State Controller Betty T. Yee has updated her Government Compensation in California Web site to include 2015 self-reported data for cities and counties.

The data covers 668,240 positions and a total of more than $42 billion in wages in 2015 for 54 counties and 459 cities.

Users of the site can view compensation levels on maps and search for compensation by region; quickly see lists of top earners at cities, counties, and other local governments; narrow results by name of employer or by job title; build charts and trend graphics; and export raw data or custom reports.

The new data shows that the average wages across all 54 reporting counties is $63,823. The three counties with the highest average government salaries in 2015 were Santa Clara ($81,808), Alameda ($76,832) and Los Angeles ($73,722).

For cities in 2015, the average page was $64,058. Vernon was highest ($107,848), followed by Hayward ($103,607) and Palm Desert ($97,997).

In Lake County, wages in 2015 for 1,160 county employees averaged $38,542. In the city of Clearlake, which had 66 employees last year, the average was $44,063 and in Lakeport, which had 83 employees, wages averaged $29,984, based on the Web site.

Average wages in city governments increased by more than 3 percent from 2014 to 2015, from $61,724 to $64,058.

Average wages increased by almost 5 percent in county governments, from $60,831 to $63,823.

The top paid county elected officials in 2015 were in Los Angeles County, Riverside County, San Bernardino County and Santa Clara County. For cities, the top paid elected officials hailed from Redondo Beach, Long Beach, San Francisco and Santa Clara.

In Lake County in 2015, the top three paid elected officials and their total wages (salary and benefits) were the sheriff-coroner, $123,467; district attorney, $116,295; and the auditor-controller/county clerk, $102,870.

The top three paid county of Lake employees overall, none of which were elected, were the public health officer, $172,798; county counsel, $139,398; and Social Services director, $134,123, according to Yee's Web site.

The top three paid employees in the city of Clearlake in 2015 were the police chief, $129,037; city manager, $117,684; and police sergeant, $113,244, the data showed.

In Lakeport the Web site showed the top paid employees as being the city manager, $121,365; finance director, $94,008; and police chief, $93,772.

The new data show that average retirement and health care costs in counties increased by more than 5 percent to $25,352 and by more than 1 percent in cities to $19,067.

City governments with the highest average retirement and health care costs were Industry, San Jose and Vallejo. For county governments, it was Alameda, Kern and Orange.

The city of Clearlake had retirement and health care costs averaging $16,046, followed by Lakeport with $10,526. The county of Lake's average costs were $12,624.

Twenty-three cities and three counties failed to file or provided incomplete or late information. A list of noncompliant entities is available at http://publicpay.ca.gov/Reports/UnavailableData.aspx .

Since the Web site was launched in 2010, it has registered nearly nine million page views. The site now contains information on more than 2 million jobs in California, as reported by each government entity.

State government, California State University, superior court, and special district compensation data for 2015 will be added this summer.