2008 WAGE AND SALARY SURVEY COMPENSATION OF MUNICIPAL ELECTED OFFICIALS SEPTEMBER 2008 GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS OFFICE OF RESEARCH 60 EXECUTIVE PARK SOUTH ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30329-2231 404-679-4940 Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2008 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials Jurisdiction 2007 Estimated Population Councilmember, City Council Population Group A Albany 75,825 Atlanta 519,145 Macon 93,076 Marietta 67,021 Roswell 87,312 Savannah 130,331 Warner Robins 60,392 Amount of compensation $15,000 $39,473 $1,000 $13,000 $18,000 $15,000 $8,400 Population Group B Alpharetta Douglasville Duluth East Point Gainesville Hinesville Kennesaw LaGrange Newnan Peachtree City Rome Smyrna Statesboro Valdosta 49,662 30,098 25,953 42,940 34,818 30,504 31,613 27,977 28,857 34,516 36,463 49,534 26,610 47,567 $15,000 $6,000 $6,000 $9,200 $14,700 $7,500 $12,000 $7,384 $5,500 $6,000 $8,400 $15,300 $7,500 $15,500 Population Group C Acworth Americus Bainbridge Buford Calhoun Canton Carrollton Chamblee College Park Conyers Cordele 19,130 16,545 12,108 11,532 14,520 21,464 22,880 11,040 20,113 13,343 11,456 $13,200 $7,200 $3,000 $0 $4,800 $2,100 $3,600 $7,200 $15,504 $2,400 $10,215 Jurisdiction 2007 Estimated Population Councilmember, City Council Covington 14,712 Dallas 10,045 Doraville 10,352 Douglas 11,209 Dublin 17,463 Fairburn 10,786 Fayetteville 15,126 Forest Park 21,806 Griffin 23,504 Jesup 10,181 Kingsland 13,266 Lilburn 11,526 Loganville 10,242 McDonough 18,443 Milledgeville 20,039 Monroe 13,442 Moultrie 15,199 Norcross 10,490 Perry 12,661 Pooler 13,526 Powder Springs 15,380 Richmond Hill 10,132 Snellville 20,076 St. Marys 16,666 Stockbridge 14,123 Sugar Hill 16,725 Suwanee 14,878 Thomasville 19,000 Tifton 16,486 Union 16,771 Vidalia 11,224 Villa Rica 12,375 Waycross 14,765 Woodstock 22,965 Amount of compensation $6,000 $5,000 $7,200 $3,600 $8,400 $1,500 $9,600 $12,000 $13,440 $100 $25 $3,500 $6,000 $12,000 $6,000 $6,000 $5,940 $21,600 $6,600 $3,600 $12,000 $5,000 $4,000 $6,000 $7,700 $3,600 $9,000 $7,800 $6,900 $9,600 $2,400 $2,400 $6,000 $9,000 Population Group D Auburn 7,447 $2,100 1 Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2008 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials Jurisdiction 2007 Estimated Population Councilmember, City Council Austell 6,984 Barnesville 5,954 Blakely 5,328 Bremen 5,564 Cairo 9,697 Camilla 5,703 Cedartown 9,886 Centerville 7,106 Clarkston 7,591 Commerce 6,323 Cumming 5,842 Eastman 5,634 Eatonton 6,766 Fitzgerald 9,151 Fort Oglethorpe 9,559 Glennville 5,166 Grovetown 8,744 Hampton 5,206 Hapeville 5,971 Holly Springs 7,956 Jefferson 7,513 Palmetto 5,035 Sandersville 6,173 Stone Mountain 7,651 Summerville 5,004 Swainsboro 7,535 Sylvester 5,726 Thomaston 9,165 Thomson 6,793 Toccoa 9,133 Tyrone 6,415 Waynesboro 5,774 Amount of compensation $12,000 $1,500 $2,400 $1,800 $7,320 $2,400 $1,800 $7,200 $3,500 $2,700 $3,898 $3,000 $6,600 $6,000 $8,500 $3,000 $3,600 $8,400 $7,800 $4,200 $2,500 $1,500 $6,000 $3,600 $300 $8,808 $4,800 $9,600 $4,000 $8,400 $4,800 $3,600 Population Group E Abbeville Adairsville Alamo 2,560 3,205 2,617 $600 $2,400 $900 Jurisdiction 2007 Estimated Population Councilmember, City Council Alma 3,494 Ashburn 4,280 Baldwin 2,935 Baxley 4,492 Blackshear 3,478 Bloomingdale 2,669 Byron 4,112 Chatsworth 4,157 Cochran 4,857 Cornelia 3,870 Cuthbert 3,492 Dacula 4,636 Dahlonega 4,939 Dawson 4,603 East Dublin 2,735 Elberton 4,568 Euharlee 4,094 Flowery Branch 3,966 Folkston 3,227 Forsyth 4,637 Grantville 2,608 Greensboro 3,332 Hartwell 4,301 Hawkinsville 4,294 Hazlehurst 3,806 Hephzibah 4,434 Hogansville 2,914 Homerville 2,813 Jackson 4,411 Jasper 3,123 Jonesboro 3,911 Lake City 2,713 Lakeland 2,804 Locust Grove 4,511 Louisville 2,641 Lyons 4,480 Madison 3,895 Amount of compensation $3,000 $2,400 $4,000 $5,850 $1,740 $1,800 $3,000 $4,800 $4,200 $2,400 $600 $3,600 $4,800 $3,600 $3,600 $4,200 $1,200 $4,800 $2,400 $6,300 $2,400 $3,600 $2,400 $3,000 $2,400 $0 $3,600 $1,800 $9,000 $700 $8,400 $6,000 $1,200 $8,400 $900 $150 $5,400 2 Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2008 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials Jurisdiction 2007 Estimated Population Councilmember, City Council McRae 4,379 Metter 4,272 Millen 3,472 Montezuma 3,860 Monticello 2,594 Nashville 4,824 Nicholls 2,745 Oakwood 4,063 Ocilla 3,166 Port Wentworth 4,167 Ringgold 2,769 Rockmart 4,486 Rossville 3,448 Royston 2,714 Senoia 3,244 Social Circle 4,535 Soperton 3,243 Statham 2,820 Sylvania 2,509 Tallapoosa 3,082 Thunderbolt 2,650 Unadilla 2,908 Vienna 2,867 Walthourville 3,886 Washington 4,037 Watkinsville 2,825 West Point 3,373 Wrightsville 3,751 Amount of compensation $1,500 $2,700 $1,500 $3,600 $5,400 $4,800 $300 $4,200 $4,800 $2,400 $3,600 $3,600 $1,200 $3,000 $3,000 $2,400 $2,400 $6,000 $2,400 $1,800 $900 $324 $480 $4,800 $3,600 $2,400 $3,000 $3,600 Population Group F Aragon Arcade Arlington Baconton Berkeley Lake Bethlehem Blue Ridge 1,072 1,941 1,515 1,001 2,064 1,054 1,042 $1,200 $1,200 $600 $325 $900 $380 $7,200 Jurisdiction 2007 Estimated Population Councilmember, City Council Bogart 1,075 Boston 1,436 Bowdon 2,044 Brooklet 1,309 Broxton 1,459 Buchanan 1,124 Buena Vista 1,658 Butler 1,825 Cave Spring 1,015 Chester 1,513 Clarkesville 1,647 Claxton 2,403 Clayton 2,169 Colquitt 1,901 Comer 1,272 Darien 1,788 Davisboro 1,768 Dawsonville 1,418 Demorest 1,790 Ellaville 1,776 Ellijay 1,582 Emerson 1,372 Fort Gaines 1,042 Gordon 2,118 Gray 2,218 Grayson 1,471 Guyton 1,907 Hagan 1,045 Hahira 2,261 Harlem 1,899 Helena 2,428 Hiram 1,988 Homer 1,077 Hoschton 1,563 Ivey 1,078 Lavonia 2,060 Lincolnton 1,509 Amount of compensation $3,000 $1,000 $1,440 $1,800 $3,000 $2,000 $3,600 $10 $1,500 $1,500 $600 $400 $1,800 $1,800 $1,500 $2,400 $1,800 $6,000 $6,950 $2,500 $900 $0 $0 $3,600 $3,600 $0 $600 $1,560 $2,100 $3,600 $1,200 $3,000 $420 $300 $960 $2,400 $1,200 3 Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2008 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials Jurisdiction 2007 Estimated Population Councilmember, City Council Lookout Mountain 1,550 Lovejoy 2,443 Ludowici 1,595 Lula 2,347 Lumber City 1,192 Lumpkin 1,216 Marshallville 1,240 Maysville 1,633 Meigs 1,080 Midway 1,068 Milan 1,023 Morgan 1,548 Mount Vernon 2,188 Mount Zion 1,557 Nicholson 1,913 Oglethorpe 1,105 Omega 1,375 Oxford 2,498 Pearson 1,955 Pembroke 2,484 Pine Mountain 1,263 Porterdale 1,812 Reidsville 2,423 Remerton 1,018 Reynolds 1,004 Richland 1,590 Rochelle 1,383 Sardis 1,188 Shellman 1,074 Sparta 1,312 Springfield 2,085 Tennille 1,461 Trion 2,059 Tunnel Hill 1,249 Twin City 1,775 Union Point 1,551 Varnell 1,584 Amount of compensation $0 $6,000 $2,400 $1,200 $1,200 $1,200 $1,800 $1,000 $0 $2,924 $1,300 $660 $420 $500 $1,440 $750 $750 $2,500 $1,200 $1,200 $360 $500 $3,000 $500 $300 $4 $600 $600 $600 $1,200 $840 $1,800 $1,200 $1,300 $1,200 $1,200 $0 Jurisdiction 2007 Estimated Population Councilmember, City Council Wadley 1,944 Walnut Grove 1,214 Warrenton 1,955 Willacoochee 1,540 Winterville 1,152 Woodbine 1,357 Woodbury 1,074 Wrens 2,222 Zebulon 1,234 Amount of compensation $2,400 $720 $600 $1,800 $1,800 $3,000 $1,000 $1,585 $1,500 Population Group G Adrian 567 Ailey 541 Alapaha 685 Allenhurst 731 Alto 909 Ball Ground 931 Berlin 614 Blairsville 709 Blythe 807 Bowman 965 Canon 814 Carnesville 667 Clermont 765 Colbert 527 Collins 545 Coolidge 553 Crawford 813 Crawfordville 522 Dasher 830 Dexter 541 Doerun 843 Dudley 520 Enigma 875 Fairmount 808 Flovilla 683 Franklin 866 $300 $0 $600 $2,880 $1,600 $600 $240 $3,600 $900 $600 $2,600 $600 $720 $1,435 $240 $900 $300 $1,200 $2,400 $240 $1,800 $600 $2,600 $1,200 $5,100 $3,000 4 Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2008 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials Jurisdiction 2007 Estimated Population Councilmember, City Council Franklin Springs 799 Gibson 754 Glenwood 888 Hamilton 566 Helen 791 Hiawassee 866 Hoboken 518 Homeland 807 Kingston 663 Lake Park 594 Lenox 897 Luthersville 827 Lyerly 519 Mansfield 572 McCaysville 946 McIntyre 716 Menlo 529 Milner 649 Morven 619 Mountain City 746 Mountain Park 560 Nahunta 979 Nelson 900 Newborn 773 Newton 794 Norman Park 862 North High Shoals 555 Ochlocknee 613 Patterson 679 Pavo 701 Pendergrass 565 Pine Lake 718 Pineview 521 Plains 608 Portal 611 Ray City 772 Resaca 771 Amount of compensation $1,440 $600 $600 $600 $1,200 $12,000 $300 $600 $4,800 $1,800 $1,800 $1,200 $120 $600 $2,400 $24,000 $300 $600 $1,800 $300 $5,400 $360 $0 $0 $600 $300 $0 $180 $1,200 $360 $1,200 $500 $480 $1,800 $1,500 $1,800 $2,520 Jurisdiction 2007 Estimated Population Councilmember, City Council Riceboro 726 Roberta 749 Rutledge 762 Screven 778 Smithville 951 Stillmore 760 Sycamore 528 Talbotton 998 Talmo 603 Toomsboro 619 Ty Ty 770 Uvalda 550 Waco 501 Waleska 856 Waverly Hall 797 Whigham 609 White 703 Whitesburg 588 Young Harris 591 Amount of compensation $2,400 $600 $300 $600 $1,500 $420 $900 $600 $0 $840 $1,080 $0 $2,000 $5,750 $0 $1,200 $900 $1,200 $2,400 Population Group H Allentown 284 Alston 168 Ambrose 326 Arabi 451 Argyle 151 Attapulgus 467 Avalon 275 Avera 202 Bartow 281 Barwick 439 Bellville 140 Bishop 163 Bluffton 113 Bostwick 354 Bowersville 334 Braswell 124 $0 $0 $1,200 $0 $250 $600 $1,440 $100 $125 $600 $144 $600 $0 $200 $500 $0 5 Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2008 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials Jurisdiction 2007 Estimated Population Councilmember, City Council Bronwood 468 Buckhead 220 Byromville 409 Cadwell 366 Camak 151 Carl 305 Carlton 246 Cecil 333 Centralhatchee 389 Chauncey 303 Climax 288 Culloden 229 Daisy 136 Damascus 260 Danville 353 De Soto 206 Dearing 442 Deepstep 129 Denton 288 Dillard 245 DuPont 139 Edgehill 33 Ellenton 354 Ephesus 384 Eton 487 Fargo 379 Flemington 360 Funston 431 Garfield 157 Gay 133 Geneva 112 Gillsville 210 Good Hope 263 Graham 327 Gum Branch 262 Haralson 158 Harrison 482 Amount of compensation $240 $300 $120 $780 $180 $720 $1,500 $1,200 $600 $480 $600 $0 $0 $0 $1,200 $0 $0 $280 $1,200 $900 $100 $0 $240 $590 $900 $0 $2,400 $0 $300 $0 $300 $300 $300 $1,200 $720 $600 $840 Jurisdiction 2007 Estimated Population Councilmember, City Council Higgston 333 Hiltonia 390 Hull 162 Ideal 477 Ila 332 Iron City 299 Jakin 151 Jenkinsburg 229 Jersey 168 Junction City 176 Keysville 241 Kite 235 Leslie 437 Lexington 230 Lilly 220 Lone Oak 96 Manassas 105 Meansville 186 Midville 457 Mitchell 191 Molena 477 Moreland 428 Newington 319 Norwood 286 Nunez 136 Oak Park 380 Oconee 289 Odum 459 Offerman 444 Orchard Hill 237 Parrott 134 Payne City 166 Pinehurst 371 Pitts 300 Plainville 267 Preston 434 Pulaski 301 Amount of compensation $60 $720 $650 $600 $978 $600 $300 $1,400 $250 $25 $1,200 $900 $600 $120 $84 $600 $60 $780 $300 $300 $300 $300 $0 $420 $600 $480 $470 $250 $0 $4,200 $25 $250 $540 $25 $150 $720 $600 6 Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2008 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials Jurisdiction 2007 Estimated Population Councilmember, City Council Rayle 133 Rebecca 238 Register 167 Rentz 323 Rhine 432 Riddleville 122 Riverside 60 Rocky Ford 180 Roopville 203 Sale City 320 Sasser 347 Scotland 288 Shady Dale 244 Sky Valley 219 Stapleton 308 Summertown 145 Sunny Side 131 Surrency 247 Talking Rock 105 Tallulah Falls 159 Tarrytown 104 Taylorsville 224 Tiger 316 Turin 395 Vernonburg 136 Vidette 112 Warm Springs 472 Warwick 404 Weston 71 White Plains 302 Williamson 366 Woodland 408 Woodville 420 Woolsey 200 Yatesville 388 Amount of compensation $0 $600 $0 $180 $900 $0 $1,438 $0 $0 $240 $225 $425 $600 $0 $900 $600 $0 $300 $0 $600 $12 $0 $360 $0 $0 $0 $600 $125 $600 $0 $120 $900 $600 $0 $720 Jurisdiction 2007 Estimated Population Mayor Population Group A Albany Atlanta Macon Marietta Roswell Savannah Warner Robins 75,825 519,145 93,076 67,021 87,312 130,331 60,392 Amount of compensation $25,000 $147,500 $103,898 $18,000 $40,000 $42,000 $50,000 Population Group B Alpharetta Douglasville Duluth East Point Gainesville Hinesville Kennesaw LaGrange Newnan Peachtree City Rome Smyrna Statesboro Valdosta 49,662 30,098 25,953 42,940 34,818 30,504 31,613 27,977 28,857 34,516 36,463 49,534 26,610 47,567 $30,000 $15,024 $9,600 $12,200 $16,200 $15,000 $19,200 $10,046 $10,000 $9,000 $9,240 $20,400 $18,500 $25,000 Population Group C Acworth Americus Bainbridge Calhoun Canton Carrollton Chamblee College Park Conyers Cordele Covington 19,130 16,545 12,108 14,520 21,464 22,880 11,040 20,113 13,343 11,456 14,712 $20,400 $14,400 $5,700 $14,400 $3,000 $6,000 $10,800 $18,240 $3,300 $11,577 $12,000 7 Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2008 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials Jurisdiction Mayor Dallas Doraville Douglas Dublin Fairburn Fayetteville Forest Park Jesup Kingsland Lilburn Loganville McDonough Milledgeville Monroe Moultrie Norcross Perry Pooler Powder Springs Richmond Hill Snellville St. Marys Stockbridge Sugar Hill Suwanee Thomasville Tifton Union Vidalia Villa Rica Waycross Woodstock 2007 Estimated Population Amount of compensation 10,045 10,352 11,209 17,463 10,786 15,126 21,806 10,181 13,266 11,526 10,242 18,443 20,039 13,442 15,199 10,490 12,661 13,526 15,380 10,132 20,076 16,666 14,123 16,725 14,878 19,000 16,486 16,771 11,224 12,375 14,765 22,965 $10,000 $60,000 $4,800 $10,800 $3,000 $13,200 $19,200 $100 $50 $5,000 $14,000 $18,000 $8,400 $7,200 $6,960 $6,900 $12,000 $7,200 $18,000 $7,500 $6,000 $8,400 $9,900 $5,400 $15,000 $9,000 $9,600 $12,000 $4,800 $3,000 $8,101 $12,000 Population Group D Auburn Austell Barnesville 7,447 6,984 5,954 $3,600 $30,000 $2,400 Jurisdiction Mayor Blakely Bremen Cairo Camilla Centerville Clarkston Commerce Cumming Eatonton Fitzgerald Fort Oglethorpe Glennville Grovetown Hampton Hapeville Holly Springs Jefferson Palmetto Sandersville Stone Mountain Summerville Swainsboro Sylvester Thomaston Thomson Toccoa Tyrone Waynesboro 2007 Estimated Population Amount of compensation 5,328 5,564 9,697 5,703 7,106 7,591 6,323 5,842 6,766 9,151 9,559 5,166 8,744 5,206 5,971 7,956 7,513 5,035 6,173 7,651 5,004 7,535 5,726 9,165 6,793 9,133 6,415 5,774 $3,600 $3,000 $8,160 $3,600 $4,800 $6,500 $4,200 $5,198 $12,000 $9,000 $10,500 $4,800 $6,600 $10,800 $8,400 $4,200 $7,200 $3,000 $8,400 $12,000 $600 $21,263 $7,200 $3,600 $7,000 $10,800 $9,600 $4,200 Population Group E Abbeville Adairsville Alamo Alma Ashburn Avondale Estates Baldwin 2,560 3,205 2,617 3,494 4,280 2,829 2,935 $2,400 $4,800 $42,000 $6,000 $6,000 $0 $6,000 8 Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2008 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials Jurisdiction Mayor Baxley Blackshear Bloomingdale Byron Chatsworth Cochran Cornelia Dacula Dahlonega Dawson East Dublin Elberton Euharlee Flowery Branch Folkston Forsyth Grantville Greensboro Hartwell Hazlehurst Hephzibah Hogansville Homerville Jackson Jasper Jonesboro Lake City Lakeland Locust Grove Louisville Lyons Madison McRae Metter Millen Montezuma Monticello 2007 Estimated Population Amount of compensation 4,492 3,478 2,669 4,112 4,157 4,857 3,870 4,636 4,939 4,603 2,735 4,568 4,094 3,966 3,227 4,637 2,608 3,332 4,301 3,806 4,434 2,914 2,813 4,411 3,123 3,911 2,713 2,804 4,511 2,641 4,480 3,895 4,379 4,272 3,472 3,860 2,594 $7,800 $4,800 $3,000 $8,400 $8,400 $12,000 $4,800 $4,800 $9,000 $7,200 $9,600 $6,000 $1,800 $6,000 $10,000 $8,820 $3,600 $6,000 $4,800 $12,000 $0 $4,200 $3,000 $19,800 $700 $16,800 $7,200 $2,400 $10,800 $1,200 $500 $8,400 $6,000 $5,700 $3,600 $7,200 $9,000 Jurisdiction Mayor Nashville Nicholls Oakwood Ocilla Port Wentworth Ringgold Rockmart Rossville Royston Senoia Social Circle Soperton Statham Sylvania Tallapoosa Thunderbolt Unadilla Vienna Walthourville Washington Watkinsville West Point Wrightsville 2007 Estimated Population Amount of compensation 4,824 2,745 4,063 3,166 4,167 2,769 4,486 3,448 2,714 3,244 4,535 3,243 2,820 2,509 3,082 2,650 2,908 2,867 3,886 4,037 2,825 3,373 3,751 $9,600 $3,000 $10,800 $8,400 $3,600 $6,000 $4,800 $19,000 $5,100 $12,000 $4,800 $3,600 $12,000 $4,800 $2,400 $2,100 $381 $1,680 $9,600 $7,200 $7,200 $4,200 $7,200 Population Group F Aragon Arcade Arlington Baconton Berkeley Lake Bethlehem Blue Ridge Bogart Boston Bowdon Brooklet Broxton 1,072 1,941 1,515 1,001 2,064 1,054 1,042 1,075 1,436 2,044 1,309 1,459 $2,400 $5,200 $1,800 $725 $5,000 $950 $8,400 $6,000 $2,000 $1,680 $3,000 $5,400 9 Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2008 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials Jurisdiction Mayor Buchanan Buena Vista Butler Cave Spring Chester Clarkesville Claxton Clayton Colquitt Comer Darien Davisboro Dawsonville Demorest Ellaville Ellijay Emerson Fort Gaines Gordon Gray Grayson Guyton Hagan Hahira Harlem Helena Hiram Homer Hoschton Ivey Lavonia Lincolnton Lookout Mountain Lovejoy Ludowici Lula Lumber City 2007 Estimated Population 1,124 1,658 1,825 1,015 1,513 1,647 2,403 2,169 1,901 1,272 1,788 1,768 1,418 1,790 1,776 1,582 1,372 1,042 2,118 2,218 1,471 1,907 1,045 2,261 1,899 2,428 1,988 1,077 1,563 1,078 2,060 1,509 1,550 2,443 1,595 2,347 1,192 Amount of compensation $4,000 $4,800 $6,000 $3,600 $2,700 $1,200 $800 $3,750 $6,000 $2,000 $4,200 $2,400 $24,000 $13,300 $3,600 $100 $0 $0 $7,200 $6,000 $0 $1,200 $3,600 $3,600 $4,800 $2,400 $9,000 $600 $300 $1,200 $6,000 $2,400 $0 $6,000 $4,080 $4,800 $3,000 Jurisdiction Mayor Lumpkin Marshallville Maysville Meigs Midway Milan Morgan Mount Vernon Mount Zion Nicholson Oglethorpe Omega Oxford Pearson Pembroke Pine Mountain Porterdale Reidsville Remerton Reynolds Richland Rochelle Sardis Shellman Sparta Springfield Tennille Trion Tunnel Hill Twin City Union Point Varnell Wadley Walnut Grove Warrenton Willacoochee Winterville 10 2007 Estimated Population Amount of compensation 1,216 1,240 1,633 1,080 1,068 1,023 1,548 2,188 1,557 1,913 1,105 1,375 2,498 1,955 2,484 1,263 1,812 2,423 1,018 1,004 1,590 1,383 1,188 1,074 1,312 2,085 1,461 2,059 1,249 1,775 1,551 1,584 1,944 1,214 1,955 1,540 1,152 $2,100 $2,400 $2,500 $0 $5,847 $4,300 $660 $2,500 $1,600 $1,680 $1,500 $2,100 $3,500 $20,800 $2,400 $1,800 $1,250 $4,500 $600 $1,000 $1 $1,900 $1,500 $3,000 $6,000 $1,800 $3,600 $7,200 $1,300 $2,100 $2,400 $0 $4,800 $2,400 $2,400 $0 $12,000 Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2008 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials Jurisdiction Mayor Woodbine Woodbury Wrens Zebulon 2007 Estimated Population Amount of compensation 1,357 1,074 2,222 1,234 $6,000 $2,400 $4,060 $3,600 Population Group G Adrian 567 Ailey 541 Alapaha 685 Allenhurst 731 Alto 909 Ball Ground 931 Berlin 614 Blairsville 709 Blythe 807 Bowman 965 Canon 814 Carnesville 667 Clermont 765 Colbert 527 Collins 545 Coolidge 553 Crawford 813 Crawfordville 522 Dasher 830 Dexter 541 Doerun 843 Dudley 520 Enigma 875 Fairmount 808 Flovilla 683 Franklin 866 Franklin Springs 799 Gibson 754 Glenwood 888 Hamilton 566 Helen 791 $6,000 $0 $2,400 $1,200 $2,000 $3,600 $240 $26,000 $3,600 $1,000 $5,200 $4,260 $900 $3,707 $300 $1,800 $300 $6,000 $4,800 $600 $2,700 $1,920 $3,900 $13,000 $9,000 $9,000 $3,900 $900 $3,600 $1,200 $1,800 Jurisdiction 2007 Estimated Population Mayor Hiawassee 866 Hoboken 518 Homeland 807 Kingston 663 Lake Park 594 Lenox 897 Luthersville 827 Lyerly 519 Mansfield 572 McCaysville 946 McIntyre 716 Menlo 529 Milner 649 Morven 619 Mountain City 746 Mountain Park 560 Nahunta 979 Nelson 900 Newborn 773 Newton 794 Norman Park 862 North High Shoals 555 Ochlocknee 613 Patterson 679 Pavo 701 Pendergrass 565 Pine Lake 718 Pineview 521 Plains 608 Portal 611 Ray City 772 Resaca 771 Riceboro 726 Roberta 749 Rutledge 762 Screven 778 Smithville 951 Amount of compensation $39,397 $1,200 $31,273 $1,800 $3,600 $2,700 $4,800 $600 $1,200 $4,800 $7,200 $900 $1,000 $2,400 $480 $2,400 $1,200 $0 $0 $1,200 $600 $0 $360 $4,800 $500 $4,800 $500 $1,800 $2,400 $3,300 $3,600 $4,920 $4,800 $1,200 $3,000 $3,000 $2,300 11 Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2008 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials Jurisdiction Mayor Stillmore Sycamore Talbotton Talmo Toomsboro Ty Ty Uvalda Waco Waleska Waverly Hall Whigham White Whitesburg Young Harris 2007 Estimated Population Amount of compensation 760 $600 528 $1,200 998 $1,500 603 $0 619 $1,200 770 $1,500 550 $1,300 501 $5,000 856 $1,725 797 $30 609 $4,800 703 $4,500 588 $3,600 591 $8,400 Population Group H Allentown 284 Alston 168 Ambrose 326 Arabi 451 Argyle 151 Attapulgus 467 Avalon 275 Avera 202 Bartow 281 Barwick 439 Bellville 140 Between 150 Bishop 163 Bluffton 113 Bostwick 354 Bowersville 334 Braswell 124 Bronwood 468 Buckhead 220 Byromville 409 Cadwell 366 $0 $0 $2,400 $600 $350 $1,200 $1,680 $200 $900 $1,125 $144 $2,400 $1,800 $0 $600 $600 $0 $2,400 $1,800 $120 $9,500 Jurisdiction Mayor Camak Carl Carlton Cecil Centralhatchee Chauncey Climax Concord Culloden Daisy Damascus Danville De Soto Dearing Deepstep Denton Dillard DuPont Edgehill Ellenton Ephesus Eton Fargo Flemington Funston Garfield Gay Geneva Gillsville Good Hope Graham Gum Branch Haralson Harrison Higgston Hiltonia Hull 12 2007 Estimated Population Amount of compensation 151 $1,500 305 $1,200 246 $2,000 333 $2,400 389 $2,400 303 $2,700 288 $900 398 $100 229 $0 136 $0 260 $0 353 $2,400 206 $0 442 $0 129 $350 288 $1,800 245 $10,400 139 $100 33 $0 354 $300 384 $1,200 487 $1,200 379 $0 360 $4,800 431 $0 157 $750 133 $0 112 $1,200 210 $600 263 $500 327 $3,600 262 $960 158 $1,200 482 $1,200 333 $90 390 $4,200 162 $1,250 Jurisdiction Mayor Ideal Ila Iron City Jacksonville Jakin Jenkinsburg Jersey Junction City Keysville Kite Leslie Lexington Lilly Lone Oak Manassas Meansville Midville Mitchell Molena Moreland Morganton Newington Norwood Nunez Oak Park Oconee Odum Offerman Orchard Hill Parrott Payne City Pinehurst Pitts Plainville Preston Pulaski Rayle Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2008 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials 2007 Estimated Population Amount of compensation 477 $1,200 332 $1,058 299 $660 117 $0 151 $600 229 $2,800 168 $500 176 $50 241 $1,200 235 $1,500 437 $1,000 230 $240 220 $120 96 $1,200 105 $96 186 $1,200 457 $900 191 $700 477 $600 428 $600 268 $2,400 319 $0 286 $1,200 136 $1,260 380 $2,400 289 $950 459 $350 444 $0 237 $4,500 134 $75 166 $2,000 371 $1,800 300 $25 267 $250 434 $1,200 301 $1,200 133 $0 Jurisdiction Mayor Rebecca Register Rentz Rhine Riddleville Riverside Rocky Ford Roopville Sale City Sasser Scotland Shady Dale Sharpsburg Sky Valley Stapleton Summertown Sunny Side Surrency Talking Rock Tallulah Falls Tarrytown Taylorsville Tiger Turin Vernonburg Vidette Warm Springs Warwick Weston White Plains Williamson Woodland Woodville Woolsey Yatesville 13 2007 Estimated Population Amount of compensation 238 $1,200 167 $0 323 $600 432 $4,200 122 $0 60 $1,815 180 $0 203 $0 320 $600 347 $450 288 $575 244 $1,200 329 $1,200 219 $0 308 $6,000 145 $1,100 131 $0 247 $420 105 $0 159 $900 104 $12 224 $0 316 $1,020 395 $0 136 $0 112 $0 472 $800 404 $300 71 $600 302 $500 366 $240 408 $32,000 420 $600 200 $0 388 $960 Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2008 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials Jurisdiction 2007 Estimated Population Mayor Pro Tem Population Group A Albany Atlanta Roswell Warner Robins 75,825 519,145 87,312 60,392 Amount of compensation $15,000 $221,108 $18,000 $8,400 Population Group B Alpharetta Douglasville East Point Gainesville Hinesville Kennesaw Newnan Peachtree City Rome Smyrna Statesboro Valdosta 49,662 30,098 42,940 34,818 30,504 31,613 28,857 34,516 36,463 49,534 26,610 47,567 $15,000 $6,000 $9,200 $14,700 $7,500 $13,800 $5,500 $6,000 $8,400 $15,300 $9,250 $16,500 Population Group C Acworth Americus Bainbridge Calhoun Canton Chamblee Conyers Cordele Dallas Doraville Douglas Dublin Griffin Lilburn Loganville McDonough 19,130 16,545 12,108 14,520 21,464 11,040 13,343 11,456 10,045 10,352 11,209 17,463 23,504 11,526 10,242 18,443 $13,200 $7,800 $3,600 $4,800 $2,100 $7,200 $2,400 $10,895 $7,500 $7,200 $3,600 $8,400 $15,396 $3,500 $6,000 $12,000 Jurisdiction Mayor Pro Tem Milledgeville Norcross Perry Powder Springs Richmond Hill Snellville St. Marys Stockbridge Sugar Hill Suwanee Thomasville Tifton Union Vidalia Villa Rica 2007 Estimated Population Amount of compensation 20,039 10,490 12,661 15,380 10,132 20,076 16,666 14,123 16,725 14,878 19,000 16,486 16,771 11,224 12,375 $7,200 $6,000 $7,200 $12,000 $5,000 $4,000 $6,000 $7,700 $4,500 $11,100 $7,800 $7,800 $9,600 $2,400 $2,400 Population Group D Auburn Austell Barnesville Bremen Cairo Centerville Commerce Eatonton Fitzgerald Fort Oglethorpe Glennville Holly Springs Palmetto Sandersville Stone Mountain Summerville Thomaston Thomson Toccoa Waynesboro 7,447 6,984 5,954 5,564 9,697 7,106 6,323 6,766 9,151 9,559 5,166 7,956 5,035 6,173 7,651 5,004 9,165 6,793 9,133 5,774 $2,100 $12,000 $1,800 $1,800 $7,920 $2,400 $3,000 $7,200 $6,000 $8,500 $3,000 $4,200 $2,000 $7,200 $3,600 $300 $2,700 $4,000 $9,600 $3,600 14 Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2008 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials Jurisdiction Mayor Pro Tem 2007 Estimated Population Amount of compensation Population Group E Abbeville Adairsville Alamo Avondale Estates Baldwin Baxley Blackshear Bloomingdale Byron Chatsworth Cochran Dacula Dawson Elberton Flowery Branch Folkston Forsyth Grantville Greensboro Hartwell Hazlehurst Homerville Jackson Jonesboro Lyons Madison McRae Metter Millen Monticello Nashville Nicholls Ringgold Royston Senoia 2,560 3,205 2,617 2,829 2,935 4,492 3,478 2,669 4,112 4,157 4,857 4,636 4,603 4,568 3,966 3,227 4,637 2,608 3,332 4,301 3,806 2,813 4,411 3,911 4,480 3,895 4,379 4,272 3,472 2,594 4,824 2,745 2,769 2,714 3,244 $600 $2,400 $900 $0 $4,000 $5,850 $1,740 $1,800 $3,000 $4,800 $4,800 $3,600 $3,600 $4,200 $4,800 $2,400 $6,300 $0 $4,200 $2,400 $2,400 $1,800 $9,000 $8,400 $150 $6,000 $1,500 $3,000 $1,500 $7,200 $4,800 $300 $3,900 $3,600 $3,000 Jurisdiction Mayor Pro Tem Soperton Statham Tallapoosa Thunderbolt Unadilla Vienna Walthourville Watkinsville West Point Wrightsville 2007 Estimated Population Amount of compensation 3,243 2,820 3,082 2,650 2,908 2,867 3,886 2,825 3,373 3,751 $2,400 $6,000 $1,800 $900 $324 $480 $4,800 $3,000 $3,000 $4,200 Population Group F Arcade Arlington Baconton Berkeley Lake Bethlehem Blue Ridge Boston Brooklet Broxton Buchanan Buena Vista Cave Spring Chester Claxton Clayton Colquitt Darien Davisboro Ellijay Emerson Fort Gaines Gordon Gray Grayson Hagan 1,941 1,515 1,001 2,064 1,054 1,042 1,436 1,309 1,459 1,124 1,658 1,015 1,513 2,403 2,169 1,901 1,788 1,768 1,582 1,372 1,042 2,118 2,218 1,471 1,045 $1,200 $900 $325 $1,200 $380 $7,200 $1,500 $2,400 $3,000 $2,000 $3,600 $1,800 $1,800 $400 $1,800 $1,800 $2,400 $1,800 $900 $0 $0 $3,600 $4,800 $0 $0 15 Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2008 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials Jurisdiction Mayor Pro Tem Hahira Harlem Helena Hiram Homer Hoschton Lavonia Lookout Mountain Lovejoy Ludowici Lula Lumber City Lumpkin Marshallville Maysville Meigs Midway Milan Nicholson Oglethorpe Omega Oxford Pearson Pembroke Pine Mountain Porterdale Reidsville Reynolds Richland Rochelle Sardis Shellman Sparta Springfield Trion Tunnel Hill Twin City 2007 Estimated Population 2,261 1,899 2,428 1,988 1,077 1,563 2,060 1,550 2,443 1,595 2,347 1,192 1,216 1,240 1,633 1,080 1,068 1,023 1,913 1,105 1,375 2,498 1,955 2,484 1,263 1,812 2,423 1,004 1,590 1,383 1,188 1,074 1,312 2,085 2,059 1,249 1,775 Amount of compensation $2,100 $3,600 $1,200 $3,600 $420 $300 $2,400 $0 $6,000 $3,000 $1,200 $1,200 $1,500 $1,800 $1,250 $0 $2,924 $1,300 $1,074 $750 $750 $2,500 $1,200 $1,200 $360 $500 $3,000 $300 $1 $900 $600 $600 $1,200 $840 $1,200 $1,300 $1,500 Jurisdiction Mayor Pro Tem Varnell Wadley Walnut Grove Warrenton Willacoochee Winterville Wrens 2007 Estimated Population Amount of compensation 1,584 1,944 1,214 1,955 1,540 1,152 2,222 $0 $3,600 $720 $600 $2,100 $2,400 $1,585 Population Group G Ailey 541 Alapaha 685 Allenhurst 731 Alto 909 Ball Ground 931 Berlin 614 Blairsville 709 Blythe 807 Bowman 965 Collins 545 Crawford 813 Crawfordville 522 Dasher 830 Dexter 541 Doerun 843 Dudley 520 Enigma 875 Flovilla 683 Franklin 866 Franklin Springs 799 Gibson 754 Glenwood 888 Helen 791 Hoboken 518 Homeland 807 Kingston 663 Lenox 897 Luthersville 827 $0 $600 $0 $1,600 $600 $240 $3,600 $900 $600 $240 $300 $1,800 $0 $420 $1,800 $600 $2,600 $5,100 $3,000 $1,800 $700 $600 $1,200 $300 $660 $0 $1,800 $1,200 16 Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2008 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials Jurisdiction Mayor Pro Tem Lyerly McCaysville Menlo Milner Morven Mountain Park Nahunta Nelson Newborn Norman Park North High Shoals Patterson Pavo Pendergrass Pine Lake Plains Portal Resaca Riceboro Roberta Rutledge Screven Smithville Stillmore Talmo Toomsboro Ty Ty Uvalda Waco Waleska Waverly Hall Whigham White Whitesburg Young Harris 2007 Estimated Population 519 946 529 649 619 560 979 900 773 862 555 679 701 565 718 608 611 771 726 749 762 778 951 760 603 619 770 550 501 856 797 609 703 588 591 Amount of compensation $120 $2,400 $300 $600 $1,800 $1,200 $360 $0 $0 $300 $0 $1,200 $360 $1,200 $500 $1,800 $1,800 $2,520 $3,600 $600 $300 $600 $1,500 $0 $0 $840 $1,080 $0 $2,000 $1,150 $0 $1,200 $900 $1,200 $2,400 Population Group H Jurisdiction Mayor Pro Tem Alston Ambrose Argyle Attapulgus Avalon Bartow Barwick Bellville Bostwick Bronwood Byromville Cadwell Centralhatchee Climax Culloden Damascus Danville De Soto Dearing Deepstep Dillard DuPont Edgehill Ellenton Fargo Flemington Funston Garfield Gay Geneva Good Hope Gum Branch Higgston Hiltonia Hull Ideal Ila 17 2007 Estimated Population Amount of compensation 168 $0 326 $1,200 151 $250 467 $600 275 $0 281 $125 439 $600 140 $144 354 $200 468 $360 409 $120 366 $780 389 $600 288 $600 229 $0 260 $0 353 $1,200 206 $0 442 $0 129 $280 245 $900 139 $100 33 $0 354 $240 379 $0 360 $2,400 431 $0 157 $0 133 $0 112 $300 263 $300 262 $0 333 $60 390 $840 162 $650 477 $600 332 $978 Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2008 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials Jurisdiction Mayor Pro Tem Iron City Jacksonville Jakin Jenkinsburg Jersey Keysville Kite Lilly Lone Oak Manassas Midville Mitchell Molena Morganton Newington Norwood Nunez Oak Park Oconee Offerman Parrott Payne City Pitts Plainville Preston Rebecca Register Rhine Riddleville Rocky Ford Sale City Sasser Scotland Shady Dale Sky Valley Stapleton Summertown 2007 Estimated Population Amount of compensation 299 $600 117 $0 151 $300 229 $1,400 168 $250 241 $1,200 235 $900 220 $84 96 $600 105 $60 457 $300 191 $300 477 $300 268 $600 319 $0 286 $420 136 $600 380 $480 289 $470 444 $0 134 $25 166 $250 300 $0 267 $150 434 $720 238 $600 167 $0 432 $900 122 $0 180 $0 320 $240 347 $225 288 $425 244 $600 219 $0 308 $1,200 145 $600 Jurisdiction Mayor Pro Tem Surrency Talking Rock Taylorsville Tiger Vidette Warm Springs Warwick Weston Williamson Woodland Woolsey Yatesville 2007 Estimated Population Amount of compensation 247 $300 105 $0 224 $0 316 $360 112 $0 472 $600 404 $150 71 $600 366 $120 408 $900 200 $0 388 $720 Municipal Court Judge (Elected) Population Group A Atlanta 519,145 Marietta 67,021 Roswell 87,312 Savannah 130,331 Population Group B Alpharetta Gainesville Kennesaw Newnan Valdosta 49,662 34,818 31,613 28,857 47,567 Population Group C Americus Bainbridge Dallas Doraville Griffin Milledgeville Norcross Powder Springs 16,545 12,108 10,045 10,352 23,504 20,039 10,490 15,380 18 $141,765 $61,630 $89,000 $115,144 $50,000 $32,500 $26,039 $9,984 $100,003 $17,500 $13,000 $3,600 $50,000 $16,502 $18,000 $0 --- Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2008 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials Jurisdiction 2007 Estimated Population Municipal Court Judge (Elected) St. Marys 16,666 Suwanee 14,878 Thomasville 19,000 Tifton 16,486 Union 16,771 Vidalia 11,224 Amount of compensation $13,000 $23,200 $12,500 --$15,000 $7,200 Population Group D Centerville Fort Oglethorpe Swainsboro Thomaston Thomson 7,106 9,559 7,535 9,165 6,793 $0 $8,500 $8,400 $15,600 $3,000 Population Group E Alma Avondale Estates Cochran Cornelia Dawson Elberton Grantville Greensboro Hephzibah Lakeland Louisville Lyons Manchester Millen Monticello Royston Social Circle Watkinsville Wrightsville 3,494 2,829 4,857 3,870 4,603 4,568 2,608 3,332 4,434 2,804 2,641 4,480 3,808 3,472 2,594 2,714 4,535 2,825 3,751 $7,000 $8,000 $4,800 $5,400 $7,200 $6,270 $0 $28,325 $3,600 $3,120 $3,000 $300 $0 $3,600 $6,000 $4,500 $6,000 $0 $4,800 Population Group F Darien 1,788 $12,000 Jurisdiction 2007 Estimated Population Municipal Court Judge (Elected) Davisboro 1,768 Emerson 1,372 Guyton 1,907 Hagan 1,045 Hoschton 1,563 Ivey 1,078 Lookout Mountain 1,550 Ludowici 1,595 Lumber City 1,192 Midway 1,068 Mount Vernon 2,188 Mount Zion 1,557 Rochelle 1,383 Springfield 2,085 Tennille 1,461 Wadley 1,944 Wrens 2,222 Amount of compensation $1,200 $0 $3,600 $1,200 $3,000 $2,100 $0 $6,000 $3,600 $6,000 $1,800 $4,400 $4,250 $6,600 $2,400 $2,400 $3,000 Population Group G Ailey 541 Allenhurst 731 Ball Ground 931 Dasher 830 Doerun 843 Enigma 875 Fairmount 808 Helen 791 Hoboken 518 Kingston 663 Luthersville 827 McIntyre 716 Morven 619 Mountain Park 560 Nelson 900 Pavo 701 Pendergrass 565 Roberta 749 $0 $0 $800 $250 $4,560 $1,200 $3,000 $8,200 --$0 $3,000 $1,980 $2,100 $2,640 $0 $1,200 $6,000 $0 19 Georgia Department of Community Affairs 2008 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey Compensation for Municipal Elected Officials Jurisdiction 2007 Estimated Population Municipal Court Judge (Elected) Smithville 951 Stillmore 760 Sycamore 528 Talbotton 998 Uvalda 550 Waleska 856 Amount of compensation $3,000 $0 $800 $1,800 $2,400 $0 Population Group H Alston 168 Avalon 275 Bostwick 354 Climax 288 Dearing 442 DuPont 139 Eton 487 Funston 431 Garfield 157 Gum Branch 262 Jacksonville 117 Mitchell 191 Morganton 268 Newington 319 Pitts 300 Talking Rock 105 Taylorsville 224 Woodland 408 Woodville 420 $0 $0 $0 $0 --$0 $900 $0 $1,250 $0 $0 $0 $0 $1,500 $0 $0 $0 $1,200 $1,200 Jurisdiction 2007 Estimated Population Amount of compensation 20