Show me the spending:Florida government salaries

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Goal: To create an up-to-date, accurate article about government salaries in Florida.

[edit] Article guide

When starting off your article it should look something like this: 

{{show me}}{{tnr}}'''Florida government salaries''' are salaries that are paid to 
[[Florida local officials|government officials]].  

==Executive branch salaries==
===Benefits===
====Healthcare/Sick leave====
====Retirement====

==Senate salaries==
===Benefits===
====Healthcare/Sick leave====
====Retirement====

==House branch salaries==
===Benefits===
====Healthcare/Sick leave====
====Retirement====

==State agencies salaries==
===Benefits===
====Healthcare/Sick leave====
====Retirement====

==See also:==
* [[Florida local public employee salaries]]

==External links==

==References==
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{{SGSP}}
{{Florida}}
[[category:state salary]]
[[category:government benefits]]
[[category:National Taxpayers Union]]

[edit] Creating sections

[edit] Intro

Intro paragraphs should be very informative. The first sentence should be informative and definition lie (above is an example but it could be better) and then we filled with background information. Some ideas include:

  • How much money goes to salaries each year?
  • Where do the funds come from
  • Is there different system of pay? Merit? Or is all on a scale?
  • How many public employees are there in the state? How does it break down?

[edit] Salaries

  • Are there pay scales?
  • How does one reach a high scale?
  • Is there a break down of how many employees are in each level?
  • Has there been a movement for merit pay?
  • Who are the 10 highest paid? Make a chart if available. 
{|class="wikitable sortable"
! Name
! Position
! Salary
|-
| NAME || POSITION || SALARY
|}
  • What is the median salary?
  • What percentage of the budget is labor and salary?
  • How many days a year do they work? Does it match their actual attendance?
  • How many vacation days?

[edit] Bonuses

  • Are bonuses available for this position?
  • Who approves them?
  • What is the track record, average amount?

[edit] Benefits

  • What type of health care plan do they receive?
  • What kind of sick leave can be expected?
  • Are both men and women qualified for maternity leave?

[edit] Retirement

  • What type of pension or 401k do they get?

[edit] Double dipping

  • Sometimes positions get extra pay from the same system for sitting on a committee. Is that happening?

[edit] Sources

[edit] Tips

  • Break it down. If you are covering bonuses then create a subsection. The most important thing is that it is easy for other users to read it.
  • Use charts. If you have a lot of data on hand it may be easier to break it into a chart like so: 
{|class="wikitable"
! Header one
! Header two
! Header three
|-valign="top"
| cell 1 || cell 2 || cell 3
|-valign="top"
| cell 1 || cell 2 || cell 3
|}
  • Remember to reference your sources. More often than not you'll have to reference a source twice. Below is an example on how to do that. Remember that "Abbreviation" can be replaced with any type of shortcut you'd like. Commonly people used the initials for the newspaper they're sourcing from, so Chicago Tribune would be "CT". 
This is a sample fact.<ref name="Abbreviation">[http://www.url.com ''Source'', Title, Date]</ref>

This is the second time I'm going to use the same source.<ref name="Abbreviation" />
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