2021 Wage and salary survey. Compensation for county elected officials, volume II

2021 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey
Elected Officials
October 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 2021 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey
Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials

Jurisdiction

2020 Estimated Population

Councilmember, City Council

Population Group A

Albany

70,839

Alpharetta

67,897

Brookhaven

56,112

Johns Creek City

85,192

Marietta

60,786

Roswell

95,434

Sandy Springs

109,928

Savannah

143,632

Valdosta

56,668

Warner Robins

78,601

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

32,347 27,450 30,842 33,368 34,036 29,676 49,326 35,042 34,712 30,741 30,842 42,885 36,763 44,294 36,764 33,204 30,125 33,625

Population Group C Acworth Americus Bainbridge Buford

22,726 14,987 12,137 15,750

Amount of compensation
15,000 Ann. 15,000 /Occur. 12,000 Ann. 15,000 Ann. 18,900 Ann. 18,000 Ann. 18,000 Ann. 25,000 Ann. 15,808 Ann. 10,000 Ann.
12,000 Ann. 3,900 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. 5,500 Hrly 14,400 Ann.
8,000 Ann. 8,400 Ann. 7,575 Ann. 12,000 Ann. 11,400 Ann.
13,200 Ann. 7,200 Ann. 3,000 Ann. 0 Ann.
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Jurisdiction

2020 Estimated Population

Councilmember, City Council

Calhoun

17,572

Cartersville

22,037

Conyers

16,107

Dallas

14,388

Douglas

11,612

Fayetteville

18,328

Holly Springs

16,506

Kingsland

18,292

Lilburn

13,055

Loganville

13,310

Milledgeville

18,508

Monroe

13,979

Moultrie

14,149

Norcross

18,003

Perry

18,845

Powder Springs

15,801

Rincon

10,655

Snellville

20,185

Suwanee

21,803

Thomasville

18,493

Tifton

17,031

Union

23,301

Vidalia

10,452

Waycross

13,466

Winder

18,273

Amount of compensation
8,400 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 2,400 Ann. 10,000 Ann. 7,200 Ann. 7,800 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. 3,000 /Occur. 8,000 Ann. 9,000 Ann. 20,256 Ann. 6,900 Ann. 15,850 Ann. 5,400 Ann. 6,000 Ann. 6,000 Ann.

Population Group D Adairsville Auburn Byron Centerville Commerce Cumming Dacula Dahlonega Eastman

5,053 7,902 5,274 8,001 7,328 6,639 6,477 7,329 5,096

2,599 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 3,000 Ann. 6,000 Ann. 2,700 Ann. 6,497 Ann. 7,100 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 3,000 Ann.

Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2021 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey
Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials

Jurisdiction

2020 Estimated Population

Councilmember, City Council

Eatonton

6,840

Fitzgerald

8,615

Fort Oglethorpe

9,973

Fort Valley

8,981

Glennville

5,014

Hawkinsville

5,324

Jesup

9,847

LaFayette

7,508

McRae-Helena

8,282

Stone Mountain

6,312

Sylvester

5,690

Thomson

6,463

Toccoa

8,300

Tyrone

7,718

Population Group E Ashburn Avondale Estates Baxley Blakely Camilla Chattahoochee Hills City Chickamauga Cornelia Cuthbert Dawson Dawsonville Elberton Grantville Gray Grayson Hahira Harlem Hartwell Hiram Jasper

3,653 3,110 4,652 4,491 4,941 3,423 3,234 4,799 3,361 4,124 3,465 4,350 3,341 3,241 4,429 3,050 3,547 4,446 4,233 4,037

Amount of compensation
6,600 Ann. 6,000 Ann. 8,500 Ann.
500 Ann. 3,000 Ann. 5,400 Ann.
100 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 2,700 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 5,000 Ann. 11,000 Ann. 7,200 Ann.
10,200 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 5,700 /Occur. 7,200 Ann. 2,400 Ann. 1,200 Ann. 1,900 Ann. 2,400 Ann. 50 /Occur. 3,600 Ann. 6,000 Ann. 4,200 Ann. 2,400 Ann. 5,400 Ann. 0 /Occur. 6,000 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 9,600 Ann. 5,000 Ann. 50 /Occur.

Jurisdiction

2020 Estimated Population

Councilmember, City Council

Lakeland

3,342

Lula

3,016

Lyons

4,245

Metter

4,007

Millen

2,762

Monticello

2,766

Nicholls

3,332

Oakwood

4,305

Ocilla

3,722

Pelham

3,408

Ringgold

3,492

Social Circle

4,630

Soperton

3,101

Springfield

4,063

Statham

2,880

Summerville

4,238

Tallapoosa

3,231

Thunderbolt

2,601

Vienna

3,483

Walthourville

4,065

West Point

3,723

Amount of compensation
3,000 Ann. 1,200 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 3,000 /Occur. 2,400 Ann.
450 /Occur. 3,900 Ann. 10,800 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 5,200 Ann.
75 /Occur. 6,000 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 3,600 Ann.
900 Ann. 9,000 Ann. 7,200 Ann. 3,000 Ann.

Population Group F Bogart Bowdon Butler Chester Clarkesville Claxton Clayton Clermont Colquitt Comer Dasher Donalsonville East Dublin

1,203 2,089 1,816 1,560 1,843 2,216 2,103 1,099 1,798 1,302 1,025 2,488 2,391

4,800 Ann. 1,440 Ann. 1,700 Ann. 2,599 Ann.
600 Ann. 4,800 /Occur. 1,800 Ann. 1,440 /Occur. 3,000 Ann. 1,500 Ann. 3,325 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 3,600 Ann.

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Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2021 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey
Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials

Jurisdiction

2020 Estimated Population

Councilmember, City Council

Edison

1,407

Ellaville

1,834

Gordon

1,819

Guyton

2,371

Hamilton

1,141

Homer

1,257

Hoschton

2,485

Lavonia

2,187

Lincolnton

1,504

Louisville

2,189

Ludowici

2,352

Meigs

1,029

Midway

2,015

Mount Airy

1,280

Mount Vernon

2,353

Mount Zion

1,888

Mountain City

1,113

Nelson

1,395

Nicholson

1,909

Omega

1,222

Oxford

2,337

Pine Mountain

1,452

Ray City

1,105

Remerton

1,061

Tennille

2,211

Trion

1,905

Union Point

1,977

Varnell

2,137

Wadley

1,834

Woodbine

1,346

Young Harris

1,668

Population Group G

Ailey

528

Arabi

553

Baconton

813

Amount of compensation
900 Ann. 2,500 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 2,400 Ann.
600 Ann. 35 /Occur.
900 /Occur. 4,800 /Occur. 2,400 Ann.
150 Ann. 4,200 Ann.
0 Hrly 5,400 /Occur.
600 /Occur. 1,200 Ann. 1,800 /Occur.
40 /Occur. 600 /Occur. 200 Ann. 750 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 360 Ann. 1,800 /Occur. 6,000 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 1,200 Ann. 1,100 /Occur.
0 /Occur. 4,800 Ann. 3,000 Ann. 2,400 Ann.
0 Ann. 0 Ann. 3,500 Ann.

Jurisdiction

2020 Estimated Population

Councilmember, City Council

Bethlehem

776

Brooks

560

Cadwell

539

Carnesville

602

Colbert

596

Coolidge

523

Crawford

839

Dexter

563

Dudley

558

Flovilla

675

Franklin

958

Hiawassee

917

Hoboken

541

Homeland

955

Irwinton

546

Leary

560

Lenox

843

Luthersville

831

Lyerly

519

McIntyre

598

Milner

641

Mountain Park

576

Newborn

791

Newton

558

North High Shoals

736

Odum

504

Pavo

602

Pendergrass

577

Plains

635

Reynolds

953

Riceboro

765

Sardis

970

Shellman

916

Smithville

638

Tunnel Hill

892

Ty Ty

731

Amount of compensation
600 /Occur. 1,200 Ann.
720 /Occur. 1,800 Ann. 1,664 Ann.
900 Ann. 300 /Occur. 240 Ann. 600 Ann. 425 Ann. 3,000 Ann. 2,400 /Occur. 1,200 Ann. 600 /Occur. 270 /Occur. 125 /Occur. 4,800 /Occur. 1,500 Ann. 480 /Occur. 4,800 /Occur.
0 Ann. 900 Ann. 900 Ann. 600 /Occur.
0 /Occur. 250 /Occur. 800 Ann.
0 /Occur. 1,852 Ann. 1,200 Ann. 36,000 /Occur. 1,500 Ann.
600 Ann. 2,000 Ann. 1,800 Ann. 1,800 Ann.

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Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2021 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey
Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials

Jurisdiction

2020 Estimated Population

Councilmember, City Council

Waleska

969

Waverly Hall

821

White

722

Population Group H

Allentown

152

Alston

155

Argyle

207

Arnoldsville

369

Attapulgus

428

Barwick

374

Between

386

Bishop

281

Bowersville

495

Buckhead

187

Camak

123

Centralhatchee

377

Cobbtown

342

Concord

388

Culloden

189

Daisy

140

Danville

211

Deepstep

118

Dillard

373

Ellenton

281

Fargo

315

Funston

447

Garfield

199

Gay

82

Gillsville

241

Graham

289

Haralson

185

Harrison

433

Higgston

305

Hiltonia

321

Hull

222

Amount of compensation
2,000 Ann. 1,200 /Occur.
900 /Occur.
300 Ann. 0 Ann.
25 /Occur. 1,620 /Occur.
600 Ann. 600 /Occur. 2,400 Ann.
50 /Occur. 500 Ann. 385 Ann. 420 /Occur. 600 Ann. 400 Ann.
25 /Occur. 300 Ann.
0 /Occur. 2,400 /Occur.
350 /Occur. 1,200 Ann.
125 /Occur. 0 Ann.
599 /Occur. 500 Ann.
0 Ann. 300 Ann. 2,400 Ann. 600 Ann. 1,800 Ann. 120 /Occur. 480 /Occur. 650 Ann.
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Jurisdiction

2020 Estimated Population

Councilmember, City Council

Ideal

430

Ila

359

Junction City

160

Kite

226

Leslie

371

Lone Oak

89

Morganton

314

Newington

264

Norwood

224

Nunez

141

Oconee

240

Offerman

438

Oliver

228

Pinehurst

350

Pitts

287

Rebecca

163

Rentz

286

Rhine

364

Rocky Ford

137

Sale City

341

Scotland

334

Shady Dale

227

Shiloh

495

Sky Valley

273

Stapleton

393

Surrency

201

Talking Rock

76

Tallulah Falls

172

Tarrytown

82

Tignall

493

Toomsboro

478

Vernonburg

123

Whigham

461

Woolsey

167

Amount of compensation
600 Ann. 1,500 Ann.
200 Ann. 900 Ann. 1,200 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 960 Ann.
0 /Occur. 2,100 /Occur. 1,200 /Occur.
420 Ann. 0 Ann.
240 Ann. 240 /Occur.
24 Ann. 900 Ann. 300 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 300 /Occur. 900 Ann. 750 Ann. 600 /Occur.
30 /Occur. 0 /Occur.
900 Ann. 300 Ann.
0 Ann. 600 Ann.
0 Ann. 0 /Occur. 1,108 /Occur. 0 Ann. 1,200 Ann. 0 Ann.

Mayor

Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2021 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey
Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials

Jurisdiction
Mayor Population Group A Albany Alpharetta Brookhaven Johns Creek City Marietta Roswell Sandy Springs Savannah Valdosta Warner Robins

2020 Estimated Population
70,839 67,897 56,112 85,192 60,786 95,434 109,928 143,632 56,668 78,601

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

32,347 27,450 30,842 33,368 34,036 29,676 49,326 35,042 34,712 30,741 30,842 42,885 36,763 44,294 36,764 33,204 30,125 33,625

Population Group C Acworth Americus Bainbridge Calhoun

22,726 14,987 12,137 17,572

Amount of compensation
25,000 Ann. 30,000 /Occur. 16,000 Ann. 25,000 Ann. 25,200 Ann. 40,000 Ann. 40,000 Ann. 57,000 Ann. 25,500 Ann. 100,000 Ann.
18,000 Ann. 7,800 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. 10,000 Hrly 21,600 Ann.
9,000 Ann. 9,240 Ann. 18,685 Ann. 14,400 Ann. 14,400 Ann.
20,400 Ann. 14,400 Ann.
4,500 Ann. 14,400 Ann.
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Jurisdiction
Mayor Cartersville Conyers Dallas Douglas Dublin Fayetteville Holly Springs Kingsland Lilburn Loganville Milledgeville Monroe Moultrie Norcross Perry Powder Springs Rincon Snellville Suwanee Thomasville Tifton Union Vidalia Waycross Winder

2020 Estimated Population

Amount of compensation

22,037 16,107 14,388 11,612 15,802 18,328 16,506 18,292 13,055 13,310 18,508 13,979 14,149 18,003 18,845 15,801 10,655 20,185 21,803 18,493 17,031 23,301 10,452 13,466 18,273

7,200 Ann. 3,300 Ann. 20,000 Ann. 9,600 Ann. 10,800 Ann. 11,400 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. 4,200 /Occur. 12,000 Ann. 15,000 Ann. 23,572 Ann. 9,600 Ann. 24,990 Ann. 10,800 Ann. 9,000 Ann. 21,000 Ann.

Population Group D Adairsville Auburn Byron Centerville Commerce Cumming Dacula Dahlonega Eatonton

5,053 7,902 5,274 8,001 7,328 6,639 6,477 7,329 6,840

5,198 Ann. 18,000 Ann.
8,400 Ann. 12,000 Ann.
4,200 Ann. 12,994 Ann.
8,300 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 12,000 Ann.

Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2021 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey
Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials

Jurisdiction
Mayor Fitzgerald Fort Oglethorpe Fort Valley Glennville Jesup LaFayette McRae-Helena Stone Mountain Sylvester Thomson Toccoa Tyrone

2020 Estimated Population
8,615 9,973 8,981 5,014 9,847 7,508 8,282 6,312 5,690 6,463 8,300 7,718

Population Group E Ashburn Avondale Estates Baxley Blakely Camilla Chattahoochee Hills City Chickamauga Cornelia Cuthbert Dawson Dawsonville Elberton Grantville Gray Grayson Hahira Harlem Hartwell Hiram Jasper Lakeland Lula

3,653 3,110 4,652 4,491 4,941 3,423 3,234 4,799 3,361 4,124 3,465 4,350 3,341 3,241 4,429 3,050 3,547 4,446 4,233 4,037 3,342 3,016

Amount of compensation
9,000 Ann. 10,500 Ann.
1,000 Ann. 4,800 Ann.
100 Ann. 4,200 Ann. 8,400 Ann. 12,000 Ann. 7,200 Ann. 8,000 Ann. 12,000 Ann. 14,400 Ann.
13,800 Ann. 7,200 Ann. 7,200 /Occur. 9,600 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 1,200 Ann. 2,200 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 50 /Occur. 7,200 Ann.
12,000 Ann. 6,000 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 7,200 Ann. 0 /Occur. 8,400 Ann. 4,800 Ann.
12,000 Ann. 10,000 Ann.
50 /Occur. 4,800 Ann. 3,600 Ann.

Jurisdiction
Mayor Lyons Metter Millen Monticello Nicholls Oakwood Ocilla Pelham Ringgold Social Circle Soperton Springfield Statham Summerville Tallapoosa Thunderbolt Vienna Walthourville West Point

2020 Estimated Population

Amount of compensation

4,245 4,007 2,762 2,766 3,332 4,305 3,722 3,408 3,492 4,630 3,101 4,063 2,880 4,238 3,231 2,601 3,483 4,065 3,723

8,400 Ann. 6,900 /Occur. 3,600 Ann.
750 /Occur. 6,300 Ann. 14,400 Ann. 8,400 Ann. 7,800 Ann. 6,000 Ann. 7,200 Ann. 6,500 Ann.
200 /Occur. 12,000 Ann. 7,200 Ann.
4,800 Ann. 2,400 Ann. 10,200 Ann. 14,400 Ann. 4,200 Ann.

Population Group F Bogart Bowdon Butler Chester Clarkesville Claxton Clayton Clermont Colquitt Comer Dasher Donalsonville East Dublin Edison Ellaville

1,203 2,089 1,816 1,560 1,843 2,216 2,103 1,099 1,798 1,302 1,025 2,488 2,391 1,407 1,834

10,800 Ann. 1,680 Ann. 7,700 Ann. 5,847 Ann. 1,200 Ann. 9,600 /Occur. 7,500 Ann. 1,800 /Occur. 6,000 Ann. 2,000 Ann. 5,541 Ann. 4,200 Ann. 9,600 Ann. 2,400 Ann. 3,600 Ann.

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Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2021 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey
Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials

Jurisdiction
Mayor Gordon Guyton Hamilton Homer Hoschton Lavonia Lincolnton Louisville Ludowici Meigs Midway Mount Airy Mount Vernon Mount Zion Mountain City Nelson Nicholson Omega Oxford Pine Mountain Ray City Remerton Tennille Trion Union Point Varnell Wadley Woodbine Young Harris

2020 Estimated Population
1,819 2,371 1,141 1,257 2,485 2,187 1,504 2,189 2,352 1,029 2,015 1,280 2,353 1,888 1,113 1,395 1,909 1,222 2,337 1,452 1,105 1,061 2,211 1,905 1,977 2,137 1,834 1,346 1,668

Population Group G

Ailey

528

Arabi

553

Baconton

813

Bethlehem

776

Brooks

560

Amount of compensation
7,200 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 1,200 Ann.
50 /Occur. 900 /Occur. 12,000 /Occur. 4,000 Ann. 350 Ann. 10,800 Ann.
0 Ann. 10,800 /Occur.
3,000 /Occur. 1,500 Ann. 4,200 /Occur.
100 /Occur. 600 /Occur. 400 Ann. 2,100 Ann. 6,000 Ann. 1,800 Ann. 3,600 /Occur. 7,200 /Occur. 7,200 Ann. 7,200 Ann. 2,400 /Occur.
0 /Occur. 6,000 Ann. 6,000 Ann. 8,400 Ann.
0 Ann. 600 Ann. 1,500 Ann. 1,200 /Occur. 2,400 Ann.

Jurisdiction

2020 Estimated Population

Mayor

Cadwell

539

Carnesville

602

Colbert

596

Coolidge

523

Crawford

839

Dexter

563

Dudley

558

Flovilla

675

Franklin

958

Hiawassee

917

Hoboken

541

Homeland

955

Irwinton

546

Leary

560

Lenox

843

Luthersville

831

Lyerly

519

McIntyre

598

Mountain Park

576

Newborn

791

Newton

558

North High Shoals

736

Odum

504

Pavo

602

Pendergrass

577

Plains

635

Reynolds

953

Riceboro

765

Sardis

970

Shellman

916

Smithville

638

Tunnel Hill

892

Ty Ty

731

Waleska

969

Waverly Hall

821

White

722

Amount of compensation
15,241 Hrly 6,000 Ann. 4,087 Ann. 1,800 Ann.
300 /Occur. 600 Ann. 1,920 Ann. 750 Ann. 9,000 Ann. 26,000 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 24,569 Ann. 300 /Occur. 200 /Occur. 7,200 /Occur. 4,800 Ann. 1,500 /Occur. 7,200 /Occur. 2,400 Ann. 1,200 Ann. 1,200 /Occur.
0 /Occur. 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. 2,400 Ann. 4,700 Ann. 3,000 /Occur.
900 /Occur.

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Jurisdiction
Mayor
Population Group H Allentown Alston Argyle Arnoldsville Attapulgus Barwick Bellville Between Bishop Bowersville Buckhead Camak Centralhatchee Cobbtown Concord Culloden Daisy Danville Deepstep Dillard Ellenton Fargo Funston Garfield Gay Gillsville Graham Haralson Harrison Higgston Hiltonia Hull Ideal Ila

Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2021 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey
Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials

2020 Estimated Population
152 155 207 369 428 374 117 386 281 495 187 123 377 342 388 189 140 211 118 373 281 315 447 199 82 241 289 185 433 305 321 222 430 359

Amount of compensation
6,000 Ann. 0 Ann.
300 Ann. 4,200 /Occur. 1,200 Ann.
900 /Occur. 0 /Occur.
4,800 Ann. 6,800 Ann.
600 Ann. 2,400 Ann. 2,100 Ann. 2,400 Ann.
600 Ann. 50 /Occur.
600 Ann. 0 /Occur.
2,400 /Occur. 420 /Occur.
3,000 Ann. 125 /Occur. 0 Ann. 599 /Occur.
1,000 Ann. 0 Ann.
600 Ann. 7,200 Ann. 1,200 Ann. 2,400 Ann.
150 /Occur. 3,240 /Occur. 1,250 Ann. 1,200 Ann. 2,000 Ann.
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Jurisdiction
Mayor Junction City Kite Leslie Lone Oak Morganton Newington Norwood Nunez Oconee Offerman Oliver Pinehurst Pitts Rebecca Rentz Rhine Rocky Ford Sale City Scotland Shady Dale Sharpsburg Shiloh Sky Valley Stapleton Surrency Talking Rock Tallulah Falls Tarrytown Tignall Toomsboro Vernonburg Whigham White Plains Woolsey
Mayor Pro Tem

2020 Estimated Population

Amount of compensation

160

400 Ann.

226

1,500 Ann.

371

2,000 Ann.

89

4,800 Ann.

314

3,240 Ann.

264

0 /Occur.

224

1,200 Ann.

141

1,800 /Occur.

240

900 Ann.

438

0 Ann.

228

600 Ann.

350

1,500 /Occur.

287

100 Ann.

163

1,200 Ann.

286

900 Ann.

364

4,200 Ann.

137

360 /Occur.

341

1,200 Ann.

334

1,250 Ann.

227

1,200 /Occur.

357

1,200 Ann.

495

45 /Occur.

273

0 /Occur.

393

2,400 Ann.

201

420 Ann.

76

0 Ann.

172

900 Ann.

82

0 Ann.

493

0 /Occur.

478

1,441 /Occur.

123

0 Ann.

461

4,800 Ann.

356

2,000 Ann.

167

0 Ann.

Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2021 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey
Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials

Jurisdiction
Mayor Pro Tem Population Group A Albany Alpharetta Brookhaven Johns Creek City Marietta Roswell Warner Robins

2020 Estimated Population
70,839 67,897 56,112 85,192 60,786 95,434 78,601

Population Group B Canton Dalton Douglasville East Point Kennesaw Lawrenceville Newnan Peachtree City Rome Statesboro Stockbridge Woodstock

32,347 33,368 34,036 35,042 34,712 30,842 42,885 36,763 36,764 33,204 30,125 33,625

Population Group C Americus Bainbridge Calhoun Conyers Dallas Douglas Dublin Fayetteville Holly Springs Kingsland Lilburn Milledgeville Norcross

14,987 12,137 17,572 16,107 14,388 11,612 15,802 18,328 16,506 18,292 13,055 18,508 18,003

Amount of compensation
15,000 Ann. 30,000 /Occur. 12,000 Ann. 15,000 Ann. 20,400 Ann. 18,000 Ann. 10,000 Ann.
12,000 Ann. 6,000 Ann. 12,900 Ann. 16,000 Ann.
13,800 Ann. 10,200 Ann.
5,500 Hrly 14,400 Ann.
8,400 Ann. 9,343 Ann. 12,000 Ann. 11,400 Ann.
7,800 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 8,400 Ann. 2,400 Ann. 15,000 Ann. 7,200 Ann. 8,400 Ann. 7,800 Ann. 6,000 Ann. 6,025 Ann. 3,500 Ann. 7,200 Ann. 9,000 Ann.
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Jurisdiction
Mayor Pro Tem Perry Powder Springs Rincon Snellville Suwanee Tifton Vidalia

2020 Estimated Population

Amount of compensation

18,845 15,801 10,655 20,185 21,803 17,031 10,452

7,200 Ann. 12,000 Ann.
3,000 /Occur. 8,000 Ann. 11,100 Ann. 7,800 Ann. 5,400 Ann.

Population Group D Adairsville Auburn Byron Commerce Cumming Dacula Eatonton Fitzgerald Fort Oglethorpe Fort Valley Glennville Jesup McRae-Helena Thomson Tyrone

5,053 7,902 5,274 7,328 6,639 6,477 6,840 8,615 9,973 8,981 5,014 9,847 8,282 6,463 7,718

2,599 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 3,000 Ann. 3,000 Ann. 6,497 Ann. 7,100 Ann. 7,200 Ann. 6,000 Ann. 8,500 Ann.
600 Ann. 3,000 Ann.
100 Ann. 2,700 Ann. 5,000 Ann. 7,200 Ann.

Population Group E Ashburn Avondale Estates Baxley Blakely Chickamauga Cuthbert Elberton Gray Grayson Hahira Harlem

3,653 3,110 4,652 4,491 3,234 3,361 4,350 3,241 4,429 3,050 3,547

10,200 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 5,700 /Occur. 8,400 Ann. 1,900 Ann. 50 /Occur. 4,200 Ann. 6,600 Ann. 0 /Occur. 6,600 Ann. 3,600 Ann.

Jurisdiction
Mayor Pro Tem Hartwell Hiram Jasper Lula Metter Millen Monticello Nicholls Pelham Ringgold Soperton Springfield Statham Tallapoosa Vienna Walthourville West Point
Population Group F Bogart Butler Chester Clarkesville Claxton Clermont Comer Donalsonville East Dublin Edison Hoschton Lavonia Lincolnton Ludowici Meigs Midway Mount Vernon

Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2021 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey
Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials

2020 Estimated Population
4,446 4,233 4,037 3,016 4,007 2,762 2,766 3,332 3,408 3,492 3,101 4,063 2,880 3,231 3,483 4,065 3,723

Amount of compensation
9,600 Ann. 5,500 Ann.
50 /Occur. 1,200 Ann. 3,300 /Occur. 2,400 Ann.
600 /Occur. 3,900 Ann. 4,800 Ann. 3,900 Ann. 5,200 Ann.
75 /Occur. 6,000 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 9,000 Ann. 7,200 Ann. 3,000 Ann.

1,203 1,816 1,560 1,843 2,216 1,099 1,302 2,488 2,391 1,407 2,485 2,187 1,504 2,352 1,029 2,015 2,353

6,600 Ann. 1,700 Ann. 2,599 Ann.
600 Ann. 4,800 /Occur. 1,440 /Occur. 1,500 Ann. 3,600 Ann. 3,600 Ann.
900 Ann. 900 /Occur. 4,800 /Occur. 2,400 Ann. 5,400 Ann.
0 Ann. 6,600 /Occur. 1,200 Ann.

Jurisdiction
Mayor Pro Tem Mount Zion Nelson Nicholson Omega Oxford Pine Mountain Remerton Tennille Trion Varnell Wadley Woodbine Young Harris

2020 Estimated Population

Amount of compensation

1,888 1,395 1,909 1,222 2,337 1,452 1,061 2,211 1,905 2,137 1,834 1,346 1,668

1,800 /Occur. 600 /Occur. 200 Ann. 750 Ann.
4,800 Ann. 360 Ann.
6,000 /Occur. 3,600 Ann. 1,200 Ann.
0 /Occur. 4,800 Ann. 3,000 Ann. 2,400 Ann.

Population Group G Ailey Arabi Coolidge Dexter Dudley Flovilla Franklin Hoboken Homeland Leary Lyerly McIntyre Newborn North High Shoals Odum Pavo Pendergrass Plains Reynolds Riceboro Sardis

528

0 Ann.

553

0 Ann.

523

900 Ann.

563

420 Ann.

558

600 Ann.

675

425 Ann.

958

3,000 Ann.

541

1,200 Ann.

955

660 /Occur.

560

175 /Occur.

519

480 /Occur.

598

4,800 /Occur.

791

900 Ann.

736

0 /Occur.

504

250 /Occur.

602

800 Ann.

577

0 /Occur.

635

2,052 Ann.

953

1,200 Ann.

765

18,000 /Occur.

970

1,500 Ann.

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Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2021 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey
Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials

Jurisdiction
Mayor Pro Tem Shellman Smithville Tunnel Hill Ty Ty Waleska Waverly Hall

2020 Estimated Population
916 638 892 731 969 821

Population Group H

Allentown

152

Alston

155

Argyle

207

Attapulgus

428

Barwick

374

Bellville

117

Between

386

Bishop

281

Bowersville

495

Buckhead

187

Camak

123

Centralhatchee

377

Cobbtown

342

Concord

388

Daisy

140

Danville

211

Deepstep

118

Dillard

373

Ellenton

281

Fargo

315

Garfield

199

Graham

289

Haralson

185

Harrison

433

Higgston

305

Hiltonia

321

Ideal

430

Ila

359

Amount of compensation
600 Ann. 2,000 Ann. 1,800 Ann. 1,800 Ann. 2,000 Ann. 1,200 /Occur.
300 Ann. 0 Ann.
25 /Occur. 600 Ann. 600 /Occur.
0 /Occur. 2,400 Ann.
50 /Occur. 500 Ann. 385 Ann.
0 /Occur. 600 Ann. 400 Ann. 25 /Occur.
0 /Occur. 1,200 /Occur.
325 /Occur. 1,200 Ann.
125 /Occur. 0 /Occur.
500 Ann. 2,400 Ann.
600 Ann. 1,800 Ann.
120 /Occur. 600 /Occur. 600 /Occur. 1,500 Ann.

Jurisdiction
Mayor Pro Tem Kite Leslie Lone Oak Newington Norwood Oconee Offerman Oliver Pitts Rebecca Rhine Rocky Ford Sale City Scotland Shady Dale Shiloh Sky Valley Stapleton Surrency Talking Rock Tallulah Falls Tarrytown Tignall Toomsboro Whigham Woolsey

2020 Estimated Population

Amount of compensation

226

900 Ann.

371

1,200 Ann.

89

1,200 Ann.

264

0 /Occur.

224

420 /Occur.

240

420 Ann.

438

0 Ann.

228

240 Ann.

287

0 Ann.

163

900 Ann.

364

1,800 Ann.

137

300 /Occur.

341

900 Ann.

334

750 Ann.

227

600 /Occur.

495

30 /Occur.

273

0 /Occur.

393

1,200 Ann.

201

300 Ann.

76

0 Ann.

172

600 Ann.

82

0 Ann.

493

0 /Occur.

478

1,108 /Occur.

461

1,200 Ann.

167

0 Ann.

Municipal Court Judge (Elected)

Population Group A

Albany

70,839

Alpharetta

67,897

Roswell

95,434

Savannah

143,632

Population Group B Carrollton

27,450

82,089 Ann. 50,000 Ann.
350 /Occur. 180,695 Ann.
104,000 Ann.

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Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2021 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey
Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials

Jurisdiction

2020 Estimated Population

Municipal Court Judge (Elected)

Douglasville

34,036

Kennesaw

34,712

Population Group C Cartersville Milledgeville Norcross Snellville Union Vidalia

22,037 18,508 18,003 20,185 23,301 10,452

Population Group D Auburn Cumming Fitzgerald Fort Oglethorpe Fort Valley LaFayette Toccoa

7,902 6,639 8,615 9,973 8,981 7,508 8,300

Population Group E Dawson Gray Pelham Statham Summerville

4,124 3,241 3,408 2,880 4,238

Population Group F Butler Clayton Dasher Donalsonville Ellaville Louisville Ludowici Meigs Midway

1,816 2,103 1,025 2,488 1,834 2,189 2,352 1,029 2,015

Amount of compensation
9,775 /Occur. 28,561 Ann.
24,600 Ann. 210,000 Ann.
72,600 /Occur. 700 /Occur.
84,000 Ann. 7,200 Ann.
300 /Occur. 22,569 Ann. 12,000 Ann. 8,500 Ann. 3,000 /Occur.
3,600 Ann. 24,000 Ann.
9,600 Ann. 14,000 Ann. 12,000 Ann. 12,000 Ann. 12,000 Ann.
4,200 Ann. 9,600 Ann.
250 Hrly 8,400 Ann. 7,200 Ann.
350 Ann. 11,400 Ann.
0 Ann. 6,000 /Occur.

Jurisdiction

2020 Estimated Population

Municipal Court Judge (Elected)

Mountain City

1,113

Oxford

2,337

Tennille

2,211

Union Point

1,977

Wadley

1,834

Amount of compensation
300 /Occur. 5,000 Ann. 3,600 Ann.
750 Ann. 4,800 Ann.

Population Group G Arabi Hoboken Homeland Leary McIntyre Mountain Park Pavo Pendergrass Reynolds Waverly Hall

553

250 /Occur.

541

2,400 Ann.

955

3,000 /Occur.

560

300 /Occur.

598

350 /Occur.

576

1,200 Ann.

602

450 /Occur.

577

3,000 Ann.

953

6,600 Ann.

821

4,800 /Occur.

Population Group H Allentown Bellville Daisy Ideal Newington Offerman Oliver Pitts Tarrytown Toomsboro White Plains

152

100 Hrly

117

0 /Occur.

140

0 Ann.

430

1,800 Ann.

264

250 /Occur.

438

0 Ann.

228

1,300 Ann.

287

0 Ann.

82

0 Ann.

478

1,800 /Occur.

356

1,200 Ann.

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