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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