In 2008, nine city employees earned more than $150,000 a year. Just four years later, the number of city employees making that much has more than tripled. Take a look at 2012 figures provided by the City of San Antonio.
San Antonio public employees making more than $150K
2012 figures provided by the City of San Antonio
| NAME | TITLE | SALARY | HOURLY |
| Sheryl Sculley | City Manager | $355,000 | $170.67 |
| Pasquale Digiovanni | Deputy City Manager | $210,000 | $100.96 |
| Erik Walsh | Deputy City Manager | $195,000 | $93.75 |
| Michael Bernard | City Attorney | $192,000 | $92.30 |
| William McManus | Police Chief | $187,174 | $89.98 |
| Peter Zanoni | Assistant City Manager | $175,000 | $84.13 |
| Edward Belmares | Assistant City Manager | $175,000 | $84.13 |
| Ben Gorzell | Chief Financial Officer | $175,000 | $84.13 |
| David Ellison | Assistant City Manager | $175,000 | $84.13 |
| Majed Alghafry | Public Works Director | $174,936 | $84.10 |
| Charles Hood | Fire Chief | $173,116 | $83.22 |
| Casandra Matej | Conv. & Visitors Bureau Dir. | $171,700 | $82.54 |
| Michael Frisbie | Capital Improvements Dir. | $170,119 | $81.78 |
| Thomas Schlenker | Public Health Director | $164,629 | $79.14 |
| Michael Sawaya | Conv., Sports & Ent. Fac. Dir. | $161,815 | $77.79 |
| Gloria Hurtado | Human Services Director | $161,599 | $77.69 |
| Roderick Sanchez | Development Services Dir. | $159,136 | $76.50 |
| Frank Miller | Aviation Director | $158,115 | $76.01 |
| Carlos Contreras | Intergovernmental Rel. Dir. | $157,095 | $75.52 |
| Jorge Perez | Bldg. & Equip. Services Dir. | $157,055 | $75.50 |
| Gary Johnson | Temporary Employee | $156,000 | $75.00 |
| Hugh Miller | Chief Tech. Officer | $153,952 | $74.01 |
| Francisca Gonzalez | Assistant to Mayor | $153,860 | $73.97 |
| Ramiro Salazar | Library Director | $152,541 | $73.33 |
| Martha Sepeda | First Assistant City Attorney | $152,524 | $73.32 |
| David McCary | Solid Waste Management | $152,231 | $73.18 |
| Warren Schott | Fire and Police Pension | $150,000 | $72.11 |
| Kevin Barthold | City Auditor | $150,000 | $72.11 |
| Matthew O'Reilly | Fire and Police Pension | $150,000 | $72.11 |
