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Explore overtime pay for metro area public employees

Workers in metro county sheriff's departments top the list of county employees earning the most overtime as a percent of their total earnings.

By Dan Browning,

MaryJo Webster and

Jeff Hargarten

July 19, 2015 at 3:16AM

This chart shows the total overtime and gross wages earned between 2010 and 2014 by Hennepin, Ramsey, Anoka, Dakota, Washington and Carver county employees. Each person is listed with their most recent job title and department, although in some cases they may have held different positions during those five years. Note: Scott County could not provide comparable data. Data excludes undercover law enforcement officers, whose salary data are not public information.

Source: Star Tribune analysis of data provided by Hennepin, Ramsey, Anoka, Dakota, Washington and Carver counties.

(Jeff Hargarten/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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Dan Browning

Reporter

Dan Browning has worked as a reporter and editor since 1982. He joined the Star Tribune in 1998 and now covers greater Minnesota. His expertise includes investigative reporting, public records, data analysis and legal affairs.

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MaryJo Webster

Data Editor

MaryJo Webster is the data editor for the Minnesota Star Tribune. She teams up with reporters to analyze data for stories across a wide range of topics and beats and also oversees a small team of other data journalists.

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Jeff Hargarten

Data Journalist

Jeff Hargarten is a Minnesota Star Tribune journalist at the intersection of data analysis, reporting, coding and design.

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