This is a comparison between Hennepin County and Ramsey County. It will compare salaries of their respective Sheriffs and Detention Deputies.
Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek
Salary: $151,102 in 2012
(up from $145,181 in 2008)
Hennepin County Detention Deputy pay:
Start $17 an hour. Top *$27 an hour after 8 years
*Hennepin froze steps and wages for 5 years ending in 2013.
Vacation: 23 days after 18 years
Ramsey County Sheriff Matt Bostrom
Salary: $135, 631 in 2012
Ramsey County Detention Deputy pay:
Start $22 hr, $31hr at 5 years, top at 20 years $34 hr
Vacation: 25 days after 18 years
Hennepin County Jail Capacity: 839 beds
Ramsey County Jail Capacity: 500 beds
Things to consider:
Why did the Hennepin County Sheriff's pay go up $6,000 in a four year period Detention Deputy wages were static?
Why does the Ramsey County Sheriff make $16,000 a year less than the Hennepin County Sheriff, while Ramsey County Detention Deputies make an average of $4 an hour more than Hennepin County Detention Deputies?
My opinion is it's priorities. Ramsey County places a higher emphasis on employee attraction and retention. Hennepin County places a higher priority on department heads.
Even the schedule at the Ramsey County jail is employee friendly, four 8 hour days on, 2 off. The schedule's details are spelled out in the contract.
Hennepin County Detention Deputies suffer a 28/8 schedule where days off are bid, and they refuse to put into contract the rules for the schedule.
If Hennepin County is interested in better employee retention they would consider higher pay for the biggest busiest, most dangerous jail in Minnesota (currently Hennepin County pay is dead last in the 7 county metro area) and actually putting the rules for the schedule into the Contract.
We await Hennepin County's counter offer on October 29th.
My opinion is it's priorities. Ramsey County places a higher emphasis on employee attraction and retention. Hennepin County places a higher priority on department heads.
Even the schedule at the Ramsey County jail is employee friendly, four 8 hour days on, 2 off. The schedule's details are spelled out in the contract.
Hennepin County Detention Deputies suffer a 28/8 schedule where days off are bid, and they refuse to put into contract the rules for the schedule.
If Hennepin County is interested in better employee retention they would consider higher pay for the biggest busiest, most dangerous jail in Minnesota (currently Hennepin County pay is dead last in the 7 county metro area) and actually putting the rules for the schedule into the Contract.
We await Hennepin County's counter offer on October 29th.
