Las Vegas city employee salary database

I shouldn't be surprised at these compensation figures, but I am. It's only a matter of time before these numbers overwhelm the city's finances. Anybody that thought Las Vegas real estate was bargain basement the last few years hasn't seen anything yet.

https://transparentnevada.com/salaries/las-vegas/

you think this is any different in states across the US? you will find that the first responders get a lot of compensation, usually it is tied into their retirement income so they will naturally ask for the OT and other work to boost their income. They also don't explain what the other compensation is. do many of these guys make over 200K a year with compensation? they need to explain what the other compensation is before you start judging government employees.

yes, I work for the city government in Hawaii. the rights people also asked for this list for government in Hawaii. what they don't tell you is how much waste is going on in the city, how we have employees on the payroll who basically do squat because they are political patronage positions. I work in IT, we have a couple of workers here, one guy we asked to copy files from a flash drive to a directory on our server, we had to get a college intern explain to him how to do that. We had a deputy prosecutor who was fired by the prosecuting attorney, he was making 6 figures, recently he worked in our department.....why the heck would we need an attorney in our department? he was here only because the mayor at that time liked him and was his friend, when that mayor wasn't reelected the lawyer left also. there is a lot of bloat in government but a lot of it is because politicans are allowed to hire their cronies and friends and relatives. the lowly government worker gets the blame but it isn't their fault. I questioned the compensation issue because I don't see any of that compensation that they claim that we make, most of us have a base salary (because of the economy, no OT) and don't see any of this compensation that they say that we make.

sorry, I will get off my soap box now but it is irritating that they blame the workers for the government problems.

I'm not necessarily blaming the workers, but when their cities go bankrupt and they don't end up getting all that was promised them I won't feel much pity for them. Large cities all have one thing in common in that they're all run by Democrats and their largest constituency is public employees. Union membership in private companies is down to single digits, but public union membership has risen to 35%. FDR warned that government employees shouldn't be allowed to collectively bargain because they are effectively bargaining for more tax dollars. JFK vastly expanded the powers of public sectors to bargain for greater benefits. Of all the things that snake bastard did the Executive Order he issued doing so was the most harmful to the country.

The lady that recently helped me make a change to my business license makes $75K in salary and $110K in total compensation. Who needs a college education when you can snag a job like that. The cities with the most egregious excess payments to workers will certainly eventually file bankruptcy with Chicago being at the top of the list. Las Vegas is very vulnerable because the city is so dependent on a single industry which also happens to be heavily union. The casino industry is in big trouble at the moment. Caesar's huge debt load will eventually force them into bankruptcy. MGM wants to restructure their debt on City Center. Cosmopolitan has been taking huge losses every year since they've been open.

I was hopeful that Scott Walker's great work would lead to the right changes in cities across the country, but I guess it won't come until the bankruptcy hammer comes down on a few more cities like Detroit.

I was wondering, when you say the woman makes 110K in total compensation, what is she doing to get an extra 35K? medical? I don't understand where this extra compensation is coming from because I don't see it - maybe I live in the wrong state, lol.

I worked in the private sector before. I was making close to 40% more than what I make in public service. I also had a 401k plan put in by myself and my company. It did have it's drawbacks, like getting laid off because of cuts, no job security and no good retirement plan. I moved back to the goverment because it is stable with decent benefits and a good retirement plan. My friends in the private sector even though were making a lot more money than me are now worrying about their paychecks and their future and retirement. My sister works in the private sector, she was the senior person in a job but got laid off, they basically got rid of her and her higher salary and less than 6 months later hired a person making much less. in the private sector without union support there is no job security and employers would get rid of higher paid senior people just to save a few bucks. Not sure if that is better for the average joe, better for the company bottom line though.

the problem with many states and cities, like what's happening in california, is poor management, excessive spending and too many cronies and jobs and contracts and shady dealings. the unions are there to help people get a decent salary and a steady stable job, something that is a crapshoot in the private industry.

It's hard because we see the higher salaries of many goverment workers but the majority of us don't really make a lot of money but are still lumped in with the people who do.

As for vegas, the problem is that MGM overspent in creating city center. with the economy downturn they really took a hit, something that CET avoided because they were lucky that they didn't start their grand plans before the downturn. They did make additions at CP (quad, etc.) which didn't help their bottom line, CP's problem isn't the union but their management. Boyd lost out because they razzed the dust and couldn't come back, all due to bad timing.

According to the website her total compensation is $111,000. The breakdown is $71,000 base pay, $7,100 other pay, and $32,000 benefits. Not sure what other pay is or what the benefits include. Her total package is down slightly over the last 3 years because the Las Vegas city government went to a 38 hour 4-day work week.

I did a quick calculation and there are 1656 employees for the city that receive over $100K in total compensation. A rough estimate of the total amount received by those 1656 employees is around $250 million. The taxpayers can't continue to fork over $100K for jobs that you can train about anyone to do in a matter of weeks.

Maybe you missed it, but Las Vegas firefighters were caught recently scamming the overtime system by planning sick days so they could work more overtime. Not surprisingly not that many were fired over the scam.

Give me a break with this compensation. you should keep the crappy compensation issue out of discussions so you should mention that your 1656 employees make more than 71K and leave the other crap out of discussions. this is 1656 employess out of what, how many employees? and what is the general average salary (excluding compensations)?

if this lady is making 32k in benefits you need to know what that means, not just take some site posting information that isn't explained. why? because I don't know many people that make 32k a YEAR in compensation. yes govt workers get some medical paid from the employer, it might amount to 10k but that is the package negotiated with the union and govt.

you also need to understand that our first responders get a lot of OT because of understaffings and shortages. because of the downturn many departments cut services and employees and so when there are vacations and sick leaves then somebody will get OT. esp for the police, they get paid to do a lot of "extra" jobs that are apart from their normal day to day activities. this in turn increases their pay level and why you see the higher amounts in the report. what you don't see is that the police charges back a lot of this income back to the companies that needed the police for OT services. I will not comment on the firefighters scam as that is a separate issue with them and should be factored into the report.

we had this same issue with compensation in hawaii, when we requested an explanation on compensation we didn't get any explanation at all, apparently this was built in to anger the public into thinking that all government workers are making that much per year in compensation when that isn't true, that this compensation was a factor based on retirement and medical payments. all a scam that is used to anger the public.