March 28, 2010

On the public teat - Seattle employees

I had posted earlier about the disproportionate number of public union employees with greater-than-average salaries compared to private quarter basic working stiffs. Here are some numbers for the City of Seattle -- from Seattle station KIRO:
City of Seattle employees over 100k? Here is the answer
But I'm going to make you work a little to see the answer. I'm not going to simply give you the number.

I want you to see for yourself the web page that lists the salaries of every city employee.

I want you to scroll down and see with your own eyes how many make over 100k.

And it is just as bad - or worse - at the county and state levels. I want you to remember this when you hear our mayor or county exec or governor try to tell you that they need to raise our taxes because they have "cut to the bone"

Here is your answer.
The answer is a list of employees in tabular form giving Name, Job title, Department Name, Gross Pay, Overtime, etc... A little work with Excel shows 2,496 Seattle City employees earn over $100,000 per year with 504 from City Light, 1,271 from Police and Fire departments and $49 Million in overtime. This is out of a sum total of 11,180 employees -- in other words, over 22% of all Seattle City employees make more than $100,000/year. All the while it is crying about how to cut spending when its salaries are so unrealistic compared to the real world... Posted by DaveH at March 28, 2010 7:25 PM
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