City Releases Employee Salaries By Name

The City of Colorado Springs has released City employee salaries by employee name. They say this is an effort “to provide greater transparency for its citizens.”

The City has traditionally posted its salary schedule on its Web site which provides salary ranges for each position in the City. The City decided to post exact salaries by name so interested citizens could review the raw data and make their own conclusions – without third party translation. The list can be found at www.springsgov.com

The list provided includes all regular & special employees including their last name, first name, job title and annualized salary. This list does not include Colorado Springs Utilities employees, Memorial Health System employees, elected officials, hourly temp/seasonal employees, outside agency temps or contractors.

Since the City does not offer bonuses or performance-based incentives, the list does not include that information.

The file shows the average annualized salary for City employees to be $61,984 and the median annualized salary to be $66,369 for a workforce of 2,116 employees. Of the 2,116 employees, 946 are general fund employees who are not sworn fire fighters or police officers (1,010 employees). The remaining 160 employees work in enterprise operations, such as the Colorado Springs Airport, golf courses, cemeteries and Pikes Peak Highway.