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# City Manager Tops List of Santa Monica's Highest-Paid City Employees
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/050704-story/
- Published: 2004-05-07T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T04:17:03.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Government & Politics, Santa Monica, #archive-import

City Manager $219,534.24 Assistant City Attorney $191,158.44 City Attorney $187,469.37 Assistant City Manager $181,802.04 Police Chief $171,879.50 Police Captain $169,259.95 Deputy City Attorney $169,154.72 Deputy City Attorney $168,662.88 Director, Environmental and Public Works Management $165,752.52 Police Sergeant $165,388.23\* Fire Chief (retired) $165,105.54 Deputy City Attorney $160,606.94 Deputy City Attorney $158,717.38 Deputy City Attorney $158,644.41 Director, Transit Services $158,482.25 Deputy Police Chief $158,076.89 Battalion Chief — Prevention $157,954.10\*\* Deputy City Attorney $156,991.43 Deputy City Attorney $155,842.11 Deputy City Attorney $155,801.60 (\* Includes $64,763.39 in overtime. \*\* Includes $18,215.56 in overtime.)

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 7, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/050704.pdf?ref=smdp.com)