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Hennepin County paid $5.3 million in overtime pay in 2011, 8.8 percent more than in 2010. The number of employees getting overtime also rose, by 7 percent. Here are the top departments in terms of overtime pay, the positions getting the most overtime and the top 10 county employees in overtime pay. All figures are for 2011.

TOP FIVE DEPARTMENTS

Total OT pay Employees getting OT, Average OT paid percentage of total to employees

Sheriff's Office $2.7 million 654 (79 percent) $4,202

Transportation $1.1 million 166 (66.7 percent) $6,400

Community Corrections and Rehab. $484,000 349 (30.9 percent) $1,384

Human Services and Public Health $380,000 521 (16.5 percent) $730

Property Services: $234,000 111 (50.2 percent) $2,106

TOP FIVE POSITIONS

Sheriff's deputies $1.3 million 234 (96.3 percent) $5,601

Detention deputies $660,000 144 (95.4 percent) $4,582

Highway maintenance operators $418,000 76 (97.4 percent) $5,499

Juvenile correctional officers $211,000 117 (66.9 percent) $1,804

Human services representatives III $203,000 227 (63.1 percent) $894

Source: Hennepin County Human Resources Department