1. City of Carlsbad
Employee Data Analysis Review
4/2/2015
Andee Johnson
Sr. Management Analyst Candidate
2. Table of Contents
• Assignment/Objective
• Basic Employee Statistics
• Average Pay by Tenure Rate (year)
• Average Pay by Tenure (years) and Department
• Employees at Minimum Pay Rate by Tenure (years)
• Summary of Health Plans
• Executive Summary of Analysis
• Questions
• Notes/Caveats
• Appendix
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3. Assignment/Objective
• Give an oral presentation (maximum 20 minutes).
• Prepare a PowerPoint slide deck designed to give an
executive summary of the data contained in the Excel file
received.
• The executive summary should include your analysis/findings regarding
trends and patterns noticed within the data.
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4. Basic Employee Statistics
Department Employee
Count
Employee %
of Total
Average
Pay/Hour
(Dollars)
Employees
Receiving
Max Pay (%)
Employees
Receiving
Min Pay
(%)
Average Years
of Service
(Tenure)
FIRE 70 16.4% $29.72 12.9% 0.0% 1.66
LIBRARY 176 41.1% $17.89 25.0% 0.0% 7.52
PARKS & REC 182 42.5% $11.80 1.6% 27.5% 3.36
GRAND TOTAL 428 100.0% $17.24 13.1% 11.7% 4.79
• Parks and Rec employees compose the largest portion of total employees but have the lowest pay on average
and are the only group to have employees receiving minimum pay.
• Fire Employees make the highest average pay but are the smallest group.
• Library employees make the highest percent max pay but also have the longest tenure.
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5. Average Pay Rate by Tenure (years)
$14.38
$18.23
$16.38
$19.12
$22.31
$17.24
114
170
75
40
29
428
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
450
$0
$5
$10
$15
$20
$25
<1 >=1-5 >5-10 >10-15 15+ Grand Total
Count
AveragePayRate
Average Pay Rate Count
• Employees with more tenure, on average, earn more.
• Tenure rate ranges are in years.
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6. Average Pay by Tenure (years) and
Department
• Employees with more tenure, on average, earn more, but this is dependent on the
department (tenure rate distribution in years).
$27.10
$30.68 $31.54
$29.72
$14.31
$16.28 $17.08
$19.76
$24.27
$17.89
$10.77 $11.87 $12.62
$14.67
$16.13
$11.80
$17.24
$0.00
$5.00
$10.00
$15.00
$20.00
$25.00
$30.00
$35.00
<1 >=1-5 >5-10 <1 >=1-5 >5-10 >10-15 15+ <1 >=1-5 >5-10 >10-15 15+
FIRE FIRE
Total
LIBRARY LIBRARY
Total
PARKS & REC PARKS &
REC
Total
Grand
Total
Average of HOURLY PAY RATE
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7. Employees at Minimum Pay Rate by Tenure
(years)
DEPARTMENT Tenure
Range
(years)
Average of
Hourly Pay
Rate
Count Average of
Time In Job
(years)
PARKS & REC <1 $9.78 23 0.71
>=1-5 $10.41 22 2.41
>5-10 $11.60 5 6.26
PARKS & REC Total $10.24 50 2.01
DEPARTMENT Average of Time
In Job (years)
PARKS & REC 2.01
• The only employees receiving the minimum pay rate are in the Parks & Rec
department and some are quite tenured.
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8. Summary of Health Plans
9%
80%
11%
80%
11% 9%
32% 33% 35%
48%
32%
21%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
FAMILY SINGLE SINGLE +1 FAMILY SINGLE SINGLE +1 FAMILY SINGLE SINGLE +1 FAMILY SINGLE SINGLE +1
FIRE LIBRARY PARKS & REC ALL
%OFDEPT
% OF DEPT
DEPT COUNT = 70 DEPT COUNT = 176 DEPT COUNT = 182 TOTAL COUNT = 428
• Each department has vast differences in the health plan they have chosen as a
percentage of total department employees.
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9. Executive Summary of Analysis
• Parks and Rec Employees compose the large portion of total employees
but have the lowest pay on average.
• These are the only employees making the minimum pay but some are quite tenured.
• Fire Employees make the highest average pay but are the smallest group.
• Library employees make the highest percent max pay but also have the
longest tenure.
• Employees with more tenure, on average, earn more, but this is
dependent on the department.
• Each department has vast differences in the health plan they have chosen
as a percentage.
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11. Notes/Caveats
• Average Years of Service and Tenure (years) are calculated based on
the hire date through 3/29/2015.
• Since hours per week worked per week and full time/part time were not
included, an assessment of total payroll costs could not be included.
• In addition, if an employee took a leave of absence and/or left and came
back, the total years of service could be flawed in some cases.
• Federal Minimum Wage 2015: $7.25
• California Minimum Wage 2015: $9.00
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