How much does the city of Boise pay its workers? Search our employee database
Boise city government employees are paid an average of $24.59 an hour.
Airport Director Rebecca Hupp makes $86.67 an hour — about $180,000 a year — as the highest-paid full-time employee.
The lowest-paid full-time worker is an airport custodian, making $10 an hour — or $20,800 a year.
Mayor David Bieter is the ninth-highest-paid member of Boise’s payroll.
[Related: Ada County salaries, Nampa salaries, Meridian salaries, Canyon County salaries, Garden City salaries, Eagle salaries, Caldwell salaries]
See the hourly pay rate for thousands of full-time salary and part-time wage jobs in Boise city government, as of March 11:
City of Boise salary database
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BEHIND THE STORY
MOREWhy did we make this public?
Public employees work for taxpayers. Their salaries and wages are public information.
Idaho state employee pay has been publicly available on various websites, including the Idaho Statesman’s, for years. But until now, there wasn’t an easy way to see what Treasure Valley’s local governments pay their employees.
We believe there is value in opening the curtains to show how governments spend taxpayer money. Not only can that sunshine help prevent and catch fraud, waste and abuse; it lets us see how wages differ between, and within, the many offices of our local governments.
Have an idea for another database? Think we should make more information public? Contact us at newsroom@idahostatesman.com or tips@idahostatesman.com.
How did we get the data?
We requested payroll data from local governments in March 2019. All eight governments — Ada County, Canyon County and the cities of Boise, Caldwell, Eagle, Garden City, Meridian and Nampa — emailed us the records in a timely fashion.
We reached out to human resources and public information officers. They helped us figure out how to make the information as clear and consistent as possible. But some quirks survived. For example, you’ll find employees of Eagle, Kuna and Star police departments in Ada County’s payroll database. That’s because the Ada County Sheriff’s Office has special contracts with those police departments.
What's the fine print?
First, this is a snapshot in time. Employees are hired, fired, promoted and given raises every day.
Second, employees aren’t all paid the same way. For the most part, you can figure out an employee’s annual pay by multiplying their hourly rate by 2,080. But that’s not always true. Some employees are part-time. Some, like council members, are paid a set amount. Others work more hours than normal and/or get overtime — emergency first responders especially — so their annual pay may be higher than their hourly rate would suggest.
Finally, the “hire date” isn’t necessarily the date that person first joined the ranks of public servants. Some employees are seasonal, temporary or took other jobs between stints working for the city or county.
The Idaho Statesman obtained the payroll data from the city of Boise through a public records request. It may not include overtime, on-call pay, bonuses or other extra income. Some employees are part time; others are salaried full-time workers.
This story was originally published May 15, 2019 at 6:16 PM.
