Salaries, wages for Madison city employees added to BND Public Pay Database
The salaries and wages of Madison city employees have been added to the Belleville News-Democrat’s Public Pay Database.
To view the BND’s Public Pay Database, go to www.bnd.com/publicpay.
The highest earner in Madison was J.D. Harris, who was paid $110,530.87 in total wages in 2021 for serving as police sergeant, according to records provided to the BND through a Freedom of Information Act request.
Police Sgt. Jim Hutchings was the second-highest earner, bringing in $99,030.54, the records show.
Police Maj. Dennis Pinero was in the third highest position with total wages of $98,449.07.
The fourth highest earner was James Witcher, a detective with the police department, with $94,673.81 in total wages and the fifth-highest earner was police Sgt. David Smith with $93,320.18.
You can see the complete list of city employees and elected officials by clicking on “Madison city” in the index at the top of the BND Public Pay Database box. Select 2021 as the year and hit the search button.
Do you want to look at salaries of employees in other governments? All you have to do is follow the same guidance. Use the drop down menu beside the space labeled “government” to find a specific local government’s list, then go from there. Or you can skip that step and look at all the salaries in the database from across the region if you scroll to the bottom of the menu, select a year and hit “search” to see all of the salaries collected in a certain year.
You can drill down deeper, too. To see a person’s title, department and other pay that includes overtime, click on the “details” link on the right side of the box.
You also can click on the “sort by” box to organize your search in various ways, including by first name or last name.
The BND’s Public Pay Database goes back to 2011 with information primarily obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests and public filings. The salary information does not always include insurance or benefits. Some records include detailed information on overtime and other pay, while for some districts that information was not readily available.
The database includes compensation for employees in most area governments, including cities, counties, townships, school districts and public colleges and universities. More pay records will be added as the BND receives salary data through open records requests.
