{"id":6529,"date":"2017-01-05T09:48:58","date_gmt":"2017-01-05T16:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.parkrag.com\/?p=6529"},"modified":"2017-01-05T09:48:58","modified_gmt":"2017-01-05T16:48:58","slug":"accuracy-posted-park-city-teacher-salaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/v2.parkrag.com\/index.php\/2017\/01\/05\/accuracy-posted-park-city-teacher-salaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Accuracy of posted Park City teacher salaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before Christmas we posted an article on Park City teacher salaries. We decided not to post teacher names but still received\u00a0substantial pushback\u00a0on the data&#8217;s accuracy.\u00a0Most commenters said that they always found the numbers inflated. Some said that what we published did not match what they received. So, we decided to reach out to the State of Utah for an explanation.<\/p>\n<p>Their response was:<\/p>\n<p>[su_note note_color=&#8221;#f8f7f0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>The employee compensation data shown on the Transparency website for Park City School District (and all other entities) is submitted by the individual entity to the website.<\/p>\n<p>The amounts shown for an individual employee is the actual amount paid during the fiscal year which in the case of Park City School district is twelve months ended as of each June 30th (i.e., July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016) [note: the Park Rag numbers were ending June 2015].<\/p>\n<p>This amount also includes the total amount of employee benefits paid by the employer (such as employer paid taxes, health and\/or life insurance, retirement benefits, unemployment insurance, workers compensation, etc.) and the various amounts for salaries or wages, leave paid, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Once the entity has been selected on the Transparency website along with the applicable year and then selecting employee compensation, then the names employees can be displayed by selecting the &#8220;Name&#8221; tab which displays the employees and their position title along with the combined total of employer paid benefits and salaries or wages, etc. To see the detail for each employee, just click on the employee name and then the next panel to the right will show the break down of employee compensation components such as salaries and wages, leave paid (if any), and employer paid benefits.<\/p>\n<p>If a person has a question regarding the employee compensation for a specific employee or the district as a whole, they can contact the school district office.<\/p>\n<p>[\/su_note]<\/p>\n<p>It appears that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Data comes from the school district (or whatever government entity you work for). So, if you have a beef, contact them.<\/li>\n<li>The numbers include dollars you may not see on your paycheck. For instance, you may see a 7.65%\u00a0FICA\u00a0tax on your paycheck but your employer is also paying\u00a07.65% (and you may not see that). Likewise, you may see a healthcare expense of $200 but your employer may be paying $800 for you and your family (and you may not\u00a0see that either).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We do see the employee&#8217;s point of view\u00a0who may say, &#8220;but some of that isn&#8217;t really a <em>benefit<\/em>, so it&#8217;s unfair to present that as compensation. It paints an inaccurate picture.&#8221; There is some truth in that.<\/p>\n<p>That said, from a taxpayer standpoint, many of us want to know what an employee is costing the people. That would include any expense related to an employee&#8217;s job, whether the employee sees it in the form of cash or not.<\/p>\n<p>Again, perhaps\u00a0every number submitted,\u00a0from\u00a0every organization, is over-inflated. However, its more\u00a0likely that there is a substantial amount of cost that the average employee just doesn&#8217;t see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before Christmas we posted an article on Park City teacher salaries. 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