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FeedWho Earns What: 75 San Diego Salaries Revealed
by Dave Good
Sports & Fitness
| Pat Weber Owner/Founder/Surf Instructor San Diego Surfing Academy $30 - $100/hr Maureen Arbogast Instructor The Bar Method $25/hr Lesley Paterson Pro Triathlete Owner Braveheart Racing $30,000/yr | Philip Rivers Quarterback San Diego Chargers $11,710,000 (base salary 2010) Caddie The Caddie Connection $20,000/yr (part time, includes gratuities) Stadium Turf Manager Qualcomm and PETCO $28.72 - $34.92/hr Charger Girls Line Captain San Diego Chargers $100/game (does not include appearances and calendar sales) | Baseball Player Major League $415,500/yr (minimum salary) Baseball Player Minor League $3,000/mo (during the season) Heath Bell Pitcher San Diego Padres $7,500,000/yr (this season) |
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Business & Technology
| Gabriel Wisdom CEO/Managing Director/Wealth Manager American Money Management LLC “Six to low seven figures” (based on client portfolio performance) Doug Sawyer CEO United Way of San Diego County $185,548/yr (based on most recent UW IRS filing) | User Experience (UX) Designer UCSD $4,227 - $6,062/mo Kirk Yake Civil Litigation Attorney $300/hr Bank Teller $26,213/yr (average) | Donald E. Felsinger Chairman/CEO Sempra Energy $3,355,600/yr (salary and bonus) Irwin Jacobs Co-Founder/ Director Qualcomm $816,527/yr (director compensation paid in 2010) |
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Culture, Arts, & Media
| Television News Reporter Freelance $200/day Television News Anchor $100,000 - $600,000/yr Community Reporter San Diego Union-Tribune $35,000/yr | Carol Williams Organist Balboa Park $56,000/yr Sugar Jones Blogger sugarjones.tv $26,000/yr | Dani Dodge artist $2,500/original painting $3,995/commissioned work John Ahlin Actor La Jolla Playhouse $765/wk |
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Entrepeneurs
| Psychic $70,000/yr Undisclosed psychic center Barbara Diaz Owner/Aesthetician Glow Waxing Boutique $72,000/yr Perk: “I can trade services with other beauticians!” Dale Cooper Owner/Printer Foremost Printing & Graphics $100,500/yr | Steven Wetherbee Portrait Photographer $750/day Tony Hannemann Owner/Plant maintenance specialist Leaf It To Us $75,000/yr Perk: “Plants don’t talk back!” Kim Primerano Owner/Matchmaker Love Happens Here $60,000/yr | Jay Porter Owner/Restaurateur The Linkery $0 “I haven’t been paid because we invested in the business (and in the community) by opening El Take It Easy.” |
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Science & Healthcare
| Resident Physician UC San Diego Hospital $48,259/yr (entry level) Psychiatrist SD County Psychiatric Hospital $173,638 Allan Bombard Chief Medical Officer Sequenom, Inc. $731,999/yr | Psychiatric Nurse Alpine Special Treatment Center $20-24/hr Registered Nurse $66,000/yr (annual mean salary) Dan Smith Senior Wellness Counselor YMCA $27,000/yr | Glenn Wagner Chief Medical Officer (County Coroner) San Diego County Department of the Medical Examiner $226,806/yr |
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City & Government
| Jerry Sanders Mayor $100,464/yr Kathi Henry El Cajon City Manager $240,572/yr Todd Gloria City Council Member $75,386/yr Dan McAllister County Treasurer/Tax Collector $155,480/yr | Bill Horn County Supervisor $143,031/yr Public Defender $69,139/yr (entry level) Brian Bilbray Congressman $174,000/yr Lifeguard City of San Diego $16.23 - $19.50/hr (entry level) Parking Enforcement City of San Diego $17.13 - $20.60/hr | Sanitation Driver City of San Diego Level lll $22.85 - $26.90/hr Police Officer City of San Diego $6,077/mo (after 4th year) Firefighter City of San Diego $3,106 - $5,026/mo (base salary) Director, Public Art San Diego Port Commission $81,370 - 110,866/yr |
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Education
| GRE Test Tutor Top Test Prep $30/hr Music Teacher TakeLessons $12 - $15/hr (plus commission) Public School Teacher Poway Unified District $40,963/yr (entry level) | Associate Professor Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College $80,000/yr Marye Anne Fox Chancellor UCSD $385,468/yr (last update 2009) | Dr. Randolph E. Ward SD County Superintendent of Schools $286,073/yr Substitute Special Ed Teacher Davila Day School $100/day Principal San Diego Unified School District $120,596.34/yr (maximum) |
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Hospitality
| Senior Animal Trainer SeaWorld $21.90/hr Aquarist Birch Aquarium at Scripps $2,836/mo | Nina Calderaro Food Server Zanzibar $8/hr Casino Dealer $25,000 - $50,000/yr (base pay, not including tips) | Marlon Franklin Nightclub Bouncer Bar Pink $11/hr |
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Miscellaneous
| Tree Trimmer $13 - $20/hr Farrier (horseshoer) $45,000/yr (San Diego County Farrier’s Association average) | Organic Farmer Imperial Beach $80,000/yr Master Model Builder Legoland $12.50 - $16.50/hr | Teevan McManus Owner/Dog Surfing Trainer Coronado Surfing Academy $75/hr Perk: “Wearing a wetsuit instead of a suit!” |
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