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Use this searchable database to look up salaries of more than 4,000 Lexington city workers — full- and part-time, year-around and short-term — along with information on departments, job titles, divisions, supplemental pay and more. The five divisions with the most money spent on salaries are: police, fire, corrections, parks and waste management, and leadership in police and fire plus some division or department heads make the most money.

An aerial view of the University of Kentucky campus in Lexington. Faron Collins 2013 Herald-Leader file photo About 1,480 workers at the University of Kentucky make salaries of $150,000 or higher, and about 3,120 make more than $100,000, according to a 2021 payroll database obtained in mid-April. You can look up salary, college and employee information for more than 22,700 full- and part-time or temporary workers below.