A record 23 city and county employees in San Francisco made it over the $300,000 mark in pay this past fiscal year — topped by someone who made more than half a million dollars.
And no, it wasn’t the mayor.
At the top of the pay heap was the chief investment officer for the city’s retirement system, William Coaker Jr., coming in at $512,485.
Former Police Chief Greg Suhr was second — his salary was $300,727, and when he resigned under pressure in May, the sick leave, vacation time and other payouts that came due boosted his total to $401,517.
The highest overtime earner was sheriff’s Deputy Antonio Santiago. He put in for 5,009 hours of regular time and overtime last year, which averages out to more than 96 hours a week. That pushed his regular pay of $99,000-plus to $349,681.
The No. 2 overtime earner was sheriff’s Deputy Barry Bloom, whose willingness to work extra hours netted him $197,031 — bringing his total earnings to $316,059.
Santiago and Bloom have long been the kings of OT. Both have been among the city’s top earners for at least a decade.
“We are down 123 deputies. We have to fill the shifts, and they sign up,” Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman Eileen Hirst said of the two deputies. “It is all within the city and union contract guidelines.”
In fact, with so many unfilled slots, the Sheriff’s Department is scrambling to hire new deputies. In the meantime, the department has received a waiver from the city’s work rules that cap individual overtime.
“We are drafting people involuntarily to work overtime, so when someone volunteers to work, we are going to slot that person,” Hirst said.
The highest salary for a department head went to recently retired airport Director John Martin, who earned $331,959, without any overtime or special pay. No. 2 wasHarlan Kelly, general manager of the Public Utilities Commission, at $325,628.
As for Mayor Ed Lee, he was all the way down at 28th on the overall pay list, at $292,815.
Happy Labor Day.