Anne, Alex, Željko,
Very good, Anne. Adding in the Part V, 1a numbers as additional employees,
we arrive at the table below.[1] Do you agree this is accurate? It means
the average salary cost per employee increased
– by 35% from 2013 to 2016, from *$86,493* in 2013 to *$116,726* in 2016,
– by 28% from 2016 to 2019, from *$116,726* in 2016 to *$149,155* in 2019.
(It's noteworthy that salaries rose comparatively little during Lila
Tretikov's short tenure, summer 2014 – spring 2016.)
We are now in 2022. Assuming salaries have continued to rise at a similar
rate since 2019 (the 22% year-on-year increase in the salary and wages
total reported for 2020 does make that seem likely), salary costs will
average around *$190,000* ($149,155 + 28%) per employee this year.
I'm assuming a current headcount of about 600 staff/contractors (incl.
non-employee contractors) for the WMF, based on a recent post here from a
staffer. Wikimedia Germany alone has over 100 employees of its own, and all
the other affiliates together will probably bring the total to about 800.
More precise figures and any other corrections welcome.
Andreas
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Contract employees (V 1a) 46 47 71 52 55 73
64 70 59 64 73 82
W-3 employees (V 2a) 26 36 72 107 134 158
192 229 230 229 255 291
Total employees 72 83 143 159 189 231
256 299 289 293 328 373
Total salary costs 2073313 3303543 7312120 11749500 16023637 19979908
26125610 31713546 33733998 38598155 46057613 55634913
Cost per employee 28796 39801 51133 73896 84781 86493
102053 106065 116726 131734 140419 149155
[1] Here is the same table in text format (comma-delimited), for reading
into Excel:
,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019
,,,,,,,,,,,,
Contract employees (Part V 1a),46,47,71,52,55,73,64,70,59,64,73,82
W-3 employees (Part V 2a),26,36,72,107,134,158,192,229,230,229,255,291
Total employees,72,83,143,159,189,231,256,299,289,293,328,373
Total salary
costs,2073313,3303543,7312120,11749500,16023637,19979908,26125610,31713546,33733998,38598155,46057613,55634913
Cost per
employee,28796,39801,51133,73896,84781,86493,102053,106065,116726,131734,140419,149155
On Sun, Jan 30, 2022 at 6:25 AM Željko Blaće <zblace(a)mi2.hr> wrote:
Interesting discussion but away from the focal point
of what Christian
shared.
Hope both can be useful and continue but in separate email threads.
On Sun, Jan 30, 2022 at 4:04 AM Risker <risker.wp(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Andreas -
>
> First off, contract employees are employees. There were 82 of them.
> (Part V, line 1a on the Form 990) They do not receive a W-3 form. Only 291
> employees received the W-3 form. That brings employee total to 373.
>
> Secondly, you fail to compensate for the fact that the 13 "key employees"
> - officers, the top 5 compensated non-officer staff, and other key staff -
> received approximately $3.3 million alone. That reduces the employee pool
> to 360 and the compensation pool to $52.3 million.
>
> That gives an average total compensation of about $145,000 USD.
> Reportable compensation includes pension plan contributions, medical/dental
> plans, paid leaves,social security/medicare taxes, insurance, costs
> reimbursed for maintaining a home office, and many other forms of direct or
> indirect compensation. The benefits package would run about 25-30% of the
> base salary, and other compensation will add into that.
>
> There's no reason whatsoever to believe that the employee numbers
> remained static the following year; in fact, in your other statement, your
> figures would suggest you think the WMF currently has about 650-675 staff.
>
>
> Risker/Anne
>
>
>