Boston pays DEI bureaucrats six-figure salaries despite budgeting struggles
The article reports that the city of Boston employs dozens of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) bureaucrats earning over $3.6 million annually, despite the city recently using emergency reserves to cover a multimillion-dollar budget shortfall. Specifically, 31 senior DEI administrators at Boston City Hall earn at least $100,000 each year, according to municipal wage data from the 2025 employee earnings report. The piece highlights concerns about the high salaries for these positions amid the city’s financial struggles. Additionally, there are subscription prompts for the Washington Examiner’s news coverage and analysis.
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.
Thirty-one DEI administrators occupying senior government posts at Boston City Hall make a minimum of $100,000 annually, according to a Washington Examiner analysis of municipal wages pulled from the city’s 2025 employee earnings report.
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