| Name | Title | Organization | Pay |
| Patrick Fry | CEO | Sutter Health (Hospital) | $3,862,787 |
| Robert Carmen | President | Adventist Health (Hospital) | $1,814,442 |
| C. Duane Dauner | President | California Association of Hospitals | $1,401,548 |
| Stephen Berberich | CEO | California ISO (Electricity Provider) | $862,301 |
| Allan Zaremberg | President | California Chamber of Commerce | $676,771 |
| Michael Ziegler | CEO | Pride Industries/Pride Industries One (Employment for Disabled) | $670,528 |
| Robert Balgenorth | President | State Building & Construction Trades Council | $653,793 |
| Rodney Brown | CEO | California Bankers Association | $584,404 |
| James Jordan | CEO | Schools Financial Credit Union | $572,492 |
| Donna Bland | CEO | The Golden 1 Credit Union | $567,060 |
| Michael Novak | CEO | Educational Media Foundation (K-Love/Christian Radio) | $535,950 |
| Peter Dubois | Executive Director | California Dental Association | $526,393 |
| James Gomez | CEO | California Association of Health Facilities (Nursing Homes) | $502,329 |
| Todd Murch | CEO | Eskaton (Nursing Homes) | $497,237 |
| Caroline Beteta Whitney | CEO | California Travel and Tourism Commission | $445,590 |
| Henry Wirz | CEO | SAFE Credit Union | $438,477 |
| Whipple James | CEO | Marshall Medical Center | $418,353 |
| Catherine Reheis-Boyd | President | Western States Petroleum Association | $416,289 |
| Stephen Repsher | Headmaster | Sacramento Country Day (Private School) | $386,163 |
| Dustin Corcocan | CEO | California Medical Association (Doctor's Group) | $364,517 |
| Michelle Rhee | CEO | StudentsFirst/StudentsFirst Institute (Education Reform) | $341,092 |
| Carmela Castellano-Garcia | CEO | California Primary Care Association (Doctor's Group) | $314,441 |
| Thomas Bannon | CEO | California Apartment Association | $300,653 |
| Brian Maas | President | California New Car Dealers Association | $298,031 |
| Paul McIntosh | Executive Director | County Supervisors Association of CA | $289,895 |
| Sam Keiper | President | The American Council for Food Safety & Quality | $280,000 |
| Chet Hewitt | CEO | Sierra Health Foundation | $279,535 |
| Steve Hollingworth | President | Freedom From Hunger | $270,327 |
| Robert Rivett | CEO | Pacific Legal Foundation (Conservative Legal Group) | $265,165 |
| Joseph Mendez | President | Goodwill of Sacramento Valley (Help the Poor) | $253,131 |
| Jerrold Kinlock | CEO | Sacramento Credit Union | $250,935 |
| James Hernandez | Executive Director | CA Hispanic Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse | $250,000 |