- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
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- Wage and salary survey. Public safety.
- Title:
- Wage and salary survey. Public safety, 2017
- Contributor to Resource:
- Georgia. Department of Community Affairs. Office of Research
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia. Department of Community Affairs. Office of Research
- Date of Original:
- 2017-10
- Subject:
- Wage surveys--Georgia--Statistics--Periodicals
Municipal officials and employees--Salaries, etc.--Georgia--Periodicals
Municipal officials and employees--Salaries
Wage surveys
Georgia
Periodicals
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- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
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- Description:
- Annual report of wages and salaries for municipal public safety positions
- External Identifiers:
- Call Number GA C495.E5 S1 P8 2017 V.2
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2017 Municipal Wage and Salary Survey
Public Safety Positions
October 2017
Georgia Department of Community Affairs Office of Research
60 Executive Park South Atlanta, Georgia 30329-2231
404-679-4940
Municipal Job Descriptions
Public Safety
Animal Control Director Performs professional and skilled work in supervising and coordinating work activities of other workers who are responsible for the apprehension and care of animals.
Animal Control Officer Performs skilled work in the apprehension and care of animals found in violation of animal control ordinances.
Animal Shelter Administrator Administers animal shelter and animal care operations including supervising paid staff and volunteers and planning, organizing, and coordinating the shelter programs.
Assistant Chief, Fire Department Performs highly responsible technical, supervisory, and administrative work in assisting the direction of the Fire Department.
Assistant Chief, Police Department Performs highly responsible technical, supervisory, and administrative work in directing the activities of the Police Department.
Automotive Mechanic (Public Safety) Analyzes malfunctions and repairs, rebuilds and maintains fleet automobiles.
Bailiff Responsible for duties related to processing of persons under court direction.
Captain, Fire Officer Directs and coordinates activities of firefighters during an assigned shift by conducting roll call, relaying orders and messages from superiors, recording information, and participating in training. Also leads subordinates in performance of duties at a fire.
Captain, Police Department Directs and coordinates activities of police patrol officers by conducting roll call, relaying orders and messages from superiors, and recording information; identifies arrested suspects in logbook and advises prisoner of charges. Also assists subordinates in performance of duties during an assigned shift.
Chief Jailer/Jail Administrator Supervises and coordinates the work activities of jail staff.
Chief, Fire Department Plans, directs, organizes, and coordinates the activities of a fire department.
Chief, Police Department Plans, directs, organizes, and coordinates the activities of municipal police department in accordance with authority delegated by Mayor and Council.
Code Enforcement Officer Performs technical level work in ensuring that all codes and ordinances are adhered to throughout jurisdiction.
Communications Director Directs the operations, development, and implementation of policies and procedures and the administration and management of the Communications Department.
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Public Safety
Corporal, Police Department Performs law enforcement and some routine investigative work. May train entrylevel police officers and serve as a lead officer on special assignments.
Corrections Officer Supervises inmates in county penal institution in accordance with established policies, regulations, and procedures, which may include preparing written reports concerning incidences of inmate disturbances or injuries.
Detention Officer Supervises prisoners in station or jail, assuming responsibilities for all needs of prisoners during detention. May prepare arrest records identifying prisoner and charge assigned.
Dispatcher Operates radio and telephone equipment to receive, process, and dispatch calls to police, fire, emergency ambulance, or civil defense services. Usually required to maintain a log of calls for service.
Dispatcher/Jailer Maintains security of prisoners during their detention and operates radio and telephone receiving and dispatching calls to the appropriate department and/or person.
E-911 Director Manages E-911 system/call center and supervises E-911 operators.
E-911 Operator Responsible for answering emergency calls and dispatching appropriate personnel to the correct location.
Emergency Management Director Responsible for organization, administration, and operation of the county emergency management unit.
Emergency Medical Services Director Directs emergency medical service program, coordinates activities of persons involved in rescue, care, and transportation of catastrophe/accident victims.
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Provides emergency care and operates specialized medical equipment before, during, and after the transport of patients to emergency facilities. This title covers all certification levels including EMTBasic, EMT, Cardiac Technician, and Paramedic.
Engine Operator/Driver, Fire Department Drives fire fighting vehicle to fire scene and conducts pumping operations to assist in fire fighting.
Evidence Clerk/Technician Responsible for securing, organizing, and storing crime evidence and/or seized property.
Fire Marshal Plans, manages, and coordinates fire prevention and fire investigation activities of the fire department.
Firefighter
Controls and extinguishes fires, protects life and property, and maintains equipment. Performs assigned duties in maintaining apparatus, quarters, buildings, equipment, grounds, and hydrants. Note: This is an entry level position and does not include Engine Driver.
i - 2 DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey
Public Safety
Firefighter/EMT
Controls and extinquishes fires, protects life and property, maintains fire equipment and facilties, and provides emergency care and operates specialized medical equipment before, during, and after the transport of patients to emergency facilities.
Investigator/Detective, Police Department Performs investigations in the police department to solve or prevent crimes. Examines crime scenes to obtain clues and gather evidence that may lead to a conviction.
Lieutenant, Fire Officer Performs fire fighting responsibilities according to NFPA 1021 and emergency care duties. Responsible for the daily operation of a fire station, supervising a shift with activities associated with hydrant maintenance, fire pre-plans, and inspection of industrial complexes and record keeping.
Lieutenant, Police Department Directs and coordinates activities of police patrol officers by conducting roll call, relaying orders and messages from superiors, and recording information; identifies arrested suspects in logbook and advises prisoner of charges. Also assists subordinates in performance of duties during an assigned shift.
Major, Police Department Directs and coordinates activities of police patrol officers by conducting roll call, relaying orders and messages from superiors, and recording information; identifies arrested suspects in logbook and advises prisoner of charges. Also assists subordinates in performance of duties during an assigned shift.
Patrol Officer, Police Department Patrols assigned area on foot, using motorcycle, car, or on horseback, to control traffic, prevent crimes or disturbances of peace, and arrest violators.
Probation Officer Manages a caseload of probationers; identifies and monitors risk, ensures compliance with sentence, encourages positive behavioral change; provides direction, service, and information to court.
Public Safety Director Responsible for providing leadership and direction to the Public Safety Department in the development and provision of quality police, fire, emergency medical, and emergency management services to facilitate the protection and well-being of residents.
Records Clerk Maintains records for monthly statistical reports; enters all citations written by police officers into computer; and provides authorized personnel with information from NCIC/GCIC computer network.
School Resource Officer Responsible for performing tasks and operations related to assuring student safety in the processes of conducting school classes and special events.
Sergeant, Police Department Responsible for the direction and supervision of law enforcement activities performed by a group of county police officers during a particular shift or assignment.
DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey i - 3
Animal Control Director
Summary of Data
Public Safety
Group
Number reporting
Minimum entry-level wage**
Average
Highest
Maximum wage**
Average
Highest
Number of full-time employees
A
1
38,709
38,709
57,179
57,179
1
B
1
34,195
34,195
47,590
47,590
1
C
2
24,679
32,198
39,492
48,984
2
D
2
29,441
31,945
40,988
44,037
2
E
5
26,508
35,547
31,091
40,518
5
Total/Avg
11
30,706
34,519
43,268
47,662
11
**Figures calculated using annual salaries and annualized hourly wages, excluding amounts reported as paid "Per Occurance".
Population Group Data
Group Jurisdiction
A Albany B LaGrange C Cartersville
Vidalia D Barnesville
Sandersville E Jasper
Lyons Manchester Quitman City West Point
2016 Population
73,801 30,771 20,753 10,703
6,696 5,700 3,819 4,369 4,061 3,888 3,766
Minimum entry-level
wage
18.61 34,195.00
15.48 17,160.00 31,945.00
12.95 17.09 14.58 21,512.10 8.13 12.85
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
27.49
Hourly
40
1
47,590.00 Annual
40
1
23.55
Hourly
40
1
30,000.00 Annual
40
1
44,037.00 Annual
40
1
18.24
Hourly
40
1
17.09
Hourly
40
1
14.58
Hourly
42
1
30,635.85 Annual
40
1
8.13
Hourly
40
1
19.48
Hourly
40
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey 1
Public Safety
Animal Control Officer
Summary of Data
Group
Number reporting
Minimum entry-level wage**
Average
Highest
Maximum wage**
Average
Highest
Number of full-time employees
A
1
24,606
24,606
36,338
36,338
3
B
2
30,191
32,947
42,859
51,064
4
C
10
25,781
31,668
39,822
47,382
14
D
9
23,830
28,142
35,776
43,846
14
E
9
22,305
30,888
29,853
49,400
9
Total/Avg
31
25,343
29,650
36,929
45,606
44
**Figures calculated using annual salaries and annualized hourly wages, excluding amounts reported as paid "Per Occurance".
Population Group Data
Group Jurisdiction
A Albany B LaGrange
Newnan C Americus
Bainbridge Calhoun Cordele Doraville Douglas Griffin Perry Vidalia Waycross D Centerville Commerce Fitzgerald Hawkinsville Jesup LaFayette Sandersville Thomaston Waynesboro E Alma
2016 Population
73,801 30,771 37,912 15,854 12,274 16,445 10,856 10,501 11,727 22,928 16,200 10,703 14,089
7,615 6,788 8,927 5,409 10,170 7,159 5,700 8,962 5,701 3,556
Minimum entry-level
wage
11.83 27,435.00
15.84 23,988.00
12.78 13.33 14.95 14.50 12.09 12.38 10.82 17,160.00 12.59 11.21 12.60 7.25 12.92 13.53 12.37 11.73 11.11 10.39 23,334.00
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
17.47
Hourly
40
3
34,653.00 Annual
40
3
24.55
Hourly
40
1
33,584.00 Annual
40
1
20.23
Hourly
40
2
20.63
Hourly
40
2
22.78
Hourly
40
2
21.33
Hourly
42
1
20.36
Hourly
40
1
18.56
Hourly
40
2
18.94
Hourly
40
1
25,500.00 Annual
40
1
19.15
Hourly
40
1
17.54
Hourly
40
1
18.98
Hourly
40
1
16.65
Hourly
40
5
12.92
Hourly
40
1
21.08
Hourly
40
2
18.74
Hourly
40
1
16.53
Hourly
40
1
16.16
Hourly
40
1
16.20
Hourly
40
1
23,334.00 Annual
40
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. 2 DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey
Animal Control Officer
Public Safety
Group Jurisdiction
Ashburn Blackshear Elberton Hazlehurst Lakeland Metter Soperton Tybee Island
2016 Population
3,737 3,595 4,420 4,186 3,295 4,076 2,986 3,113
Minimum entry-level
wage
11.00 10.00 30,185.00 8.49 7.25 10.19 9.00 14.85
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
11.00
Hourly
40
1
18.00
Hourly
40
1
42,482.00 Annual
40
1
10.00
Hourly
40
1
10.50
Hourly
40
1
15.28
Hourly
40
1
9.00
Hourly
40
1
23.75
Hourly
40
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey 3
Public Safety
Animal Shelter Administrator
Summary of Data
Group
Number reporting
Minimum entry-level wage**
Average
Highest
Maximum wage**
Average
Highest
Number of full-time employees
D
1
22,110
22,110
31,138
31,138
1
Total/Avg
1
22,110
22,110
31,138
31,138
1
**Figures calculated using annual salaries and annualized hourly wages, excluding amounts reported as paid "Per Occurance".
Population Group Data
Group Jurisdiction
D Sandersville
2016 Population
5,700
Minimum entry-level
wage
10.63
Maximum wage
14.97
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
Hourly
40
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. 4 DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey
Assistant Chief, Fire Department
Summary of Data
Public Safety
Group
Number reporting
Minimum entry-level wage**
Average
Highest
Maximum wage**
Average
Highest
Number of full-time employees
A
7
67,708
80,413
110,646
139,277
16
B
7
67,141
77,500
90,945
103,952
10
C
17
56,396
70,945
85,935
132,746
23
D
10
38,155
54,631
50,431
71,053
10
E
12
45,875
59,740
55,338
78,333
12
F
3
32,337
37,440
42,987
49,920
3
Total/Avg
56
51,268
63,445
72,714
95,880
74
**Figures calculated using annual salaries and annualized hourly wages, excluding amounts reported as paid "Per Occurance".
Population Group Data
Group Jurisdiction
2016 Population
Minimum entry-level
wage
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
A Albany Marietta Roswell Sandy Springs Savannah Smyrna Valdosta
B Dalton East Point Gainesville Hinesville Peachtree City Rome Woodstock
C Americus Bainbridge Calhoun Cartersville Decatur Douglas Fayetteville Kingsland
73,801 61,100.00 104,981.00 Annual
40
1
60,941 67,350.00 115,047.00 Annual
40
6
94,598 61,193.60 105,726.40 Annual
40
5
105,703 80,413.00 139,277.00 Annual
40
1
146,763 72,937.00 113,052.00 Annual
40
1
56,664 64,186.00 96,278.00 Annual
40
1
56,474 66,773.00 100,160.00 Annual
40
1
34,077 36.78
39.23
Annual
40
1
35,471 56,087.00 87,475.00 Annual
40
3
40,000 57,553.60 94,952.00 Annual
40
1
33,577 64,810.00 64,810.00 Annual
40
1
35,186 69,220.00 103,830.00 Annual
40
2
36,407 77,500.00 100,000.00 Annual
40
1
30,929 68,310.85 103,952.25 Annual
40
1
15,854 42,054.00 58,876.00 Annual
56
3
12,274 31.08
49.22
Hourly
40
1
16,445 29.97
29.97
Hourly
40
1
20,753 70,945.00 107,952.00 Annual
40
1
22,813 61,506.00 100,838.00 Annual
40
1
11,727 24.14
63.82
Annual
40
1
17,519 60,973.00 100,891.00 Annual
40
1
16,720 63,051.46 95,275.08 Annual
40
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey 5
Public Safety
Assistant Chief, Fire Department
Group Jurisdiction
Loganville McDonough Milledgeville Monroe Pooler St. Marys Thomasville Union Vidalia D Cedartown Centerville Eastman Eatonton Fitzgerald Fort Oglethorpe Jesup McRae-Helena Toccoa Waynesboro E Baldwin Blakely Cornelia Donalsonville Hazlehurst Jasper Manchester Palmetto Quitman City Rockmart Social Circle Sylvania F Clarkesville Louisville Wrens
2016 Population
11,674 23,964 18,933 13,478 23,744 18,088 18,826 20,919 10,703
9,799 7,615 5,157 6,555 8,927 9,839 10,170 8,338 8,412 5,701 3,304 4,702 4,267 2,637 4,186 3,819 4,061 4,707 3,888 4,299 4,452 2,526 1,770 2,383 2,042
Minimum entry-level
wage
45,531.20 61,952.00 54,491.39
24.85 59,287.09
30.52 52,224.00 64,043.37 30,306.00 38,000.00 54,631.00 35,000.00
12.50 14.50 40,000.00 16.38 13.74 22.22 16.92 13.79 15.00 18.20 20.67 55,606.98 59,740.00 45,823.39 24.14 15.00 50,211.00 52,696.48 15.91 15.00 15.00 28,371.20
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
64,344.40 Annual
53
3
99,526.00 Annual
40
1
82,916.09 Annual
40
1
39.69
Hourly
40
1
88,930.63 Annual
40
1
30.52
Annual
40
1
78,336.00 Annual
40
3
96,065.06 Annual
40
1
43,439.00 Annual
40
1
46,000.00 Annual
40
1
54,631.00 Annual
40
1
52,000.00 Annual
106
1
14.35
Hourly
40
1
14.50
Hourly
43
1
40,000.00 Annual
40
1
25.53
Annual
40
1
24.40
Hourly
56
1
33.82
Annual
40
1
26.40
Hourly
40
1
13.79
Hourly
53
1
19.72
Hourly
48
1
27.30
Hourly
42
1
20.67
Hourly
42
1
57,275.19 Annual
40
1
59,740.00 Annual
40
1
55,411.86 Annual
40
1
37.66
Hourly
40
1
15.50
Hourly
40
1
61,339.00 Annual
40
1
52,696.48 Annual
40
1
26.72
Hourly
54
1
20.00
Hourly
48
1
20.00
Hourly
40
1
37,440.00 Annual
40
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. 6 DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey
Assistant Chief, Police Department
Summary of Data
Public Safety
Group
Number reporting
Minimum entry-level wage**
Average
Highest
Maximum wage**
Average
Highest
Number of full-time employees
A
8
77,868
101,847
117,839
141,651
10
B
12
71,351
84,000
101,181
120,460
12
C
16
57,939
80,537
86,108
107,952
55
D
5
43,759
59,276
55,368
71,055
5
E
10
42,078
52,369
52,207
63,241
9
F
10
34,578
43,309
43,099
54,916
10
G
2
44,215
53,429
51,465
53,429
2
H
1
28,000
28,000
32,000
32,000
1
Total/Avg
64
49,973
62,846
67,408
80,588
104
**Figures calculated using annual salaries and annualized hourly wages, excluding amounts reported as paid "Per Occurance".
Population Group Data
Group Jurisdiction
A Albany Brookhaven Johns Creek City Marietta Roswell Sandy Springs Savannah Smyrna
B Canton Carrollton Dalton Douglasville Duluth Dunwoody Gainesville Hinesville Newnan Peachtree City Rome
2016 Population
Minimum entry-level
wage
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
73,801 61,100.00 104,981.00 Annual
40
1
52,444 77,309.00 123,694.00 Annual
40
1
83,873 82,802.17 110,903.34 Annual
40
2
60,941 74,157.00 115,047.00 Annual
40
2
94,598 70,158.40 112,236.80 Annual
40
1
105,703 101,847.00 137,918.00 Annual
40
1
146,763 91,388.00 141,651.00 Annual
40
1
56,664 64,186.00 96,278.00 Annual
40
1
26,340 65,024.59 97,536.89 Annual
43
1
26,562 84,000.02 84,000.02 Annual
40
1
34,077 30.70
47.97
Annual
40
1
33,252 35.09
56.14
Annual
40
1
29,331 77,751.00 120,460.00 Annual
40
1
48,884 76,500.00 115,000.00 Annual
40
1
40,000 57,553.60 94,952.00 Annual
40
1
33,577 80,939.00 80,939.00 Annual
40
1
37,912 30.08
46.61
Hourly
40
1
35,186 69,220.00 103,830.00 Annual
40
1
36,407 77,500.00 100,000.00 Annual
40
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey 7
Public Safety
Assistant Chief, Police Department
Group Jurisdiction
Woodstock C Bainbridge
Cartersville Clarkston Covington Dallas Decatur Douglas Fayetteville Holly Springs Jefferson Loganville Monroe Snellville Tifton Union Vidalia D Cedartown Cumming Eastman McRae-Helena Sylvester E Cornelia Dawson Elberton Hartwell Jasper Lyons Manchester Pelham Ringgold Rockmart F Blue Ridge Clarkesville Clayton Davisboro Demorest Emerson Lavonia
2016 Population
Minimum entry-level
wage
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
30,929 68,310.85 103,952.25 Annual
40
1
12,274 28.16
44.59
Hourly
40
1
20,753 70,945.00 107,952.00 Annual
40
2
12,742 58,057.00 72,572.00 Annual
40
1
13,977 29.30
44.33
Annual
40
0
13,108 45,364.80 74,295.24 Annual
40
40
22,813 61,506.00 100,838.00 Annual
40
1
11,727 26.63
40.64
Annual
40
1
17,519 60,973.00 100,891.00 Annual
40
1
11,281 67,122.16 100,683.24 Annual
40
1
10,486 52,335.00 78,503.00 Annual
40
1
11,674 50,273.60 71,032.00 Annual
40
1
13,478 24.85
39.69
Hourly
40
1
19,738 80,537.00 80,537.00 Annual
40
1
16,836 22.86
34.29
Annual
40
1
20,919 64,043.37 96,065.06 Annual
40
1
10,703 41,725.00 71,000.00 Annual
40
1
9,799 38,000.00 52,000.00 Annual
40
1
6,225 59,276.14 59,276.14 Annual
40
1
5,157 35,000.00 48,000.00 Annual
40
1
8,338 40,011.73 71,054.62 Annual
40
1
6,064 46,508.80 46,508.80 Annual
40
1
4,267 35,360.00 53,040.00 Annual
42
1
4,291 17.35
17.35
Hourly
40
1
4,420 40,856.00 57,198.00 Annual
42
1
4,505 35,000.00 63,241.00 Annual
40
1
3,819 22.38
22.38
Hourly
45
1
4,369 39,530.00 39,530.00 Annual
42
1
4,061 37,144.73 55,411.86 Annual
40
1
3,649 46,679.88 46,679.88 Annual
40
1
4,378 47,536.90 57,174.89 Annual
40
1
4,299 50,211.00 61,339.00 Annual
40
0
1,391 16.60
21.09
Hourly
40
1
1,770 38,000.00 48,000.00 Annual
40
1
2,266 33,280.00 50,000.00 Annual
40
1
1,697 14.00
14.00
Hourly
40
1
2,061 19.83
19.83
Hourly
42
1
1,565 15.00
22.00
Hourly
40
1
2,167 40,040.00 45,040.00 Annual
40
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. 8 DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey
Assistant Chief, Police Department
Public Safety
Group Jurisdiction
Ludowici Reynolds Wrens G Blairsville Screven H Warm Springs
2016 Population
2,162 1,025 2,042
576 776 401
Minimum entry-level
wage
33,540.00 15.38
28,371.20 53,429.00 35,000.00 28,000.00
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
33,540.00 Annual
40
1
24.56
Hourly
43
1
37,440.00 Annual
40
1
53,429.00 Annual
40
1
49,500.00 Annual
46
1
32,000.00 Annual
40
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey 9
Public Safety
Automotive Mechanic (Public Safety)
Summary of Data
Group
Number reporting
Minimum entry-level wage**
Average
Highest
Maximum wage**
Average
Highest
Number of full-time employees
A
1
35,138
35,138
52,708
52,708
1
B
1
27,498
27,498
43,992
43,992
1
C
3
35,779
38,012
53,047
57,013
3
D
3
28,877
39,520
37,981
41,995
5
E
1
38,480
38,480
48,797
48,797
1
F
1
34,632
34,632
34,632
34,632
1
Total/Avg
10
33,401
35,547
45,193
46,523
12
**Figures calculated using annual salaries and annualized hourly wages, excluding amounts reported as paid "Per Occurance".
Population Group Data
Group Jurisdiction
A Valdosta B Rome C Doraville
Lilburn Pooler D Cairo Eatonton Fort Oglethorpe E Jonesboro F Blue Ridge
2016 Population
56,474 36,407 10,501 12,675 23,744
9,570 6,555 9,839 4,729 1,391
Minimum entry-level
wage
35,138.00 13.22 16.00 17.33 18.28 10.58 12.07 19.00 18.50 16.65
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
52,708.00 Annual
40
1
21.15
Hourly
40
1
23.11
Hourly
40
1
25.99
Hourly
40
1
27.41
Hourly
40
1
20.19
Hourly
40
3
14.43
Hourly
40
1
20.16
Hourly
40
1
23.46
Hourly
40
1
16.65
Hourly
40
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. 10 DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey
Captain, Fire Officer
Summary of Data
Public Safety
Group
Number reporting
Minimum entry-level wage**
Average
Highest
Maximum wage**
Average
Highest
Number of full-time employees
A
8
53,980
62,899
86,125
97,690
131
B
9
54,721
65,404
74,710
91,728
57
C
25
43,935
66,475
64,421
109,992
99
D
17
38,191
67,504
54,953
94,489
39
E
20
33,171
52,998
40,985
72,869
37
F
1
32,448
32,448
46,176
46,176
1
Total/Avg
80
42,741
57,955
61,228
85,491
364
**Figures calculated using annual salaries and annualized hourly wages, excluding amounts reported as paid "Per Occurance".
Population Group Data
Group Jurisdiction
2016 Population
Minimum entry-level
wage
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
A Albany Alpharetta Marietta Roswell Sandy Springs Savannah Smyrna Valdosta
B Carrollton Dalton Gainesville Hinesville LaGrange Newnan Peachtree City Rome Woodstock
C Americus Brunswick Calhoun Cartersville Cordele
73,801 20.87
30.83
Hourly
56
15
65,338 47,250.00 93,560.00 Annual
53
23
60,941 62,899.00 97,690.00 Annual
56
9
94,598 52,478.40 90,646.40 Annual
40
2
105,703 56,000.00 86,000.00 Annual
53
8
146,763 17.86
27.69
Hourly
56
69
56,664 55,480.00 83,220.00 Annual
60
3
56,474 44,950.00 67,470.00 Annual
40
2
26,562 62,901.91 64,295.00 Annual
56
3
34,077 22.46
23.95
Hourly
56
3
40,000 46,163.00 73,833.24 Annual
53
6
33,577 48,524.00 59,122.00 Annual
40
5
30,771 49,287.00 75,957.00 Annual
54
1
37,912 20.32
31.50
Hourly
56
3
35,186 56,812.00 85,218.00 Annual
54
3
36,407 50,000.00 70,000.00 Annual
40
30
30,929 18.62
28.33
Hourly
56
3
15,854 35,860.00 50,204.00 Annual
56
10
16,346 36,160.80 56,633.38 Annual
56
6
16,445 17.10
18.00
Hourly
53
3
20,753 52,752.00 80,268.00 Annual
56
4
10,856 20.07
30.51
Hourly
57.75
3
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey 11
Public Safety
Captain, Fire Officer
Group Jurisdiction
Covington Decatur Douglas Dublin Fayetteville Griffin Grovetown Kingsland Loganville Milledgeville Monroe Perry Pooler Richmond Hill St. Marys Thomasville Tifton Union Vidalia Waycross D Byron Cairo Camilla Cedartown Eastman Fitzgerald Fort Oglethorpe Fort Valley Garden City LaFayette McRae-Helena Morrow Rincon Sandersville Sylvester Thomaston Toccoa E Ashburn Baldwin
2016 Population
13,977 22,813 11,727 16,104 17,519 22,928 13,463 16,720 11,674 18,933 13,478 16,200 23,744 12,482 18,088 18,826 16,836 20,919 10,703 14,089
5,133 9,570 5,170 9,799 5,157 8,927 9,839 8,643 8,900 7,159 8,338 7,276 9,935 5,700 6,064 8,962 8,412 3,737 3,304
Minimum entry-level
wage
17.39 18.43 15.62 14.61 24.12 14.52 18.08 13.24 38,313.60 38,565.04 20.29 16.32 48,659.67 43,385.67 14.79 13.28 18.76 60,418.27 25,480.00 12.06 39,603.20 42,000.00 15.03 13.25 30,000.00 7.25 18.58 17.16 55,646.00 13.65 11.87 24.04 21.50 13.73 24,953.76 13.16 15.01 47,500.00 12.87
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
26.37
Hourly
60.5
6
31.37
Hourly
40
3
23.82
Hourly
56
5
18.68
Hourly
57.5
3
39.91
Hourly
53
5
21.79
Hourly
55
6
26.15
Annual
40
1
20.01
Hourly
56
5
54,121.60 Annual
53
4
58,681.25 Annual
40
1
32.08
Hourly
48
3
22.18
Hourly
56
3
72,989.51 Annual
56
3
61,103.39 Annual
40
4
14.79
Hourly
40
1
19.12
Hourly
60.7
6
28.14
Annual
40
4
90,627.41 Annual
40
3
38,525.00 Annual
40
4
18.35
Hourly
56
3
66,102.40 Annual
40
1
60,000.00 Annual
40
1
21.64
Hourly
54
3
14.71
Hourly
56
3
37,000.00 Annual
106
2
16.90
Hourly
53
2
23.76
Hourly
40
2
25.74
Hourly
40
1
91,816.00 Annual
40
1
20.69
Hourly
42
4
21.08
Hourly
56
1
33.65
Hourly
54
4
21.50
Annual
40
1
19.34
Hourly
53
3
37,878.19 Annual
53
3
15.75
Hourly
53
4
22.01
Hourly
40
3
47,500.00 Annual
40
1
12.87
Hourly
53
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. 12 DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey
Captain, Fire Officer
Public Safety
Group Jurisdiction
2016 Population
Blakely
4,702
Chattahoochee Hills C 2,804
Cornelia
4,267
Cuthbert
3,664
Dawson
4,291
Donalsonville
2,637
Elberton
4,420
Hahira
2,937
Hartwell
4,505
Hazlehurst
4,186
Jackson
5,071
Metter
4,076
Ocilla
3,604
Pelham
3,649
Quitman City
3,888
Rockmart
4,299
Thunderbolt
2,683
Washington
3,978
F Clarkesville
1,770
Minimum entry-level
wage
15.00 19.23 16.38 10.00 12.80 12.50 36,030.00 781.75 35,497.00 13.50 22.22 14.39 11.50 11.68 8.50 42,630.00 10.16 32,411.00 13.00
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
17.54
Hourly
48
1
26.44
Hourly
53
1
25.80
Hourly
42
1
10.91
Hourly
53
1
13.38
Annual
56
3
12.50
Hourly
42
1
51,858.00 Annual
42
3
781.75
Annual
40
1
54,817.00 Annual
53
3
13.91
Hourly
40
1
24.51
Hourly
40
2
21.58
Annual
40
1
11.50
Hourly
56
1
11.68
Hourly
40
2
11.00
Hourly
56
6
52,090.00 Annual
56
3
16.33
Hourly
53
1
48,234.00 Annual
53
3
18.50
Hourly
48
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey 13
Public Safety
Captain, Police Department
Summary of Data
Group
Number reporting
Minimum entry-level wage**
Average
Highest
Maximum wage**
Average
Highest
Number of full-time employees
A
7
61,911
79,884
93,088
107,140
39
B
13
56,406
72,035
84,486
95,608
37
C
26
54,132
71,522
78,902
108,916
97
D
15
42,039
55,646
60,900
91,816
26
E
24
39,808
65,000
50,023
86,829
31
F
9
32,999
39,520
42,708
60,320
10
H
4
25,073
30,451
33,952
40,000
4
Total/Avg
98
44,624
59,151
63,437
84,376
244
**Figures calculated using annual salaries and annualized hourly wages, excluding amounts reported as paid "Per Occurance".
Population Group Data
Group Jurisdiction
A Albany Alpharetta Johns Creek City Roswell Sandy Springs Savannah Valdosta
B Canton Carrollton Dalton Douglasville Duluth East Point Gainesville Hinesville Kennesaw LaGrange Lawrenceville Rome Woodstock
2016 Population
Minimum entry-level
wage
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
73,801 48,600.00 71,804.00 Annual
40
5
65,338 60,900.00 107,140.00 Annual
40
5
83,873 79,883.96 106,994.75 Annual
40
1
94,598 61,193.60 97,905.60 Annual
40
4
105,703 67,989.00 92,299.00 Annual
40
9
146,763 65,160.00 100,998.00 Annual
40
9
56,474 49,650.00 74,475.00 Annual
40
6
26,340 58,909.07 88,363.61 Annual
43
2
26,562 43,450.05 59,603.35 Annual
40
2
34,077 24.05
37.58
Annual
40
4
33,252 27.79
44.47
Annual
40
4
29,331 60,944.00 94,347.00 Annual
40
1
35,471 50,871.00 79,342.00 Annual
40
7
40,000 52,306.80 83,669.04 Annual
42
2
33,577 72,035.00 81,501.00 Annual
40
3
33,627 63,240.00 94,860.00 Annual
40
1
30,771 54,330.00 90,022.00 Annual
42
1
30,782 58,297.41 95,607.74 Annual
40
3
36,407 55,000.00 75,000.00 Annual
40
6
30,929 56,073.46 85,333.93 Annual
40
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. 14 DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey
Captain, Police Department
Public Safety
Group Jurisdiction
C Acworth Bainbridge Brunswick Calhoun Cartersville Clarkston Conyers Cordele Covington Dallas Decatur Doraville Dublin Fayetteville Griffin Lilburn Monroe Norcross Perry Pooler Richmond Hill Suwanee Thomasville Union Vidalia Waycross
D Barnesville Byron Camilla Cedartown Centerville Commerce Fitzgerald Fort Oglethorpe Fort Valley Garden City Glennville Jesup LaFayette
2016 Population
Minimum entry-level
wage
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
22,418 67,274.48 101,920.26 Annual
40
2
12,274 20.94
33.15
Hourly
42
6
16,346 50,676.75 81,082.79 Annual
40
3
16,445 24.27
24.27
Hourly
42
1
20,753 58,228.00 88,601.00 Annual
40
2
12,742 48,746.00 60,933.00 Annual
40
1
15,919 63,662.76 92,214.72 Annual
40
2
10,856 22.11
33.63
Hourly
42
1
13,977 25.33
38.31
Annual
40
2
13,108 49,030.80 67,235.51 Annual
42
42
22,813 26.79
43.92
Hourly
40
2
10,501 26.00
38.32
Hourly
42
2
16,104 22.29
28.44
Hourly
40
2
17,519 24.12
39.91
Hourly
40
5
22,928 56,725.00 85,088.00 Annual
40
2
12,675 71,522.00 71,522.00 Annual
40
2
13,478 20.29
32.08
Hourly
40
2
16,787 56,395.00 92,408.00 Annual
40
2
16,200 59,000.00 81,200.00 Annual
40
2
23,744 53,711.18 80,566.76 Annual
40
1
12,482 55,537.33 78,217.50 Annual
40
3
19,421 70,268.51 108,916.20 Annual
40
2
18,826 47,476.00 71,214.00 Annual
40
1
20,919 60,418.27 90,627.41 Annual
40
2
10,703 38,730.00 62,575.00 Annual
40
2
14,089 49,067.20 74,651.20 Annual
40
3
6,696 43,042.00 59,333.00 Annual
40
2
5,133 44,574.40 74,380.80 Annual
40
1
5,170 16.66
23.97
Hourly
42
3
9,799 19.48
20.67
Hourly
40
1
7,615 48,000.00 48,000.00 Annual
40
1
6,788 45,261.00 68,203.00 Annual
42.5
1
8,927
7.25
23.86
Hourly
43
5
9,839 25.24
26.78
Hourly
40
1
8,643 18.36
27.54
Hourly
40
2
8,900 55,646.00 91,816.00 Annual
40
2
5,098 36,442.00 50,232.00 Annual
40
1
10,170 18.98
29.59
Annual
40
1
7,159 20.26
30.71
Hourly
42
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey 15
Public Safety
Captain, Police Department
Group Jurisdiction
Sandersville Thomaston E Ashburn Baxley Blackshear Cuthbert Dawson Elberton Gray Harlem Hartwell Hiram Jackson Jasper Lakeland Lyons Manchester Metter Oakwood Ocilla Quitman City Reidsville Royston Thunderbolt Tybee Island West Point F Arlington Blue Ridge Colquitt Emerson Lavonia Lithonia Lookout Mountain Sparta Trion H Leslie Pendergrass Warwick Whigham
2016 Population
5,700 8,962 3,737 4,741 3,595 3,664 4,291 4,420 3,268 3,018 4,505 3,898 5,071 3,819 3,295 4,369 4,061 4,076 4,161 3,604 3,888 2,613 2,563 2,683 3,113 3,766 1,380 1,391 1,910 1,565 2,167 2,082 1,577 1,281 1,780
384 463 409 473
Minimum entry-level
wage
48,726.00 18.50
47,500.00 48,193.60
15.00 10.00 16.06 36,030.00 50,000.00 16.61 34,770.00 65,000.00 20.60 20.04 10.00 42,513.00 32,029.79 24.04 55,221.00 19.87 15.48 11.25 34,706.00 12.82 54,268.00 20.88 35,000.00 15.10 10.00 16.00 16.93 16.48 19.00 12.30 17.63 11.00 22,000.00 12.00 30,451.20
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
68,625.00 Annual
40
2
28.00
Hourly
43
2
47,500.00 Annual
40
1
63,336.00 Annual
40
1
22.00
Hourly
40
1
15.00
Hourly
43
1
16.06
Hourly
40
1
51,858.00 Annual
42
4
50,000.00 Annual
40
1
25.28
Hourly
43
1
50,193.00 Annual
40
2
80,000.00 Annual
44
1
23.26
Hourly
42
2
20.04
Hourly
45
1
16.50
Hourly
40
1
42,513.00 Annual
42
1
47,781.47 Annual
40
1
31.92
Annual
40
1
55,221.00 Annual
40
1
19.87
Hourly
40
1
15.48
Hourly
40
1
16.05
Hourly
40
1
39,886.00 Annual
40
1
20.61
Hourly
42
1
86,829.00 Annual
40
2
31.67
Hourly
40
2
45,000.00 Annual
40
1
19.55
Hourly
40
1
17.36
Hourly
43
1
29.00
Annual
40
1
18.00
Hourly
42
2
17.80
Hourly
40
1
23.55
Hourly
40
1
15.98
Hourly
43
1
18.52
Hourly
40
1
15.00
Hourly
40
1
40,000.00 Annual
40
1
14.25
Hourly
40
1
34,968.96 Annual
40
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. 16 DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey
Chief Jailer/Jail Administrator
Summary of Data
Public Safety
Group
Number reporting
Minimum entry-level wage**
Average
Highest
Maximum wage**
Average
Highest
Number of full-time employees
A
2
47,809
52,478
74,329
83,928
2
C
1
48,767
48,767
80,809
80,809
1
E
2
22,151
25,000
31,440
40,000
2
Total/Avg
5
39,576
42,082
62,193
68,246
5
**Figures calculated using annual salaries and annualized hourly wages, excluding amounts reported as paid "Per Occurance".
Population Group Data
Group Jurisdiction
A Roswell Smyrna
C Acworth E Cuthbert
Hartwell
2016 Population
94,598 56,664 22,418
3,664 4,505
Minimum entry-level
wage
52,478.40 20.74 21.81 9.28
25,000.00
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
83,928.00 Annual
40
1
31.12
Hourly
40
1
36.14
Hourly
43
1
11.00
Hourly
40
1
40,000.00 Annual
40
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey 17
Public Safety
Chief, Fire Department
Summary of Data
Group
Number reporting
Minimum entry-level wage**
Average
Highest
Maximum wage**
Average
Highest
Number of full-time employees
A
9
91,402
111,169
141,271
167,757
9
B
8
82,842
97,936
113,124
126,506
8
C
25
66,146
95,414
93,056
145,183
25
D
19
48,082
75,000
67,841
114,061
19
E
27
50,012
71,936
65,441
115,098
27
F
8
30,491
47,840
40,215
52,000
8
G
2
35,444
40,000
44,500
45,000
2
H
1
187,200
187,200
187,200
187,200
1
Total/Avg
99
73,952
90,812
94,081
119,101
99
**Figures calculated using annual salaries and annualized hourly wages, excluding amounts reported as paid "Per Occurance".
Population Group Data
Group Jurisdiction
A Albany Alpharetta Johns Creek City Marietta Roswell Sandy Springs Savannah Smyrna Valdosta
B Carrollton East Point Gainesville Hinesville Newnan Peachtree City Rome Woodstock
C Americus Brunswick
2016 Population
Minimum entry-level
wage
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
73,801 86,100.00 147,936.00 Annual
40
1
65,338 60,900.00 109,620.00 Annual
40
1
83,873 111,169.11 148,897.37 Annual
40
1
60,941 91,354.00 141,634.00 Annual
40
1
94,598 89,086.40 142,500.80 Annual
40
1
105,703 108,475.00 166,532.00 Annual
40
1
146,763 108,230.00 167,757.00 Annual
40
1
56,664 85,950.00 124,522.00 Annual
40
1
56,474 81,357.00 122,036.00 Annual
40
1
26,562 96,915.52 96,915.52 Annual
40
1
35,471 75,161.00 117,224.00 Annual
40
1
40,000 73,444.80 121,160.00 Annual
40
1
33,577 97,936.00 97,936.00 Annual
40
1
37,912 35.82
55.52
Hourly
40
1
35,186 84,338.00 126,506.00 Annual
40
1
36,407 85,000.00 115,000.00 Annual
40
1
30,929 75,434.76 114,769.22 Annual
40
1
15,854 62,770.00 69,047.00 Annual
40
1
16,346 53,461.06 82,864.65 Annual
40
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. 18 DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey
Chief, Fire Department
Public Safety
Group Jurisdiction
Calhoun Cartersville Cordele Covington Decatur Douglas Dublin Fayetteville Griffin Jefferson Kingsland Loganville McDonough Milledgeville Perry Pooler Richmond Hill St. Marys Thomasville Tifton Union Vidalia Waycross D Barnesville Byron Cairo Camilla Cedartown Centerville Eastman Eatonton Fitzgerald Garden City Jesup McRae-Helena Morrow Port Wentworth Sandersville Sylvester
2016 Population
Minimum entry-level
wage
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
16,445 37.56
37.56
Hourly
40
1
20,753 95,414.00 145,183.00 Annual
40
1
10,856 28.99
28.99
Hourly
40
1
13,977 33.24
51.28
Annual
40
1
22,813 67,912.00 111,301.00 Annual
40
1
11,727 29.41
44.87
Annual
40
1
16,104 67,000.13 67,000.13 Annual
40
1
17,519 74,112.00 122,634.00 Annual
40
1
22,928 62,614.00 93,921.00 Annual
40
1
10,486 60,053.00 90,080.00 Annual
40
1
16,720 63,051.46 95,275.08 Annual
40
1
11,674 54,121.60 76,523.20 Annual
40
1
23,964 71,717.00 109,728.00 Annual
40
1
18,933 60,151.42 91,522.75 Annual
40
1
16,200 74,300.00 104,600.00 Annual
40
1
23,744 72,235.55 108,353.35 Annual
40
1
12,482 61,302.82 86,337.48 Annual
40
1
18,088 40.48
40.48
Annual
40
1
18,826 63,191.00 94,786.50 Annual
40
1
16,836 27.85
41.78
Annual
40
1
20,919 80,342.70 120,514.05 Annual
40
1
10,703 39,707.00 56,930.00 Annual
40
1
14,089 59,342.40 90,292.80 Annual
40
1
6,696 51,301.00 71,031.00 Annual
40
1
5,133 50,148.80 83,699.20 Annual
40
1
9,570 52,000.00 70,000.00 Annual
40
1
5,170 47,139.00 67,879.00 Annual
40
1
9,799 45,000.00 53,000.00 Annual
40
1
7,615 65,629.00 65,629.00 Annual
40
1
5,157 40,000.00 56,000.00 Annual
40
1
6,555 13.67
14.64
Hourly
40
1
8,927 2,264.80
2,264.80
Annual
40
1
8,900 69,128.00 114,061.00 Annual
40
1
10,170 20.94
32.66
Annual
40
1
8,338 44,112.93 78,337.72 Annual
48
1
7,276 75,000.00 97,500.00 Annual
40
1
7,933 58,189.00 88,541.00 Annual
40
1
5,700 53,784.00 75,749.00 Annual
40
1
6,064 39,041.60 50,854.70 Annual
40
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey 19
Public Safety
Chief, Fire Department
Group Jurisdiction
2016 Population
Minimum entry-level
wage
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
Thomaston
8,962 43,680.00 54,080.00 Annual
40
1
Toccoa
8,412 25.77
39.22
Annual
40
1
Waynesboro
5,701 24.78
38.65
Hourly
40
1
E Baldwin
3,304 23.36
23.36
Annual
53
1
Blackshear
3,595 15.00
25.00
Annual
40
1
Blakely
4,702 50,000.00 65,000.00 Annual
40
1
Bloomingdale
2,717 58,725.00 96,346.00 Annual
40
1
Chattahoochee Hills C 2,804 50,000.00 70,000.00 Annual
40
1
Cornelia
4,267 43,680.00 65,520.00 Annual
42
1
Cuthbert
3,664 35,000.00 36,036.00 Annual
40
1
Donalsonville
2,637 50,256.00 50,256.00 Annual
42
1
Elberton
4,420 52,025.00 76,841.00 Annual
40
1
Hahira
2,937 1,141.97
1,141.97
Annual
40
1
Hartwell
4,505 45,000.00 80,356.00 Annual
40
1
Hazlehurst
4,186 58,158.10 59,902.84 Annual
40
1
Hephzibah
3,898 46,590.00 46,590.00 Annual
48
1
Jackson
5,071 27.75
34.13
Hourly
40
1
Jasper
3,819 66,337.00 66,337.00 Annual
40
1
Manchester
4,061 46,633.60 65,000.00 Annual
40
1
Metter
4,076 22.44
33.66
Annual
40
1
Ocilla
3,604 37,897.60 37,897.60 Annual
40
1
Palmetto
4,707 64,077.00 99,960.00 Annual
40
1
Pelham
3,649 37,080.16 37,080.16 Annual
40
1
Quitman City
3,888 46,800.00 46,800.00 Annual
40
1
Rockmart
4,299 59,987.00 73,278.00 Annual
40
1
Social Circle
4,452 68,135.44 68,135.44 Annual
40
1
Sylvania
2,526 26.07
43.79
Annual
40
1
Tybee Island
3,113 71,936.00 115,098.00 Annual
40
1
Washington
3,978 48,815.00 73,193.00 Annual
40
1
West Point
3,766 57,846.70 87,677.82 Annual
40
1
F Clarkesville
1,770 40,000.00 50,000.00 Annual
40
1
Claxton
2,297 22,706.00 41,995.00 Annual
40
1
Demorest
2,061 47,840.00 47,840.00 Annual
40
1
East Dublin
2,381 12.06
14.68
Hourly
56
1
Homerville
2,450 600.00
600.00
Annual
40
1
Louisville
2,383 16.00
25.00
Hourly
40
1
Pembroke
2,484 33,100.00 45,250.00 Annual
40
1
Wrens
2,042 31,283.20 41,288.00 Annual
40
1
G Eton
897 30,888.00 44,000.00 Annual
45
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. 20 DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey
Chief, Fire Department
Public Safety
Group Jurisdiction
Helen H Plainville
2016 Population
542 323
Minimum entry-level
wage
40,000.00 90.00
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
45,000.00 Annual
40
1
90.00
Annual
40
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey 21
Public Safety
Chief, Police Department
Summary of Data
Group
Number reporting
Minimum entry-level wage**
Average
Highest
Maximum wage**
Average
Highest
Number of full-time employees
A
10
93,832
127,308
143,388
173,988
10
B
14
85,141
110,805
122,925
146,405
14
C
36
75,067
123,871
101,516
146,480
75
D
33
54,719
79,472
76,585
114,407
32
E
49
48,460
81,781
63,733
132,515
49
F
50
35,490
66,040
43,540
75,000
53
G
32
33,734
58,976
43,397
62,400
35
H
15
35,648
49,135
41,739
55,866
15
Total/Avg 239
57,761
87,174
79,603
113,383
283
**Figures calculated using annual salaries and annualized hourly wages, excluding amounts reported as paid "Per Occurance".
Population Group Data
Group Jurisdiction
A Albany Alpharetta Brookhaven Johns Creek City Marietta Roswell Sandy Springs Savannah Smyrna Valdosta
B Canton Carrollton Douglasville Duluth Dunwoody East Point Gainesville Hinesville Kennesaw
2016 Population
Minimum entry-level
wage
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
73,801 86,100.00 147,936.00 Annual
40
1
65,338 60,900.00 109,620.00 Annual
40
1
52,444 96,866.00 154,986.00 Annual
40
1
83,873 111,169.11 148,897.37 Annual
40
1
60,941 91,354.00 141,634.00 Annual
40
1
94,598 89,086.40 142,500.80 Annual
40
1
105,703 127,308.00 173,988.00 Annual
40
1
146,763 108,230.00 167,757.00 Annual
40
1
56,664 85,950.00 124,522.00 Annual
40
1
56,474 81,357.00 122,036.00 Annual
40
1
26,340 79,226.15 118,839.23 Annual
43
1
26,562 96,915.52 96,915.52 Annual
40
1
33,252 36.49
60.21
Annual
40
1
29,331 94,515.00 146,405.00 Annual
40
1
48,884 96,100.00 144,600.00 Annual
40
1
35,471 75,161.00 117,224.00 Annual
40
1
40,000 73,444.80 121,160.00 Annual
40
1
33,577 110,805.00 110,805.00 Annual
40
1
33,627 84,500.00 126,750.00 Annual
40
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. 22 DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey
Chief, Police Department
Public Safety
Group Jurisdiction
Lawrenceville Newnan Peachtree City Rome Woodstock C Acworth Americus Brunswick Calhoun Cartersville Clarkston Conyers Cordele Covington Dallas Decatur Doraville Douglas Dublin Fayetteville Griffin Holly Springs Jefferson Kingsland Lilburn Loganville McDonough Milledgeville Norcross Perry Pooler Powder Springs Richmond Hill Snellville St. Marys Suwanee Thomasville Tifton Union
2016 Population
Minimum entry-level
wage
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
30,782 86,131.82 141,256.19 Annual
40
1
37,912 35.82
55.52
Hourly
40
1
35,186 84,338.00 126,506.00 Annual
40
1
36,407 85,000.00 115,000.00 Annual
40
1
30,929 75,434.76 114,769.22 Annual
40
1
22,418 97,531.98 97,531.98 Annual
40
1
15,854 62,770.00 69,047.00 Annual
40
1
16,346 61,887.86 95,926.18 Annual
40
1
16,445 37.35
37.35
Hourly
40
1
20,753 95,414.00 145,183.00 Annual
40
1
12,742 61,541.00 92,311.00 Annual
40
1
15,919 123,871.00 123,871.00 Annual
40
1
10,856 37.63
37.63
Hourly
40
1
13,977 33.24
51.28
Annual
40
1
13,108 63,003.20 90,716.34 Annual
40
40
22,813 67,912.00 111,301.00 Annual
40
1
10,501 38.25
47.02
Annual
42
1
11,727 32.46
49.53
Annual
40
1
16,104 79,090.00 79,090.00 Annual
40
1
17,519 70,582.00 116,794.00 Annual
40
1
22,928 62,614.00 93,921.00 Annual
40
1
11,281 81,781.84 122,672.76 Annual
40
1
10,486 60,053.00 90,080.00 Annual
40
1
16,720 63,051.46 95,275.08 Annual
40
1
12,675 118,450.00 118,450.00 Annual
40
1
11,674 56,867.00 80,413.00 Annual
40
1
23,964 71,717.00 109,728.00 Annual
40
1
18,933 66,393.50 101,023.99 Annual
40
1
16,787 62,174.00 101,879.00 Annual
40
1
16,200 74,600.00 104,600.00 Annual
40
1
23,744 72,235.55 108,353.35 Annual
40
1
14,956 65,272.00 101,173.00 Annual
40
1
12,482 67,666.84 95,300.43 Annual
40
1
19,738 122,977.00 122,977.00 Annual
40
1
18,088 36.99
36.99
Annual
40
1
19,421 94,503.34 146,480.18 Annual
40
1
18,826 69,510.00 104,265.00 Annual
40
1
16,836 27.85
41.78
Annual
40
1
20,919 85,163.26 127,744.89 Annual
40
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey 23
Public Safety
Chief, Police Department
Group Jurisdiction
Vidalia Waycross D Auburn Barnesville Byron Cairo Camilla Cedartown Centerville Commerce Cumming Eastman Eatonton Fitzgerald Folkston Fort Oglethorpe Fort Valley Garden City Glennville Hampton Hapeville Jesup LaFayette Locust Grove Lovejoy McRae-Helena Morrow Port Wentworth Rincon Sandersville Stone Mountain Sylvester Thomaston Toccoa Tyrone Waynesboro E Abbeville Adairsville Alma
2016 Population
Minimum entry-level
wage
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
10,703 53,414.00 86,000.00 Annual
40
1
14,089 59,342.40 90,292.80 Annual
40
1
7,603 53,601.60 79,185.60 Annual
40
1
6,696 51,301.00 71,031.00 Annual
40
1
5,133 59,862.40 99,944.00 Annual
40
1
9,570 56,000.00 74,000.00 Annual
40
1
5,170 50,620.00 72,893.00 Annual
40
1
9,799 47,000.00 54,000.00 Annual
40
1
7,615 63,000.00 63,000.00 Annual
40
1
6,788 55,224.00 83,200.00 Annual
40
1
6,225 79,471.77 79,471.77 Annual
40
1
5,157 40,000.00 58,000.00 Annual
40
1
6,555 54,080.00 69,888.00 Annual
40
1
8,927 2,959.63
2,959.63
Annual
40
1
4,788 26,500.00 63,500.00 Annual
40
1
9,839 54,000.00 68,264.00 Annual
40
0
8,643 20.76
31.53
Annual
40
1
8,900 69,128.00 114,061.00 Annual
40
1
5,098 36,442.00 59,696.00 Annual
40
1
7,532 64,237.56 85,650.06 Annual
43
1
6,627 70,780.00 112,617.00 Annual
40
1
10,170 26.02
40.57
Annual
40
1
7,159 27.25
41.30
Annual
40
1
5,940 75,286.97 114,406.66 Annual
40
1
6,367 54,993.87 90,223.28 Annual
40
1
8,338 44,112.93 78,337.72 Annual
40
1
7,276 78,000.00 93,126.02 Annual
40
1
7,933 70,409.00 107,135.00 Annual
40
1
9,935 31.93
31.93
Annual
40
1
5,700 59,369.00 83,613.00 Annual
40
1
6,328 58,448.00 76,261.38 Annual
40
1
6,064 52,540.80 53,000.00 Annual
40
1
8,962 55,640.00 79,040.00 Annual
40
1
8,412 25.77
39.22
Annual
40
1
7,215 67,954.00 89,170.00 Annual
40
1
5,701 24.78
38.65
Hourly
40
1
2,761 10.00
16.00
Annual
43
1
4,816 22.27
34.09
Annual
40
1
3,556 55,116.00 55,116.00 Annual
40
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. 24 DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey
Chief, Police Department
Public Safety
Group Jurisdiction
2016 Population
Ashburn Avondale Estates Baldwin Blackshear Bloomingdale Chattahoochee Hills C Chickamauga Cornelia Cuthbert Donalsonville Elberton Grantville Gray Hahira Harlem Hartwell Hazlehurst Hephzibah Hogansville Jackson Jasper Jonesboro Lakeland Lyons Manchester Metter Nicholls Oakwood Ocilla Palmetto Pelham Quitman City Reidsville Ringgold Rockmart Royston Social Circle Soperton Springfield
3,737 3,150 3,304 3,595 2,717 2,804 3,101 4,267 3,664 2,637 4,420 3,202 3,268 2,937 3,018 4,505 4,186 3,898 3,139 5,071 3,819 4,729 3,295 4,369 4,061 4,076 3,331 4,161 3,604 4,707 3,649 3,888 2,613 4,378 4,299 2,563 4,452 2,986 4,027
Minimum entry-level
wage
62,980.00 66,000.00
19.50 15.00 58,725.00 55,000.00 59,000.00 43,680.00 33,000.00 52,498.00 52,025.00 25.00 65,000.00 1,225.54 41,499.14 40,000.00 58,000.00 45,838.00 54,000.00 27.75 66,337.00 27.97 10.00 58,118.32 45,257.25 24.77 16.00 81,781.00 59,696.00 64,077.00 55,620.24 60,652.80 25,605.00 52,017.15 59,987.00 45,066.00 70,888.11 807.72 45,000.00
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
62,980.00 Annual
40
1
87,863.00 Annual
40
1
19.50
Annual
42
1
30.00
Annual
40
1
96,346.00 Annual
40
1
75,000.00 Annual
40
1
59,000.00 Annual
40
1
65,520.00 Annual
42
1
38,000.00 Annual
40
1
52,498.00 Annual
40
1
76,841.00 Annual
40
1
25.00
Annual
40
1
65,000.00 Annual
40
1
1,225.54
Annual
40
1
63,145.84 Annual
40
1
70,752.00 Annual
40
1
58,000.00 Annual
40
1
45,838.00 Annual
40
1
64,000.00 Annual
40
1
34.13
Hourly
40
1
66,337.00 Annual
40
1
37.43
Annual
40
1
21.00
Hourly
40
1
58,118.32 Annual
42
1
67,513.97 Annual
40
1
37.15
Annual
40
1
21.00
Hourly
50
1
81,781.00 Annual
40
1
59,696.00 Annual
40
1
99,960.00 Annual
40
1
55,620.24 Annual
40
1
60,652.80 Annual
40
1
48,090.00 Annual
40
1
74,381.78 Annual
40
1
73,278.00 Annual
40
1
52,936.00 Annual
40
1
70,888.11 Annual
40
1
807.72
Annual
40
1
53,120.00 Annual
40
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey 25
Public Safety
Chief, Police Department
Group Jurisdiction
Statham Sylvania Tallapoosa Tybee Island Vienna Watkinsville West Point F Alto Aragon Arcade Blue Ridge Bowdon Brooklet Broxton Buchanan Chester Clarkesville Claxton Clayton Colquitt Comer Davisboro Demorest East Dublin Hamilton Homerville Lavonia Lincolnton Lithonia Lookout Mountain Louisville Ludowici Lumber City Maysville McCaysville Midway Mount Vernon Mountain City Nahunta
2016 Population
Minimum entry-level
wage
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
2,647 50,000.00 50,000.00 Annual
42.75
1
2,526 26.07
43.79
Annual
40
1
3,187 56,081.94 85,335.30 Annual
40
1
3,113 8,282.00 132,515.00 Annual
40
1
3,699 47,507.00 71,260.00 Annual
40
1
2,863 41,808.00 56,672.00 Annual
48
1
3,766 57,846.47 87,677.82 Annual
40
1
1,164 19.00
19.00
Hourly
42
1
1,242 19.72
19.72
Hourly
40
1
1,808 50,000.00 75,000.00 Annual
40
1
1,391 18.25
25.07
Hourly
40
1
2,097 23.17
23.17
Hourly
42
1
1,523 44,950.00 47,500.00 Annual
40
1
1,185
1.00
13.50
Hourly
42
4
1,141 47,500.00 47,500.00 Annual
40
1
1,567
9.50
11.00
Hourly
40
1
1,770 45,000.00 55,000.00 Annual
40
1
2,297 31,345.00 59,092.00 Annual
40
1
2,266 35,000.00 55,000.00 Annual
40
1
1,910 10.00
30.59
Hourly
40
1
1,159 15.00
15.00
Hourly
40
1
1,697 17.30
17.30
Hourly
40
1
2,061 66,040.00 66,040.00 Annual
40
1
2,381 18.26
22.23
Hourly
40
1
1,077 15.00
30.00
Annual
40
1
2,450 20.43
20.43
Hourly
40
1
2,167 45,040.00 55,040.00 Annual
40
1
1,520 15.00
15.00
Annual
42
1
2,082 44,772.00 46,342.00 Annual
40
1
1,577 55,000.00 63,855.00 Annual
40
1
2,383 16.00
25.00
Annual
40
1
2,162 42,432.00 42,432.00 Annual
40
1
1,264 14.50
14.50
Hourly
48
1
1,889 44,158.84 44,158.84 Annual
40
1
1,108 18.50
19.50
Hourly
40
1
1,997 41,317.71 44,723.62 Annual
40
1
2,278 40,000.00 50,000.00 Annual
40
1
1,075 14.00
19.00
Hourly
40
1
1,048 669.00
669.00
Annual
40
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. 26 DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey
Chief, Police Department
Public Safety
Group Jurisdiction
Omega Oxford Pearson Pembroke Pine Mountain Porterdale Ray City Reynolds Richland Rochelle Sparta Trion Twin City Union Point Varnell Willacoochee Winterville Wrens G Berlin Blairsville Blythe Cohutta Coolidge Doerun Eton Fairmount Franklin Glenwood Greenville Helen Hoboken Kingston Lake Park Leary Luthersville Milner Morven Norman Park Patterson
2016 Population
1,227 2,224 2,083 2,484 1,374 1,495 1,053 1,025 1,411 1,112 1,281 1,780 1,699 1,746 1,795 1,370 1,197 2,042
560 576 694 635 528 770 897 738 964 742 855 542 526 654 726 579 817 615 533 969 754
Minimum entry-level
wage
798.92 41,000.00
1.00 37,500.00 53,685.00 45,000.00 35,000.00
850.00 40,000.00
16.00 28,840.00 40,000.00
16.00 21.68 35,000.00 15.45 40,000.00 31,283.20 15.00 58,976.00 26,500.00 28,000.00 14.00 13.75 34,049.00 31,000.00 55,891.00 50,392.16 48,000.00 45,000.00 12.55 12.00 33,000.00 30,000.00 37,296.00 15.00 15.75 15.00 42,400.28
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
798.92
Annual
40
1
47,024.17 Annual
40
1
17.01
Hourly
40
1
51,584.00 Annual
40
1
53,685.00 Annual
40
1
51,360.00 Annual
40
1
35,000.00 Annual
42
1
1,358.85
Annual
43
1
40,000.00 Annual
40
1
16.00
Hourly
42
1
43,260.00 Annual
43
1
50,000.00 Annual
40
1
18.49
Annual
40
1
21.68
Hourly
42
1
51,000.00 Annual
40
1
15.45
Hourly
40
1
49,439.00 Annual
40
1
41,288.00 Annual
40
1
15.00
Hourly
40
1
58,976.00 Annual
40
1
34,966.19 Annual
40
1
42,000.00 Annual
40
1
20.00
Hourly
60
1
18.54
Hourly
43
4
45,000.00 Annual
42
1
45,000.00 Annual
40
1
55,891.00 Annual
42
1
52,488.80 Per Occur. 72
1
52,000.00 Annual
40
1
58,500.00 Annual
40
1
21.02
Hourly
40
1
30.00
Hourly
40
1
36,663.00 Annual
40
1
30,000.00 Annual
40
1
54,197.67 Annual
40
1
25.00
Hourly
35
1
22.09
Hourly
40
1
25.00
Hourly
40
1
42,400.28 Annual
40
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey 27
Public Safety
Chief, Police Department
Group Jurisdiction
Pavo Pine Lake Plains Roberta Sardis Screven Tunnel Hill Waverly Hall White Whitesburg Woodbury H Dillard Garfield Graham Ideal Leslie Molena Oliver Pendergrass Shiloh Sky Valley Stapleton Tallulah Falls Warm Springs Warwick Whigham
2016 Population
621 762 734 992 975 776 876 759 725 604 900 337 203 299 456 384 371 224 463 460 269 402 170 401 409 473
Minimum entry-level
wage
14.25 43,825.00
707.00 1.00 18.00
35,000.00 49,750.00
12.00 32,000.00 40,000.00 29,473.00 41,000.00 21,000.00
11.25 14.11 15.00 36,383.88 22.53 32,000.00 15.00 45,000.00 10.00 46,415.00 40,000.00 15.00 49,135.32
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
14.25
Hourly
40
1
43,825.00 Annual
40
1
707.00
Annual
40
1
1.00
Annual
40
1
25.54
Annual
43
1
50,000.00 Annual
46
1
49,750.00 Annual
40
1
20.00
Hourly
40
1
45,000.00 Annual
40
1
40,000.00 Annual
40
1
45,385.00 Annual
40
1
50,000.00 Annual
40
1
21,000.00 Annual
40
1
12.25
Hourly
40
1
14.11
Annual
48
1
20.00
Hourly
40
1
36,383.88 Annual
40
1
22.53
Hourly
40
1
45,000.00 Annual
40
1
15.00
Hourly
45
1
55,000.00 Annual
42
1
20.00
Hourly
40
1
46,415.00 Annual
40
1
50,000.00 Annual
40
1
19.50
Hourly
40
1
55,866.20 Annual
45
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. 28 DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey
Code Enforcement Officer
Summary of Data
Public Safety
Group
Number reporting
Minimum entry-level wage**
Average
Highest
Maximum wage**
Average
Highest
Number of full-time employees
A
6
36,701
38,709
59,346
72,770
37
B
13
34,949
39,520
53,189
60,819
28
C
30
35,334
48,660
51,621
72,990
44
D
23
34,592
58,655
46,829
71,031
24
E
16
33,987
53,241
43,551
80,922
17
F
4
31,318
35,000
43,092
54,080
4
Total/Avg
92
34,480
45,631
49,605
68,769
154
**Figures calculated using annual salaries and annualized hourly wages, excluding amounts reported as paid "Per Occurance".
Population Group Data
Group Jurisdiction
2016 Population
Minimum entry-level
wage
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
A Albany Alpharetta Marietta Savannah Smyrna Valdosta
B Canton Douglasville Duluth East Point Gainesville Hinesville Kennesaw LaGrange Lawrenceville Newnan Peachtree City Stockbridge Woodstock
C Acworth Americus Bainbridge
73,801 18.61
27.79
Hourly
40
6
65,338 36,750.00 72,770.00 Annual
37
3
60,941 38,314.00 64,034.00 Annual
40
6
146,763 17.83
27.63
Hourly
40
14
56,664 17.26
25.88
Hourly
40
3
56,474 33,445.00 50,168.00 Annual
40
5
26,340 16.08
24.12
Hourly
43
1
33,252 16.45
26.32
Hourly
40
4
29,331 17.13
26.53
Hourly
40
1
35,471 31,230.00 48,709.00 Annual
40
3
40,000 16.82
26.08
Hourly
40
3
33,577 32,918.00 41,110.00 Annual
40
2
33,627 19.00
28.50
Hourly
40
1
30,771 28,475.00 45,136.00 Annual
40
1
30,782 35,789.55 58,694.87 Annual
40
3
37,912 18.87
29.24
Hourly
40
2
35,186 16.67
25.00
Hourly
40
3
28,677 16.13
23.82
Hourly
40
2
30,929 18.34
27.91
Hourly
40
2
22,418 15.96
24.94
Hourly
43
1
15,854 29,150.00 34,980.00 Annual
40
2
12,274 17.18
33.15
Hourly
40
3
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey 29
Public Safety
Code Enforcement Officer
Group Jurisdiction
Brunswick Buford Calhoun Cartersville Clarkston Covington Decatur Douglas Dublin Fayetteville Griffin Grovetown Holly Springs Jefferson Lilburn Loganville McDonough Milledgeville Monroe Norcross Perry Pooler Sugar Hill Thomasville Tifton Union Waycross D Auburn Barnesville Byron Camilla Centerville Commerce Cumming Dacula Eastman Eatonton Fitzgerald Fort Oglethorpe
2016 Population
16,346 14,356 16,445 20,753 12,742 13,977 22,813 11,727 16,104 17,519 22,928 13,463 11,281 10,486 12,675 11,674 23,964 18,933 13,478 16,787 16,200 23,744 22,197 18,826 16,836 20,919 14,089
7,603 6,696 5,133 5,170 7,615 6,788 6,225 5,632 5,157 6,555 8,927 9,839
Minimum entry-level
wage
28,351.54 20.00 20.11 20.82
40,000.00 17.24 17.18 18.56 18.25 17.14 13.66 16.37 16.99
32,069.00 17.33
30,680.00 15.79
34,938.04 20.29 15.09 17.12
48,659.67 44,928.00
13.05 12.64 16.23 12.59 14.35 51,301.00 12.59 14.71 13.68 13.91 58,654.74 38,000.00 40,000.00 10.75 17.68 9.30
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
43,944.89 Annual
40
2
25.00
Hourly
40
1
20.11
Hourly
40
1
31.67
Hourly
40
3
55,000.00 Annual
40
1
26.07
Hourly
40
1
28.15
Hourly
40
1
28.77
Hourly
40
1
24.51
Hourly
40
2
28.36
Hourly
40
1
20.49
Hourly
40
4
24.91
Hourly
40
1
25.49
Hourly
40
1
48,103.00 Annual
40
1
25.99
Hourly
40
1
43,347.00 Annual
40
2
25.38
Hourly
40
1
53,162.33 Annual
40
1
32.08
Hourly
40
1
24.73
Hourly
40
2
24.52
Hourly
40
0
72,989.51 Annual
40
1
50,378.00 Annual
40
2
18.79
Hourly
40
1
18.96
Hourly
40
0
18.22
Hourly
40
2
19.15
Hourly
40
3
21.20
Hourly
40
1
71,031.00 Annual
40
1
21.02
Hourly
40
1
20.40
Hourly
40
1
15.13
Hourly
40
1
20.97
Hourly
40
1
58,654.74 Annual
40
1
48,000.00 Annual
40
2
50,000.00 Annual
40
1
15.63
Hourly
40
1
17.68
Hourly
43
1
9.58
Hourly
32
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. 30 DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey
Code Enforcement Officer
Public Safety
Group Jurisdiction
Fort Valley Garden City Hampton Hapeville LaFayette Locust Grove McRae-Helena Morrow Stone Mountain Sylvester Thomaston Toccoa E Adairsville Alma Cornelia Donalsonville Grantville Hogansville Jonesboro Palmetto Pelham Ringgold Rockmart Royston Statham Tybee Island Washington West Point F Berkeley Lake Clayton Porterdale Wrens
2016 Population
8,643 8,900 7,532 6,627 7,159 5,940 8,338 7,276 6,328 6,064 8,962 8,412 4,816 3,556 4,267 2,637 3,202 3,139 4,729 4,707 3,649 4,378 4,299 2,563 2,647 3,113 3,978 3,766 2,062 2,266 1,495 2,042
Minimum entry-level
wage
16.03 17.96 35,769.87 17.30 20.94 38,025.09 14.35 13.03 17.92 33,571.20 16.50 17.36 15.07 53,241.00 12.50 14.73 16.87 13.50 16.50 15.56 37,080.16 33,318.70 30,742.00 31,080.00 17.95 50,576.00 25,846.00 12.85 16.00 35,000.00 15.00 12.40
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
24.05
Hourly
40
1
31.17
Hourly
40
2
47,693.17 Annual
40
0
25.74
Hourly
40
2
25.00
Annual
40
1
57,783.22 Annual
40
1
25.49
Hourly
40
1
16.83
Hourly
40
1
23.38
Hourly
40
1
39,603.20 Annual
40
1
25.25
Hourly
40
1
26.42
Hourly
40
1
23.37
Hourly
40
2
53,241.00 Annual
40
1
20.25
Hourly
40
2
14.73
Hourly
40
1
16.87
Hourly
40
1
18.00
Hourly
40
1
20.93
Hourly
40
1
24.28
Hourly
40
1
37,080.16 Annual
40
1
45,124.63 Annual
40
1
37,564.00 Annual
40
0
38,850.00 Annual
40
1
17.95
Hourly
40
1
80,922.00 Annual
40
1
38,243.00 Annual
40
1
19.48
Hourly
40
1
26.00
Hourly
40
1
51,000.00 Annual
40
1
16.00
Hourly
40
1
16.35
Hourly
40
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey 31
Public Safety
Communications Director
Summary of Data
Group
Number reporting
Minimum entry-level wage**
Average
Highest
Maximum wage**
Average
Highest
Number of full-time employees
A
3
79,495
95,793
124,201
134,679
3
B
5
56,546
68,848
87,205
110,157
5
C
5
33,686
44,277
50,545
62,303
5
D
2
35,042
36,825
40,232
43,638
2
Total/Avg
15
51,192
61,436
75,546
87,694
15
**Figures calculated using annual salaries and annualized hourly wages, excluding amounts reported as paid "Per Occurance".
Population Group Data
Group Jurisdiction
A Alpharetta Brookhaven Johns Creek City
B Canton Douglasville Duluth East Point Kennesaw
C Bainbridge Conyers Doraville Grovetown Milledgeville
D Cumming Tyrone
2016 Population
Minimum entry-level
wage
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
65,338 60,900.00 109,620.00 Annual
40
1
52,444 81,792.00 134,679.00 Annual
40
1
83,873 95,793.20 128,303.24 Annual
40
1
26,340 58,909.07 88,363.61 Annual
40
1
33,252 33.10
52.96
Annual
40
1
29,331 20.81
32.25
Hourly
40
1
35,471 48,449.00 75,564.00 Annual
40
1
33,627 63,240.00 94,860.00 Annual
40
1
12,274 14.10
23.46
Hourly
40
1
15,919 44,277.26 62,302.55 Annual
40
1
10,501 15.50
22.39
Hourly
42
1
13,463 14.83
22.54
Hourly
40
1
18,933 30,126.94 45,841.71 Annual
40
1
6,225 36,825.45 36,825.45 Annual
40
1
7,215 15.99
20.98
Hourly
40
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. 32 DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey
Corporal, Police Department
Summary of Data
Public Safety
Group
Number reporting
Minimum entry-level wage**
Average
Highest
Maximum wage**
Average
Highest
Number of full-time employees
A
4
43,540
50,024
64,761
71,469
191
B
8
39,643
47,720
60,040
73,950
112
C
17
38,275
45,400
55,215
66,320
133
D
16
33,831
41,701
47,198
65,437
46
E
15
31,676
40,934
42,218
65,499
34
F
9
29,916
39,967
34,870
48,266
13
G
5
29,378
32,240
33,139
38,792
6
H
1
38,251
38,251
40,560
40,560
1
Total/Avg
75
35,564
42,030
47,250
58,787
536
**Figures calculated using annual salaries and annualized hourly wages, excluding amounts reported as paid "Per Occurance".
Population Group Data
Group Jurisdiction
A Albany Brookhaven Johns Creek City Savannah
B Canton Carrollton Duluth East Point Gainesville Hinesville Newnan Peachtree City
C Acworth Brunswick Cartersville Conyers Cordele Dallas Doraville
2016 Population
73,801 52,444 83,873 146,763 26,340 26,562 29,331 35,471 40,000 33,577 37,912 35,186 22,418 16,346 20,753 15,919 10,856 13,108 10,501
Minimum entry-level
wage
17.09 21.48 24.05 21.11 17.75 35,771.37 21.85 36,154.00 16.60 40,060.00 18.87 20.31 19.77 38,875.20 17.64 45,399.74 16.12 38,067.12 19.20
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
25.25
Hourly
40
32
34.36
Hourly
40
6
32.21
Hourly
40
13
32.72
Hourly
40
140
26.62
Hourly
43
4
49,115.41 Annual
40
15
33.86
Hourly
42
7
56,387.00 Annual
40
27
25.74
Hourly
42
4
60,955.00 Annual
40
16
29.24
Hourly
40
6
30.46
Hourly
40
33
29.66
Hourly
43
7
52,911.81 Annual
40
5
28.69
Hourly
42.75
4
61,460.64 Annual
40
5
24.52
Hourly
42
1
52,187.93 Annual
42
42
27.00
Hourly
42
11
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey 33
Public Safety
Corporal, Police Department
Group Jurisdiction
Douglas Dublin Griffin Monroe Perry Pooler Richmond Hill St. Marys Suwanee Vidalia D Auburn Byron Camilla Cedartown Commerce Eastman Garden City Hapeville Jesup LaFayette McRae-Helena Port Wentworth Rincon Sylvester Thomaston Toccoa Tyrone E Adairsville Baxley Chickamauga Cornelia Dawson Grantville Gray Hartwell Hazlehurst Jasper Metter Oakwood
2016 Population
11,727 16,104 22,928 13,478 16,200 23,744 12,482 18,088 19,421 10,703
7,603 5,133 5,170 9,799 6,788 5,157 8,900 6,627 10,170 7,159 8,338 7,933 9,935 6,064 8,962 8,412 7,215 4,816 4,741 3,101 4,267 4,291 3,202 3,268 4,505 4,186 3,819 4,076 4,161
Minimum entry-level
wage
16.26 18.08 18.37 15.98 19.52 17.41 18.90 16.87 19.63 25,480.00 14.35 14.79 14.17 18.02 16.17 30,000.00 19.67 19.25 14.22 14.34 10.13 16.88 18.65 27,846.00 15.86 15.73 17.16 14.36 15.13 15.50 15.08 10.71 15.90 11.73 21,362.00 16.15 15.68 15.10 38,265.00
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
24.81
Hourly
42
5
23.08
Hourly
40
8
27.56
Hourly
42
4
24.48
Hourly
40
1
29.13
Hourly
40
5
26.11
Hourly
42
12
26.61
Hourly
42
8
18.57
Hourly
40
2
30.43
Hourly
40
4
38,525.00 Annual
40
9
21.20
Hourly
43
1
24.69
Hourly
43
1
20.40
Hourly
42
1
19.11
Hourly
40
4
24.36
Hourly
42.5
4
34,000.00 Annual
40
5
31.46
Hourly
40
4
28.93
Hourly
40
3
22.15
Hourly
42
4
23.99
Hourly
42
4
17.99
Hourly
48
2
25.69
Hourly
43
5
20.06
Hourly
43
3
29,462.16 Annual
43
1
17.00
Hourly
43
1
23.93
Hourly
40
4
22.52
Hourly
42.5
2
20.29
Hourly
42
4
19.89
Hourly
43
3
20.00
Hourly
42
1
25.80
Hourly
42
1
11.00
Hourly
40
3
15.90
Hourly
40
1
20.98
Hourly
42
1
45,490.00 Annual
40
5
16.63
Hourly
40
1
15.68
Hourly
42
1
20.13
Hourly
42
4
51,462.00 Annual
40
2
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. 34 DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey
Corporal, Police Department
Public Safety
Group Jurisdiction
Pelham Royston Tybee Island F Blue Ridge Brooklet Colquitt East Dublin Pembroke Pine Mountain Porterdale Remerton Sparta G Greenville Patterson Pine Lake Tunnel Hill Woodbury H Dillard
2016 Population
3,649 2,563 3,113 1,391 1,523 1,910 2,381 2,484 1,374 1,495 1,123 1,281
855 754 762 876 900 337
Minimum entry-level
wage
14.35 13.85 19.68 13.50 13.75 10.00 13.87 15.45 30,763.00 18.30 16.16 9.12 14.50 15.50 13.76 14.75 25,188.00 18.39
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
14.35
Hourly
40
1
16.81
Hourly
43
3
31.49
Hourly
40
3
15.25
Hourly
40
1
15.50
Hourly
42
1
14.50
Hourly
43
1
16.89
Annual
42
2
22.10
Hourly
42
3
30,763.00 Annual
40
1
18.30
Hourly
42
1
17.00
Hourly
40
2
11.00
Hourly
43
1
17.00
Hourly
40
1
15.50
Hourly
40
1
13.76
Hourly
40
1
14.75
Hourly
40
2
38,792.00 Annual
40
1
19.50
Hourly
40
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey 35
Public Safety
Corrections Officer
Summary of Data
Group
Number reporting
Minimum entry-level wage**
Average
Highest
Maximum wage**
Average
Highest
Number of full-time employees
B
2
32,386
33,010
48,620
49,234
12
C
1
25,021
25,021
35,029
35,029
5
Total/Avg
3
28,703
29,015
41,825
42,131
17
**Figures calculated using annual salaries and annualized hourly wages, excluding amounts reported as paid "Per Occurance".
Population Group Data
Group Jurisdiction
B Gainesville Rome
C Americus
2016 Population
40,000 36,407 15,854
Minimum entry-level
wage
15.27 15.87 25,021.00
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
23.67
Hourly
40
5
23.08
Hourly
40
7
35,029.00 Annual
40
5
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. 36 DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey
Detention Officer
Summary of Data
Public Safety
Group
Number reporting
Minimum entry-level wage**
Average
Highest
Maximum wage**
Average
Highest
Number of full-time employees
A
2
33,030
33,072
51,189
52,894
27
B
1
31,230
31,230
48,709
48,709
7
C
3
31,144
33,898
44,781
46,571
26
Total/Avg
6
31,801
32,733
48,226
49,392
60
**Figures calculated using annual salaries and annualized hourly wages, excluding amounts reported as paid "Per Occurance".
Population Group Data
Group Jurisdiction
A Roswell Smyrna
B East Point C Acworth
Doraville Milledgeville
2016 Population
94,598 56,664 35,471 22,418 10,501 18,933
Minimum entry-level
wage
15.90 15.86 31,230.00 15.16 15.50 27,293.53
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
25.43
Hourly
40
16
23.79
Hourly
40
11
48,709.00 Annual
40
7
20.68
Hourly
43
14
22.39
Hourly
40
6
41,530.33 Annual
40
6
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey 37
Public Safety
Dispatcher
Summary of Data
Group
Number reporting
Minimum entry-level wage**
Average
Highest
Maximum wage**
Average
Highest
Number of full-time employees
A
2
32,188
33,072
57,574
66,622
78
B
3
31,457
35,630
45,137
55,182
18
C
9
27,863
35,194
39,892
54,558
83
D
6
23,625
32,744
33,892
45,802
18
E
8
21,218
26,770
30,812
40,000
21
F
4
18,260
23,868
24,006
28,434
12
G
1
18,740
18,740
34,486
34,486
1
Total/Avg
33
24,764
29,431
37,971
46,441
231
**Figures calculated using annual salaries and annualized hourly wages, excluding amounts reported as paid "Per Occurance".
Population Group Data
Group Jurisdiction
A Roswell Savannah
B Duluth Hinesville Newnan
C Calhoun Cartersville Conyers Dallas Grovetown Milledgeville Richmond Hill Suwanee Vidalia
D Auburn Camilla Cumming Eatonton Hapeville McRae-Helena
2016 Population
94,598 146,763
29,331 33,577 37,912 16,445 20,753 15,919 13,108 13,463 18,933 12,482 19,421 10,703
7,603 5,170 6,225 6,555 6,627 8,338
Minimum entry-level
wage
15.90 15.05 17.13 25,792.00 15.84 13.81 14.73 28,541.51 28,059.20 11.04 26,978.37 14.77 16.92 18,949.00 10.71 8.92 32,743.93 9.00 15.00 12.40
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
32.03
Hourly
40
20
23.33
Hourly
40
58
26.53
Hourly
40
8
29,164.00 Annual
40
5
24.55
Hourly
40
5
14.56
Hourly
40
4
22.42
Hourly
40
5
40,160.78 Annual
40
9
40,407.28 Annual
40
40
16.80
Hourly
40
5
39,529.16 Annual
40
8
20.68
Hourly
40
1
26.23
Hourly
40
6
29,500.00 Annual
40
5
15.82
Hourly
42
4
12.85
Hourly
40
1
35,403.80 Annual
40
4
12.44
Hourly
42
4
23.81
Hourly
40
3
22.02
Hourly
40
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. 38 DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey
Dispatcher
Group Jurisdiction
Waynesboro E Dawson
Donalsonville Hazlehurst Hiram Hogansville Manchester Royston Sylvania F Claxton Ludowici Sparta Wrens G Woodbury
Public Safety
2016 Population
5,701 4,291 2,637 4,186 3,898 3,139 4,061 2,563 2,526 2,297 2,162 1,281 2,042
900
Minimum entry-level
wage
10.39 8.48 8.97 12.87 26,000.00 10.00 17,926.42 10.46 9.71 7.25 23,868.00 7.25 9.14 18,740.00
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
16.20
Hourly
40
4
14.75
Hourly
40
4
11.00
Hourly
40
3
13.26
Hourly
40
1
40,000.00 Annual
40
2
14.00
Hourly
40
4
33,816.25 Annual
40
4
13.70
Hourly
40
2
16.31
Hourly
40
1
13.67
Hourly
40
4
23,868.00 Annual
40
2
8.96
Hourly
40
5
12.06
Annual
40
1
34,486.00 Annual
40
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey 39
Public Safety
Dispatcher/Jailer
Summary of Data
Group
Number reporting
Minimum entry-level wage**
Average
Highest
Maximum wage**
Average
Highest
Number of full-time employees
D
1
23,858
23,858
23,858
23,858
1
E
3
20,890
26,728
31,891
40,518
10
F
1
27,560
27,560
30,004
30,004
2
G
1
18,065
18,065
18,970
18,970
2
Total/Avg
6
22,593
24,053
26,181
28,337
15
**Figures calculated using annual salaries and annualized hourly wages, excluding amounts reported as paid "Per Occurance".
Population Group Data
Group Jurisdiction
D Fitzgerald E Cuthbert
Hartwell West Point F Ludowici G Ochlocknee
2016 Population
8,927 3,664 4,505 3,766 2,162
680
Minimum entry-level
wage
11.47 9.28 16,640.00 12.85 27,560.00 11.58
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
11.47
Hourly
40
1
11.00
Hourly
40
3
32,274.00 Annual
40
3
19.48
Hourly
40
4
30,004.00 Annual
40
2
12.16
Hourly
30
2
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. 40 DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey
E-911 Director
Summary of Data
Public Safety
Group
Number reporting
Minimum entry-level wage**
Average
Highest
Maximum wage**
Average
Highest
Number of full-time employees
A
2
55,115
56,680
95,393
100,140
2
B
1
66,510
66,510
99,766
99,766
1
C
3
40,893
60,944
64,223
92,206
42
E
2
46,068
47,135
54,888
61,276
2
Total/Avg
8
52,146
57,817
78,568
88,347
47
**Figures calculated using annual salaries and annualized hourly wages, excluding amounts reported as paid "Per Occurance".
Population Group Data
Group Jurisdiction
A Alpharetta Roswell
B Kennesaw C Covington
Dallas Snellville E Blakely Tybee Island
2016 Population
Minimum entry-level
wage
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
65,338 53,550.00 100,140.00 Annual
40
1
94,598 56,680.00 90,646.40 Annual
40
1
33,627 66,510.00 99,766.00 Annual
40
1
13,977 29.30
44.33
Annual
40
1
13,108 31,096.00 44,761.41 Annual
40
40
19,738 14.73
26.78
Hourly
40
1
4,702 45,000.00 48,500.00 Annual
40
1
3,113 47,135.00 61,276.00 Annual
40
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey 41
Public Safety
E-911 Operator
Summary of Data
Group
Number reporting
Minimum entry-level wage**
Average
Highest
Maximum wage**
Average
Highest
Number of full-time employees
A
3
31,765
32,989
55,921
72,770
57
B
3
32,272
34,085
50,736
55,900
28
C
5
31,871
33,852
52,804
61,199
55
E
2
24,274
28,787
42,151
46,051
14
Total/Avg
13
30,045
32,428
50,403
58,980
154
**Figures calculated using annual salaries and annualized hourly wages, excluding amounts reported as paid "Per Occurance".
Population Group Data
Group Jurisdiction
A Albany Alpharetta Smyrna
B East Point Kennesaw Lawrenceville
C Covington Decatur Doraville Norcross Snellville
E Blakely Tybee Island
2016 Population
73,801 65,338 56,664 35,471 33,627 30,782 13,977 22,813 10,501 16,787 19,738
4,702 3,113
Minimum entry-level
wage
14.81 31,500.00
15.86 29,742.00
15.86 34,085.29
14.90 14.81 15.50 15.09 14.42 9.50 13.84
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
21.88
Hourly
40
27
72,770.00 Annual
37
22
23.79
Hourly
40
8
46,389.00 Annual
40
6
24.00
Hourly
40
12
55,899.87 Annual
40
10
27.37
Hourly
43
24
24.27
Hourly
40
9
22.39
Hourly
42
6
24.73
Hourly
40
8
25.00
Hourly
40
8
18.39
Hourly
40
9
22.14
Hourly
40
5
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. 42 DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey
Emergency Management Director
Summary of Data
Public Safety
Group
Number reporting
Minimum entry-level wage**
Average
Highest
Maximum wage**
Average
Highest
Number of full-time employees
A
1
65,160
65,160
100,998
100,998
1
C
1
61,000
61,000
65,000
65,000
1
E
1
35,568
35,568
56,888
56,888
1
Total/Avg
3
53,909
53,909
74,295
74,295
3
**Figures calculated using annual salaries and annualized hourly wages, excluding amounts reported as paid "Per Occurance".
Population Group Data
Group Jurisdiction
A Savannah C Buford E Tybee Island
2016 Population
Minimum entry-level
wage
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
146,763 65,160.00 100,998.00 Annual
40
1
14,356 61,000.00 65,000.00 Annual
40
1
3,113 17.10
27.35
Hourly
40
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey 43
Public Safety
Emergency Medical Services Director
Summary of Data
Group
Number reporting
Minimum entry-level wage**
Average
Highest
Maximum wage**
Average
Highest
Number of full-time employees
A
2
51,625
56,000
89,780
93,560
2
D
1
38,000
38,000
46,000
46,000
1
Total/Avg
3
44,813
47,000
67,890
69,780
3
**Figures calculated using annual salaries and annualized hourly wages, excluding amounts reported as paid "Per Occurance".
Population Group Data
Group Jurisdiction
A Alpharetta Sandy Springs
D Cedartown
2016 Population
65,338 105,703
9,799
Minimum entry-level
wage
47,250.00 56,000.00 38,000.00
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
93,560.00 Annual
40
1
86,000.00 Annual
40
1
46,000.00 Annual
40
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. 44 DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey
Engine Operator/Driver, Fire Department
Summary of Data
Public Safety
Group
Number reporting
Minimum entry-level wage**
Average
Highest
Maximum wage**
Average
Highest
Number of full-time employees
A
6
46,852
59,317
69,553
72,770
145
B
7
38,311
46,330
52,646
68,548
112
C
15
35,094
45,239
51,057
68,426
135
D
3
22,912
27,955
32,080
34,670
15
E
3
27,349
36,475
30,834
44,570
7
Total/Avg
34
34,104
43,063
47,234
57,797
414
**Figures calculated using annual salaries and annualized hourly wages, excluding amounts reported as paid "Per Occurance".
Population Group Data
Group Jurisdiction
A Albany Alpharetta Johns Creek City Marietta Sandy Springs Smyrna
B Carrollton Dalton Gainesville Hinesville LaGrange Newnan Rome
C Americus Bainbridge Calhoun Cartersville Cordele Covington Decatur Douglas Dublin Loganville
2016 Population
73,801 65,338 83,873 60,941 105,703 56,664 26,562 34,077 40,000 33,577 30,771 37,912 36,407 15,854 12,274 16,445 20,753 10,856 13,977 22,813 11,727 16,104 11,674
Minimum entry-level
wage
20.37 36,750.00
18.15 42,224.00 45,000.00
15.32 35,492.42
15.91 13.81 41,061.00 34,418.00 15.19 13.74 30,182.00 14.82 15.00 14.86 12.95 14.38 13.54 11.05 11.86 29,203.00
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
22.46
Hourly
56
35
72,770.00 Annual
53
22
24.31
Hourly
53
14
70,481.00 Annual
56
33
70,000.00 Annual
53
22
22.97
Hourly
60
19
49,531.22 Annual
56
14
17.39
Hourly
56
21
21.41
Hourly
53
27
46,457.00 Annual
40
8
51,492.00 Annual
54
1
23.54
Hourly
56
12
20.60
Hourly
40
29
42,255.00 Annual
56
10
23.46
Hourly
42
2
15.96
Hourly
53
5
22.62
Hourly
56
18
21.79
Hourly
57.75
4
21.75
Hourly
60.5
12
22.19
Hourly
56
7
16.86
Hourly
56
11
15.15
Hourly
40
12
41,267.20 Annual
53
11
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey 45
Public Safety
Engine Operator/Driver, Fire Department
Group Jurisdiction
Perry Thomasville Tifton Union Waycross D Cairo Fitzgerald Fort Oglethorpe E Dawson Quitman City Rockmart
2016 Population
16,200 18,826 16,836 20,919 14,089
9,570 8,927 9,839 4,291 3,888 4,299
Minimum entry-level
wage
12.60 10.54 17.00 13.75 9.92 10.00 7.25 12.80 7.15 8.50 36,475.00
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
16.74
Hourly
56
4
15.18
Hourly
60.7
7
23.09
Hourly
37.23
3
20.63
Hourly
53
11
15.09
Hourly
56
18
13.42
Hourly
40
5
12.58
Hourly
53
9
15.41
Hourly
42
1
7.96
Annual
56
3
8.50
Hourly
56
1
44,570.00 Annual
56
3
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. 46 DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey
Evidence Clerk/Technician
Summary of Data
Public Safety
Group
Number reporting
Minimum entry-level wage**
Average
Highest
Maximum wage**
Average
Highest
Number of full-time employees
A
7
36,349
47,741
58,201
72,770
17
B
9
35,888
43,035
50,767
58,302
11
C
16
30,522
42,078
45,002
68,952
18
D
2
26,614
31,720
41,506
50,773
2
Total/Avg
34
32,343
41,144
48,869
62,699
48
**Figures calculated using annual salaries and annualized hourly wages, excluding amounts reported as paid "Per Occurance".
Population Group Data
Group Jurisdiction
2016 Population
Minimum entry-level
wage
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
A Alpharetta
65,338 36,750.00 72,770.00 Annual
37
1
Brookhaven
52,444 16.81
26.90
Hourly
40
1
Johns Creek City
83,873 19.68
26.29
Hourly
40
2
Roswell
94,598 14.72
27.46
Hourly
40
3
Sandy Springs
105,703 47,741.00 70,101.00 Annual
40
2
Savannah
146,763 15.93
24.68
Hourly
40
5
Valdosta
56,474 30,300.00 45,450.00 Annual
40
3
B Carrollton
26,562 43,035.20 43,035.20 Annual
40
1
Duluth
29,331 17.99
27.86
Hourly
40
1
Dunwoody
48,884 15.87
27.12
Hourly
40
2
Gainesville
40,000 13.81
21.41
Hourly
40
2
Hinesville
33,577 34,687.00 34,687.00 Annual
40
1
LaGrange
30,771 39,853.00 58,302.00 Annual
40
1
Newnan
37,912 17.80
27.59
Hourly
40
1
Peachtree City
35,186 16.67
25.00
Hourly
40
1
Woodstock
30,929 16.62
25.29
Hourly
40
1
C Conyers
15,919 31,467.02 44,277.26 Annual
40
1
Cordele
10,856 12.92
19.68
Hourly
40
1
Covington
13,977 17.24
26.07
Hourly
40
2
Griffin
22,928 12.38
18.56
Hourly
40
1
Jefferson
10,486 33,672.00 50,508.00 Annual
40
1
Kingsland
16,720 12.62
19.07
Hourly
40
1
Monroe
13,478 15.98
24.48
Hourly
40
1
Norcross
16,787 20.23
33.15
Hourly
40
1
Perry
16,200 15.96
23.27
Hourly
40
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey 47
Public Safety
Evidence Clerk/Technician
Group Jurisdiction
Pooler Richmond Hill St. Marys Suwanee Thomasville Vidalia Waycross D Fort Valley Garden City Hapeville
2016 Population
23,744 12,482 18,088 19,421 18,826 10,703 14,089
8,643 8,900 6,627
Minimum entry-level
wage
15.76 14.77 13.59 16.92 13.05 20,925.00 11.99 10.34 15.25 15.29
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
23.64
Hourly
40
1
20.68
Hourly
40
1
13.59
Hourly
40
1
26.23
Hourly
40
1
18.79
Hourly
40
1
31,512.00 Annual
40
1
18.24
Hourly
40
2
15.50
Hourly
40
1
24.41
Hourly
40
1
23.39
Hourly
40
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. 48 DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey
Fire Marshal
Summary of Data
Public Safety
Group
Number reporting
Minimum entry-level wage**
Average
Highest
Maximum wage**
Average
Highest
Number of full-time employees
A
8
61,281
78,000
95,362
128,000
10
B
5
53,351
69,220
81,567
103,830
6
C
13
47,116
58,074
69,125
91,520
14
D
3
51,953
65,000
57,424
80,000
3
E
3
34,700
38,800
47,057
51,870
3
Total/Avg
32
49,680
61,819
70,107
91,044
36
**Figures calculated using annual salaries and annualized hourly wages, excluding amounts reported as paid "Per Occurance".
Population Group Data
Group Jurisdiction
A Alpharetta Brookhaven Johns Creek City Roswell Sandy Springs Savannah Smyrna Valdosta
B Canton Gainesville LaGrange Newnan Peachtree City
C Americus Brunswick Calhoun Covington Fayetteville Griffin Loganville Milledgeville Monroe Perry
2016 Population
Minimum entry-level
wage
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
65,338 60,900.00 107,140.00 Annual
40
1
52,444 27.00
43.25
Hourly
40
1
83,873 75,967.97 101,749.77 Annual
40
1
94,598 41,662.40 66,622.40 Annual
40
4
105,703 78,000.00 128,000.00 Annual
40
1
146,763 61,588.00 95,461.00 Annual
40
0
56,664 55,480.00 83,220.00 Annual
40
1
56,474 60,493.00 90,740.00 Annual
40
1
26,340 53,368.71 80,053.07 Annual
40
1
40,000 50,668.80 81,078.40 Annual
40
1
30,771 40,976.00 61,464.00 Annual
40
2
37,912 25.25
39.14
Hourly
40
1
35,186 69,220.00 103,830.00 Annual
40
1
15,854 39,989.00 55,985.00 Annual
40
1
16,346 39,780.00 62,301.60 Annual
40
1
16,445 22.03
23.40
Hourly
40
2
13,977 27.92
42.23
Annual
40
1
17,519 26.59
44.00
Hourly
40
1
22,928 51,390.00 77,085.00 Annual
40
1
11,674 45,601.94 60,253.43 Annual
40
1
18,933 40,517.40 61,652.00 Annual
40
1
13,478 20.29
32.08
Hourly
40
1
16,200 26.49
39.66
Hourly
40
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey 49
Public Safety
Fire Marshal
Group Jurisdiction
Richmond Hill Thomasville Union D Centerville Fort Oglethorpe Hapeville Morrow E Cornelia Hephzibah Palmetto
2016 Population
12,482 18,826 20,919
7,615 9,839 6,627 7,276 4,267 3,898 4,707
Minimum entry-level
wage
43,385.67 47,476.00 47,856.93 43,692.00 47,166.00 58,346.00 65,000.00
15.08 38,800.00
15.56
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
61,103.39 Annual
40
1
71,214.00 Annual
40
1
71,785.40 Annual
40
1
43,692.00 Annual
40
1
48,581.00 Annual
40
1
84,991.00 Annual
40
1
80,000.00 Annual
40
1
23.75
Hourly
42
1
38,800.00 Annual
48
1
24.28
Hourly
40
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. 50 DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey
Firefighter
Summary of Data
Public Safety
Group
Number reporting
Minimum entry-level wage**
Average
Highest
Maximum wage**
Average
Highest
Number of full-time employees
A
7
38,273
48,310
61,705
72,770
295
B
7
32,108
35,496
44,071
54,280
163
C
23
31,035
44,978
46,534
82,074
343
D
19
27,051
40,513
39,650
76,341
129
E
27
24,923
35,568
35,870
77,688
111
F
4
24,045
26,978
31,091
33,280
8
Total/Avg
87
29,572
38,641
43,153
66,072
1049
**Figures calculated using annual salaries and annualized hourly wages, excluding amounts reported as paid "Per Occurance".
Population Group Data
Group Jurisdiction
2016 Population
Minimum entry-level
wage
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
A Albany Alpharetta Marietta Sandy Springs Savannah Smyrna Valdosta
B Carrollton Dalton Gainesville Hinesville LaGrange Newnan Rome
C Americus Brunswick Calhoun Cartersville Cordele Decatur Douglas Dublin
73,801 16.59
24.51
Hourly
56
54
65,338 36,750.00 72,770.00 Annual
53
20
60,941 36,483.00 55,183.00 Annual
56
32
105,703 35,454.00 64,000.00 Annual
53
10
146,763 13.42
20.89
Hourly
56
150
56,664 12.82
19.24
Hourly
60
5
56,474 31,833.00 47,750.00 Annual
40
24
26,562 35,496.29 44,923.54 Annual
56
30
34,077 11.73
12.95
Hourly
56
20
40,000 11.36
17.62
Hourly
53
4
33,577 32,115.00 40,083.00 Annual
40
24
30,771 33,791.00 48,661.00 Annual
54
2
37,912 12.03
18.64
Hourly
56
6
36,407 10.99
16.48
Hourly
40
77
15,854 28,118.00 39,365.00 Annual
56
21
16,346 26,508.72 37,118.21 Annual
56
19
16,445 10.80
15.36
Hourly
53
15
20,753 12.82
19.51
Hourly
56
29
10,856 12.95
21.79
Hourly
57.75
10
22,813 11.68
19.14
Hourly
56
24
11,727 10.02
15.27
Hourly
56
12
16,104 10.95
13.98
Hourly
57.5
18
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey 51
Public Safety
Firefighter
Group Jurisdiction
Fayetteville Griffin Grovetown Kingsland McDonough Milledgeville Monroe Perry Pooler Richmond Hill St. Marys Thomasville Tifton Vidalia Waycross D Barnesville Byron Cairo Camilla Cedartown Eastman Eatonton Fitzgerald Fort Valley Garden City Hapeville Jesup McRae-Helena Port Wentworth Rincon Sandersville Sylvester Thomaston Toccoa Waynesboro E Ashburn Baldwin Blakely Cornelia
2016 Population
17,519 22,928 13,463 16,720 23,964 18,933 13,478 16,200 23,744 12,482 18,088 18,826 16,836 10,703 14,089
6,696 5,133 9,570 5,170 9,799 5,157 6,555 8,927 8,643 8,900 6,627 10,170 8,338 7,933 9,935 5,700 6,064 8,962 8,412 5,701 3,737 3,304 4,702 4,267
Minimum entry-level
wage
16.32 10.28 11.31 10.10 11.92 28,676.27 15.38 10.61 11.26 16.27 10.25 9.04 16.00 20,925.00 8.57 31,945.00 10.66 9.00 11.71 10.30 20,000.00 12.00 7.25 8.53 14.70 11.56 11.93 10.25 11.55 11.50 10.73 19,915.02 10.32 9.27 12.03 12.00 9.36 8.50 9.75
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
29.78
Hourly
53
17
15.42
Hourly
55
42
16.80
Hourly
52
13
15.27
Hourly
56
6
19.15
Hourly
53
1
43,632.80 Annual
40
13
23.07
Hourly
48
6
14.39
Hourly
56
13
16.89
Hourly
56
9
22.80
Hourly
38.5
3
10.73
Hourly
40
16
13.02
Hourly
60.7
13
20.93
Hourly
37.23
18
38,525.00 Annual
40
7
13.04
Hourly
56
18
44,037.00 Annual
42
4
17.81
Hourly
60
6
12.75
Hourly
40
5
16.87
Hourly
54
3
11.71
Hourly
56
8
30,000.00 Annual
106
5
14.08
Hourly
40
3
11.06
Hourly
53
5
12.53
Hourly
48
13
27.70
Hourly
53
12
18.40
Hourly
53
4
18.59
Hourly
40
8
18.21
Hourly
56
1
17.57
Hourly
53
9
12.66
Hourly
53
6
15.11
Hourly
53
3
23,488.71 Annual
53
5
11.00
Hourly
53
14
18.70
Hourly
40
13
18.76
Hourly
40
6
13.04
Hourly
40
5
10.00
Hourly
53
3
17.44
Hourly
48
10
19.24
Hourly
42
4
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. 52 DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey
Firefighter
Group Jurisdiction
Cuthbert Dawson Donalsonville Elberton Hahira Harlem Hartwell Hazlehurst Hephzibah Jackson Jasper Lyons Manchester Metter Ocilla Pelham Quitman City Rockmart Sylvania Tallapoosa Thunderbolt Tybee Island Washington F Demorest Louisville Pembroke Wrens
Public Safety
2016 Population
3,664 4,291 2,637 4,420 2,937 3,018 4,505 4,186 3,898 5,071 3,819 4,369 4,061 4,076 3,604 3,649 3,888 4,299 2,526 3,187 2,683 3,113 3,978 2,061 2,383 2,484 2,042
Minimum entry-level
wage
8.00 7.15 10.21 30,185.00 652.43 11.61 22,048.00 9.25 30,600.00 11.51 11.33 9.90 21,576.06 8.86 10.25 9.27 8.00 31,230.00 11.26 28,090.20 10.16 17.10 25,845.00 12.97 11.00 11.00 11.27
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
12.00
Hourly
53
7
10.32
Annual
56
6
12.61
Hourly
42
3
42,482.00 Annual
42
10
671.51
Annual
40
2
17.67
Hourly
53
1
51,675.00 Annual
53
6
10.65
Hourly
48
6
30,600.00 Annual
48
1
19.35
Hourly
40
2
12.80
Hourly
53
6
9.90
Hourly
40
1
32,186.79 Annual
40
6
13.30
Hourly
56
5
10.65
Hourly
56
2
9.91
Hourly
40
4
8.00
Hourly
56
3
38,143.00 Annual
56
9
18.91
Hourly
54
2
42,742.56 Annual
48
2
16.33
Hourly
53
2
37.35
Hourly
40
2
38,243.00 Annual
53
1
12.97
Hourly
40
2
16.00
Hourly
40
2
15.96
Hourly
40
1
14.86
Annual
40
3
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey 53
Public Safety
Firefighter/EMT
Summary of Data
Group
Number reporting
Minimum entry-level wage**
Average
Highest
Maximum wage**
Average
Highest
Number of full-time employees
A
5
37,800
43,118
62,616
72,770
135
B
6
36,688
42,340
55,737
64,443
151
C
8
35,791
45,922
54,593
68,869
103
D
5
30,767
47,259
46,656
75,591
23
E
7
30,388
34,549
41,018
55,661
34
H
1
26,000
26,000
40,000
40,000
1
Total/Avg
32
32,906
39,865
50,103
62,889
447
**Figures calculated using annual salaries and annualized hourly wages, excluding amounts reported as paid "Per Occurance".
Population Group Data
Group Jurisdiction
2016 Population
Minimum entry-level
wage
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
A Alpharetta
65,338 36,750.00 72,770.00 Annual
53
20
Johns Creek City
83,873 13.52
20.96
Hourly
40
36
Marietta
60,941 40,208.00 64,034.00 Annual
56
26
Sandy Springs
105,703 40,800.00 68,000.00 Annual
53
38
Smyrna
56,664 13.82
20.73
Hourly
60
15
B East Point
35,471 34,433.00 53,703.00 Annual
40
26
Gainesville
40,000 12.53
19.41
Hourly
53
37
LaGrange
30,771 35,520.00 51,105.00 Annual
54
15
Newnan
37,912 12.03
18.64
Hourly
56
28
Peachtree City
35,186 13.63
20.44
Hourly
54
21
Woodstock
30,929 14.54
22.13
Hourly
56
24
C Calhoun
16,445 12.42
15.27
Hourly
53
5
Covington
13,977 11.69
19.55
Hourly
60.5
21
Kingsland
16,720 10.71
16.18
Hourly
56
9
Loganville
11,674 31,556.76 43,822.57 Annual
53
3
McDonough
23,964 12.52
20.11
Hourly
53
17
Monroe
13,478 15.38
25.76
Hourly
48
8
Pooler
23,744 15.77
23.65
Annual
56
21
Union
20,919 12.25
19.46
Hourly
53
19
D Cedartown
9,799 22,024.00 24,956.80 Annual
56
4
Centerville
7,615 13.68
21.44
Hourly
54
12
Eastman
5,157 25,000.00 40,000.00 Annual
106
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. 54 DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey
Firefighter/EMT
Public Safety
Group Jurisdiction
2016 Population
Hapeville
6,627
Morrow
7,276
Sylvester
6,064
E Blakely
4,702
Chattahoochee Hills C 2,804
Jasper
3,819
Palmetto
4,707
Social Circle
4,452
Washington
3,978
West Point
3,766
H Allentown
161
Minimum entry-level
wage
12.30 16.83 21,141.38 12.00 10.88 11.00 16.61 11.68 27,034.00 10.19 26,000.00
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
18.91
Hourly
53
10
26.92
Hourly
54
5
32,527.48 Annual
53
1
13.81
Hourly
48
1
16.32
Hourly
53
3
12.88
Hourly
53
4
26.76
Hourly
40
12
12.03
Hourly
54
6
40,051.00 Annual
53
3
15.49
Hourly
53
5
40,000.00 Annual
45
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey 55
Public Safety
Investigator/Detective, Police Department
Summary of Data
Group
Number reporting
Minimum entry-level wage**
Average
Highest
Maximum wage**
Average
Highest
Number of full-time employees
A
5
39,866
43,160
63,842
72,770
50
B
10
41,026
46,717
61,960
69,316
92
C
30
37,465
45,157
57,671
71,781
140
D
24
35,129
45,652
50,100
68,489
59
E
30
35,097
53,061
44,246
57,484
45
F
9
32,170
38,675
42,010
55,250
11
Total/Avg 108
36,792
45,404
53,305
65,848
397
**Figures calculated using annual salaries and annualized hourly wages, excluding amounts reported as paid "Per Occurance".
Population Group Data
Group Jurisdiction
2016 Population
Minimum entry-level
wage
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
A Alpharetta
65,338 36,750.00 72,770.00 Annual
40
5
Brookhaven
52,444 19.79
31.67
Hourly
40
9
Johns Creek City
83,873 20.73
27.77
Hourly
40
3
Sandy Springs
105,703 43,160.00 70,096.00 Annual
40
16
Valdosta
56,474 35,138.00 52,708.00 Annual
40
17
B Canton
26,340 16.89
25.37
Hourly
43
5
Douglasville
33,252 19.59
31.35
Hourly
40
15
Dunwoody
48,884 19.86
29.86
Hourly
40
8
Gainesville
40,000 17.43
27.01
Hourly
42
17
Hinesville
33,577 42,089.00 60,955.00 Annual
40
8
Kennesaw
33,627 20.60
31.00
Hourly
43
8
LaGrange
30,771 46,717.00 64,584.00 Annual
42
9
Newnan
37,912 18.87
32.86
Hourly
40
13
Peachtree City
35,186 20.31
30.46
Hourly
40
3
Rome
36,407 17.31
24.04
Hourly
40
6
C Acworth
22,418 19.43
27.75
Hourly
43
4
Americus
15,854 31,215.00 43,701.00 Annual
42
2
Bainbridge
12,274 16.36
25.90
Hourly
40
4
Calhoun
16,445 18.62
23.10
Hourly
42
9
Cartersville
20,753 17.94
27.31
Hourly
40
8
Conyers
15,919 40,865.04 57,439.80 Annual
40
9
Cordele
10,856 19.57
32.85
Hourly
42
2
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. 56 DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey
Investigator/Detective, Police Department
Public Safety
Group Jurisdiction
Covington Decatur Doraville Douglas Dublin Fayetteville Griffin Grovetown Holly Springs Kingsland Lilburn Loganville McDonough Milledgeville Monroe Norcross Perry Powder Springs Richmond Hill Snellville Thomasville Union Waycross D Auburn Barnesville Byron Cairo Camilla Cedartown Centerville Eastman Eatonton Fitzgerald Fort Oglethorpe Fort Valley Garden City Hampton LaFayette Locust Grove
2016 Population
13,977 22,813 10,501 11,727 16,104 17,519 22,928 13,463 11,281 16,720 12,675 11,674 23,964 18,933 13,478 16,787 16,200 14,956 12,482 19,738 18,826 20,919 14,089
7,603 6,696 5,133 9,570 5,170 9,799 7,615 5,157 6,555 8,927 9,839 8,643 8,900 7,532 7,159 5,940
Minimum entry-level
wage
15.25 19.92 19.20 16.26 18.08 16.32 18.37 17.20 16.99 17.21 19.13 33,051.00 19.71 33,254.50 15.38 18.35 19.33 19.32 18.90 16.83 16.43 21.71 13.87 15.82 31,945.00 14.79 17.35 15.44 19.65 15.10 30,000.00 15.00 7.25 15.00 17.16 19.48 45,652.43 14.34 20.16
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
25.56
Hourly
43
5
32.65
Hourly
40
4
27.00
Hourly
42
5
27.38
Hourly
42
2
27.06
Hourly
40
7
29.78
Hourly
40
7
27.56
Hourly
42
11
26.15
Hourly
40
2
25.49
Hourly
40
3
26.00
Hourly
40
4
28.69
Hourly
40
3
46,675.00 Annual
43
4
31.35
Hourly
40
5
50,600.68 Annual
40
6
30.27
Hourly
40
4
30.07
Hourly
40
3
29.09
Hourly
40
3
28.44
Hourly
40
3
26.61
Hourly
42
3
28.83
Hourly
40
5
23.66
Hourly
40
3
34.51
Hourly
40
4
21.11
Hourly
40
6
23.37
Hourly
40
2
44,037.00 Annual
40
2
24.69
Hourly
40
2
22.83
Hourly
40
5
22.22
Hourly
40
4
20.52
Hourly
40
3
16.72
Hourly
40
2
35,000.00 Annual
40
1
19.32
Hourly
40
2
18.93
Hourly
43
2
26.06
Hourly
40
5
25.74
Hourly
40
2
31.17
Hourly
40
4
60,869.93 Annual
43
2
23.99
Hourly
40
2
30.63
Hourly
43
2
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey 57
Public Safety
Investigator/Detective, Police Department
Group Jurisdiction
McRae-Helena Morrow Port Wentworth Rincon Sandersville Stone Mountain Sylvester Tyrone E Adairsville Alma Avondale Estates Baxley Blackshear Chickamauga Cornelia Dawson Donalsonville Elberton Grantville Hartwell Hazlehurst Hiram Hogansville Jasper Jonesboro Lyons Metter Oakwood Ocilla Palmetto Pelham Quitman City Ringgold Rockmart Royston Tallapoosa Watkinsville West Point F Arcade
2016 Population
8,338 7,276 7,933 9,935 5,700 6,328 6,064 7,215 4,816 3,556 3,150 4,741 3,595 3,101 4,267 4,291 2,637 4,420 3,202 4,505 4,186 3,898 3,139 3,819 4,729 4,369 4,076 4,161 3,604 4,707 3,649 3,888 4,378 4,299 2,563 3,187 2,863 3,766 1,808
Minimum entry-level
wage
34,563.64 18.75 16.46 18.00 17.89 19.66
31,818.28 17.16 15.83
31,408.00 53,061.00
16.03 15.00 47,028.00 15.60 15.60 17.97 37,133.00 16.90 30,867.00 14.55 35,000.00 14.75 16.68 17.90 14.00 15.10 37,331.00 17.00 17.16 36,420.80 12.02 35,585.48 38,420.00 31,598.00 37,778.19 15.00 14.88 17.50
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
61,379.65 Annual
40
1
25.96
Hourly
43
2
30.45
Hourly
40
3
19.39
Hourly
43
3
25.19
Hourly
43
2
25.65
Hourly
40
2
32,323.20 Annual
43
2
22.52
Hourly
42.5
2
23.49
Hourly
40
2
36,067.00 Annual
40
2
55,061.00 Annual
40
1
21.09
Hourly
43
1
25.00
Annual
40
2
47,028.00 Annual
40
1
24.57
Hourly
42
2
15.60
Hourly
40
1
17.97
Hourly
44
1
51,958.00 Annual
42
1
16.90
Hourly
40
1
51,941.00 Annual
40
2
17.34
Hourly
40
1
45,000.00 Annual
40
1
19.00
Hourly
40
1
17.75
Hourly
40
2
22.70
Hourly
40
2
16.85
Hourly
42
3
20.13
Hourly
43
1
43,267.00 Annual
40
2
18.00
Hourly
40
2
26.76
Hourly
40
1
36,420.80 Annual
40
1
18.96
Hourly
40
2
44,647.06 Annual
40
2
47,294.00 Annual
40
2
37,296.00 Annual
40
1
57,483.99 Annual
40
1
18.32
Hourly
44
1
22.85
Hourly
40
2
25.00
Hourly
42.5
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. 58 DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey
Investigator/Detective, Police Department
Public Safety
Group Jurisdiction
Bowdon Clayton Colquitt Homerville Lavonia Lookout Mountain Reynolds Trion
2016 Population
2,097 2,266 1,910 2,450 2,167 1,577 1,025 1,780
Minimum entry-level
wage
17.26 15.00 10.00 12.50 16.93 18.00 12.61 15.65
Maximum wage
19.83 22.00 18.00 14.50 18.00 21.72 20.16 17.60
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
Hourly
42
1
Hourly
40
1
Hourly
40
2
Hourly
40
2
Hourly
42
1
Hourly
40
1
Hourly
43
1
Hourly
40
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey 59
Public Safety
Lieutenant, Fire Officer
Summary of Data
Group
Number reporting
Minimum entry-level wage**
Average
Highest
Maximum wage**
Average
Highest
Number of full-time employees
A
8
49,064
58,427
75,210
85,246
181
B
9
46,638
57,104
65,895
81,623
80
C
24
40,796
58,735
59,880
89,267
133
D
13
33,004
67,504
46,009
87,750
36
E
15
34,129
43,930
44,770
75,421
33
F
1
32,469
32,469
41,117
41,117
2
Total/Avg
70
39,350
53,028
55,480
76,737
465
**Figures calculated using annual salaries and annualized hourly wages, excluding amounts reported as paid "Per Occurance".
Population Group Data
Group Jurisdiction
2016 Population
Minimum entry-level
wage
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
A Albany Johns Creek City Marietta Roswell Sandy Springs Savannah Smyrna Valdosta
B Carrollton Dalton East Point Gainesville Hinesville LaGrange Newnan Peachtree City Woodstock
C Brunswick Calhoun Cartersville Cordele Covington
73,801 18.61
27.79
Hourly
56
23
83,873 21.20
28.39
Hourly
53
9
60,941 51,348.00 85,246.00 Annual
56
22
94,598 44,990.40 77,708.80 Annual
40
2
105,703 48,000.00 74,000.00 Annual
53
14
146,763 15.08
23.38
Hourly
56
82
56,664 16.31
24.47
Hourly
60
5
56,474 40,750.00 61,125.00 Annual
40
24
26,562 39,610.71 54,359.37 Annual
56
15
34,077 19.61
21.46
Hourly
56
15
35,471 45,237.00 71,967.00 Annual
40
8
40,000 15.39
24.15
Hourly
53
12
33,577 46,374.00 48,722.00 Annual
40
7
30,771 40,616.00 62,637.00 Annual
54
1
37,912 18.08
28.03
Hourly
56
4
35,186 16.61
24.91
Hourly
54
12
30,929 16.86
25.67
Hourly
56
6
16,346 31,813.81 44,551.75 Annual
56
2
16,445 15.96
16.32
Hourly
53
8
20,753 16.41
24.98
Hourly
56
11
10,856 15.79
24.01
Hourly
57.75
3
13,977 15.12
22.86
Hourly
60.5
6
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. 60 DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey
Lieutenant, Fire Officer
Public Safety
Group Jurisdiction
2016 Population
Decatur
22,813
Douglas
11,727
Dublin
16,104
Fayetteville
17,519
Griffin
22,928
Grovetown
13,463
Kingsland
16,720
Loganville
11,674
McDonough
23,964
Milledgeville
18,933
Monroe
13,478
Perry
16,200
Pooler
23,744
Richmond Hill
12,482
St. Marys
18,088
Thomasville
18,826
Tifton
16,836
Union
20,919
Waycross
14,089
D Cairo
9,570
Camilla
5,170
Cedartown
9,799
Eastman
5,157
Fitzgerald
8,927
Fort Oglethorpe
9,839
Fort Valley
8,643
Garden City
8,900
Jesup
10,170
Morrow
7,276
Port Wentworth
7,933
Sylvester
6,064
Toccoa
8,412
E Ashburn
3,737
Chattahoochee Hills C 2,804
Cornelia
4,267
Dawson
4,291
Donalsonville
2,637
Elberton
4,420
Hephzibah
3,898
Minimum entry-level
wage
15.90 12.82 12.83 20.83 12.53 14.12 12.26 33,862.40 15.21 36,706.77 19.35 15.39 20.17 17.08 12.59 12.30 19.00 18.41 10.93 10.74 9.65 12.00 30,000.00 7.25 14.84 10.15 18.78 13.03 24.04 20.01 24,274.69 11.87 14.81 12.70 14.56 10.32 12.09 34,694.00 34,500.00
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
27.05
Hourly
56
1
15.83
Hourly
56
2
16.39
Hourly
57.5
4
34.47
Hourly
40
9
18.79
Hourly
55
4
21.49 Per Occur. 52
3
18.53
Hourly
56
4
47,840.00 Annual
53
6
32.39
Hourly
53
6
55,853.46 Annual
40
6
30.27
Hourly
48
4
20.11
Hourly
56
6
30.26
Hourly
56
12
23.93
Hourly
38.5
3
13.09
Hourly
40
5
17.71
Hourly
60.7
6
24.26
Hourly
37.23
10
27.60
Hourly
53
3
16.63
Hourly
56
9
14.77
Hourly
40
4
13.67
Hourly
54
3
13.32
Hourly
56
3
40,000.00 Annual
106
1
13.49
Hourly
53
3
15.29
Hourly
42
1
15.24
Hourly
48
3
30.05
Hourly
53
2
20.34
Annual
40
3
31.25
Hourly
54
3
30.45
Hourly
40
1
27,811.60 Annual
53
3
18.07
Hourly
40
6
14.81
Hourly
40
1
18.14
Hourly
53
1
22.93
Hourly
42
3
12.18
Annual
56
3
12.74
Hourly
42
2
47,250.00 Annual
42
3
36,850.00 Annual
48
3
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey 61
Public Safety
Lieutenant, Fire Officer
Group Jurisdiction
Jackson Jasper Palmetto Quitman City Social Circle Sylvania Tybee Island Washington F East Dublin
2016 Population
5,071 3,819 4,707 3,888 4,452 2,526 3,113 3,978 2,381
Minimum entry-level
wage
19.93 12.80 18.92 8.50 13.55 12.43 21.12 30,968.00 11.15
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
21.57
Hourly
40
1
16.02
Hourly
53
2
29.51
Hourly
40
3
8.50
Hourly
56
3
13.55
Hourly
54
3
20.88
Hourly
54
2
36.26
Hourly
40
1
46,036.00 Annual
53
2
14.12
Hourly
56
2
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. 62 DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey
Lieutenant, Police Department
Summary of Data
Public Safety
Group
Number reporting
Minimum entry-level wage**
Average
Highest
Maximum wage**
Average
Highest
Number of full-time employees
A
9
53,735
74,868
83,560
100,267
103
B
16
50,098
56,992
75,600
86,719
75
C
36
45,870
55,598
67,582
82,014
147
D
22
41,857
54,933
58,527
83,246
53
E
23
39,656
82,118
51,787
134,884
36
F
10
32,227
40,585
41,190
54,600
14
G
7
35,153
48,240
39,520
48,880
7
H
1
24,960
24,960
29,640
29,640
1
Total/Avg 124
40,445
54,787
55,926
77,531
436
**Figures calculated using annual salaries and annualized hourly wages, excluding amounts reported as paid "Per Occurance".
Population Group Data
Group Jurisdiction
A Albany Alpharetta Brookhaven Johns Creek City Marietta Roswell Savannah Smyrna Valdosta
B Canton Carrollton Dalton Douglasville Duluth Dunwoody East Point Gainesville Hinesville Kennesaw
2016 Population
73,801 65,338 52,444 83,873 60,941 94,598 146,763 56,664 56,474 26,340 26,562 34,077 33,252 29,331 48,884 35,471 40,000 33,577 33,627
Minimum entry-level
wage
20.87 47,250.00
28.84 34.28 54,955.00 52,478.40 58,212.00 22.84 44,950.00 23.87 40,874.88 18.84 24.74 26.56 27.40 45,237.00 48,004.32 55,091.00 56,698.00
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
30.83
Hourly
40
18
93,560.00 Annual
40
15
46.14
Hourly
40
6
45.91
Hourly
42
6
85,246.00 Annual
40
8
83,928.00 Annual
40
9
90,229.00 Annual
40
25
34.25
Hourly
40
7
67,470.00 Annual
40
9
35.80
Hourly
43
2
56,115.17 Annual
40
3
29.46
Hourly
40
4
39.57
Hourly
40
10
41.15
Hourly
40
2
41.11
Hourly
40
4
71,967.00 Annual
40
4
75,348.00 Annual
42
8
68,801.00 Annual
40
6
85,047.00 Annual
43
4
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey 63
Public Safety
Lieutenant, Police Department
Group Jurisdiction
LaGrange Lawrenceville Newnan Peachtree City Rome Woodstock C Acworth Americus Brunswick Calhoun Cartersville Clarkston Conyers Cordele Covington Decatur Doraville Douglas Dublin Fayetteville Griffin Grovetown Holly Springs Jefferson Kingsland Lilburn Loganville McDonough Milledgeville Monroe Norcross Perry Powder Springs Richmond Hill Snellville St. Marys Suwanee Thomasville Tifton
2016 Population
30,771 30,782 37,912 35,186 36,407 30,929 22,418 15,854 16,346 16,445 20,753 12,742 15,919 10,856 13,977 22,813 10,501 11,727 16,104 17,519 22,928 13,463 11,281 10,486 16,720 12,675 11,674 23,964 18,933 13,478 16,787 16,200 14,956 12,482 19,738 18,088 19,421 18,826 16,836
Minimum entry-level
wage
49,483.00 52,877.47
23.82 51,469.00 45,000.00
23.09 23.85 35,860.00 44,866.40 22.47 23.73 43,384.00 55,598.40 19.57 21.64 23.10 24.00 19.81 21.22 20.83 22.38 18.98 49,909.98 42,606.00 18.80 23.30 45,601.94 24.56 40,517.40 19.35 23.42 24.28 25.09 50,314.07 21.63 21.12 25.12 18.69 19.00
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
74,235.00 Annual
42
2
86,719.04 Annual
40
5
36.92
Hourly
40
6
77,203.00 Annual
40
6
65,000.00 Annual
40
6
35.13
Hourly
42.5
3
36.14
Hourly
43
3
50,204.00 Annual
42
5
71,818.24 Annual
40
3
23.10
Hourly
42
2
36.11
Hourly
42.75
5
65,076.00 Annual
40
1
80,577.72 Annual
40
5
29.79
Hourly
42
1
32.74
Hourly
43
6
37.87
Hourly
40
3
33.40
Hourly
42
4
30.22
Hourly
40
3
27.06
Hourly
40
6
34.47
Hourly
40
7
33.57
Hourly
42
6
28.85
Hourly
40
2
74,863.62 Annual
40
2
63,909.00 Annual
42
2
24.40
Hourly
42
2
34.95
Hourly
43
3
63,326.97 Annual
43
4
39.43
Hourly
40
4
61,652.00 Annual
40
7
30.27
Hourly
40
5
38.37
Hourly
40
2
34.66
Hourly
40
4
36.77
Hourly
40
5
70,861.20 Annual
40
1
37.70
Hourly
40
10
23.34
Hourly
40
4
38.94
Hourly
40
3
26.91
Hourly
45.5
6
25.50
Hourly
42
6
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. 64 DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey
Lieutenant, Police Department
Public Safety
Group Jurisdiction
Union Vidalia Waycross D Auburn Byron Cairo Camilla Cedartown Centerville Commerce Fort Oglethorpe Fort Valley Garden City LaFayette Locust Grove Lovejoy McRae-Helena Morrow Rincon Sandersville Stone Mountain Thomaston Toccoa Tyrone Waynesboro E Adairsville Ashburn Baxley Bloomingdale Cornelia Dawson Elberton Grantville Gray Hahira Hazlehurst Hephzibah Hiram Jasper
2016 Population
20,919 10,703 14,089
7,603 5,133 9,570 5,170 9,799 7,615 6,788 9,839 8,643 8,900 7,159 5,940 6,367 8,338 7,276 9,935 5,700 6,328 8,962 8,412 7,215 5,701 4,816 3,737 4,741 2,717 4,267 4,291 4,420 3,202 3,268 2,937 4,186 3,898 3,898 3,819
Minimum entry-level
wage
24.39 30,306.00 35,089.60 46,300.80
18.73 17.35 16.34 20.47 40,000.00 43,077.00 16.97 15.27 23.15 17.47 24.50 37,431.81 11.17 24.04 26.41 17.89 22.66 18.00 19.16 21.85 16.12 17.45 16.90 17.81 18.80 16.90 12.50 34,694.00 17.69 13.19 20.00 18.57 36,700.00 45,000.00 18.15
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
36.58
Hourly
40
6
43,389.00 Annual
40
5
53,393.60 Annual
40
4
68,432.00 Annual
40
2
31.26
Hourly
40
2
22.83
Hourly
40
4
23.18
Hourly
42
1
21.34
Hourly
40
1
40,000.00 Annual
40
1
64,896.00 Annual
42.5
2
21.91
Hourly
42
4
22.91
Hourly
42
4
37.04
Hourly
43
2
26.48
Hourly
42
3
37.23
Hourly
43
4
66,734.11 Annual
40
1
19.84
Hourly
48
2
31.25
Hourly
43
4
26.41
Annual
40
1
25.19
Hourly
43
5
29.57
Hourly
40
1
22.25
Hourly
43
3
29.16
Annual
40
1
28.67
Hourly
42.5
2
25.14
Hourly
40
3
25.90
Hourly
42
1
16.90
Hourly
40
3
23.42
Hourly
43
1
30.88
Hourly
84
2
26.62
Hourly
42
1
13.26
Hourly
40
2
47,250.00 Annual
42
4
17.69
Hourly
40
1
23.56
Hourly
42
1
20.00
Hourly
42
1
19.13
Hourly
40
1
36,700.00 Annual
42
1
55,000.00 Annual
44
2
18.15
Hourly
42
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey 65
Public Safety
Lieutenant, Police Department
Group Jurisdiction
Jonesboro Manchester Palmetto Reidsville Royston Social Circle Statham Sylvania Tybee Island F Blue Ridge Claxton Clayton Lavonia Oxford Pembroke Remerton Reynolds Rochelle Varnell G Blairsville Franklin Helen Pine Lake Sardis Waverly Hall Woodbury H Warwick
2016 Population
4,729 4,061 4,707 2,613 2,563 4,452 2,647 2,526 3,113 1,391 2,297 2,266 2,167 2,224 2,484 1,123 1,025 1,112 1,795
576 964 542 762 975 759 900 409
Minimum entry-level
wage
21.82 29,017.40
20.85 10.86 15.19 52,696.48 18.00 16.72 24.32 14.50 10.71 15.00 16.73 36,587.66 16.90 40,585.00 13.58 12.75 30,000.00 48,240.00 18.65 21.00 16.53 12.00 12.00 27,248.00 12.00
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
30.66
Hourly
40
2
43,287.66 Annual
40
2
32.53
Hourly
40
1
15.67
Hourly
40
1
17.68
Hourly
40
1
52,696.48 Annual
40
1
18.00
Hourly
42.75
1
28.07
Annual
40
2
38.90
Annual
40
3
18.23
Hourly
40
1
20.19
Hourly
40
1
25.00
Hourly
42
1
16.93
Hourly
42
3
40,385.93 Annual
40
1
23.10
Hourly
40
1
40,585.00 Annual
40
1
21.71
Hourly
43
1
12.75
Hourly
42
3
35,000.00 Annual
40
1
48,240.00 Annual
40
1
18.65
Hourly
42
1
23.50
Hourly
40
1
16.53
Hourly
40
1
14.00
Hourly
43
1
15.00
Hourly
40
1
41,900.00 Annual
40
1
14.25
Hourly
40
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. 66 DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey
Major, Police Department
Summary of Data
Public Safety
Group
Number reporting
Minimum entry-level wage**
Average
Highest
Maximum wage**
Average
Highest
Number of full-time employees
A
9
70,401
99,714
98,806
113,052
28
B
6
65,345
70,861
99,366
116,212
10
C
15
58,303
72,793
82,287
105,581
25
D
9
49,868
65,000
67,552
98,701
16
E
3
50,233
62,481
62,729
99,970
3
F
2
34,885
39,771
38,817
39,771
2
H
1
24,960
24,960
29,640
29,640
1
Total/Avg
45
50,571
62,226
68,457
86,132
85
**Figures calculated using annual salaries and annualized hourly wages, excluding amounts reported as paid "Per Occurance".
Population Group Data
Group Jurisdiction
A Albany Alpharetta Brookhaven Johns Creek City Marietta Sandy Springs Savannah Smyrna Valdosta
B Douglasville Duluth Dunwoody East Point Lawrenceville Rome
C Americus Bainbridge Brunswick Calhoun Cartersville
2016 Population
Minimum entry-level
wage
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
73,801 54,500.00 80,521.00 Annual
40
3
65,338 99,714.00 99,714.00 Annual
40
1
52,444 68,418.00 109,468.00 Annual
40
3
83,873 82,786.85 110,882.82 Annual
40
2
60,941 62,899.00 97,690.00 Annual
40
5
105,703 76,385.00 103,969.00 Annual
40
2
146,763 72,937.00 113,052.00 Annual
40
4
56,664 55,480.00 83,220.00 Annual
40
5
56,474 60,493.00 90,740.00 Annual
40
3
33,252 31.23
49.97
Annual
40
1
29,331 67,163.00 104,074.00 Annual
40
1
48,884 63,000.00 94,500.00 Annual
40
2
35,471 56,087.00 87,475.00 Annual
40
3
30,782 70,860.87 116,211.82 Annual
40
1
36,407 70,000.00 90,000.00 Annual
40
2
15,854 42,054.00 58,876.00 Annual
40
2
12,274 25.51
40.40
Hourly
40
1
16,346 53,210.58 85,136.93 Annual
40
1
16,445 27.87
28.14
Hourly
42
2
20,753 64,273.00 97,799.00 Annual
40
2
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey 67
Public Safety
Major, Police Department
Group Jurisdiction
Conyers Doraville Dublin Loganville McDonough Milledgeville Perry Pooler Thomasville Waycross D Barnesville Cairo Fitzgerald Fort Valley Garden City Morrow Port Wentworth Thomaston Tyrone E Dawson Gray Tybee Island F Union Point Winterville H Warwick
2016 Population
Minimum entry-level
wage
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
15,919 68,110.20 105,580.80 Annual
40
1
10,501 33.33
40.98
Hourly
42
1
16,104 60,875.57 60,875.57 Annual
40
1
11,674 49,046.40 69,284.80 Annual
40
1
23,964 63,728.00 101,302.00 Annual
40
4
18,933 49,366.51 75,116.97 Annual
40
3
16,200 71,700.00 96,000.00 Annual
40
1
23,744 59,287.09 88,930.63 Annual
40
1
18,826 52,224.00 78,336.00 Annual
40
3
14,089 53,955.20 82,076.80 Annual
40
1
6,696 39,131.00 53,942.00 Annual
40
1
9,570 13.70
19.18
Hourly
40
8
8,927 26.39
26.39
Hourly
43
1
8,643 19.64
29.46
Hourly
40
1
8,900 59,819.00 98,701.00 Annual
40
1
7,276 65,000.00 69,600.00 Annual
40
1
7,933 58,189.00 88,541.00 Annual
40
1
8,962 39,624.00 59,987.00 Annual
40
1
7,215 26.56
34.85
Hourly
42.5
1
4,291 15.97
15.97
Hourly
40
1
3,268 55,000.00 55,000.00 Annual
40
1
3,113 62,481.00 99,970.00 Annual
40
1
1,746 18.21
18.21
Hourly
42
1
1,197 30,000.00 37,863.00 Annual
40
1
409 12.00
14.25
Hourly
40
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. 68 DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey
Patrol Officer, Police Department
Summary of Data
Public Safety
Group
Number reporting
Minimum entry-level wage**
Average
Highest
Maximum wage**
Average
Highest
Number of full-time employees
A
10
38,619
45,274
62,956
72,770
968
B
14
37,536
43,502
55,576
71,344
536
C
38
34,472
42,775
51,797
64,626
831
D
33
30,500
42,869
43,969
62,116
308
E
53
30,233
74,431
39,724
122,217
328
F
45
29,021
62,130
35,396
62,130
152
G
16
26,672
33,758
34,919
80,174
115
H
4
26,130
34,423
34,606
43,680
5
Total/Avg 213
31,648
47,395
44,868
72,382
3243
**Figures calculated using annual salaries and annualized hourly wages, excluding amounts reported as paid "Per Occurance".
Population Group Data
Group Jurisdiction
A Albany Alpharetta Brookhaven Johns Creek City Marietta Roswell Sandy Springs Savannah Smyrna Valdosta
B Canton Carrollton Dalton Douglasville Duluth Dunwoody Gainesville Hinesville LaGrange
2016 Population
73,801 65,338 52,444 83,873 60,941 94,598 105,703 146,763 56,664 56,474 26,340 26,562 34,077 33,252 29,331 48,884 40,000 33,577 30,771
Minimum entry-level
wage
16.59 36,750.00
19.79 20.73 36,483.00 16.83 41,000.00 18.86 19.35 33,445.00 16.08 36,917.82 14.76 17.44 19.83 18.91 15.81 33,721.00 42,890.00
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
24.51
Hourly
40
80
72,770.00 Annual
40
76
31.67
Hourly
43
43
27.77
Hourly
42
34
60,974.00 Annual
40
105
34.59
Hourly
40
120
70,101.00 Annual
40
70
29.23
Hourly
40
318
29.02
Hourly
40
41
50,168.00 Annual
40
81
24.12
Hourly
43
24
46,383.58 Annual
42
36
23.07
Hourly
40
34
28.17
Hourly
42
44
30.70
Hourly
42
36
28.43
Hourly
42
34
24.51
Hourly
42
36
40,083.00 Annual
40
42
56,202.00 Annual
42
43
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey 69
Public Safety
Patrol Officer, Police Department
Group Jurisdiction
Lawrenceville Newnan Peachtree City Rome Woodstock C Acworth Americus Bainbridge Brunswick Calhoun Cartersville Clarkston Conyers Cordele Covington Dallas Decatur Doraville Douglas Dublin Fayetteville Griffin Grovetown Holly Springs Jefferson Kingsland Lilburn Loganville McDonough Monroe Norcross Perry Pooler Powder Springs Richmond Hill Snellville St. Marys Suwanee Thomasville
2016 Population
30,782 37,912 35,186 36,407 30,929 22,418 15,854 12,274 16,346 16,445 20,753 12,742 15,919 10,856 13,977 13,108 22,813 10,501 11,727 16,104 17,519 22,928 13,463 11,281 10,486 16,720 12,675 11,674 23,964 13,478 16,787 16,200 23,744 14,956 12,482 19,738 18,088 19,421 18,826
Minimum entry-level
wage
43,502.42 16.79 18.40 15.87 17.17 18.39
28,118.00 14.10
30,076.80 15.91 16.79 16.53
37,065.60 14.63 15.25
34,354.32 18.96 18.00 14.73 17.22 16.32 16.64 15.97 16.99
33,672.00 14.50 19.13
30,934.97 18.31 15.38 16.64 17.36 15.01 19.32 17.08 16.83 12.02 17.79 13.74
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
71,343.97 Annual
40
52
26.03
Hourly
40
36
27.60
Hourly
40
10
23.07
Hourly
40
70
26.12
Hourly
43
39
27.21
Hourly
43
20
39,365.00 Annual
42
15
25.00
Hourly
42
28
48,122.88 Annual
40
40
18.60
Hourly
42
21
25.55
Hourly
42.75
18
24.79
Hourly
40
13
41,975.28 Annual
40
28
24.52
Hourly
42
16
25.56
Hourly
43
37
47,111.39 Annual
42
42
31.07
Hourly
40
20
24.91
Hourly
42
18
23.61
Hourly
42
19
21.99
Hourly
40
31
29.78
Hourly
40
20
26.23
Hourly
42
44
23.71
Hourly
42
13
25.49
Hourly
42
12
50,508.00 Annual
42
17
21.27
Hourly
42
23
28.69
Hourly
43
17
43,388.68 Annual
43
11
29.40
Hourly
40
25
23.07
Hourly
42
17
27.27
Hourly
40
21
25.48
Hourly
40
5
22.51
Hourly
42
22
28.44
Hourly
40
17
23.93
Hourly
42
16
28.83
Hourly
40
22
17.63
Hourly
40
14
27.57
Hourly
42
21
19.79
Hourly
45.5
30
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. 70 DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey
Patrol Officer, Police Department
Public Safety
Group Jurisdiction
Tifton Union Vidalia Waycross D Auburn Barnesville Byron Cairo Camilla Cedartown Centerville Commerce Cumming Eastman Eatonton Fitzgerald Folkston Fort Oglethorpe Fort Valley Garden City Glennville Hampton Jesup LaFayette Locust Grove Lovejoy McRae-Helena Morrow Port Wentworth Rincon Sandersville Stone Mountain Sylvester Thomaston Toccoa Tyrone Waynesboro E Abbeville Adairsville
2016 Population
16,836 20,919 10,703 14,089
7,603 6,696 5,133 9,570 5,170 9,799 7,615 6,788 6,225 5,157 6,555 8,927 4,788 9,839 8,643 8,900 5,098 7,532 10,170 7,159 5,940 6,367 8,338 7,276 7,933 9,935 5,700 6,328 6,064 8,962 8,412 7,215 5,701 2,761 4,816
Minimum entry-level
wage
16.00 17.20 24,253.00 12.90 14.35 31,945.00 13.94 11.87 12.99 15.67 13.68 15.58 38,859.34 24,000.00 12.00 7.25 12.50 12.90 11.96 15.40 13.34 42,868.80 13.53 12.99 18.28 27,832.64 9.65 13.02 15.31 15.50 13.43 18.79 24,024.00 15.86 14.25 15.99 12.63 10.50 13.67
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
20.93
Hourly
42
29
28.97
Hourly
40
29
34,778.00 Annual
40
9
19.15
Hourly
43
31
21.20
Hourly
43
7
44,037.00 Annual
40
8
23.28
Hourly
43
9
17.35
Hourly
40
6
18.41
Hourly
42
4
17.76
Hourly
40
20
14.55
Hourly
43
9
22.05
Hourly
42.5
6
41,820.73 Annual
40
8
29,000.00 Annual
40
5
18.66
Hourly
40
12
17.24
Hourly
43
9
17.50
Hourly
42
3
19.79
Hourly
42
12
17.95
Hourly
42
9
26.73
Hourly
43
16
20.32
Hourly
42
9
56,591.08 Annual
43
11
21.08
Hourly
42
9
19.69
Hourly
42
16
27.78
Hourly
43
12
49,620.55 Annual
42
9
17.14
Hourly
48
2
25.96
Hourly
43
13
23.31
Hourly
43
12
17.34
Hourly
43
10
17.83
Hourly
43
6
24.52
Hourly
40
10
29,615.04 Annual
42
6
17.00
Hourly
43
14
21.68
Hourly
40
12
20.98
Hourly
42.5
6
19.70
Hourly
40
8
13.50
Hourly
43
3
20.29
Hourly
42
5
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey 71
Public Safety
Patrol Officer, Police Department
Group Jurisdiction
2016 Population
Alma Ashburn Avondale Estates Baldwin Baxley Blackshear Bloomingdale Chattahoochee Hills C Chickamauga Cornelia Cuthbert Dawson Donalsonville Elberton Grantville Gray Hahira Harlem Hartwell Hazlehurst Hephzibah Hiram Hogansville Jackson Jasper Jonesboro Lakeland Lyons Manchester Metter Nicholls Oakwood Ocilla Palmetto Pelham Quitman City Reidsville Ringgold Rockmart
3,556 3,737 3,150 3,304 4,741 3,595 2,717 2,804 3,101 4,267 3,664 4,291 2,637 4,420 3,202 3,268 2,937 3,018 4,505 4,186 3,898 3,898 3,139 5,071 3,819 4,729 3,295 4,369 4,061 4,076 3,331 4,161 3,604 4,707 3,649 3,888 2,613 4,378 4,299
Minimum entry-level
wage
28,392.00 13.50
37,000.00 14.50 14.27 12.00 17.04 13.42 15.00 13.00 11.00 10.00 12.67
28,561.00 15.40 11.06 14.75 13.67
30,000.00 14.52
28,500.00 32,000.00
14.25 14.69 15.68 16.90 10.00 14.00 21,576.06 14.00 12.75 31,424.00 15.25 16.61 13.91 10.50 10.09 29,107.22 32,330.00
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
36,209.00 Annual
42
6
14.50
Hourly
40
10
52,948.00 Annual
43
6
14.75
Hourly
42
3
18.78
Hourly
43
6
18.30
Hourly
42
10
27.98
Hourly
84
7
20.13
Hourly
43
8
16.50
Hourly
42
3
20.25
Hourly
42
5
15.00
Hourly
43
2
11.00
Hourly
40
6
13.36
Hourly
40
3
39,986.00 Annual
42
7
15.40
Hourly
40
6
19.77
Hourly
42
7
18.00
Hourly
40
5
20.80
Hourly
43
4
45,490.00 Annual
40
7
16.53
Hourly
40
8
28,500.00 Annual
42
1
40,000.00 Annual
44
8
18.00
Hourly
40
8
17.54
Hourly
42
5
16.63
Hourly
42
6
21.43
Hourly
42
16
14.50
Hourly
40
6
14.58
Hourly
42
5
32,186.79 Annual
40
11
18.24
Hourly
42
4
15.00
Hourly
40
1
33,841.00 Annual
40
5
17.00
Hourly
42
9
25.49
Hourly
40
10
13.91
Hourly
40
5
12.60
Hourly
42
10
14.42
Hourly
40
5
38,788.52 Annual
40
5
41,386.00 Annual
42
14
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. 72 DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey
Patrol Officer, Police Department
Public Safety
Group Jurisdiction
Royston Social Circle Soperton Springfield Statham Sylvania Tallapoosa Thunderbolt Tybee Island Vienna Watkinsville West Point F Aragon Arcade Arlington Blue Ridge Bowdon Brooklet Buchanan Clarkesville Claxton Clayton Colquitt Comer Demorest East Dublin Emerson Hamilton Homerville Lavonia Lithonia Lookout Mountain Louisville Ludowici Maysville McCaysville Meigs Midway Mount Vernon
2016 Population
2,563 4,452 2,986 4,027 2,647 2,526 3,187 2,683 3,113 3,699 2,863 3,766 1,242 1,808 1,380 1,391 2,097 1,523 1,141 1,770 2,297 2,266 1,910 1,159 2,061 2,381 1,565 1,077 2,450 2,167 2,082 1,577 2,383 2,162 1,889 1,108 1,038 1,997 2,278
Minimum entry-level
wage
12.83 15.93 12.00 15.00 16.20 13.06 29,512.26 12.82 17.10 28,992.00 12.00 14.88 16.32 16.00 20,024.00 13.00 12.50 13.75 14.50 13.50 9.71 13.88 10.00 15.00 18.03 13.34 14.70 10.00 12.50 14.50 14.70 18.00 12.50 25,220.00 62,129.60 14.19 14.00 13.38 25,000.00
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
15.57
Hourly
43
4
16.91
Hourly
42
8
13.90
Hourly
40
6
16.55
Hourly
40
6
16.20
Hourly
42.75
3
21.93
Hourly
42
5
44,906.40 Annual
40
4
20.61
Hourly
42
8
29.35
Hourly
40
7
43,488.00 Annual
40
6
18.48
Hourly
40
4
22.55
Hourly
44
6
16.32
Hourly
40
1
20.00
Hourly
42.5
1
24,024.00 Annual
42
3
13.00
Hourly
40
2
15.33
Hourly
42
5
15.50
Hourly
42
1
17.75
Hourly
42
6
17.00
Hourly
42
4
18.31
Hourly
40
6
22.00
Hourly
42
5
14.00
Hourly
43
4
15.00
Hourly
40
2
21.31
Hourly
42
5
16.23
Annual
42
3
22.00
Hourly
42
3
30.00
Hourly
35
0
12.50
Hourly
40
9
15.50
Hourly
42
7
14.70
Hourly
40
3
21.72
Hourly
40
3
18.00
Hourly
40
6
31,200.00 Annual
40
4
62,129.60 Annual
40
2
15.00
Hourly
40
3
14.00
Hourly
40
2
14.20
Hourly
42
2
30,000.00 Annual
30
2
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey 73
Public Safety
Patrol Officer, Police Department
Group Jurisdiction
Mountain City Omega Oxford Pearson Pembroke Pine Mountain Porterdale Ray City Remerton Reynolds Richland Tennille Trion Twin City Union Point Varnell Willacoochee Wrens G Blairsville Eton Fairmount Franklin Glenwood Greenville Helen Hoboken Lake Park Morven Roberta Sardis Tunnel Hill Waverly Hall Whitesburg Woodbury H Sky Valley Stapleton Tallulah Falls Whigham
2016 Population
Minimum entry-level
wage
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
1,075 12.00
18.00
Hourly
40
2
1,227 12.83
13.17
Hourly
40
3
2,224 34,824.66 35,695.28 Annual
40
2
2,083
1.00
15.00
Hourly
40
4
2,484 15.00
21.76
Hourly
42
3
1,374 30,763.00 30,763.00 Annual
40
3
1,495 16.56
17.06
Hourly
42
1
1,053 11.50
12.00
Hourly
42
2
1,123 14.00
15.48
Hourly
40
3
1,025 12.00
19.19
Hourly
43
1
1,411 10.00
12.00
Hourly
40
6
1,854 16.00
18.00
Hourly
42
4
1,780 15.65
17.06
Hourly
40
5
1,699 12.00
12.36
Hourly
40
3
1,746 14.79
14.79
Hourly
42
4
1,795 13.00
15.00
Hourly
40
4
1,370 14.17
14.17
Hourly
42
2
2,042 11.27
14.86
Hourly
40
6
576 33,758.00 35,350.00 Annual
40
2
897 12.50
15.00
Hourly
42
2
738 14.25
15.75
Hourly
43
5
964 14.16
15.04
Hourly
42
4
742 48,925.24 5,039,216.00 Per Occur. 72
72
855 14.25
15.25
Hourly
42
4
542 15.70
17.85
Hourly
40
7
526 10.94
18.32
Hourly
40
1
726 21,840.00 80,174.00 Annual
40
3
533 12.00
13.39
Hourly
40
1
992 10.00
14.00
Hourly
40
5
975 11.00
13.00
Hourly
43
2
876 12.50
12.50
Hourly
40
1
759 12.00
14.00
Hourly
40
1
604 11.18
11.18
Hourly
40
1
900 23,296.00 34,486.00 Annual
40
4
269 14.00
20.00
Hourly
42
3
402 10.00
16.00
Hourly
40
1
170 34,423.00 34,423.00 Annual
40
1
473
9.00
13.00
Hourly
40
0
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. 74 DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey
Probation Officer
Summary of Data
Public Safety
Group
Number reporting
Minimum entry-level wage**
Average
Highest
Maximum wage**
Average
Highest
Number of full-time employees
A
3
38,431
40,248
59,079
61,693
5
B
2
37,279
37,336
52,702
55,255
4
C
5
32,996
40,955
49,382
61,443
7
D
2
39,720
44,496
39,720
44,496
2
E
3
36,897
41,115
46,333
56,160
6
F
2
35,931
43,262
35,931
43,262
2
Total/Avg
17
36,876
41,235
47,191
53,718
26
**Figures calculated using annual salaries and annualized hourly wages, excluding amounts reported as paid "Per Occurance".
Population Group Data
Group Jurisdiction
A Marietta Roswell Smyrna
B Hinesville LaGrange
C Conyers Grovetown Holly Springs McDonough Vidalia
D Centerville Rincon
E Cornelia Donalsonville Jonesboro
F Ludowici Remerton
2016 Population
60,941 94,598 56,664 33,577 30,771 15,919 13,463 11,281 23,964 10,703
7,615 9,935 4,267 2,637 4,729 2,162 1,123
Minimum entry-level
wage
36,483.00 18.54 19.35
37,221.00 37,336.00 31,467.02
17.20 19.69 15.05 25,480.00 44,496.00 16.80 37,440.00 17.97 15.45 28,600.00 43,262.00
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
55,183.00 Annual
40
1
29.66
Hourly
40
3
29.02
Hourly
40
1
55,255.00 Annual
40
2
50,149.00 Annual
40
2
44,277.26 Annual
40
2
26.15
Hourly
40
1
29.54
Hourly
40
1
24.17
Hourly
40
2
36,525.00 Annual
40
1
44,496.00 Annual
40
1
16.80
Hourly
40
1
56,160.00 Annual
40
1
17.97
Hourly
44
1
20.06
Hourly
40
4
28,600.00 Annual
40
1
43,262.00 Annual
40
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey 75
Public Safety
Public Safety Director
Summary of Data
Group
Number reporting
Minimum entry-level wage**
Average
Highest
Maximum wage**
Average
Highest
Number of full-time employees
A
1
132,300
132,300
132,300
132,300
1
B
1
121,285
121,285
163,842
163,842
1
C
3
65,929
66,997
99,179
109,658
3
E
2
52,313
64,626
62,313
64,626
2
F
1
46,500
46,500
57,500
57,500
1
Total/Avg
8
83,665
86,341
103,027
105,585
8
**Figures calculated using annual salaries and annualized hourly wages, excluding amounts reported as paid "Per Occurance".
Population Group Data
Group Jurisdiction
A Alpharetta B LaGrange C Buford
Grovetown Monroe E Dawson Thunderbolt F Pembroke
2016 Population
Minimum entry-level
wage
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
65,338 132,300.00 132,300.00 Annual
40
1
30,771 121,285.00 163,842.00 Annual
40
1
14,356 65,000.00 86,000.00 Annual
40
1
13,463 32.21
48.98
Annual
40
1
13,478 31.63
52.72
Hourly
40
1
4,291 31.07
31.07
Annual
40
1
2,683 40,000.00 60,000.00 Annual
40
1
2,484 46,500.00 57,500.00 Annual
40
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. 76 DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey
Records Clerk
Summary of Data
Public Safety
Group
Number reporting
Minimum entry-level wage**
Average
Highest
Maximum wage**
Average
Highest
Number of full-time employees
A
10
30,620
39,312
49,523
77,709
74
B
13
28,447
32,906
43,440
53,238
34
C
28
26,409
32,240
39,958
51,438
65
D
20
25,990
33,592
35,637
49,920
29
E
21
24,661
35,568
33,639
56,888
26
F
10
23,598
29,120
28,653
37,731
11
G
1
34,320
34,320
39,000
39,000
1
H
1
16,640
16,640
22,110
22,110
1
Total/Avg 104
26,336
31,712
36,495
48,504
241
**Figures calculated using annual salaries and annualized hourly wages, excluding amounts reported as paid "Per Occurance".
Population Group Data
Group Jurisdiction
A Albany Alpharetta Brookhaven Johns Creek City Marietta Roswell Sandy Springs Savannah Smyrna Valdosta
B Canton Carrollton Douglasville Duluth Dunwoody East Point Gainesville Hinesville Kennesaw
2016 Population
73,801 65,338 52,444 83,873 60,941 94,598 105,703 146,763 56,664 56,474 26,340 26,562 33,252 29,331 48,884 35,471 40,000 33,577 33,627
Minimum entry-level
wage
11.83 31,500.00
15.50 18.90 28,538.00 15.90 34,400.00 12.71 13.77 27,450.00 13.20 25,564.35 13.67 14.80 13.74 28,080.00 11.37 26,437.00 14.00
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
17.47
Hourly
40
9
58,910.00 Annual
37
4
24.80
Hourly
40
6
25.32
Hourly
40
3
43,163.00 Annual
40
17
37.36
Hourly
40
3
49,754.00 Annual
40
7
19.70
Hourly
40
15
20.65
Hourly
40
5
41,175.00 Annual
40
5
19.79
Hourly
40
3
34,049.60 Annual
40
4
21.18
Hourly
40
2
22.91
Hourly
40
1
20.65
Hourly
42
6
38,166.00 Annual
40
1
17.63
Hourly
40
3
46,623.00 Annual
40
2
20.25
Hourly
40
4
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey 77
Public Safety
Records Clerk
Group Jurisdiction
Lawrenceville Peachtree City Rome Woodstock C Acworth Americus Brunswick Calhoun Clarkston Conyers Covington Doraville Douglas Fayetteville Griffin Grovetown Kingsland Lilburn Loganville McDonough Milledgeville Monroe Norcross Pooler Powder Springs Richmond Hill Snellville Thomasville Tifton Union Vidalia Waycross D Auburn Barnesville Cairo Camilla Cedartown Cumming Eatonton
2016 Population
30,782 35,186 36,407 30,929 22,418 15,854 16,346 16,445 12,742 15,919 13,977 10,501 11,727 17,519 22,928 13,463 16,720 12,675 11,674 23,964 18,933 13,478 16,787 23,744 14,956 12,482 19,738 18,826 16,836 20,919 10,703 14,089
7,603 6,696 9,570 5,170 9,799 6,225 6,555
Minimum entry-level
wage
32,462.18 15.10 11.30 15.82 13.98
22,956.00 21,156.36
13.79 15.00 27,182.40 14.90 15.50 11.50 14.10 11.21 11.60 11.91 13.54 27,195.20 13.00 23,535.11 13.90 15.09 14.28 11.83 13.41 12.12 10.35 12.02 12.12 24,253.00 10.36 13.01 31,945.00 10.00 11.71 11.68 32,115.20 11.00
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
53,237.97 Annual
40
3
22.65
Hourly
40
1
18.61
Hourly
40
2
24.07
Hourly
40
2
19.84
Hourly
40
2
32,139.00 Annual
40
1
32,792.35 Annual
40
1
13.79
Hourly
40
1
22.20
Hourly
37.5
3
38,248.36 Annual
40
3
22.54
Hourly
40
1
22.39
Hourly
40
2
17.55
Hourly
40
4
23.33
Hourly
40
1
18.56
Hourly
40
4
17.67
Hourly
40
1
17.99
Hourly
40
2
20.30
Hourly
40
1
42,533.75 Annual
40
3
20.88
Hourly
40
2
35,811.49 Annual
40
1
20.84
Hourly
40
1
24.73
Hourly
40
5
21.42
Hourly
40
3
18.33
Hourly
40
1
20.68
Hourly
40
3
22.04
Hourly
40
2
14.90
Hourly
40
1
18.03
Hourly
42
6
18.18
Hourly
40
3
39,825.00 Annual
40
1
15.77
Hourly
40
6
19.23
Hourly
40
1
44,037.00 Annual
40
2
15.38
Hourly
40
1
16.61
Hourly
40
1
13.42
Hourly
40
2
32,115.20 Annual
40
2
17.09
Hourly
40
2
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. 78 DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey
Records Clerk
Public Safety
Group Jurisdiction
Fort Oglethorpe Fort Valley Garden City Glennville Hampton LaFayette Locust Grove Morrow Rincon Sandersville Stone Mountain Thomaston Waynesboro E Adairsville Baxley Blackshear Cornelia Dawson Elberton Grantville Harlem Hartwell Hazlehurst Jonesboro Lyons Oakwood Ocilla Reidsville Springfield Sylvania Tallapoosa Thunderbolt Tybee Island Vienna F Alto Claxton Colquitt Lavonia Lithonia
2016 Population
9,839 8,643 8,900 5,098 7,532 7,159 5,940 7,276 9,935 5,700 6,328 8,962 5,701 4,816 4,741 3,595 4,267 4,291 4,420 3,202 3,018 4,505 4,186 4,729 4,369 4,161 3,604 2,613 4,027 2,526 3,187 2,683 3,113 3,699 1,164 2,297 1,910 2,167 2,082
Minimum entry-level
wage
10.50 10.34 14.06 10.42 29,427.97 15.07 15.79 11.54 11.00 10.63 16.15 10.61 11.45 11.81 11.59 10.00 10.40 10.20 34,694.00 14.67 10.63 22,000.00 14.50 10.50 10.50 26,531.00 12.88 10.09 10.50 9.71 24,222.09 9.62 17.10 26,265.00 14.00 7.61 10.00 12.50 13.00
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
14.54
Hourly
40
2
15.50
Hourly
40
2
22.49
Hourly
40
3
14.36
Hourly
40
1
39,237.27 Annual
40
1
19.50
Hourly
40
1
24.00
Hourly
40
1
15.86
Hourly
40
1
12.00
Hourly
40
1
18.24
Hourly
40
2
18.47
Hourly
40
1
12.63
Hourly
40
1
17.87
Hourly
40
1
18.00
Hourly
40
2
15.26
Hourly
40
1
15.00
Hourly
40
3
18.72
Hourly
40
1
15.56
Hourly
40
2
47,250.00 Annual
40
1
14.67
Hourly
40
1
16.17
Hourly
40
1
38,272.00 Annual
40
1
14.94
Hourly
40
1
12.32
Hourly
40
2
10.50
Hourly
40
1
26,531.00 Annual
40
1
12.88
Hourly
40
1
14.42
Hourly
40
1
12.56
Hourly
40
1
16.31
Hourly
40
1
36,856.77 Annual
40
1
14.43
Hourly
40
1
27.35
Hourly
40
1
39,398.00 Annual
40
1
14.00
Hourly
40
1
14.35
Hourly
40
1
12.00
Hourly
40
1
15.00
Hourly
40
1
13.00
Hourly
40
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey 79
Public Safety
Records Clerk
Group Jurisdiction
Louisville Pembroke Pine Mountain Sparta Trion G Helen H Whigham
2016 Population
2,383 2,484 1,374 1,281 1,780
542 473
Minimum entry-level
wage
10.50 12.50 27,914.00 16,480.00 12.00 16.50 8.00
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
15.00
Hourly
40
1
18.14
Hourly
40
1
29,120.00 Annual
40
2
20,085.00 Annual
40
1
12.61
Hourly
40
1
18.75
Annual
40
1
10.63
Hourly
40
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. 80 DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey
School Resource Officer
Summary of Data
Public Safety
Group
Number reporting
Minimum entry-level wage**
Average
Highest
Maximum wage**
Average
Highest
Number of full-time employees
B
3
35,527
38,438
53,758
61,526
12
C
9
34,660
41,103
49,026
57,636
15
D
5
36,587
59,467
45,660
59,467
6
E
3
33,150
36,429
38,314
45,490
5
F
1
32,552
32,552
33,530
33,530
1
Total/Avg
21
34,495
41,598
44,057
51,530
39
**Figures calculated using annual salaries and annualized hourly wages, excluding amounts reported as paid "Per Occurance".
Population Group Data
Group Jurisdiction
B Carrollton Douglasville Newnan
C Calhoun Cordele Grovetown Kingsland Loganville Monroe Richmond Hill Thomasville Waycross
D Cairo Commerce Fort Valley LaFayette Sylvester
E Alma Hartwell Lyons
F Trion
2016 Population
26,562 33,252 37,912 16,445 10,856 13,463 16,720 11,674 13,478 12,482 18,826 14,089
9,570 6,788 8,643 7,159 6,064 3,556 4,505 4,369 1,780
Minimum entry-level
wage
33,219.62 18.48 16.79 18.47 16.12 17.20 14.08
33,051.20 15.38 18.82 16.43 13.87 14.61 16.17 14.54 28.59
27,100.32 36,429.00 30,000.00
15.12 15.65
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
45,603.82 Annual
40
1
29.58
Hourly
40
7
26.03
Hourly
40
4
18.47
Hourly
42
1
24.52
Hourly
42
1
26.15
Hourly
40
1
21.27
Hourly
40
3
46,675.20 Annual
43
2
23.07
Hourly
40
1
26.39
Hourly
42
2
23.66
Hourly
40
1
21.11
Hourly
43
3
20.09
Hourly
40
1
24.36
Hourly
42.5
1
21.81
Hourly
40
1
28.59
Hourly
40
1
27,846.00 Annual
43
2
36,429.00 Annual
40
1
45,490.00 Annual
40
3
15.12
Hourly
42
1
16.12
Hourly
40
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey 81
Public Safety
Sergeant, Police Department
Summary of Data
Group
Number reporting
Minimum entry-level wage**
Average
Highest
Maximum wage**
Average
Highest
Number of full-time employees
A
9
49,582
63,991
73,759
85,722
196
B
15
45,550
52,613
68,763
81,529
121
C
36
41,238
48,767
61,077
74,984
232
D
28
37,292
53,810
50,472
67,109
101
E
34
36,337
78,318
47,110
128,463
84
F
14
31,869
38,958
37,558
48,048
16
G
7
30,992
38,982
36,101
43,945
7
H
1
24,960
24,960
29,432
29,432
1
Total/Avg 144
37,227
50,050
50,534
69,904
758
**Figures calculated using annual salaries and annualized hourly wages, excluding amounts reported as paid "Per Occurance".
Population Group Data
Group Jurisdiction
A Albany Brookhaven Johns Creek City Marietta Roswell Sandy Springs Savannah Smyrna Valdosta
B Canton Carrollton Dalton Douglasville Duluth Dunwoody Gainesville Hinesville Kennesaw LaGrange
2016 Population
73,801 52,444 83,873 60,941 94,598 105,703 146,763 56,664 56,474 26,340 26,562 34,077 33,252 29,331 48,884 40,000 33,577 33,627 30,771
Minimum entry-level
wage
18.61 25.28 29.30 46,574.00 23.36 58,452.00 25.00 21.44 40,750.00 20.58 37,293.06 17.94 22.02 24.09 23.35 19.94 46,402.00 23.00 48,880.00
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
27.79
Hourly
40
20
40.45
Hourly
40
5
39.25
Hourly
42
8
70,481.00 Annual
40
15
37.36
Hourly
40
20
79,364.00 Annual
40
24
38.75
Hourly
40
86
32.16
Hourly
40
8
61,125.00 Annual
40
10
30.87
Hourly
43
5
50,871.20 Annual
40
16
28.04
Hourly
40
10
35.22
Hourly
40
9
37.33
Hourly
42
7
35.03
Hourly
42
9
31.30
Hourly
42
12
60,883.00 Annual
40
4
34.40
Hourly
43
9
67,662.00 Annual
42
10
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. 82 DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey
Sergeant, Police Department
Public Safety
Group Jurisdiction
Lawrenceville Newnan Peachtree City Rome Woodstock C Acworth Americus Bainbridge Brunswick Calhoun Cartersville Clarkston Conyers Covington Dallas Decatur Doraville Douglas Griffin Grovetown Holly Springs Jefferson Kingsland Lilburn Loganville McDonough Milledgeville Monroe Norcross Perry Pooler Powder Springs Richmond Hill Snellville St. Marys Suwanee Thomasville Tifton Union
2016 Population
30,782 37,912 35,186 36,407 30,929 22,418 15,854 12,274 16,346 16,445 20,753 12,742 15,919 13,977 13,108 22,813 10,501 11,727 22,928 13,463 11,281 10,486 16,720 12,675 11,674 23,964 18,933 13,478 16,787 16,200 23,744 14,956 12,482 19,738 18,088 19,421 18,826 16,836 20,919
Minimum entry-level
wage
47,961.42 19.99 22.42 19.23 20.92 21.81
32,247.00 18.97
40,830.40 20.79 20.46 18.57
48,566.52 18.74
42,173.04 21.99 21.00 17.95 20.28 17.20 20.70
39,395.00 16.60 21.11
33,051.20 21.74
36,706.77 16.82 21.24 21.06 19.21 21.91 20.75 19.23 17.80 21.67 16.03 17.00 21.71
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
78,656.73 Annual
40
6
32.86
Hourly
40
7
33.63
Hourly
40
7
28.84
Hourly
40
6
31.83
Hourly
43
4
33.05
Hourly
43
5
45,146.00 Annual
42
7
30.00
Hourly
42
4
65,328.64 Annual
40
7
21.39
Hourly
42
4
31.13
Hourly
42.75
6
27.85
Hourly
40
4
70,356.60 Annual
40
11
28.24
Hourly
43
7
57,811.51 Annual
42
42
36.05
Hourly
40
7
29.40
Hourly
42
6
27.38
Hourly
42
6
30.42
Hourly
42
4
26.15
Hourly
42
4
31.05
Hourly
42
5
59,088.00 Annual
42
2
24.35
Hourly
42
4
31.67
Hourly
43
5
46,675.20 Annual
43
4
34.58
Hourly
40
6
55,853.46 Annual
40
5
25.76
Hourly
40
1
34.81
Hourly
40
8
31.01
Hourly
40
6
28.82
Hourly
42
9
32.51
Hourly
40
4
29.10
Hourly
42
6
34.19
Hourly
40
6
19.53
Hourly
40
4
33.59
Hourly
42
6
23.08
Hourly
45.5
6
23.09
Hourly
42
5
32.55
Hourly
40
5
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey 83
Public Safety
Sergeant, Police Department
Group Jurisdiction
2016 Population
Vidalia
10,703
Waycross
14,089
D Auburn
7,603
Barnesville
6,696
Byron
5,133
Cairo
9,570
Camilla
5,170
Cedartown
9,799
Centerville
7,615
Commerce
6,788
Cumming
6,225
Fitzgerald
8,927
Folkston
4,788
Fort Oglethorpe
9,839
Fort Valley
8,643
Garden City
8,900
Glennville
5,098
Hampton
7,532
Jesup
10,170
LaFayette
7,159
Lovejoy
6,367
McRae-Helena
8,338
Morrow
7,276
Port Wentworth
7,933
Rincon
9,935
Sandersville
5,700
Stone Mountain
6,328
Sylvester
6,064
Thomaston
8,962
Tyrone
7,215
E Alma
3,556
Ashburn
3,737
Avondale Estates
3,150
Baldwin
3,304
Bloomingdale
2,717
Chattahoochee Hills C 2,804
Cornelia
4,267
Donalsonville
2,637
Grantville
3,202
Minimum entry-level
wage
28,829.00 15.31 16.61
36,573.00 15.69 15.53 15.49 19.36 15.10 17.86
44,132.07 7.25 14.00 14.75 13.85 17.31 14.72
50,331.80 14.94 25.87
30,722.03 10.64 21.63 18.62 20.35 15.42 25.66
32,958.64 16.71 19.81
36,947.00 14.50
50,000.00 16.00 17.93 15.65 16.38 14.73 16.90
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
41,309.00 Annual
40
4
23.29
Hourly
43
7
24.54
Hourly
43
4
50,417.00 Annual
40
3
27.76
Hourly
43
3
21.00
Hourly
40
1
21.95
Hourly
42
1
20.23
Hourly
40
1
16.07
Hourly
43
4
25.60
Hourly
42.5
6
46,732.32 Annual
40
4
19.47
Hourly
43
6
20.50
Hourly
42
2
16.55
Hourly
42
4
20.78
Hourly
42
4
27.70
Hourly
43
8
20.32
Hourly
42
2
67,109.05 Annual
43
4
23.27
Hourly
42
5
30.00
Annual
40
4
54,771.80 Annual
42
2
17.99
Hourly
48
2
28.85
Hourly
43
6
28.33
Hourly
43
7
20.60
Hourly
43
2
21.72
Hourly
43
4
27.20
Hourly
40
3
39,464.88 Annual
43
2
18.25
Hourly
43
5
25.99
Hourly
42.5
2
41,462.00 Annual
40
1
15.00
Hourly
40
2
68,661.00 Annual
43
2
16.09
Hourly
42
2
29.41
Hourly
84
3
22.36
Hourly
43
1
25.80
Hourly
42
4
14.96
Hourly
40
3
16.90
Hourly
40
2
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. 84 DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey
Sergeant, Police Department
Public Safety
Group Jurisdiction
Gray Harlem Hephzibah Hiram Hogansville Jackson Jasper Jonesboro Lyons Manchester Metter Oakwood Palmetto Pelham Quitman City Reidsville Ringgold Rockmart Royston Social Circle Sylvania Tallapoosa Tybee Island Watkinsville West Point F Aragon Blue Ridge Bowdon Claxton Clayton East Dublin Lithonia Ludowici Midway Mount Vernon Pine Mountain Porterdale Remerton Reynolds
2016 Population
3,268 3,018 3,898 3,898 3,139 5,071 3,819 4,729 4,369 4,061 4,076 4,161 4,707 3,649 3,888 2,613 4,378 4,299 2,563 4,452 2,526 3,187 3,113 2,863 3,766 1,242 1,391 2,097 2,297 2,266 2,381 2,082 2,162 1,997 2,278 1,374 1,495 1,123 1,025
Minimum entry-level
wage
12.44 15.07 29,900.00 40,000.00 16.50 17.03 15.68 19.58 15.12 26,288.34 16.67 40,178.00 18.92 15.97 13.25 10.48 35,585.48 36,475.00 14.70 18.30 15.91 34,225.18 21.12 14.43 18.08 16.51 14.10 16.59 10.20 14.00 14.99 16.67 31,720.00 15.52 29,000.00 32,240.00 16.64 18.73 12.61
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
22.24
Hourly
42
3
22.93
Hourly
43
1
29,900.00 Annual
42
1
45,000.00 Annual
44
5
19.00
Hourly
40
4
20.00
Hourly
42
2
17.36
Hourly
42
2
24.83
Hourly
42
4
15.12
Hourly
42
4
39,216.48 Annual
40
2
22.23
Hourly
43
1
43,267.00 Annual
40
2
29.51
Hourly
40
2
15.97
Hourly
40
3
13.25
Hourly
42
1
15.28
Hourly
40
1
44,647.06 Annual
40
1
44,570.00 Annual
42
4
17.43
Hourly
43
1
21.70
Hourly
42
3
26.72
Hourly
42
1
52,077.65 Annual
42
5
33.79
Annual
40
5
16.61
Hourly
40
1
27.42
Hourly
44
5
16.51
Hourly
40
1
16.00
Hourly
40
1
16.59
Hourly
42
1
19.23
Hourly
40
1
22.00
Hourly
42
2
18.26
Hourly
40
1
16.67
Hourly
40
1
31,720.00 Annual
40
1
16.14
Hourly
42
1
35,000.00 Annual
30
1
35,526.00 Annual
40
2
19.10
Hourly
40
1
18.73
Hourly
40
1
20.16
Hourly
43
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey 85
Public Safety
Sergeant, Police Department
Group Jurisdiction
G Blairsville Franklin Luthersville Norman Park Sardis Whitesburg Woodbury
H Warwick
2016 Population
576 964 817 969 975 604 900 409
Minimum entry-level
wage
38,982.00 17.06
37,190.00 12.00 13.00 11.68
25,188.00 12.00
Maximum wage
Wage reported as
Number of scheduled
hours
Number of full-time employees*
43,945.00 Annual
40
2
17.06
Hourly
42
1
37,440.00 Annual
40
1
18.00
Hourly
40
1
15.00
Hourly
43
1
11.68
Hourly
40
1
38,792.00 Annual
40
0
14.15
Hourly
40
1
* Blank No. of Employees likely indicates position vacancy at time of reporting. 86 DCA - 2017 Municipal Government Wage and Salary Survey