How Much Employees In the Oro Loma Sanitary District Earn

The Oro Loma Sanitary District has the 35th highest average employee salary among the 1,504 special districts listed in a new public pay study.

The state Controller's Office has put the 2011 salary and benefits information on a website. It details city, county and special district payrolls.

The average salary for special districts across California was $54,468 a year. The annual salary for Oro Loma Sanitary was $84,177.

Here's an overview of some of those numbers.

Here's the top 10 wage earners in the Oro Loma Sanitary District for 2011. The employees are listed by position only.

The salaries include regular pay, overtime, lump sums and other payments. The benefits and pension are what the district contributed to the employee's plan. Benefits are for health, dental and vision.

Oro Loma Sanitary services 13 square miles, including San Leandro, Hayward, San Lorenzo, portions of Castro Valley, Ashland, Cherryland and Fairview.

It serves a population of 126,000 people. It oversees 280 miles of sewer lines.

Jason Warner, the district's general manager, said highly trained individuals with specialized skills are needed to do the work the district does.

Many of the tasks require multiple disciplines such as chemistry and operations.

"It takes special engineers to do this kind of work," Warner said.

He also noted Oro Loma has the lowest sewer service rates of any district in the state.