23,301 NYC Workers Make Over 100K in Base Salary: Overtime and Benefits Not Included

The New York Post reports:

The number of city workers pulling down $100,000 or more jumped more than tenfold in the last decade, largely because of hefty raises won by schoolteachers and principals.

Figures compiled by the mayor's Budget Office at the request of The Post show that just 2,059 employees broke the $100,000 barrier in 2000, a mere .8 percent of the workforce.

By last year -- as the city was recording double-digit unemployment rates -- the number had jumped to 23,301, or 8.4 percent.

And that was only for base salaries. Overtime and other bonuses weren't included.

The special class. Your tax increase is their pay raise. It's just that simple.