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1. ivanje+Je[view] [source] 2022-10-12 11:33:19
>>nickpa+(OP)
I found Wikimedia's financial statement for 2020[1], in case anyone interested in details.

They have over 500 employees[2]. Not sure why they need so many, considering average salary is $100k/yr.

[1]: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/1/1e/Wikim...

[2]: https://wikimediafoundation.org/role/staff-contractors/#prod...

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2. akolbe+Rh[view] [source] 2022-10-12 11:55:39
>>ivanje+Je
The actual number of employees included in the $68 million salary bill is far lower, because many of the over 550 WMF staff are contractors:

https://wikimediafoundation.org/role/staff-contractors/

According to the Form 990, there were 320 US employees and a small number of non-US employees in 2020:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/e/e4/Wikim...

Note the explanation of what's included in the salary costs here:

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRS_tax_related_information/...

So I reckoned the average salary cost is more like $200k per person:

https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@list...

Top earners are here:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/e/e4/Wikim...

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