The Nightmare Ahead: 19 US Cities Have More Public Workers per Resident than Detroit -

The Nightmare Ahead: 19 US Cities Have More Public Workers per Resident than Detroit - 



Detroit declared bankruptcy due in no small part to $3 billion in unfunded public employee pensions as a result of a massive city workforce that kept growing even as the city’s population shriveled, but a Washington Examiner analysis found that 19 major American cities have even bigger ratios of such workers to residents. Here's the report from WE showing the number of residents per municipal employee.

WASHINGTON DC

Residents per employee	25
Population:	601,723
Employees:	23,631
Annual payroll:	$1,738,914,588
Average salary:	$73,586
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SAN FRANCISCO

Residents per employee	28
Population:	805,235
Employees:	28,660
Annual payroll:	$2,564,000,376
Average salary:	$89,462
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BATON ROUGE-EAST BATON ROUGE

Residents per employee	30
Population:	229,493
Employees:	7,566
Annual payroll:	$336,309,768
Average salary:	$44,450
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NEW YORK

Residents per employee	32
Population:	8,175,133
Employees:	252,701
Annual payroll:	$18,645,049,116
Average salary:	$73,783
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RICHMOND

Residents per employee	39
Population:	204,214
Employees:	5,183
Annual payroll:	$245,372,376
Average salary:	$47,341
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BALTIMORE

Residents per employee	43
Population:	620,961
Employees:	14,438
Annual payroll:	$705,692,760
Average salary:	$48,877
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NORFOLK

Residents per employee	44
Population:	242,803
Employees:	5,512
Annual payroll:	$252,770,712
Average salary:	$45,858
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BIRMINGHAM

Residents per employee	44
Population:	212,237
Employees:	4,749
Annual payroll:	$230,290,992
Average salary:	$48,492
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DENVER

Residents per employee	49
Population:	600,158
Employees:	12,233
Annual payroll:	$802,864,752
Average salary:	$65,631
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CLEVELAND

Residents per employee	50
Population:	396,815
Employees:	7,791
Annual payroll:	$425,029,356
Average salary:	$54,553
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ST LOUIS

Residents per employee	50
Population:	319,294
Employees:	6,335
Annual payroll:	$300,266,820
Average salary:	$47,398
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PHILADELPHIA

Residents per employee	51
Population:	1,526,006
Employees:	29,607
Annual payroll:	$1,727,952,204
Average salary:	$58,362
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ATLANTA

Residents per employee	51
Population:	420,003
Employees:	8,091
Annual payroll:	$371,572,752
Average salary:	$45,924
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NEW ORLEANS

Residents per employee	52
Population:	343,829
Employees:	6,593
Annual payroll:	$308,493,468
Average salary:	$46,791
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CINCINNATI

Residents per employee	52
Population:	296,943
Employees:	5,644
Annual payroll:	$316,340,436
Average salary:	$56,048
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SEATTLE

Residents per employee	56
Population:	608,660
Employees:	10,702
Annual payroll:	$839,048,052
Average salary:	$78,401
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NASHVILLE-DAVIDSON COUNTY

Residents per employee	58
Population:	601,222
Employees:	10,362
Annual payroll:	$536,638,152
Average salary:	$51,789
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CHESAPEAKE

Residents per employee	58
Population:	222,209
Employees:	3,819
Annual payroll:	$172,783,464
Average salary:	$45,243
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COLORADO SPRINGS

Residents per employee	60
Population:	416,427
Employees:	6,852
Annual payroll:	$438,830,400
Average salary:	$64,044
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DETROIT

Residents per employee	61
Population:	713,777
Employees:	11,645
Annual payroll:	$651,437,244
Average salary:	$55,941
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