion, Click Here. It's Your Money. Join The Transparency Revolution! Adam Andrzejewski (say: Angie-f-ski) Founder and CEO, OpenTheBooks.com Matthew Tyrmand Deputy Director PS. Our new video describes how our data and technology can help you stop government waste! Watch it here. Help fund our movement with a special Crowdfunding donation of $1, $50, $100, or more, please click here. $1 or more receives our OpenTheBooks bumper sticker $50 - $74 receives a cotton OpenTheBooks.com baseball cap $75 or more receives a hardcover copy of U.S. Senator (retired) Dr. Tom Coburn's book, The Debt Bomb. Together, we are a strong team. Please click here to help our mission. STAY UP TO DATE WITH OPEN THE BOOKS! JOIN THE TRANSPARENCY REVOLUTION AT OPENTHEBOOKS.COM Back to news