When it comes to overtime, it pays to be a 911 dispatcher. With a salary of $57,175, one police communications technician took in $105,844 in overtime pay last year.
10TV obtained the city of Columbus’ overtime payouts for the year 2015. In total, the city paid out more than $30 million in overtime.
Employees of the Columbus Division of Police accounted for the most overtime pay, at $12.9 million. The Columbus Division of Fire and Public Utilities followed with $8.5 million and $6.2 million, respectively.
The amount of overtime paid by the city continued to increase over the past three years, rising from $25 million in 2012.
The same police dispatcher who raked in the cash this year had the highest overtime pay in 2014, too. The employee’s salary, including overtime, was $171,000. This year, it was near $167,000.
2015
YTD REGULAR PAY | YTD OVERTIME | YTD OTHER | YTD TOTAL |
535,254,194.54 | 30,183,616.22 | 39,183,978.61 | 604,621,789.37 |
2014
YTD REGULAR PAY | YTD OT | YTD OTHER | YTD TOTAL |
516,253,442.25 | 28,435,986.33 | 40,073,958.17 | 584,763,386.75 |
2013
YTD REGULAR PAY | YTD OT | YTD OTHER | YTD TOTAL |
494,457,100.89 | 27,338,147.28 | 37,312,498.77 | 559,107,746.94 |
2012
| YTD REGULAR PAY | YTD OVERTIME | YTD OTHER | YTD TOTAL |
475,069,698.16 | 25,070,289.92 | 39,064,530.51 | 539,204,518.59 |
2011
YTD REGULAR PAY | YTD OT | YTD OTHER | YTD TOTAL |
464,003,922.34 | 29,229,513.75 | 40,864,952.58 | 534,098,388.67 |
