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