[savedbygrace]

That has got to be a misprint

No, it's just that you didn't quote the entire sentence. Here it is:

A big reason for such a huge sum is that 1,807 of the federal government’s public relations workers are paid $100,000 or more, up from 1,501 in 2012.

There were 1,501 PR workers paid $11k or more in 2012 and now there are 1,807 PR workers paid $100k or more. That's an increase in the number of PR workers in fedgov who are paid $100k or more.

[Robert DeLong]

Thanks. 8>) Must be my tired eyes.