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@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@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