Top paid state employees of California unmasked as prison shrinks, top cops and financiers
California’s highest-paid employees are a little-known cadre of pension managers, prison workers and patrolmen who pull in as much as $2 million in total compensation on the taxpayer dime, records reveal. The top-earning state worker last year was Stephen Gilmore, chief investmen.
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Brimstone Report is tracking this as a curated intelligence & security brief. The source report from NY Post says: California’s highest-paid employees are a little-known cadre of pension managers, prison workers and patrolmen who pull in as much as $2 million in total compensation on the taxpayer dime, records reveal. The top-earning state worker last year was Stephen Gilmore, chief investmen.
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- Primary source: NY Post
- Published: Aug 24, 2026, 11:15 PM UTC
- Coverage area: Intelligence & Security
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