The single largest expense item in the Essex County Budget, which includes the County Government and Essex County Public Schools, is Personnel. The personnel cost include direct compensation for salary and hourly wages, various benefits, and the government (the employer) portion of taxes plus some other small items. An additional but significant cost is the cost related to personnel is recruiting and training our employees.
The ESO post on 21 September provided information about the personnel turnover within the Public Schools. The loss of experienced teachers and staff not only has a negative impact on the education of our children, it increases expenses and reduces efficiency and effectiveness. Clearly, the turnover during the 2011-2012 school year created higher recruiting and training expenses.
This post continues to bring sunshine to the wages of Essex County employees. The compensation for the County Administrator and the Superintendent of Schools is reported in the posting of their employment contracts. Those contracts also describe the additional benefits which are authorized as part of their total compensation and benefits packages.
Please click on the following link to view a summary of many of the County Positions and the wage bands or ranges approved for those positions:
The Constitutional Officer's and most of their staff's wages are prescribed by the Commonwealth and are not included in the summary.
A future post will contain compensation information for employees of the Public School System.
Comments, suggestions, and questions are always welcome.
John R. Clickener
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