The Herald has compiled a database of the 301 new positions Boston Mayor Michelle Wu created in her first time period, as a result of town wouldn’t do it.
The brand new workers, 97 of whom earn greater than $100,000, had been added over a three-year interval, from 2022 to 2024, the Herald reported earlier this week. The mayor took workplace in November 2021.
The salaries whole roughly $27.6 million, amounting to 0.6% of town’s $4.6 billion finances, which grew by 8% this fiscal yr. Metropolis spending, per a Herald assessment, has elevated by about $1 billion over the course of the Wu administration. Right here is the information:
To look on this database, click on the magnifying glass icon (at proper) and enter names and extra. Use the scroll bar on the backside to maneuver the information over to the precise to kind by highest to lowest.
The typical wage among the many 301 new positions is $84,781, and pay tops out at $194,300.
The payroll information was offered by the mayor’s workplace in a photocopied format. The Herald requested town share the knowledge in an Excel database, however the metropolis wouldn’t adjust to that request, main the Herald to enter it independently.
The mayor was compelled to supply the information to the Boston Metropolis Council, in response to a 17F request filed by Councilor Erin Murphy.
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