According to this website:
California governments employed 1279 psychiatrists last year (latest data available).
WHY???? I would love to know what all these government-employed shrinks are doing.
The highest paid shrink in CA is Nguyen An in Santa Clara County, who makes $716,286 from taxpayer money.
That figure includes only employees with the title “Psychiatrist”, not “Staff Psychiatrist” or similar titles.
Another interesting bit of info is to look at how many people had that title by year. In 2007 there were 4. There was a sudden increase in 2019 from 956 to 1435. Max was 1533 in 2021.
You can look this up by state and narrow it down by county, etc.
Useful for finding out how much your police chief, fire chief, or any other government official is paid.
I have no idea how accurate this website is, but I did look up a couple of local gov employees that I personally know and they are in the database with salaries that sound reasonable to me.
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