Each year, the City of Boston publishes payroll data for employees. This dataset contains employee names, job details, and earnings information including base salary, overtime, and total compensation for employees of the City.

See the "Payroll Categories" document below for an explanation of what types of earnings are included in each category.

The dataset of Boston includes comprehensive payroll data for City employees, including personal identification, job titles and responsibilities, and remuneration details including base salary, overtime pay, and overall compensation.

The Checkbook Explorer web application provides up-to-date financial information about the City’s expenditures, allowing users to interact with data on how the City is spending money. The data is updated monthly, with certain personal information omitted in order to ensure privacy. The Checkbook Explorer does not contain payroll information, which is available in the Employee Earnings Report (https://data.boston.gov/dataset/employee-earnings-report), or information on independent city agencies. This dataset contains information on City expenditures that are included in the Checkbook Explorer, beginning in July 2011. It is reported by fiscal year (July-June), starting in FY12.

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Graph and download economic data for All Employees: Professional and Business Services: Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA (NECTA Division) (SMU25716546054120001SA) from Jan 1990 to Dec 2024 about Boston, accounting, payrolls, MA, tax, services, employment, and USA.

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In 2022, San Francisco had the highest median household income of cities ranking within the top 25 in terms of population, with a median household income in of 136,692 U.S. dollars. In that year, San Jose in California was ranked second, and Seattle, Washington third.

Following a fall after the great recession, median household income in the United States has been increasing in recent years. As of 2022, median household income by state was highest in Maryland, Washington, D.C., Utah, and Massachusetts. It was lowest in Mississippi, West Virginia, and Arkansas. Families with an annual income of 25,000 and 49,999 U.S. dollars made up the largest income bracket in America, with about 25.26 million households.

Data on median household income can be compared to statistics on personal income in the U.S. released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal income rose to around 21.8 trillion U.S. dollars in 2022, the highest value recorded. Personal income is a measure of the total income received by persons from all sources, while median household income is “the amount with divides the income distribution into two equal groups,” according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Half of the population in question lives above median income and half lives below. Though total personal income has increased in recent years, this wealth is not distributed throughout the population. In practical terms, income of most households has decreased. One additional statistic illustrates this disparity: for the lowest quintile of workers, mean household income has remained more or less steady for the past decade at about 13 to 16 thousand constant U.S. dollars annually. Meanwhile, income for the top five percent of workers has actually risen from about 285,000 U.S. dollars in 1990 to about 499,900 U.S. dollars in 2020.

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