Statement: “The average annual salary of general employees working for the city is $53,000, while their average pension is $37,000 after dedicating three decades of their professional lives to the city,” Michael Zucchet, a city of San Diego union leader, wrote in a Union-Tribune op-ed Oct. 7.
Analysis: City of San Diego employees seem to face disparagement every week over their salaries and retirement benefits.
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