Public city workers in O.C. earned more in 2015 - $145,000 on average

SANTA ANA Orange County's public city employees earned $144,817 on average last year, amounting to a 3 percent raise from the year prior, according to data released Tuesday by an open-records advocacy group. The records, which include public data for all but two of the county's 34 cities, revealed that much of that pay often comes from total compensation packages, not base pay, with 41 percent of average total annual pay coming from benefits, overtime and other payments.