Boston pays DEI bureaucrats six-figure salaries despite budgeting struggles
The city of Boston pays dozens of diversity, equity, and inclusion bureaucrats six-figure salaries totaling more than $3.6 million, despite its all-Democrat City Council recently dipping into emergency reserves to resolve a multimillion-dollar budget deficit.
TL;DR
- Boston employs 31 DEI administrators earning at least $100,000 annually, totaling over $3.6 million in salaries.
- The city recently used $1.2 billion from emergency reserves to cover a budget deficit.
- Some DEI positions, such as the chief of equity and inclusion, earn salaries comparable to or exceeding those of police captains.
- Funds were reallocated from public facilities, emergency employees, public works, and youth services towards cultural initiatives, including DEI offices.
- The salaries for these DEI roles are higher than the base pay for police officers with three years or less of service.