I don't think there is any such source. In another thread, Andreas also states that there are over 800 WMF and affiliate employees (which is probably true); however, that would mean that *just salaries* would come to more than the 2021-22 annual budget.[1] (i.e. - 800 employees x $200,000 each = $160 million; 2021-22 budget is $150 million. That is taking the smaller number of "over 800 employee" from the other post and "over $200,000 per employee" from this one.) While I have no doubt that salaries and benefits make up the majority of expenditures in both the WMF itself and the WMF and affiliates together, I think these statements are exaggerations.
Risker/Anne [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Medium-term_plan_2019/Annual_Plan_2021-2022 On Sat, 29 Jan 2022 at 20:04, Alex Monk <[email protected]> wrote: > Do you have a source for that number? > > On Sat, 29 Jan 2022 at 20:38, Andreas Kolbe <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> As for nobody at Wikimedia profiting off the free content created by >> volunteers, that is relative. WMF salary costs currently average over >> $200,000 per employee. In most parts of the world, that would be considered >> wealthy. A minor issue in the grand scheme of things, certainly, but still >> relevant to us here at least. >> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/AW6WDMV66RGYVAGCKMNYHXVHV5KFNRLK/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
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