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.