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TOP 5 PAYOUTS IN SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS CITIES

When employees leave local governments, they receive a payout of accumulated vacation and, in some cases,
sick leave and comp time. Here is a look at the top payouts in each city between Jan. 1, 2010, and August 2011.
VACATION TIME
PAYOUT

SICK TIME
PAYOUT

COMPENSATORY TIME
PAYOUT

$10,012.77

$5,895.82

$9,816.14

$5,037.22

$8,515.94

$3,951.40

$8,160.41

$1,917.59

$7,881.70

$899.76

1. Police chief

$32,413.85

2. Dir., Emergency Preparedness & Response

$24,689.35

3. Assistant chief of police

$22,337.41

4. Police captain

$21,062.28

$21,062.28

5. Deputy chief of Fire-Rescue

$20,668.07

$20,668.07

1. Chief financial officer

$18,902.11

2. Senior deputy city attorney

$17,680.96

3. Dir. of Parks, Recreation & Leisure Services

$16,353.92

$16,353.92

4. Fire captain

$15,933.75

$15,933.75

5. Fire captain

$15,909.47

$15,909.47

1. Real estate assessor

$16,788.76

$7,500.00

2. Police lieutenant

$15,144.60

$7,500.00

3. Police lieutenant

$13,648.00

$6,064.83

$19,712.83

4. Fraud program coordinator

$11,543.04

$7,500.00

$19,043.04

5. Deputy assessor

$15,526.50

$3,202.34

$18,728.84

1. Police sergeant

$14,883.59

$9,348.50

$17,860.31

$42,092.40

2. Sheriff

$30,292.00

$11,760.00

$42,052.00

3. Police sergeant

$14,575.89

$4,649.75

$17,390.86

$36,616.50

4. Deputy city manager

$30,275.63

$6,284.25

$36,559.88

5. Police chief

$27,159.25

$8,603.00

$186.72

$35,948.97

CITY
RANK/POSITION

TOTAL PAYOUT

CHESAPEAKE
1.
2.
3.
4.

Chesapeake provided
information only from
April 1 to Aug. 15, 2011,
and did not provide
names or titles.

5.

$15,908.59
$14,853.36
$12,467.34
$10,078.00
$8,781.46

NORFOLK

$32,413.85
$24,689.35
$22,337.41

PORTSMOUTH

$18,902.11
$17,680.96

SUFFOLK

$24,288.76
$22,644.60

VIRGINIA BEACH

AVERAGE PAYOUT PER EMPLOYEE


CITY

Chesapeake*

TOTAL NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES


RECEIVING PAYOUTS

93

$185,800.34

665

Norfolk
Suffolk
Portsmouth

TOTAL AMOUNT OF PAYOUTS FROM


JAN. 1, 2010 TO AUG. 2011

151
175

Virginia Beach
SOURCE: South Hampton Roads cities

*Chesapeake data from April 1 to Aug. 15, 2011.

$1,997.85

$2,432,660.48

$3,658.13

$456,629.06

$3,024.03

$720,295.30

676

AVERAGE PAYOUT PER EMPLOYEE

$3,899,876.58

$4,115.97
$5,769.05

DEIRDRE FERNANDES, ROBERT D. VOROS | THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT

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