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 payEmployees getting OT,Average OT paid percentage of totalto employees

Sheriff's Office$2.7 million654 (79 percent)$4,202

Transportation$1.1 million166 (66.7 percent)$6,400

Community Corrections and Rehab.$484,000349 (30.9 percent)$1,384

Human Services and Public Health$380,000521 (16.5 percent)$730

Property Services:$234,000111 (50.2 percent)$2,106

TOP FIVE POSITIONS

Sheriff's deputies$1.3 million234 (96.3 percent)$5,601

Detention deputies$660,000144 (95.4 percent)$4,582

Highway maintenance operators$418,00076 (97.4 percent)$5,499

Juvenile correctional officers$211,000117 (66.9 percent)$1,804

Human services representatives III$203,000227 (63.1 percent)$894

Source: Hennepin County Human Resources Department