2003 MUNICIPAL WAGE AND SALARY SURVEY
COMPENSATION OF MUNICIPAL ELECTED OFFICIALS
SEPTEMBER 2003
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS OFFICE OF RESEARCH
60 EXECUTIVE PARK SOUTH ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30329-2231
404-679-4940
Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2003 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey
Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials
Jurisdiction
2002 Estimated Population
Mayor Population Group A Atlanta
424,868
Amount of compensation
$141,490
Population Group B Alpharetta Dalton Gainesville Hinesville LaGrange Peachtree City Valdosta
35,739 29,895 27,968 30,541 26,424 32,406 44,707
$21,600 $7,200 $16,200 $26,000 $4,800 $9,000 $25,000
Population Group C Americus Bainbridge Brunswick Calhoun Cartersville College Park Decatur Douglas Dublin Duluth Fayetteville Kennesaw Monroe Moultrie Newnan Perry Riverdale Snellville Statesboro Sugar Hill Suwanee Union City Vidalia
16,918 11,898 15,598 11,715 17,169 19,529 18,172 10,660 16,067 22,788 12,930 24,822 11,764 14,377 19,365 10,149 14,508 17,543 23,324 13,254 10,441 12,458 10,524
$14,000 $5,700 $13,500 $14,400 $7,200 $17,279 $26,000 $4,800 $8,400 $9,600 $9,600 $19,200 $4,800 $6,960 $2,400 $9,600 $8,400 $6,000 $16,500 $5,400 $6,000 $4,800 $4,800
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Jurisdiction
2002 Estimated Population
Population Group D Adel Austell Barnesville Camilla Cedartown Centerville Clarkston Commerce Dallas Fairburn Jesup McDonough
5,346 6,281 6,153 5,672 9,483 5,059 7,214 5,347 6,414 5,971 9,309 9,997
Norcross Richmond Hill Rincon Sandersville Stone Mountain Sylvester Thomson Villa Rica Waynesboro
9,173 7,685 5,185 5,983 7,171 5,876 6,790 6,985 5,844
Amount of compensation
$4,500 $7,200 $2,400 $3,600 $2,400 $4,800 $6,500 $4,200 $3,600 $1,800 $100 $750 $6,900 $3,000 $840 $6,000 $3,600 $7,200 $4,387 $600 $4,200
Population Group E Adairsville Blackshear Byron Cochran Cornelia Cumming Cuthbert Dacula Elberton Folkston Hartwell Jonesboro Lake City Manchester
2,926 3,286 3,009 4,544 3,725 4,815 3,557 4,237 4,658 3,255 4,234 3,780 2,855 3,871
$5,198 $4,800 $8,400 $6,900 $4,800 $4,800 $4,800 $3,600 $3,600 $10,000 $4,800 $8,400 $7,200 $3,920
Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2003 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey
Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials
Jurisdiction
Rossville Soperton Summerville Sylvania Temple Tybee Island
2002 Estimated Population
3,441 2,789 4,648 2,599 3,358 3,486
Amount of compensation
$19,000 $750 $3,000 $4,800 $800 $6,000
Population Group F Aragon Arcade Bowdon Braselton Butler Clayton Colquitt Comer Darien Demorest Ellijay Flowery Branch Gordon Gray Hoschton Lithonia Lumber City Mt. Zion Nahunta Oxford Pearson Pembroke Porterdale Reynolds Springfield Thunderbolt Tunnel Hill Twin City Union Point Wadley
1,056 1,773 1,907 1,500 1,906 2,055 1,928 1,084 1,711 1,501 1,578 1,944 2,158 1,881 1,304 2,210 1,238 1,362 1,005 2,036 1,825 2,360 1,382 1,040 1,953 2,306 1,218 1,762 1,659 2,064
$1,800 $5,200 $1,680 $5,200 $420 $7,500 $6,000 $1,200 $4,200 $4,400 $1,200 $6,000 $3,600 $6,000 $300 $7,200 $3,000 $1,600 $1,200 $2,000 $15,000 $2,400 $1,000 $1,000 $1,800 $2,400 $1,200 $2,100 $1,600 $3,600
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Jurisdiction
Warrenton Woodbine Wrens
2002 Estimated Population
1,945 1,179 2,271
Amount of compensation
$2,400 $1,800 $3,960
Population Group G
Alto
895
Ball Ground
764
Blythe
740
Bowman
951
Canon
774
Carnesville
569
Cave Spring
989
Coolidge
552
Crawford
829
Flovilla
700
Franklin
904
Kingston
661
Luthersville
824
Milner
514
Morven
636
Norman Park
858
Patterson
629
Plains
627
Remerton
822
Rutledge
724
Waleska
641
Whigham
628
Whitesburg
593
Young Harris
596
$1,800 $3,600 $3,600 $1,000 $10,000 $3,300 $3,600 $1,200 $300 $3,300 $10,050 $1,800 $3,600 $600 $1,800 $700 $4,200 $2,400 $23,400 $12,000 $1,800 $2,400 $3,600 $6,000
Population Group H
Andersonville
334
Bartow
223
Bellville
135
Bostwick
332
Carl
217
Cecil
272
Clermont
493
$3,912 $900 $144 $600 $600 $1,200 $900
Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2003 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey
Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials
Jurisdiction
Dillard Dudley Flemington Geneva Gillsville Good Hope Gumbranch Harrison Higgston Kite Leslie Midville Mitchell Pendergrass Preston Rebecca Rentz Riverside Warm Springs Weston White Plains
2002 Estimated Population
209 454 364 116 198 220 274 492 322 243 452 464 175 462 436 252 311 58 491 72 294
Amount of compensation
$10,400 $1,920 $4,800 $720 $600 $300 $1,200 $1,200
$80 $900 $1,000 $900 $700 $4,800 $900 $1,200 $600 $1,200 $800 $300 $500
Mayor Pro-Tem Population Group A Atlanta
Population Group B Dalton Hinesville LaGrange Peachtree City Valdosta
Population Group C Americus Bainbridge Brunswick
424,868
29,895 30,541 26,424 32,406 44,707
16,918 11,898 15,598
$37,885
$6,000 $13,000 $3,600 $6,000 $1,375
$7,800 $3,600 $9,870
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Jurisdiction
Calhoun Cartersville College Park Decatur Douglas Dublin Kennesaw Newnan Perry Riverdale Snellville Statesboro Sugar Hill Suwanee Vidalia
2002 Estimated Population
11,715 17,169 19,529 18,172 10,660 16,067 24,822 19,365 10,149 14,508 17,543 23,324 13,254 10,441 10,524
Amount of compensation
$4,800 $4,800 $14,688 $20,800 $3,600 $6,000 $13,800 $1,200 $4,800 $7,200 $4,000 $6,600 $4,500 $4,200 $2,400
Population Group D Adel Austell Barnesville Camilla Cedartown Centerville Commerce Dallas McDonough Norcross Rincon Sandersville Stone Mountain Sylvester Thomson Villa Rica Waynesboro
5,346 6,281 6,153 5,672 9,483 5,059 5,347 6,414 9,997 9,173 5,185 5,983 7,171 5,876 6,790 6,985 5,844
$3,900 $4,800 $1,800 $2,400 $1,800 $2,400 $3,000 $2,400 $600 $6,000 $720 $4,800 $900 $4,800 $2,525 $450 $3,600
Population Group E Adairsville Blackshear
2,926 3,286
$2,599 $1,860
Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2003 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey
Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials
Jurisdiction
Byron Cochran Cornelia Cumming Dacula Elberton Folkston Hartwell Jonesboro Manchester Rossville Soperton Summerville Sylvania Temple Tybee Island
2002 Estimated Population
3,009 4,544 3,725 4,815 4,237 4,658 3,255 4,234 3,780 3,871 3,441 2,789 4,648 2,599 3,358 3,486
Amount of compensation
$1,200 $3,000 $2,400 $3,600 $2,400 $1,800 $2,400 $2,400 $4,200 $3,106 $1,200 $600 $1,800 $2,400 $600 $2,400
Population Group F Aragon Arcade Bowdon Braselton Butler Comer Darien Ellijay Flowery Branch Gray Hoschton Lithonia Lumber City Nahunta Oxford Pearson Pembroke Reynolds Springfield Thunderbolt
1,056 1,773 1,907 1,500 1,906 1,084 1,711 1,578 1,944 1,881 1,304 2,210 1,238 1,005 2,036 1,825 2,360 1,040 1,953 2,306
$900 $1,200 $1,440 $1,200
$10 $1,000 $2,400 $900 $4,800 $4,800 $300 $4,080 $1,200 $360 $1,000 $600 $1,200 $300 $840 $900
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Jurisdiction
Tunnel Hill Twin City Union Point Wadley Warrenton Woodbine Wrens
2002 Estimated Population
1,218 1,762 1,659 2,064 1,945 1,179 2,271
Amount of compensation
$1,200 $1,500 $800 $2,400 $600 $1,200 $1,560
Population Group G
Alto
895
Ball Ground
764
Blythe
740
Bowman
951
Canon
774
Carnesville
569
Cave Spring
989
Crawford
829
Flovilla
700
Franklin
904
Kingston
661
Luthersville
824
Morven
636
Norman Park
858
Plains
627
Remerton
822
Rutledge
724
Whigham
628
Whitesburg
593
Young Harris
596
$1,200 $300 $900 $600 $475 $80 $1,800 $300 $1,800 $4,050 $1,200 $1,200 $1,200 $400 $1,440 $4,800 $300 $900 $1,200 $300
Population Group H
Andersonville
334
Bartow
223
Bellville
135
Bishop
148
Carl
217
Cecil
272
Clermont
493
$2,616 $125 $144 $1,500 $360 $1,050 $720
Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2003 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey
Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials
Jurisdiction
Dillard Dudley Flemington Geneva Good Hope Gumbranch Harrison Higgston Kite Leslie Midville Mitchell Pendergrass Preston Rebecca Warm Springs Weston
2002 Estimated Population
209 454 364 116 220 274 492 322 243 452 464 175 462 436 252 491 72
Amount of compensation
$600 $600 $2,400 $300 $300 $960 $840 $60 $300 $600 $300 $300 $1,200 $300 $600 $600 $300
Councilmember Population Group A Atlanta
Population Group B Alpharetta Dalton Gainesville Hinesville LaGrange Peachtree City Valdosta
Population Group C Americus Bainbridge Brunswick Calhoun Cartersville
424,868
35,739 29,895 27,968 30,541 26,424 32,406 44,707
16,918 11,898 15,598 11,715 17,169
$32,473
$9,000 $6,000 $14,700 $13,000 $3,600 $6,000 $1,292
$7,200 $3,000 $9,870 $4,800 $4,800
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Jurisdiction
College Park Decatur Douglas Dublin Duluth Fayetteville Kennesaw Monroe Moultrie Newnan Perry Riverdale Snellville Statesboro Sugar Hill Suwanee Union City Vidalia
2002 Estimated Population
19,529 18,172 10,660 16,067 22,788 12,930 24,822 11,764 14,377 19,365 10,149 14,508 17,543 23,324 13,254 10,441 12,458 10,524
Amount of compensation
$14,688 $20,800 $3,600 $6,000 $6,000 $6,000 $12,000 $3,600 $5,940 $1,200 $4,200 $7,200 $4,000 $6,600 $3,600 $3,600 $2,400 $2,400
Population Group D Adel Austell Barnesville Camilla Cedartown Centerville Clarkston Commerce Dallas Fairburn Jesup McDonough Norcross Richmond Hill Rincon Sandersville Stone Mountain Sylvester
5,346 6,281 6,153 5,672 9,483 5,059 7,214 5,347 6,414 5,971 9,309 9,997 9,173 7,685 5,185 5,983 7,171 5,876
$3,900 $4,800 $1,500 $2,400 $1,800 $2,400 $3,500 $2,700 $1,800 $900 $100 $600 $5,400 $1,500 $720 $3,600 $900 $4,800
Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2003 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey
Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials
Jurisdiction
Thomson Villa Rica Waynesboro
2002 Estimated Population
6,790 6,985 5,844
Amount of compensation
$2,525 $450 $3,600
Population Group E Adairsville Blackshear Byron Cochran Cornelia Cumming Cuthbert Dacula Elberton Folkston Hartwell Jonesboro Lake City Manchester Rossville Soperton Summerville Sylvania Temple Tybee Island
2,926 3,286 3,009 4,544 3,725 4,815 3,557 4,237 4,658 3,255 4,234 3,780 2,855 3,871 3,441 2,789 4,648 2,599 3,358 3,486
$2,599 $1,860 $1,200 $3,000 $2,400 $3,600 $1,200 $2,400 $1,800 $2,400 $2,400 $4,200 $6,000 $3,106 $1,200 $600 $1,800 $2,400 $600 $2,400
Population Group F Aragon Arcade Bowdon Braselton Butler Clayton Colquitt Comer Darien Demorest Ellijay
1,056 1,773 1,907 1,500 1,906 2,055 1,928 1,084 1,711 1,501 1,578
$900 $1,200 $1,440 $1,200
$10 $1,800 $1,800 $1,000 $2,400 $2,200 $900
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Jurisdiction
Flowery Branch Gordon Gray Hoschton Lithonia Lumber City Mt. Zion Nahunta Oxford Pearson Pembroke Porterdale Reynolds Springfield Thunderbolt Tunnel Hill Twin City Union Point Wadley Warrenton Woodbine Wrens
2002 Estimated Population
1,944 2,158 1,881 1,304 2,210 1,238 1,362 1,005 2,036 1,825 2,360 1,382 1,040 1,953 2,306 1,218 1,762 1,659 2,064 1,945 1,179 2,271
Amount of compensation
$4,800 $1,800 $3,600 $300 $4,080 $1,200 $500 $360 $1,000 $600 $1,200 $500 $300 $840 $900 $1,200 $1,200 $800 $2,400 $600 $1,200 $1,560
Population Group G
Alto
895
Ball Ground
764
Blythe
740
Bowman
951
Canon
774
Carnesville
569
Cave Spring
989
Coolidge
552
Crawford
829
Flovilla
700
Franklin
904
Kingston
661
Luthersville
824
Milner
514
$1,200 $300 $900 $600 $475 $80 $1,500 $600 $300 $1,800 $4,050 $1,200 $3,600 $300
Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2003 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey
Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials
Jurisdiction
Morven Norman Park Patterson Plains Remerton Rutledge Waleska Whigham Whitesburg Young Harris
2002 Estimated Population
636 858 629 627 822 724 641 628 593 596
Amount of compensation
$1,200 $400 $600 $1,200 $4,800 $300 $1,200 $900 $1,200 $300
Population Group H
Andersonville
334
Bartow
223
Bellville
135
Bishop
148
Bostwick
332
Carl
217
Cecil
272
Clermont
493
Dillard
209
Dudley
454
Flemington
364
Geneva
116
Gillsville
198
Good Hope
220
Gumbranch
274
Harrison
492
Higgston
322
Kite
243
Leslie
452
Midville
464
Mitchell
175
Pendergrass
462
Preston
436
Rebecca
252
Rentz
311
Riverside
58
$2,616 $125 $144 $600 $200 $360 $1,050 $720 $600 $600 $2,400 $300 $300 $300 $960 $840 $60 $300 $600 $300 $300 $1,200 $300 $600 $120 $900
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Jurisdiction Warm Springs Weston
2002 Estimated Population
491 72
Amount of compensation
$600 $300
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Georgia Department of Community Affairs
Office of Research Post Office Box 95068 Atlanta, Georgia 30347-0068
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