2019 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey
Elected Officials
January 2020
Georgia Department of Community Affairs Office of Research
60 Executive Park South Atlanta, Georgia 30329-2231
404-679-4940
Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2019 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey
Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials
Jurisdiction
2018 Estimated Population
Councilmember, City Council
Population Group A
Alpharetta
66,255
Brookhaven
54,145
Johns Creek City
84,310
Marietta
60,806
Roswell
94,650
Smyrna
56,706
South Fulton
94,912
Valdosta
56,426
Warner Robins
75,797
Population Group B Canton Carrollton Chamblee Dalton Douglasville Duluth Dunwoody Gainesville Kennesaw LaGrange Lawrenceville Newnan Peachtree City Rome Stockbridge Tucker Woodstock
29,306 26,443 29,691 33,500 34,190 29,527 49,459 41,464 34,172 30,291 29,795 39,784 35,766 36,634 29,638 36,206 32,234
Population Group C Acworth Americus Bainbridge Brunswick Buford Calhoun
22,642 15,309 12,058 16,357 15,189 16,966
Amount of compensation
15,000 /Occur. 12,000 Ann. 15,000 Ann. 18,900 Ann. 18,000 Ann. 18,900 Ann. 13,000 Ann. 15,500 Ann.
5,000 Hrly
12,000 Ann. 3,600 Ann.
12,000 Ann. 6,000 Ann.
12,900 Ann. 6,000 Ann.
12,000 Ann. 4,800 Ann.
12,000 Ann. 7,200 Ann. 7,200 Ann. 5,500 Hrly 12,000 Ann. 8,400 Ann.
12,000 Ann. 14,000 Ann. 11,400 Ann.
13,200 Ann. 7,200 Ann. 3,000 Ann.
14,045 Ann. 0 Ann.
8,400 Ann.
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Jurisdiction
2018 Estimated Population
Councilmember, City Council
Cartersville
21,141
Conyers
16,021
Dallas
13,607
Douglas
11,616
Grovetown
14,473
Holly Springs
12,920
Jesup
9,819
Kingsland
17,497
Lilburn
12,644
Loganville
12,532
McDonough
25,782
Milledgeville
18,614
Monroe
13,573
Norcross
16,563
Perry
17,377
Powder Springs
15,378
Richmond Hill
13,235
Snellville
19,906
Suwanee
20,569
Tifton
16,715
Union
21,873
Vidalia
10,403
Winder
17,029
Population Group D Auburn Barnesville Bremen Byron Cairo Camilla Cedartown Centerville Cumming Dacula Eatonton
7,614 6,711 6,537 5,188 9,410 4,919 10,215 7,776 6,376 6,255 6,608
Amount of compensation
4,800 Ann. 2,400 Ann. 10,000 Ann. 7,200 Ann. 5,000 Ann. 6,000 Ann.
100 Ann. 25 Ann.
3,500 Ann. 6,000 Ann. 12,000 Ann. 6,000 Ann. 6,000 Ann. 8,100 Ann. 6,600 Ann. 12,000 Ann. 5,100 Ann. 8,000 Ann. 9,000 Ann. 6,900 Ann. 15,850 Ann. 5,400 Ann. 6,000 Ann.
4,800 Ann. 1,500 Ann. 1,800 Ann. 3,000 Ann. 7,320 Ann. 2,400 Ann. 1,800 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 6,497 Ann. 7,100 Ann. 6,600 Ann.
Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2019 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey
Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials
Jurisdiction
2018 Estimated Population
Councilmember, City Council
Fitzgerald
8,710
Fort Oglethorpe
10,029
Fort Valley
8,962
Garden City
8,837
Glennville
5,093
Hawkinsville
5,193
Jackson
5,083
LaFayette
7,268
Locust Grove
7,211
McRae-Helena
8,380
Rincon
10,111
Sylvester
5,756
Thomaston
8,740
Toccoa
8,294
Tyrone
7,388
Waynesboro
5,441
Population Group E Adairsville Alma Ashburn Avondale Estates Baxley Blackshear Blakely Chattahoochee Hills City Chickamauga Cornelia Cuthbert Dawson Dawsonville Donalsonville Elberton Folkston Grantville Gray
4,918 3,441 3,673 3,154 4,694 3,468 4,623 3,207 3,155 4,513 3,426 4,102 3,109 2,551 4,348 4,672 3,269 3,258
Amount of compensation
6,000 Ann. 8,500 Ann.
500 /Occur. 3,600 Ann. 3,000 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 9,000 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 8,400 Ann. 2,700 Ann. 3,000 /Occur. 4,800 Ann. 2,400 Ann. 11,000 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 5,280 Ann.
2,599 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 10,200 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 5,850 /Occur. 1,500 /Occur. 7,200 Ann. 1,200 Ann. 1,700 Ann. 2,400 Ann.
50 /Occur. 3,600 Ann. 6,000 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 4,200 Ann. 2,400 Ann. 2,400 Ann. 5,400 Ann.
Jurisdiction
2018 Estimated Population
Councilmember, City Council
Grayson
4,409
Hahira
2,991
Harlem
3,277
Hephzibah
3,941
Hiram
4,102
Jasper
3,941
Jonesboro
4,903
Lakeland
3,241
Lula
2,938
Lyons
4,272
Millen
2,759
Monticello
2,676
Nicholls
3,338
Oakwood
4,166
Pelham
3,519
Reidsville
2,660
Ringgold
3,608
Social Circle
4,549
Soperton
3,097
Springfield
4,045
Tallapoosa
3,155
Thunderbolt
2,660
Tybee Island
3,110
Washington
4,001
West Point
3,743
Population Group F Alto Arcade Arlington Berkeley Lake Bogart Bowdon Brooklet Buchanan Butler
1,199 1,930 1,358 2,129 1,109 2,102 1,706 1,159 1,774
Amount of compensation
0 /Occur. 6,000 Ann. 3,600 Ann.
0 Ann. 3,000 Ann.
50 /Occur. 8,400 Ann. 3,000 Ann. 1,200 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 2,400 Ann.
4 /Occur. 3,900 Ann. 28,800 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 3,000 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 4,800 Ann.
35 /Occur. 3,600 Ann.
900 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 3,000 Ann.
1,600 Ann. 1,200 Ann.
900 Ann. 900 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 1,440 Ann. 150 /Occur. 1,000 Ann. 1,210 Ann.
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Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2019 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey
Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials
Jurisdiction
2018 Estimated Population
Councilmember, City Council
Chester
1,578
Claxton
2,235
Clayton
2,183
Colquitt
1,824
Comer
1,170
Davisboro
1,944
East Dublin
2,383
Ellaville
1,864
Gordon
1,882
Guyton
2,086
Hamilton
1,130
Homer
1,162
Lavonia
2,161
Lincolnton
1,500
Ludowici
2,221
Lumber City
1,257
McCaysville
1,146
Meigs
1,029
Midway
2,027
Morgan
1,846
Mount Airy
1,284
Mount Zion
1,812
Mountain City
1,091
Nahunta
1,102
Nelson
1,372
Nicholson
1,825
Oglethorpe
1,159
Omega
1,222
Oxford
2,313
Pine Mountain
1,400
Ray City
1,091
Remerton
1,088
Reynolds
973
Richland
1,552
Sparta
1,228
Trion
1,750
Amount of compensation
2,275 Ann. 4,800 /Occur. 1,800 Ann. 3,000 Ann. 1,600 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 2,500 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 2,400 Ann.
600 Ann. 35 /Occur.
4,800 /Occur. 2,400 Ann. 4,200 Ann. 1,200 /Occur. 2,400 Ann.
0 Ann. 5,400 /Occur.
175 /Occur. 600 /Occur. 1,800 /Occur.
40 /Occur. 3,000 /Occur.
0 Ann. 200 Ann. 750 Ann. 750 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 360 Ann. 1,800 /Occur. 6,000 /Occur. 1,200 Ann. 1,200 /Occur. 1,800 Ann. 1,200 Ann.
Jurisdiction
2018 Estimated Population
Councilmember, City Council
Varnell
2,059
Wadley
1,894
Willacoochee
1,368
Wrens
1,967
Young Harris
1,654
Population Group G Ailey Allenhurst Arabi Baconton Bethlehem Blairsville Blythe Bowman Brooks Canon Carnesville Clermont Cohutta Colbert Collins Coolidge Crawford Dasher Dexter Doerun Dudley Eton Fairmount Flemington Flovilla Franklin Glenwood Greenville Hiawassee
537 720 566 844 706 620 699 801 555 833 600 1,011 636 598 569 525 832 1,004 559 747 558 915 740 727 658 924 646 841 897
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Amount of compensation
0 /Occur. 4,800 Ann. 3,000 Ann.
200 Ann. 2,400 Ann.
0 Ann. 200 /Occur.
0 Ann. 3,500 Ann.
600 /Occur. 3,600 Ann.
900 /Occur. 1,500 /Occur. 1,200 Ann. 3,900 Ann. 1,800 Ann. 1,440 /Occur.
0 /Occur. 1,664 Ann. 1,200 Ann.
900 Ann. 300 /Occur. 3,325 Ann. 240 Ann. 7,200 Ann. 600 Ann. 3,900 Ann. 900 Ann. 5,400 Ann. 425 Ann. 3,000 Ann. 600 Ann. 1,200 Ann. 1,200 /Occur.
Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2019 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey
Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials
Jurisdiction
2018 Estimated Population
Councilmember, City Council
Hoboken
532
Homeland
935
Leary
569
Luthersville
827
McIntyre
607
Mountain Park
568
Newborn
759
Norman Park
967
Odum
503
Pavo
607
Pine Lake
761
Plains
721
Resaca
806
Riceboro
768
Rutledge
820
Shellman
950
Smithville
601
Talbotton
856
Tignall
511
Tunnel Hill
884
Ty Ty
729
Waleska
963
White
722
Population Group H
Allentown
158
Alston
155
Argyle
209
Attapulgus
427
Bartow
256
Between
371
Bowersville
486
Brinson
204
Buckhead
180
Camak
122
Centralhatchee
402
Amount of compensation
1,200 Ann. 600 /Occur. 125 /Occur.
1,500 Ann. 4,800 /Occur.
900 Ann. 900 Ann. 300 Ann. 250 /Occur. 600 Ann. 599 Ann. 1,852 Ann. 2,520 Ann. 36,000 /Occur. 300 Ann. 600 Ann. 2,000 Ann. 2,400 Ann.
0 /Occur. 1,800 Ann. 1,800 Ann.
100 /Occur. 900 /Occur.
300 Ann. 0 Ann.
25 /Occur. 600 Ann. 440 /Occur. 2,400 Ann. 500 Ann. 1,440 Ann. 385 Ann. 420 /Occur. 600 Ann.
Jurisdiction
2018 Estimated Population
Councilmember, City Council
Climax
265
Concord
379
Culloden
181
Daisy
141
Danville
214
Deepstep
122
Dillard
370
Dooling
141
DuPont
118
Ellenton
283
Fargo
316
Funston
447
Garfield
196
Gay
83
Graham
296
Haralson
193
Harrison
446
Higgston
315
Hiltonia
324
Hull
200
Ila
354
Jenkinsburg
371
Junction City
163
Kite
230
Lilly
195
Mansfield
437
Maxeys
225
Meansville
182
Mitchell
193
Molena
370
Moreland
449
Morganton
321
Newington
260
Norwood
216
Nunez
145
Oconee
244
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Amount of compensation
600 /Occur. 25 /Occur. 25 /Occur. 0 /Occur.
2,400 /Occur. 325 /Occur.
1,200 Ann. 3,000 Ann.
100 Ann. 1,680 Ann.
0 Ann. 599 /Occur. 500 Ann.
0 Ann. 2,400 Ann.
600 Ann. 1,200 Ann.
60 /Occur. 480 /Occur. 650 Ann. 1,277 Ann. 1,600 Ann. 100 Ann. 900 /Occur. 420 Ann. 1,200 /Occur.
0 Ann. 780 /Occur.
25 /Occur. 0 Ann.
300 Ann. 960 Ann.
0 /Occur. 2,100 /Occur.
600 /Occur. 420 Ann.
Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2019 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey
Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials
Jurisdiction
2018 Estimated Population
Councilmember, City Council
Offerman
441
Pinehurst
348
Pitts
302
Rebecca
164
Register
188
Rentz
286
Rhine
373
Rocky Ford
136
Shiloh
481
Sky Valley
268
Stapleton
394
Surrency
203
Tarrytown
86
Turin
347
Vernonburg
123
Warm Springs
404
Warwick
388
Williamson
507
Woolsey
165
Mayor Population Group A Alpharetta Brookhaven Johns Creek City Marietta Roswell Smyrna South Fulton Valdosta Warner Robins
Population Group B Canton Carrollton Chamblee
66,255 54,145 84,310 60,806 94,650 56,706 94,912 56,426 75,797
29,306 26,443 29,691
Amount of compensation
0 Ann. 240 /Occur.
24 Ann. 900 Ann.
0 /Occur. 300 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 300 /Occur.
15 /Occur. 0 /Occur.
900 Ann. 300 Ann.
0 Ann. 0 /Occur. 0 Ann. 600 Ann. 1,200 Ann. 1,000 /Occur. 0 Ann.
30,000 /Occur. 16,000 Ann. 25,000 Ann. 25,200 Ann. 40,000 Ann. 25,200 Ann. 23,000 Ann. 31,000 Ann. 100,000 Hrly
18,000 Ann. 6,000 Ann.
18,000 Ann.
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Jurisdiction
Mayor Dalton Douglasville Duluth Dunwoody Gainesville Kennesaw LaGrange Lawrenceville Newnan Peachtree City Rome Stockbridge Tucker Woodstock
2018 Estimated Population
33,500 34,190 29,527 49,459 41,464 34,172 30,291 29,795 39,784 35,766 36,634 29,638 36,206 32,234
Population Group C Acworth Americus Bainbridge Brunswick Calhoun Cartersville Conyers Dallas Douglas Grovetown Holly Springs Jesup Kingsland Lilburn Loganville McDonough Milledgeville Monroe Norcross Perry
22,642 15,309 12,058 16,357 16,966 21,141 16,021 13,607 11,616 14,473 12,920 9,819 17,497 12,644 12,532 25,782 18,614 13,573 16,563 17,377
Amount of compensation
7,200 Ann. 39,600 Ann. 9,600 Ann. 16,000 Ann. 6,000 Ann. 19,000 Ann.
9,600 Ann. 9,600 Ann. 10,000 Hrly 18,000 Ann. 9,240 Ann. 14,400 Ann. 20,000 Ann. 14,400 Ann.
20,400 Ann. 14,400 Ann.
4,500 Ann. 18,763 Ann. 14,400 Ann. 7,200 Ann.
3,300 Ann. 20,000 Ann.
9,600 Ann. 10,200 Ann. 12,000 Ann.
100 Ann. 50 Ann.
5,000 Ann. 12,000 Ann. 18,000 Ann.
8,400 Ann. 7,200 Ann. 10,350 Ann. 12,000 Ann.
Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2019 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey
Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials
Jurisdiction
Mayor Powder Springs Richmond Hill Snellville Suwanee Tifton Union Vidalia Winder
2018 Estimated Population
15,378 13,235 19,906 20,569 16,715 21,873 10,403 17,029
Population Group D Auburn Barnesville Bremen Byron Cairo Camilla Centerville Cumming Dacula Eatonton Fitzgerald Fort Oglethorpe Fort Valley Garden City Glennville Jackson LaFayette Locust Grove McRae-Helena Rincon Sylvester Thomaston Toccoa Tyrone Waynesboro
7,614 6,711 6,537 5,188 9,410 4,919 7,776 6,376 6,255 6,608 8,710 10,029 8,962 8,837 5,093 5,083 7,268 7,211 8,380 10,111 5,756 8,740 8,294 7,388 5,441
Population Group E
Amount of compensation
18,000 Ann. 7,650 Ann.
12,000 Ann. 15,000 Ann.
9,600 Ann. 24,990 Ann. 10,800 Ann. 21,000 Ann.
18,000 Ann. 2,400 Ann. 3,000 Ann. 8,400 Ann. 8,160 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 5,000 Ann.
12,994 Ann. 8,300 Ann.
12,000 Ann. 9,000 Ann.
10,500 Ann. 1,000 /Occur. 6,000 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 19,800 Ann. 4,200 Ann. 10,800 Ann. 8,400 Ann. 4,200 /Occur. 7,200 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 12,000 Ann. 9,600 Ann. 9,960 Ann.
Jurisdiction
2018 Estimated Population
Mayor Adairsville Alma Ashburn Avondale Estates Baxley Blackshear Blakely Chattahoochee Hills City Chickamauga Cornelia Cuthbert Dawson Dawsonville Donalsonville Elberton Folkston Grantville Gray Grayson Hahira Harlem Hephzibah Hiram Jasper Jonesboro Lakeland Lula Lyons Millen Monticello Nicholls Oakwood Pelham Reidsville Ringgold Social Circle
4,918 3,441 3,673 3,154 4,694 3,468 4,623 3,207 3,155 4,513 3,426 4,102 3,109 2,551 4,348 4,672 3,269 3,258 4,409 2,991 3,277 3,941 4,102 3,941 4,903 3,241 2,938 4,272 2,759 2,676 3,338 4,166 3,519 2,660 3,608 4,549
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Amount of compensation
5,198 Ann. 9,600 Ann. 13,800 Ann. 7,200 Ann. 7,800 /Occur. 4,800 /Occur. 9,600 Ann. 1,200 Ann. 2,000 Ann. 4,800 Ann.
50 /Occur. 7,200 Ann. 7,200 Ann. 4,200 Ann. 6,000 Ann. 10,000 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 7,200 Ann.
0 /Occur. 8,400 Ann. 4,800 Ann.
0 Ann. 9,000 Ann.
50 /Occur. 16,800 Ann.
4,800 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 8,400 Ann. 3,600 Ann.
1 /Occur. 6,300 Ann. 10,800 Ann. 7,800 Ann. 4,500 Ann. 6,000 Ann. 7,200 Ann.
Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2019 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey
Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials
Jurisdiction
Mayor Soperton Springfield Tallapoosa Thunderbolt Tybee Island Washington West Point
2018 Estimated Population
3,097 4,045 3,155 2,660 3,110 4,001 3,743
Population Group F Alto Arcade Arlington Berkeley Lake Bogart Bowdon Brooklet Buchanan Butler Chester Claxton Clayton Colquitt Comer Davisboro East Dublin Ellaville Gordon Guyton Hamilton Homer Lavonia Lincolnton Ludowici Lumber City McCaysville Meigs
1,199 1,930 1,358 2,129 1,109 2,102 1,706 1,159 1,774 1,578 2,235 2,183 1,824 1,170 1,944 2,383 1,864 1,882 2,086 1,130 1,162 2,161 1,500 2,221 1,257 1,146 1,029
Amount of compensation
6,000 Ann. 90 /Occur.
4,800 Ann. 2,400 Ann. 8,400 Ann. 7,200 Ann. 4,200 Ann.
3,800 Ann. 7,800 Ann. 2,400 Ann. 5,000 Ann. 10,800 Ann. 1,680 Ann.
250 /Occur. 2,000 Ann. 7,820 Ann. 4,550 Ann. 9,600 /Occur. 7,500 Ann. 6,000 Ann. 2,000 Ann. 4,200 Ann. 9,600 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 7,200 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 1,200 Ann.
50 /Occur. 12,000 /Occur.
4,000 Ann. 10,800 Ann.
3,000 /Occur. 4,800 Ann.
0 Ann.
Jurisdiction
Mayor Midway Morgan Mount Airy Mount Zion Mountain City Nahunta Nelson Nicholson Oglethorpe Omega Oxford Pine Mountain Ray City Remerton Reynolds Richland Sparta Trion Varnell Wadley Willacoochee Wrens Young Harris
2018 Estimated Population
2,027 1,846 1,284 1,812 1,091 1,102 1,372 1,825 1,159 1,222 2,313 1,400 1,091 1,088 973 1,552 1,228 1,750 2,059 1,894 1,368 1,967 1,654
Population Group G
Ailey
537
Allenhurst
720
Arabi
566
Baconton
844
Bethlehem
706
Blairsville
620
Blythe
699
Bowman
801
Brooks
555
Canon
833
Carnesville
600
Amount of compensation
10,800 /Occur. 175 /Occur.
3,000 /Occur. 4,200 /Occur.
100 /Occur. 6,000 /Occur.
0 Ann. 400 Ann. 1,500 Ann. 2,100 Ann. 6,000 Ann. 1,800 Ann. 3,600 /Occur. 7,200 /Occur. 2,400 Ann. 2,400 /Occur. 12,000 Ann. 7,200 Ann.
0 /Occur. 6,000 Ann. 12,000 Ann.
400 Ann. 8,400 Ann.
0 Ann. 300 /Occur. 600 Ann. 1,500 Ann. 1,200 /Occur. 26,000 Ann. 3,600 /Occur. 2,500 /Occur. 2,400 Ann. 7,800 Ann. 6,000 Ann.
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Jurisdiction
Mayor Clermont Cohutta Colbert Collins Coolidge Crawford Dasher Dexter Doerun Dudley Eton Fairmount Flemington Flovilla Franklin Glenwood Greenville Hiawassee Hoboken Homeland Leary Luthersville McIntyre Mountain Park Newborn Norman Park Odum Pavo Pine Lake Plains Resaca Riceboro Rutledge Shellman Smithville Talbotton
Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2019 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey
Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials
2018 Estimated Population
Amount of compensation
1,011 636 598 569 525 832 1,004 559 747 558 915 740 727 658 924 646 841 897 532 935 569 827 607 568 759 967 503 607 761 721 806 768 820 950 601 856
1,800 /Occur. 0 /Occur.
4,087 Ann. 1,200 Ann. 1,800 Ann.
300 /Occur. 5,541 Ann.
600 Ann. 2,700 Ann. 1,920 Ann. 5,200 Ann. 28,600 Ann. 10,200 Ann.
750 Ann. 9,000 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 7,200 Ann. 16,990 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 22,596 Ann.
200 /Occur. 4,800 Ann. 7,200 /Occur. 2,400 Ann. 1,200 Ann.
600 Ann. 350 /Occur. 1,200 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 2,432 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 30,000 /Occur. 3,000 Ann. 3,000 Ann. 3,000 Ann. 4,800 Ann.
Jurisdiction
Mayor Tignall Tunnel Hill Ty Ty Waleska White
2018 Estimated Population
511 884 729 963 722
Population Group H
Allentown
158
Alston
155
Argyle
209
Attapulgus
427
Bartow
256
Between
371
Bowersville
486
Brinson
204
Buckhead
180
Camak
122
Centralhatchee
402
Climax
265
Concord
379
Culloden
181
Daisy
141
Danville
214
Deepstep
122
Dillard
370
Dooling
141
DuPont
118
Ellenton
283
Fargo
316
Funston
447
Garfield
196
Gay
83
Graham
296
Haralson
193
Harrison
446
Higgston
315
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Amount of compensation
0 /Occur. 3,000 Ann. 2,400 Ann.
200 /Occur. 900 /Occur.
6,000 Ann. 0 Ann.
300 Ann. 1,200 Ann.
125 Ann. 4,800 Ann.
600 Ann. 2,400 Ann. 2,400 Ann. 2,100 Ann. 2,400 Ann.
900 /Occur. 50 /Occur.
600 Ann. 0 /Occur.
2,400 /Occur. 392 /Occur.
12,180 Ann. 600 Ann. 100 Ann. 480 Ann. 0 Ann. 599 /Occur.
1,000 Ann. 0 Ann.
2,400 Ann. 1,200 Ann. 1,560 Ann.
90 /Occur.
Jurisdiction
Mayor Hiltonia Hull Ila Jenkinsburg Junction City Kite Lilly Mansfield Maxeys Meansville Mitchell Molena Moreland Morganton Newington Norwood Nunez Oconee Offerman Pinehurst Pitts Rebecca Register Rentz Rhine Rocky Ford Sharpsburg Shiloh Sky Valley Stapleton Surrency Tarrytown Turin Vernonburg Warm Springs Warwick
Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2019 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey
Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials
2018 Estimated Population
324 200 354 371 163 230 195 437 225 182 193 370 449 321 260 216 145 244 441 348 302 164 188 286 373 136 363 481 268 394 203 86 347 123 404 388
Amount of compensation
3,240 /Occur. 1,250 Ann. 1,700 Ann. 3,200 Ann.
200 Ann. 1,500 /Occur.
480 Ann. 2,400 /Occur.
0 Ann. 1,200 /Occur.
700 Ann. 0 Ann.
600 Ann. 3,240 Ann.
0 /Occur. 1,200 Ann. 1,800 /Occur.
900 Ann. 0 Ann.
1,500 /Occur. 100 Ann.
1,200 Ann. 0 /Occur.
900 Ann. 4,200 Ann.
360 /Occur. 1,200 Ann.
200 Ann. 0 /Occur.
2,400 Ann. 420 Ann. 0 Ann. 0 /Occur. 0 Ann. 800 Ann.
1,800 Ann.
Jurisdiction
Mayor White Plains Williamson Woolsey
2018 Estimated Population
325 507 165
Mayor Pro Tem Population Group A Alpharetta Brookhaven Johns Creek City Marietta Roswell Smyrna Valdosta
Population Group B Canton Carrollton Dalton Douglasville Gainesville Kennesaw Newnan Peachtree City Rome Stockbridge Woodstock
Population Group C Americus Bainbridge Brunswick Calhoun Cartersville Conyers Dallas Douglas
66,255 54,145 84,310 60,806 94,650 56,706 56,426
29,306 26,443 33,500 34,190 41,464 34,172 39,784 35,766 36,634 29,638 32,234
15,309 12,058 16,357 16,966 21,141 16,021 13,607 11,616
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Amount of compensation
2,000 Ann. 2,000 /Occur.
0 Ann.
30,000 /Occur. 12,000 Ann. 15,000 Ann. 20,400 Ann. 18,000 Ann. 18,900 Ann. 18,060 Ann.
12,000 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 6,000 Ann.
12,900 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 13,800 Ann. 5,500 Hrly 12,000 Ann. 8,400 Ann. 12,000 Ann. 11,400 Ann.
7,800 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 14,045 Ann. 8,400 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 2,400 Ann. 15,000 Ann. 7,200 Ann.
Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2019 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey
Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials
Jurisdiction
Mayor Pro Tem Grovetown Holly Springs Jesup Kingsland Lilburn McDonough Milledgeville Norcross Perry Powder Springs Richmond Hill Snellville Suwanee Tifton Vidalia Winder
2018 Estimated Population
14,473 12,920 9,819 17,497 12,644 25,782 18,614 16,563 17,377 15,378 13,235 19,906 20,569 16,715 10,403 17,029
Population Group D Auburn Barnesville Byron Cairo Cumming Dacula Eatonton Fitzgerald Fort Oglethorpe Fort Valley Garden City Glennville Jackson McRae-Helena Rincon Thomaston Tyrone Waynesboro
7,614 6,711 5,188 9,410 6,376 6,255 6,608 8,710 10,029 8,962 8,837 5,093 5,083 8,380 10,111 8,740 7,388 5,441
Amount of compensation
7,500 Ann. 6,000 Ann.
100 Ann. 25 Ann. 3,500 Ann. 12,000 Ann. 7,200 Ann. 9,000 Ann. 7,200 Ann. 12,000 Ann. 5,100 Ann. 8,000 Ann. 11,100 Ann. 7,800 Ann. 5,400 Ann. 6,000 Ann.
4,800 Ann. 1,800 Ann. 3,000 Ann. 7,920 Ann. 6,497 Ann. 7,100 Ann. 7,200 Ann. 6,000 Ann. 8,500 Ann.
600 /Occur. 3,600 Ann. 3,000 Ann. 9,000 Ann. 2,700 Ann. 3,000 /Occur. 2,700 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 5,280 Ann.
Jurisdiction
Mayor Pro Tem Population Group E Adairsville Alma Ashburn Avondale Estates Baxley Blackshear Blakely Chickamauga Cuthbert Donalsonville Elberton Gray Grayson Hahira Harlem Hephzibah Hiram Jasper Jonesboro Lula Millen Monticello Nicholls Oakwood Pelham Ringgold Soperton Springfield Tallapoosa Tybee Island West Point
2018 Estimated Population
4,918 3,441 3,673 3,154 4,694 3,468 4,623 3,155 3,426 2,551 4,348 3,258 4,409 2,991 3,277 3,941 4,102 3,941 4,903 2,938 2,759 2,676 3,338 4,166 3,519 3,608 3,097 4,045 3,155 3,110 3,743
Population Group F Alto Arcade
1,199 1,930
Amount of compensation
2,599 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 10,200 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 5,850 /Occur. 1,500 /Occur. 8,400 Ann. 1,700 Ann.
50 /Occur. 3,600 Ann. 4,200 Ann. 6,600 Ann.
0 /Occur. 6,600 Ann. 3,600 Ann.
0 Ann. 3,600 Ann.
50 /Occur. 8,400 Ann. 1,200 Ann. 2,400 Ann.
1 /Occur. 3,900 Ann. 7,200 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 3,900 Ann. 4,800 Ann.
35 /Occur. 3,600 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 3,000 Ann.
1,600 Ann. 1,800 Ann.
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Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials
Jurisdiction
Mayor Pro Tem Arlington Berkeley Lake Bogart Bowdon Brooklet Buchanan Butler Chester Claxton Comer East Dublin Guyton Lavonia Lincolnton Ludowici Meigs Midway Mount Zion Nelson Nicholson Oglethorpe Omega Oxford Pine Mountain Remerton Reynolds Sparta Trion Varnell Wadley Willacoochee Young Harris
2018 Estimated Population
Amount of compensation
1,358 2,129 1,109 2,102 1,706 1,159 1,774 1,578 2,235 1,170 2,383 2,086 2,161 1,500 2,221 1,029 2,027 1,812 1,372 1,825 1,159 1,222 2,313 1,400 1,088 973 1,228 1,750 2,059 1,894 1,368 1,654
1,200 Ann. 1,200 Ann. 6,600 Ann. 1,440 Ann.
200 /Occur. 1,000 Ann. 1,210 Ann. 2,275 Ann. 4,800 /Occur. 1,600 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 2,400 Ann. 4,800 /Occur. 2,400 Ann. 5,400 Ann.
0 Ann. 6,600 /Occur. 1,800 /Occur.
0 Ann. 200 Ann. 750 Ann. 750 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 360 Ann. 6,000 /Occur. 1,200 Ann. 1,800 Ann. 1,200 Ann.
0 /Occur. 4,800 Ann. 3,300 Ann. 2,400 Ann.
Jurisdiction
Mayor Pro Tem Blairsville Blythe Bowman Brooks Canon Clermont Cohutta Collins Coolidge Dexter Doerun Dudley Flemington Flovilla Glenwood Greenville Hoboken Homeland Leary McIntyre Newborn Odum Pavo Plains Riceboro Shellman Smithville Talbotton Tignall Tunnel Hill Ty Ty Waleska
2018 Estimated Population
620 699 801 555 833 1,011 636 569 525 559 747 558 727 658 646 841 532 935 569 607 759 503 607 721 768 950 601 856 511 884 729 963
Population Group G
Ailey
537
Arabi
566
0 Ann. 0 Ann.
Population Group H
Allentown
158
Alston
155
Amount of compensation
3,600 Ann. 900 /Occur.
1,750 /Occur. 1,200 Ann. 3,900 Ann. 1,440 /Occur.
0 /Occur. 1,200 Ann.
900 Ann. 420 Ann. 1,800 Ann. 600 Ann. 7,800 Ann. 425 Ann. 600 Ann. 1,200 Ann. 1,200 Ann. 660 /Occur. 175 /Occur. 4,800 /Occur. 900 Ann. 250 /Occur. 600 Ann. 2,052 Ann. 18,000 /Occur. 600 Ann. 2,000 Ann. 2,400 Ann.
0 /Occur. 1,800 Ann. 1,800 Ann.
100 /Occur.
300 Ann. 0 Ann.
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Jurisdiction
Mayor Pro Tem Argyle Attapulgus Between Bowersville Buckhead Camak Centralhatchee Climax Concord Daisy Danville Deepstep Dillard Dooling Ellenton Garfield Graham Harrison Higgston Hiltonia Ila Jenkinsburg Lilly Mansfield Maxeys Meansville Mitchell Molena Moreland Newington Norwood Oconee Offerman Pitts Rebecca Register
Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2019 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey
Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials
2018 Estimated Population
209 427 371 486 180 122 402 265 379 141 214 122 370 141 283 196 296 446 315 324 354 371 195 437 225 182 193 370 449 260 216 244 441 302 164 188
Amount of compensation
25 /Occur. 600 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 600 Ann. 385 Ann.
0 /Occur. 600 Ann. 600 /Occur. 25 /Occur.
0 /Occur. 1,200 /Occur.
325 /Occur. 1,200 Ann.
600 Ann. 420 Ann. 500 Ann. 2,400 Ann. 1,200 Ann.
60 /Occur. 600 /Occur. 1,277 Ann. 1,800 Ann. 420 Ann. 1,200 /Occur.
0 Ann. 780 /Occur.
25 /Occur. 0 Ann.
300 Ann. 0 /Occur.
420 /Occur. 420 Ann.
0 Ann. 0 Ann. 900 Ann. 0 /Occur.
Jurisdiction
Mayor Pro Tem Rhine Rocky Ford Shiloh Sky Valley Stapleton Surrency Tarrytown Turin Vernonburg Warm Springs Warwick Williamson Woolsey
2018 Estimated Population
373 136 481 268 394 203 86 347 123 404 388 507 165
Municipal Court Judge (Elected)
Population Group A
Alpharetta
66,255
Roswell
94,650
Population Group B Douglasville Gainesville
34,190 41,464
Population Group C Cartersville Milledgeville Norcross Richmond Hill Snellville Union Vidalia Winder
21,141 18,614 16,563 13,235 19,906 21,873 10,403 17,029
Population Group D Auburn Cairo
7,614 9,410
Amount of compensation
1,800 Ann. 300 /Occur. 15 /Occur. 0 /Occur.
1,200 Ann. 300 Ann. 0 Ann. 0 /Occur. 0 Ann. 600 Ann.
1,200 Ann. 1,000 /Occur.
0 Ann.
50,000 /Occur. 350 /Occur.
9,775 /Occur. 2,544 Ann.
24,600 Ann. 210,000 Ann.
5,000 /Occur. 14,688 Ann.
700 /Occur. 74,160 Ann.
7,200 Ann. 400 /Occur.
300 /Occur. 18,000 Ann.
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Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials
Jurisdiction
2018 Estimated Population
Municipal Court Judge (Elected)
Cumming
6,376
Fitzgerald
8,710
Fort Oglethorpe
10,029
Fort Valley
8,962
LaFayette
7,268
Toccoa
8,294
Population Group E Blackshear Dawson Gray Grayson Hephzibah Pelham
3,468 4,102 3,258 4,409 3,941 3,519
Population Group F Alto Brooklet Buchanan Butler Clayton Colquitt Ellaville Guyton Ludowici Meigs Midway Mountain City Oxford Reynolds Varnell Wadley
1,199 1,706 1,159 1,774 2,183 1,824 1,864 2,086 2,221 1,029 2,027 1,091 2,313 973 2,059 1,894
Amount of compensation
22,569 Ann. 12,000 Ann.
8,500 Ann. 500 /Occur.
3,600 Ann. 24,000 Ann.
600 /Occur. 9,600 Ann. 14,000 Ann.
0 /Occur. 0 Ann. 9,600 Ann.
4,800 Ann. 375 /Occur. 367 /Occur.
4,200 Ann. 9,600 Ann. 8,400 Ann. 7,200 Ann. 3,000 Ann. 12,000 Ann.
0 Ann. 6,000 /Occur.
300 /Occur. 5,000 Ann. 6,600 Ann.
0 /Occur. 4,800 Ann.
Jurisdiction
2018 Estimated Population
Municipal Court Judge (Elected)
Dasher
1,004
Doerun
747
Hoboken
532
Homeland
935
Leary
569
Mountain Park
568
Pavo
607
Talbotton
856
Population Group H
Bartow
256
Daisy
141
Jenkinsburg
371
Lilly
195
Molena
370
Newington
260
Offerman
441
Pitts
302
Register
188
Tarrytown
86
Turin
347
Vernonburg
123
Warm Springs
404
White Plains
325
Population Group G
Arabi
566
Canon
833
Collins
569
250 /Occur. 250 /Occur. 350 /Occur.
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Amount of compensation
250 Hrly 5,400 Ann. 2,400 Ann. 3,000 /Occur.
400 /Occur. 1,200 Ann.
450 /Occur. 3,600 Ann.
200 /Occur. 0 Ann.
300 /Occur. 0 Ann.
200 /Occur. 250 /Occur.
0 Ann. 0 Ann. 300 Ann. 0 Ann. 0 /Occur. 0 Ann. 400 Ann. 1,200 Ann.