A closer look at officials' salaries
By Hilary Andrews, Kyla Calvert, Alison St. John and Renee Villasenor
KPBS
Officials’ salaries weigh more heavily on the pocketbooks of taxpayers in the county’s smaller cities as seen below.
Each year, city officials’ salaries cost Del Mar’s 4,543 residents about $43.58 a piece. Del Mar’s City Council members earn $3,600 a year.
San Diego City Council members make more than 20 times as much, but their salaries cost people who live in San Diego just 73 cents a year.
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SAN DIEGO
Population: 1,306,301
| Position | Full-/Part-time | Salary |
| Mayor | Full time | $100,464 |
| Chief Operating Officer | Full time | $250,000 |
| Eight council members | Full time | $75,386 each |
DEL MAR
Population: 4,543
| Position | Full-/Part-time | Salary |
| Mayor | Part time | $3,600 |
| City manager | Full time | $180,000 |
| Four council members | Part time | $3,600 each |
SOLANA BEACH
Population: 13,059
| Position | Full-/Part-time | Salary |
| Mayor | Part time | $8,550.96 |
| City manager | Full time | $180,250 |
| Four council members | Part time | $8,550.96 each |
POWAY
Population: 49,881
| Position | Full-/Part-time | Salary |
| Mayor | Part time | $12,735.84 |
| City manager | Full time | $217,219.18 |
| Four council members | Part time | $12,735.84 each |
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