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Salaries at city hall keep rising; 46 made more than 300K last year

May 3, 2025 3:38 am

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto had 46 employees who made more than $300,000 last year, including five employees who made more than $400,000, pay […]

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Number of city employees making $300,000 a year jumps to 27; salaries for 2023 are out

June 27, 2024 12:56 pm

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer The number of city employees who made more than $300,000 nearly tripled last year, according to pay records released by the city of […]

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Highest paid city employee made $491,400 last year — salary figures for 2022 are out

May 9, 2023 3:53 pm

BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Palo Alto’s city manager is typically the city’s highest paid employee, but that wasn’t the case last year, when Fire Capt. Barry Marchisio took […]

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Growing number of city workers make over $300,000 (2021 city salaries)

May 2, 2022 2:36 pm

BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Even though the city of Palo Alto trimmed its payroll by $2 million in 2021, to $124 million, the number of workers making more […]

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City’s payroll didn’t drop despite Covid pandemic — 2020 salaries listed

July 14, 2021 11:27 pm

BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the city of Palo Alto’s total payroll for 2020 held steady at $126 million, the same amount as in 2019. […]

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City manager breaks the $400,000 pay ceiling — UPDATED with list of 2019 city salaries

May 6, 2020 1:00 pm

BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Palo Alto’s payroll grew by 2% last year, to $126 million, and for the first time an employee took home more than $400,000 in […]

Palo Alto City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave.
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$327,691 is top pay at Palo Alto City Hall — 2017 city salaries listed

May 23, 2018 3:52 pm

BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Palo Alto City Manager Jim Keene remained the city of Palo Alto’s highest paid employee in 2017, receiving $327,691 in total pay — a […]

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