2020 Wage and salary survey. Compensation for county elected officials, volume II

2020 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey
Elected Officials
January 2021
Georgia Department of Community Affairs Office of Research
60 Executive Park South Atlanta, Georgia 30329-2231
404-679-4940

Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2020 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey
Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials

Jurisdiction

2019 Estimated Population

Councilmember, City Council

Population Group A

Albany

72,130

Alpharetta

67,213

Brookhaven

55,554

Johns Creek City

84,579

Marietta

60,867

Roswell

94,763

Warner Robins

77,617

Population Group B Canton Carrollton Chamblee Dalton Douglasville Duluth Dunwoody East Point Kennesaw LaGrange Lawrenceville McDonough Newnan Peachtree City Peachtree Corners Rome Statesboro Stockbridge Tucker Woodstock

30,528 27,259 30,307 33,665 33,992 29,609 49,356 34,875 34,077 30,305 30,834 26,768 41,581 36,223 43,905 36,716 32,954 29,904 36,395 33,039

Population Group C Acworth Americus Bainbridge Brunswick Buford

22,818 15,108 12,081 16,256 15,522

Amount of compensation
15,000 Ann. 15,000 /Occur. 12,000 Ann. 15,000 Ann. 18,900 Ann. 18,000 Ann. 10,000 Ann.
12,000 Ann. 7,200 Ann.
12,000 Ann. 6,000 Ann. 12,900 Ann. 6,000 Ann.
12,000 Ann. 16,000 Ann. 12,000 Ann. 9,600 Ann. 10,200 Ann. 12,000 Ann. 5,500 Hrly 14,400 Ann.
8,000 Ann. 8,400 Ann. 7,575 Ann. 12,000 Ann. 14,000 Ann. 11,400 Ann.
13,200 Ann. 7,200 Ann. 3,000 Ann.
14,045 Ann. 0 Ann.
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Jurisdiction

2019 Estimated Population

Councilmember, City Council

Calhoun

17,271

Cartersville

21,760

Conyers

16,256

Covington

14,206

Dallas

13,981

Doraville

10,265

Douglas

11,695

Fayetteville

17,991

Grovetown

15,152

Holly Springs

15,442

Kingsland

17,949

Lilburn

12,810

Loganville

12,880

Milledgeville

18,704

Monroe

13,673

Moultrie

14,211

Norcross

16,592

Perry

17,894

Powder Springs

15,758

Richmond Hill

13,839

Rincon

10,361

Snellville

20,077

Sugar Hill

24,617

Suwanee

20,907

Tifton

16,838

Union

22,399

Vidalia

10,402

Winder

17,937

Population Group D Auburn Barnesville Bremen Byron Camilla Centerville

7,660 6,659 6,638 5,226 5,012 7,884

Amount of compensation
8,400 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 2,400 Ann. 9,000 Ann. 10,000 Ann. 14,400 Ann. 7,200 Ann. 7,800 Ann. 5,000 Ann. 6,000 Ann. 6,025 Ann. 3,500 Ann. 6,000 Ann. 6,000 Ann. 6,000 Ann. 5,940 Ann. 8,100 Ann. 6,600 Ann. 12,000 Ann. 5,100 Ann. 3,000 /Occur. 8,000 Ann. 3,600 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. 2,400 Ann. 6,000 Ann.

Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2020 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey
Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials

Jurisdiction

2019 Estimated Population

Councilmember, City Council

Cumming

6,547

Dacula

6,350

Dahlonega

7,294

Eastman

5,067

Eatonton

6,725

Fitzgerald

8,662

Fort Oglethorpe

9,994

Garden City

8,713

Glennville

5,020

Hawkinsville

5,270

Jackson

5,239

Jesup

9,841

LaFayette

7,339

Locust Grove

8,243

McRae-Helena

8,277

Morrow

7,192

Port Wentworth

9,641

Stone Mountain

6,281

Sylvester

5,776

Thomaston

8,752

Toccoa

8,336

Tybee Island

7,506

Population Group E Adairsville Alma Ashburn Avondale Estates Baldwin Baxley Blackshear Blakely Chatsworth Chattahoochee Hills City Chickamauga Cornelia

4,963 3,380 3,704 3,129 3,414 4,659 3,527 4,571 4,290 3,318 3,256 4,683

Amount of compensation
6,497 Ann. 7,100 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 3,000 Ann. 6,600 Ann. 6,000 Ann. 8,500 Ann. 6,000 Ann. 3,000 Ann. 5,400 Ann. 9,000 Ann.
100 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 8,400 Ann. 2,700 Ann. 11,520 Ann.
0 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 7,200 Ann. 11,000 Ann. 4,800 Ann.
2,599 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 10,200 Ann. 4,800 Ann.
100 /Occur. 5,700 /Occur. 1,500 /Occur. 7,200 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 1,200 Ann. 1,900 Ann. 2,400 Ann.

Jurisdiction

2019 Estimated Population

Councilmember, City Council

Cuthbert

3,417

Dawson

4,126

Dawsonville

3,246

Donalsonville

2,466

Elberton

4,329

Grantville

3,296

Gray

3,274

Hahira

3,029

Harlem

3,371

Hartwell

4,437

Hazlehurst

4,137

Hephzibah

3,944

Hiram

4,223

Jasper

3,974

Jonesboro

4,962

Lake City

2,829

Lakeland

1,207

Lula

2,961

Lyons

4,233

Millen

2,766

Monticello

2,719

Nicholls

3,333

Ocilla

3,732

Palmetto

4,851

Pelham

3,466

Pembroke

2,626

Ringgold

3,630

Royston

2,571

Senoia

4,412

Social Circle

4,544

Soperton

3,148

Springfield

4,084

Statham

2,839

Summerville

4,243

Sylvania

2,463

Tallapoosa

3,185

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Amount of compensation
50 /Occur. 3,600 Ann. 6,000 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 4,200 Ann. 2,400 Ann. 5,400 Ann. 6,000 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 9,600 Ann. 2,400 Ann.
0 Ann. 5,000 Ann. 1,100 /Occur. 9,240 Ann. 8,400 Ann. 3,000 Ann. 1,200 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 2,400 Ann.
450 /Occur. 3,900 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 1,500 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 3,000 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 5,200 Ann.
75 /Occur. 6,000 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 2,400 Ann. 3,600 Ann.

Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2020 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey
Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials

Jurisdiction

2019 Estimated Population

Councilmember, City Council

Thunderbolt

2,623

Ty Ty

3,063

Unadilla

3,525

Vienna

3,549

West Point

3,737

Population Group F Alto Arlington Ball Ground Berkeley Lake Brooklet Buchanan Butler Chester Clarkesville Claxton Clayton Colquitt Comer Davisboro Edison Ellaville Ellijay Gordon Hamilton Hoschton Lincolnton Lumber City McCaysville Meigs Midway Morgan Mount Airy Mount Vernon Mount Zion

1,198 1,326 2,195 2,147 1,815 1,176 1,759 1,564 1,821 2,204 2,193 1,834 1,178 1,958 1,396 1,867 1,714 1,857 1,117 2,180 1,503 1,257 1,204 1,031 2,061 1,835 1,265 2,371 1,813

Amount of compensation
900 Ann. 1,800 Ann. 7,800 Ann. 9,000 Ann. 3,000 Ann.
1,600 Ann. 900 Ann. 300 /Occur. 900 Ann. 150 /Occur.
1,000 Ann. 1,700 Ann. 2,572 Ann.
600 Ann. 4,800 /Occur. 1,800 Ann. 3,000 Ann. 1,600 Ann. 3,600 Ann.
900 Ann. 2,500 Ann. 1,500 /Occur. 3,600 Ann.
600 Ann. 900 /Occur. 2,400 Ann. 1,200 /Occur. 2,400 Ann.
0 Ann. 5,400 /Occur. 2,100 Ann.
600 /Occur. 600 Ann. 1,800 /Occur.

Jurisdiction

2019 Estimated Population

Councilmember, City Council

Mountain City

1,108

Nahunta

1,141

Nelson

1,377

Nicholson

1,869

Oglethorpe

1,156

Omega

1,230

Oxford

2,346

Pine Mountain

1,417

Ray City

1,094

Remerton

1,079

Sparta

1,230

Trion

1,893

Union Point

1,899

Wadley

1,858

Walnut Grove

1,357

Willacoochee

1,354

Wrens

1,939

Young Harris

1,661

Zebulon

1,228

Population Group G Ailey Alapaha Arabi Baconton Bethlehem Bowman Cadwell Carnesville Clermont Cohutta Colbert Collins Crawford Dasher Dexter

536 675 564 827 725 808 540 601 1,039 637 598 571 836 1,015 562

Amount of compensation
40 /Occur. 3,000 /Occur.
600 /Occur. 200 Ann. 750 Ann. 750 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 360 Ann. 1,800 /Occur. 6,000 Ann. 1,800 Ann. 1,200 Ann. 1,100 /Occur. 4,800 Ann. 1,200 Ann. 3,000 Ann. 200 Ann. 2,400 Ann. 150 /Occur.
0 Ann. 900 /Occur.
0 Ann. 3,500 Ann.
600 /Occur. 1,500 /Occur.
720 /Occur. 1,800 Ann. 1,440 /Occur.
0 /Occur. 1,664 Ann. 1,200 Ann.
300 /Occur. 3,325 Ann.
240 Ann.

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Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2020 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey
Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials

Jurisdiction

2019 Estimated Population

Councilmember, City Council

Dudley

561

Fairmount

736

Flemington

717

Flovilla

660

Franklin

971

Glenwood

651

Greenville

845

Hagan

965

Hiawassee

911

Hoboken

536

Homeland

941

Jeffersonville

939

Kingston

679

Leary

559

Luthersville

831

Lyerly

514

McIntyre

605

Morven

549

Mountain Park

568

Newborn

783

Newton

575

Norman Park

962

Ochlocknee

680

Odum

503

Pavo

604

Pendergrass

562

Plains

716

Reynolds

960

Riceboro

778

Rutledge

842

Sardis

960

Shellman

933

Smithville

636

Tunnel Hill

910

Tyrone

737

Waverly Hall

807

Amount of compensation
600 Ann. 900 Ann. 5,400 Ann. 425 Ann. 3,000 Ann. 600 Ann. 1,200 Ann. 1,560 Ann. 2,400 /Occur. 1,200 Ann. 600 /Occur. 3,000 Ann.
4 Ann. 125 /Occur. 1,500 Ann. 480 /Occur. 4,800 /Occur. 3,000 Ann. 900 Ann. 900 Ann. 600 /Occur. 300 Ann. 420 Ann. 250 /Occur. 800 Ann.
0 /Occur. 1,852 Ann. 1,200 Ann. 36,000 /Occur.
300 Ann. 1,500 Ann.
600 Ann. 2,000 Ann. 1,800 Ann. 7,200 Ann. 1,200 /Occur.

Jurisdiction

2019 Estimated Population

Councilmember, City Council

White

725

Williamson

514

Woodbury

902

Population Group H Allentown Alston Argyle Arnoldsville Attapulgus Avera Barwick Between Bowersville Brinson Buckhead Camak Carlton Cecil Centralhatchee Climax Cobbtown Concord Daisy Danville Deepstep Dillard DuPont Ellenton Ephesus Fargo Funston Garfield Gay Graham Haralson

154 159 208 366 425 225 372 373 485 202 183 126 260 283 377 262 357 384 141 212 2,125 377 117 282 461 316 450 201 81 290 192

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Amount of compensation
900 /Occur. 1,000 /Occur. 2,000 Ann.
300 Ann. 0 Ann.
25 /Occur. 1,620 /Occur.
600 Ann. 100 Ann. 600 /Occur. 2,400 Ann. 500 Ann. 1,440 Ann. 385 Ann. 420 /Occur. 1,000 Ann. 1,800 Ann. 600 Ann.
50 /Occur. 400 Ann.
25 /Occur. 0 /Occur.
2,400 /Occur. 325 /Occur.
1,200 Ann. 100 Ann. 125 /Occur.
1,000 Ann. 0 Ann.
599 /Occur. 500 Ann.
0 Ann. 2,400 Ann.
600 Ann.

Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2020 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey
Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials

Jurisdiction

2019 Estimated Population

Councilmember, City Council

Harrison

442

Higgston

312

Hiltonia

324

Hull

201

Ila

359

Jacksonville

133

Junction City

161

Kite

227

Mansfield

442

Mitchell

189

Morganton

323

Newington

262

Norwood

222

Nunez

145

Oconee

243

Offerman

441

Parrott

136

Pinehurst

355

Pitts

293

Plainville

318

Rebecca

165

Rentz

285

Rhine

375

Rocky Ford

137

Sasser

255

Scotland

337

Shiloh

486

Sky Valley

273

Surrency

202

Talking Rock

71

Tallulah Falls

171

Talmo

257

Tarrytown

85

Tignall

496

Vidette

107

Warm Springs

405

Amount of compensation
1,800 Ann. 120 /Occur. 480 /Occur. 650 Ann.
1,316 Ann. 0 Ann.
100 Ann. 900 /Occur. 1,200 /Occur.
25 /Occur. 960 Ann.
0 /Occur. 2,100 /Occur.
600 /Occur. 420 Ann.
0 Ann. 25 Ann. 240 /Occur. 24 Ann. 150 Ann. 900 Ann. 300 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 300 /Occur. 300 Ann. 750 Ann. 30 /Occur.
0 /Occur. 300 Ann.
0 Ann. 600 Ann.
0 Ann. 0 Ann. 0 /Occur. 0 Ann. 600 Ann.

Jurisdiction

2019 Estimated Population

Councilmember, City Council

Whigham

464

Woolsey

167

Mayor Population Group A Albany Alpharetta Brookhaven Johns Creek City Marietta Roswell Warner Robins
Population Group B Canton Carrollton Chamblee Dalton Douglasville Duluth Dunwoody East Point Kennesaw LaGrange Lawrenceville McDonough Newnan Peachtree City Peachtree Corners Rome Statesboro Stockbridge Tucker Woodstock
Population Group C

72,130 67,213 55,554 84,579 60,867 94,763 77,617
30,528 27,259 30,307 33,665 33,992 29,609 49,356 34,875 34,077 30,305 30,834 26,768 41,581 36,223 43,905 36,716 32,954 29,904 36,395 33,039

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Amount of compensation
1,200 Ann. 0 Ann.
25,000 Ann. 30,000 /Occur. 16,000 Ann. 25,000 Ann. 25,200 Ann. 40,000 Ann. 100,000 Ann.
18,000 Ann. 14,400 Ann. 18,000 Ann.
7,200 Ann. 39,600 Ann. 9,600 Ann. 16,000 Ann. 20,000 Ann. 19,200 Ann. 12,000 Ann. 12,600 Ann. 18,000 Ann. 10,000 Hrly 21,600 Ann.
9,000 Ann. 9,240 Ann. 18,685 Ann. 14,400 Ann. 20,000 Ann. 14,400 Ann.

Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2020 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey
Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials

Jurisdiction

2019 Estimated Population

Mayor Acworth Americus Bainbridge Brunswick Calhoun Cartersville Conyers Covington Dallas Doraville Douglas Dublin Fayetteville Grovetown Holly Springs Kingsland Lilburn Loganville Milledgeville Monroe Moultrie Norcross Perry Powder Springs Richmond Hill Rincon Snellville Sugar Hill Suwanee Tifton Union Vidalia Winder

22,818 15,108 12,081 16,256 17,271 21,760 16,256 14,206 13,981 10,265 11,695 15,881 17,991 15,152 15,442 17,949 12,810 12,880 18,704 13,673 14,211 16,592 17,894 15,758 13,839 10,361 20,077 24,617 20,907 16,838 22,399 10,402 17,937

Population Group D Auburn

7,660

Amount of compensation
20,400 Ann. 14,400 Ann.
4,500 Ann. 18,763 Ann. 14,400 Ann.
7,200 Ann. 3,300 Ann. 18,000 Ann. 20,000 Ann. 18,000 Ann. 9,600 Ann. 10,800 Ann. 22,880 Ann. 10,200 Ann. 12,000 Ann. 8,450 Ann. 5,000 Ann. 12,000 Ann. 8,400 Ann. 7,200 Ann. 6,960 Ann. 10,350 Ann. 12,000 Ann. 18,000 Ann. 7,650 Ann. 4,200 /Occur. 12,000 Ann. 5,400 Ann. 15,000 Ann. 9,600 Ann. 24,990 Ann. 10,800 Ann. 21,000 Ann.
18,000 Ann.

Jurisdiction
Mayor Barnesville Bremen Byron Camilla Centerville Cumming Dacula Dahlonega Eatonton Fitzgerald Fort Oglethorpe Garden City Glennville Jackson Jesup LaFayette Locust Grove McRae-Helena Morrow Port Wentworth Stone Mountain Sylvester Thomaston Toccoa Tybee Island
Population Group E Adairsville Alma Ashburn Avondale Estates Baldwin Baxley Blackshear Blakely Chatsworth

2019 Estimated Population
6,659 6,638 5,226 5,012 7,884 6,547 6,350 7,294 6,725 8,662 9,994 8,713 5,020 5,239 9,841 7,339 8,243 8,277 7,192 9,641 6,281 5,776 8,752 8,336 7,506
4,963 3,380 3,704 3,129 3,414 4,659 3,527 4,571 4,290

Amount of compensation
2,400 Ann. 3,000 Ann. 8,400 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 12,000 Ann. 12,994 Ann. 8,300 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 12,000 Ann. 9,000 Ann. 10,500 Ann. 9,600 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 19,800 Ann.
100 Ann. 4,200 Ann. 10,800 Ann. 8,400 Ann. 17,280 Ann.
0 Ann. 12,000 Ann.
7,200 Ann. 10,800 Ann. 12,000 Ann.
8,400 Ann.
5,198 Ann. 9,600 Ann. 13,800 Ann. 7,200 Ann.
150 /Occur. 7,200 /Occur. 4,800 /Occur. 9,600 Ann. 8,400 Ann.

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Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2020 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey
Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials

Jurisdiction

2019 Estimated Population

Mayor Chattahoochee Hills City Chickamauga Cornelia Cuthbert Dawson Dawsonville Donalsonville Elberton Grantville Gray Hahira Harlem Hartwell Hazlehurst Hephzibah Hiram Jasper Jonesboro Lake City Lakeland Lula Lyons Millen Monticello Nicholls Ocilla Palmetto Pelham Pembroke Ringgold Royston Senoia Social Circle Soperton Springfield Statham

3,318 3,256 4,683 3,417 4,126 3,246 2,466 4,329 3,296 3,274 3,029 3,371 4,437 4,137 3,944 4,223 3,974 4,962 2,829 1,207 2,961 4,233 2,766 2,719 3,333 3,732 4,851 3,466 2,626 3,630 2,571 4,412 4,544 3,148 4,084 2,839

Amount of compensation
1,200 Ann. 2,200 Ann. 4,800 Ann.
50 /Occur. 7,200 Ann. 12,000 Ann. 4,200 Ann. 6,000 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 7,200 Ann. 8,400 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 12,000 Ann. 12,000 Ann.
0 Ann. 10,000 Ann.
1,100 /Occur. 20,020 Ann. 14,400 Ann.
4,800 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 8,400 Ann. 3,600 Ann.
750 /Occur. 6,300 Ann. 8,400 Ann. 3,000 Ann. 7,800 Ann. 7,200 Ann. 6,000 Ann. 7,200 Ann. 12,000 Ann. 7,200 Ann. 6,500 Ann.
200 /Occur. 12,000 Ann.

Jurisdiction
Mayor Summerville Sylvania Tallapoosa Thunderbolt Ty Ty Unadilla Vienna West Point
Population Group F Alto Arlington Ball Ground Berkeley Lake Brooklet Buchanan Butler Chester Clarkesville Claxton Clayton Colquitt Comer Davisboro Edison Ellaville Ellijay Gordon Hamilton Hoschton Lincolnton Lumber City McCaysville Meigs Midway Morgan

2019 Estimated Population
4,243 2,463 3,185 2,623 3,063 3,525 3,549 3,737
1,198 1,326 2,195 2,147 1,815 1,176 1,759 1,564 1,821 2,204 2,193 1,834 1,178 1,958 1,396 1,867 1,714 1,857 1,117 2,180 1,503 1,257 1,204 1,031 2,061 1,835

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Amount of compensation
7,200 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 2,400 Ann. 2,400 Ann. 5,400 Ann. 10,200 Ann. 4,200 Ann.
3,800 Ann. 2,400 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 5,000 Ann.
250 /Occur. 2,000 Ann. 7,700 Ann. 5,739 Ann. 1,200 Ann. 9,600 /Occur. 7,500 Ann. 6,000 Ann. 2,000 Ann. 4,200 Ann. 2,400 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 1,500 /Occur. 7,200 Ann. 1,200 Ann.
900 /Occur. 4,000 Ann. 3,000 /Occur. 4,800 Ann.
0 Ann. 10,800 /Occur.
2,100 Ann.

Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2020 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey
Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials

Jurisdiction

2019 Estimated Population

Mayor Mount Airy Mount Vernon Mount Zion Mountain City Nahunta Nelson Nicholson Oglethorpe Omega Oxford Pine Mountain Ray City Remerton Sparta Trion Union Point Wadley Walnut Grove Willacoochee Wrens Young Harris Zebulon

1,265 2,371 1,813 1,108 1,141 1,377 1,869 1,156 1,230 2,346 1,417 1,094 1,079 1,230 1,893 1,899 1,858 1,357 1,354 1,939 1,661 1,228

Population Group G Ailey Alapaha Arabi Baconton Bethlehem Bowman Cadwell Carnesville Clermont Cohutta Colbert Collins

536 675 564 827 725 808 540 601 1,039 637 598 571

Amount of compensation
3,000 /Occur. 1,200 Ann. 4,200 /Occur.
100 /Occur. 6,000 /Occur.
600 /Occur. 400 Ann. 1,500 Ann. 2,100 Ann. 6,000 Ann. 1,800 Ann. 3,600 /Occur. 7,200 /Occur. 12,000 Ann. 7,200 Ann. 2,400 /Occur. 6,000 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 12,000 Ann. 400 Ann. 8,400 Ann. 400 /Occur.
0 Ann. 3,000 /Occur.
600 Ann. 1,500 Ann. 1,200 /Occur. 2,500 /Occur. 15,241 Hrly 6,000 Ann. 1,800 /Occur.
0 /Occur. 4,087 Ann. 1,200 Ann.

Jurisdiction
Mayor Crawford Dasher Dexter Dudley Fairmount Flemington Flovilla Franklin Glenwood Greenville Hagan Hiawassee Hoboken Homeland Jeffersonville Kingston Leary Luthersville Lyerly McIntyre Morven Mountain Park Newborn Newton Norman Park Ochlocknee Odum Pavo Pendergrass Plains Reynolds Riceboro Rutledge Sardis Shellman Smithville

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2019 Estimated Population

Amount of compensation

836 1,015 562 561 736 717 660 971 651 845 965 911 536 941 939 679 559 831 514 605 549 568 783 575 962 680 503 604 562 716 960 778 842 960 933 636

300 /Occur. 5,541 Ann.
600 Ann. 1,920 Ann. 15,600 Ann. 10,200 Ann.
750 Ann. 9,000 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 7,200 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 26,000 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 23,529 Ann. 5,400 Ann.
1 Ann. 200 /Occur. 4,800 Ann. 1,200 /Occur. 7,200 /Occur. 4,200 Ann. 2,400 Ann. 1,200 Ann. 1,200 /Occur. 600 Ann. 600 Ann. 350 /Occur. 1,600 Ann.
0 /Occur. 2,432 Ann. 2,400 Ann. 30,000 /Occur. 3,000 Ann. 3,000 Ann. 3,000 Ann. 3,000 Ann.

Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2020 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey
Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials

Jurisdiction

2019 Estimated Population

Mayor

Tunnel Hill

910

Tyrone

737

Uvalda

582

Waverly Hall

807

White

725

Williamson

514

Woodbury

902

Population Group H Allentown Alston Argyle Arnoldsville Attapulgus Avera Barwick Between Bowersville Brinson Buckhead Camak Carlton Cecil Centralhatchee Climax Cobbtown Concord Daisy Danville Deepstep Dillard DuPont Ellenton Ephesus Fargo Funston

154 159 208 366 425 225 372 373 485 202 183 126 260 283 377 262 357 384 141 212 2,125 377 117 282 461 316 450

Amount of compensation
3,000 Ann. 14,400 Ann.
5,200 Ann. 3,000 /Occur.
900 /Occur. 2,000 /Occur. 5,000 Ann.
6,000 Ann. 0 Ann.
300 Ann. 4,200 /Occur. 1,200 Ann.
200 Ann. 900 /Occur. 4,800 Ann. 600 Ann. 2,400 Ann. 2,400 Ann. 2,100 Ann. 1,500 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 2,400 Ann.
75 /Occur. 600 Ann.
50 /Occur. 0 /Occur. 2,400 /Occur. 330 /Occur. 12,180 Ann. 100 Ann. 125 /Occur. 2,000 Ann. 0 Ann. 599 /Occur.

Jurisdiction
Mayor Garfield Gay Graham Haralson Harrison Higgston Hiltonia Hull Ila Jacksonville Junction City Kite Mansfield Mitchell Morganton Newington Norwood Nunez Oconee Offerman Parrott Pinehurst Pitts Plainville Rebecca Rentz Rhine Rocky Ford Sasser Scotland Sharpsburg Shiloh Sky Valley Surrency Talking Rock Tallulah Falls

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2019 Estimated Population
201 81 290 192 442 312 324 201 359 133 161 227 442 189 323 262 222 145 243 441 136 355 293 318 165 285 375 137 255 337 361 486 273 202 71 171

Amount of compensation
1,000 Ann. 0 Ann.
7,200 Ann. 1,200 Ann. 2,400 Ann.
150 /Occur. 3,240 /Occur. 1,250 Ann. 1,751 Ann.
0 Ann. 200 Ann. 1,500 /Occur. 2,400 /Occur. 700 Ann. 3,240 Ann.
0 /Occur. 1,200 Ann. 1,800 /Occur.
900 Ann. 0 Ann.
75 Ann. 1,500 /Occur.
100 Ann. 250 Ann. 1,200 Ann. 900 Ann. 4,200 Ann. 360 /Occur. 400 Ann. 1,250 Ann. 1,200 Ann.
45 /Occur. 0 /Occur.
420 Ann. 0 Ann.
900 Ann.

Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2020 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey
Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials

Jurisdiction
Mayor Talmo Tarrytown Tignall Vidette Warm Springs Whigham Woolsey

2019 Estimated Population

Amount of compensation

257

0 Ann.

85

0 Ann.

496

0 /Occur.

107

0 Ann.

405

800 Ann.

464

4,800 Ann.

167

0 Ann.

Mayor Pro Tem Population Group A Albany Alpharetta Brookhaven Johns Creek City Marietta Roswell
Population Group B Canton Carrollton Dalton Douglasville East Point Kennesaw Lawrenceville McDonough Newnan Peachtree City Rome Statesboro Stockbridge Woodstock
Population Group C Americus Bainbridge

72,130 67,213 55,554 84,579 60,867 94,763

15,000 Ann. 30,000 /Occur. 12,000 Ann. 15,000 Ann. 20,400 Ann. 18,000 Ann.

30,528 27,259 33,665 33,992 34,875 34,077 30,834 26,768 41,581 36,223 36,716 32,954 29,904 33,039

12,000 Ann. 7,200 Ann. 6,000 Ann.
12,900 Ann. 16,000 Ann. 13,800 Ann. 10,200 Ann. 12,000 Ann. 5,500 Hrly 14,400 Ann.
8,400 Ann. 9,343 Ann. 12,000 Ann. 11,400 Ann.

15,108 12,081

7,800 Ann. 3,600 Ann.

Jurisdiction
Mayor Pro Tem Brunswick Calhoun Cartersville Conyers Dallas Douglas Dublin Fayetteville Grovetown Holly Springs Kingsland Lilburn Milledgeville Norcross Perry Powder Springs Richmond Hill Rincon Snellville Sugar Hill Suwanee Tifton Vidalia

2019 Estimated Population
16,256 17,271 21,760 16,256 13,981 11,695 15,881 17,991 15,152 15,442 17,949 12,810 18,704 16,592 17,894 15,758 13,839 10,361 20,077 24,617 20,907 16,838 10,402

Population Group D Auburn Barnesville Bremen Byron Cumming Dacula Eatonton Fitzgerald Fort Oglethorpe Garden City Glennville

7,660 6,659 6,638 5,226 6,547 6,350 6,725 8,662 9,994 8,713 5,020

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Amount of compensation
14,045 Ann. 8,400 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 2,400 Ann.
15,000 Ann. 7,200 Ann. 8,400 Ann. 7,800 Ann. 7,500 Ann. 6,000 Ann. 6,025 Ann. 3,500 Ann. 7,200 Ann. 9,000 Ann. 7,200 Ann.
12,000 Ann. 5,100 Ann. 3,000 /Occur. 8,000 Ann. 4,500 Ann.
11,100 Ann. 7,800 Ann. 5,400 Ann.
4,800 Ann. 1,800 Ann. 1,800 Ann. 3,000 Ann. 6,497 Ann. 7,100 Ann. 7,200 Ann. 6,000 Ann. 8,500 Ann. 6,000 Ann. 3,000 Ann.

Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2020 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey
Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials

Jurisdiction

2019 Estimated Population

Mayor Pro Tem Jackson Jesup McRae-Helena Port Wentworth Thomaston Tybee Island

5,239 9,841 8,277 9,641 8,752 7,506

Population Group E Adairsville Alma Ashburn Avondale Estates Baldwin Baxley Blackshear Blakely Chickamauga Cuthbert Donalsonville Elberton Gray Hahira Harlem Hartwell Hephzibah Hiram Jasper Jonesboro Lula Millen Monticello Nicholls Palmetto Pelham Pembroke Ringgold

4,963 3,380 3,704 3,129 3,414 4,659 3,527 4,571 3,256 3,417 2,466 4,329 3,274 3,029 3,371 4,437 3,944 4,223 3,974 4,962 2,961 2,766 2,719 3,333 4,851 3,466 2,626 3,630

Amount of compensation
9,000 Ann. 100 Ann.
2,700 Ann. 0 Ann.
8,100 Ann. 4,800 Ann.
2,599 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 10,200 Ann. 4,800 Ann.
100 /Occur. 5,700 /Occur. 1,500 /Occur. 8,400 Ann. 1,900 Ann.
50 /Occur. 3,600 Ann. 4,200 Ann. 6,600 Ann. 6,600 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 9,600 Ann.
0 Ann. 5,500 Ann. 1,100 /Occur. 9,240 Ann. 1,200 Ann. 2,400 Ann.
600 /Occur. 3,900 Ann. 2,000 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 3,900 Ann.

Jurisdiction
Mayor Pro Tem Royston Senoia Soperton Springfield Statham Sylvania Tallapoosa Ty Ty Vienna West Point
Population Group F Alto Arlington Ball Ground Berkeley Lake Brooklet Buchanan Butler Chester Clarkesville Claxton Comer Edison Hoschton Lincolnton Meigs Midway Mount Vernon Mount Zion Nelson Nicholson Oglethorpe Omega Oxford Pine Mountain

2019 Estimated Population
2,571 4,412 3,148 4,084 2,839 2,463 3,185 3,063 3,549 3,737
1,198 1,326 2,195 2,147 1,815 1,176 1,759 1,564 1,821 2,204 1,178 1,396 2,180 1,503 1,031 2,061 2,371 1,813 1,377 1,869 1,156 1,230 2,346 1,417

Amount of compensation
6,000 Ann. 3,000 Ann. 5,200 Ann.
75 /Occur. 6,000 Ann. 2,400 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 1,800 Ann. 9,000 Ann. 3,000 Ann.
1,600 Ann. 1,200 Ann.
300 /Occur. 1,200 Ann.
200 /Occur. 1,000 Ann. 1,700 Ann. 2,572 Ann.
600 Ann. 4,800 /Occur. 1,600 Ann.
900 Ann. 900 /Occur. 2,400 Ann.
0 Ann. 6,600 /Occur.
600 Ann. 1,800 /Occur.
600 /Occur. 200 Ann. 750 Ann. 750 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 360 Ann.

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Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2020 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey
Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials

Jurisdiction

2019 Estimated Population

Mayor Pro Tem Remerton Sparta Trion Wadley Walnut Grove Willacoochee Young Harris

1,079 1,230 1,893 1,858 1,357 1,354 1,661

Population Group G Ailey Arabi Bowman Clermont Cohutta Collins Dexter Dudley Flemington Flovilla Glenwood Greenville Hagan Hoboken Homeland Jeffersonville Kingston Leary Lyerly McIntyre Morven Newborn Ochlocknee Odum Pavo Pendergrass Plains

536 564 808 1,039 637 571 562 561 717 660 651 845 965 536 941 939 679 559 514 605 549 783 680 503 604 562 716

Amount of compensation
6,000 /Occur. 1,800 Ann. 1,200 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 1,200 Ann. 3,300 Ann. 2,400 Ann.
0 Ann. 0 Ann. 1,750 /Occur. 1,440 /Occur. 0 /Occur. 1,200 Ann. 420 Ann. 600 Ann. 7,800 Ann. 425 Ann. 600 Ann. 1,200 Ann. 1,560 Ann. 1,200 Ann. 660 /Occur. 4,800 Ann. 1 Ann. 175 /Occur. 480 /Occur. 4,800 /Occur. 3,600 Ann. 900 Ann. 420 Ann. 250 /Occur. 800 Ann. 0 /Occur. 2,052 Ann.

Jurisdiction
Mayor Pro Tem Reynolds Riceboro Sardis Shellman Smithville Tunnel Hill Tyrone Waverly Hall Williamson

2019 Estimated Population
960 778 960 933 636 910 737 807 514

Population Group H Allentown Alston Argyle Attapulgus Avera Barwick Between Bowersville Buckhead Camak Cecil Centralhatchee Climax Cobbtown Concord Daisy Danville Deepstep Dillard Ellenton Fargo Garfield Graham Haralson Harrison

154 159 208 425 225 372 373 485 183 126 283 377 262 357 384 141 212 2,125 377 282 316 201 290 192 442

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Amount of compensation
1,200 Ann. 18,000 /Occur.
1,500 Ann. 600 Ann.
2,000 Ann. 1,800 Ann. 7,200 Ann. 1,200 /Occur. 1,000 /Occur.
300 Ann. 0 Ann.
25 /Occur. 600 Ann. 100 Ann. 600 /Occur. 4,800 Ann. 500 Ann. 385 Ann.
0 /Occur. 1,800 Ann.
600 Ann. 50 /Occur. 400 Ann. 25 /Occur.
0 /Occur. 1,200 /Occur.
300 /Occur. 1,200 Ann.
500 /Occur. 0 /Occur.
500 Ann. 2,400 Ann.
600 Ann. 1,800 Ann.

Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2020 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey
Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials

Jurisdiction
Mayor Pro Tem Higgston Hiltonia Ila Jacksonville Mansfield Mitchell Newington Norwood Oconee Offerman Parrott Pitts Plainville Rebecca Rhine Rocky Ford Scotland Shiloh Sky Valley Surrency Talking Rock Tallulah Falls Talmo Tarrytown Tignall Warm Springs Whigham Woolsey

2019 Estimated Population

Amount of compensation

312

120 /Occur.

324

600 /Occur.

359

1,316 Ann.

133

0 Ann.

442

1,200 /Occur.

189

25 /Occur.

262

0 /Occur.

222

420 /Occur.

243

420 Ann.

441

0 Ann.

136

25 Ann.

293

0 Ann.

318

150 Ann.

165

900 Ann.

375

1,800 Ann.

137

300 /Occur.

337

750 Ann.

486

30 /Occur.

273

0 /Occur.

202

300 Ann.

71

0 Ann.

171

600 Ann.

257

0 Ann.

85

0 Ann.

496

0 /Occur.

405

600 Ann.

464

1,200 Ann.

167

0 Ann.

Municipal Court Judge (Elected)

Population Group A

Albany

72,130

Roswell

94,763

Population Group B Douglasville

33,992

82,089 Ann. 350 /Occur.
9,775 /Occur.

Jurisdiction

2019 Estimated Population

Municipal Court Judge (Elected)

Kennesaw

34,077

Population Group C Cartersville Milledgeville Norcross Richmond Hill Snellville Union Vidalia

21,760 18,704 16,592 13,839 20,077 22,399 10,402

Population Group D Auburn Cumming Fitzgerald Fort Oglethorpe LaFayette Port Wentworth Toccoa

7,660 6,547 8,662 9,994 7,339 9,641 8,336

Population Group E Blackshear Dawson Donalsonville Gray Hephzibah Pelham Senoia Statham Summerville Sylvania Unadilla

3,527 4,126 2,466 3,274 3,944 3,466 4,412 2,839 4,243 2,463 3,525

Population Group F Alto Arlington Brooklet

1,198 1,326 1,815

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Amount of compensation
28,561 Ann.
24,600 Ann. 210,000 Ann. 72,600 /Occur. 14,688 Ann.
700 /Occur. 84,000 Ann.
7,200 Ann.
300 /Occur. 22,569 Ann. 12,000 Ann.
8,500 Ann. 3,600 Ann.
0 /Occur. 24,000 Ann.
600 /Occur. 9,600 Ann. 8,400 Ann. 14,000 Ann.
0 Ann. 12,000 Ann. 18,500 Ann. 12,000 Ann. 12,000 Ann. 10,800 Ann.
200 /Occur.
4,800 Ann. 3,000 Ann.
375 /Occur.

Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2020 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey
Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials

Jurisdiction

2019 Estimated Population

Municipal Court Judge (Elected)

Buchanan

1,176

Butler

1,759

Clayton

2,193

Colquitt

1,834

Davisboro

1,958

Ellaville

1,867

Meigs

1,031

Midway

2,061

Mountain City

1,108

Oxford

2,346

Union Point

1,899

Wadley

1,858

Walnut Grove

1,357

Amount of compensation
367 /Occur. 4,200 Ann. 9,600 Ann. 8,400 Ann. 1,200 Ann. 7,200 Ann.
0 Ann. 6,000 /Occur.
300 /Occur. 5,000 Ann.
750 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 6,000 Ann.

Jurisdiction

2019 Estimated Population

Municipal Court Judge (Elected)

Warm Springs

405

Population Group G Alapaha Arabi Collins Dasher Hoboken Homeland Kingston Leary Morven Mountain Park Pavo Pendergrass Reynolds Waverly Hall

675 564 571 1,015 536 941 679 559 549 568 604 562 960 807

3,000 /Occur. 250 /Occur. 350 /Occur. 250 Hrly
2,400 Ann. 3,000 /Occur.
1 Ann. 300 /Occur.
0 Ann. 1,200 Ann.
450 /Occur. 3,000 Ann. 6,600 Ann. 4,800 /Occur.

Population Group H

Daisy

141

Jacksonville

133

Newington

262

Offerman

441

Pitts

293

Tarrytown

85

0 Ann. 0 Ann. 250 /Occur. 0 Ann. 0 Ann. 0 Ann.
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Amount of compensation
4,800 Ann.