Cashwatch: L.A. Lifeguards Are Making up to $500,000, According to Watchdog

A stunning study by the fiscal watchdog group Open the Books reports that more than 130 Los Angeles lifeguards made more than $200,000 last year – with one guard hauling in more than half a million dollars in 2024.

Some 34 lifeguards brought $300,000 or more last year, the report stated, with the highest earner getting $523,351 in base pay, “other pay,” and benefits.

Open the Books CEO John Hart told Fox News Digital:

Lifeguards who risk their lives protecting the public deserve to be well compensated, but paying them more than $500,000 may be unsettling to taxpayers who are drowning in debt. Once again, Los Angeles — a city that is struggling to extinguish fires and looting — is leading the way in lavish pay

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