More than 1,400 Clark County employees made over $100,000 last year.
A large portion of those numbers come from the fire department, which doled out millions of dollars in overtime pay and had about 540 six-figure earners. That’s a total of about 70 percent of the department.
The Las Vegas Review Journal analyzed payroll data released last month, and found that the county paid $764.5 million in salary and benefits in 2016, 12 percent more than in 2011.
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County manager Yolanda King said salary payments will increase as the county reverses cuts to staff and pay made during the Great Recession.
