2019 Wage and salary survey. Compensation for county elected officials, volume II

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.