The
on-going analysis of the Transparent Delaware data on state payroll
continues to raise puzzling results. For this round, CRI compared the
total compensation of state employees in 2008 and 2010 and found that
some state employees are treated far more generously than others with
regard to supplemental pay.
For
each individual employee, the state records the annual salary, overtime
pay and “other” pay. Together, overtime pay and “other” pay are
considered supplemental pay. “Other” pay is a catch all for a variety of
reimbursements including shift differential, holiday pay, uniform
allowances, and other such things.
In
the private sector supplemental pay, excluding bonuses, averages 2.8%
of wages plus benefits. Approximately 10% of private civilian workers
receive supplemental pay. Supplemental pay to active Delaware state
employees averages 6.5% of wages plus benefits and is received by 68% of
all state workers. For 2010 supplemental pay added more than $146
million to the approximately $1.6 billion of state salaries…a boost of
over 9%.
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