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Public Safety
Imroduetlon The Georgia Department of Community Affairs began collecting wage and salary data in 1987, providing key
reference information for state and local elected officials, administrators, and citizens. This publication is a compilation of data collected from the 1999 County Wage and Salary Survey.
Separate publications are available in county and municipal government editions for 1999 wage and salary data covering three key areas oflocal government employment: administrative and general, public safety, and public works. Each publication contains an appendix listing the jurisdictions responding to the 1999 County Wage and Salary Survey. For data on elected officials' salaries, please call (404) 679-3151. We thank those local officials and staff whose participation made this publication possible.
About the Data In This publication includes data on wages and salaries for county government public safety employees as of this Publlcadon September I, 1999. Wage and salary data are collected and reported for full-time positions only. For the pur-
poses of this report, full-time employment is 35 hours or more per week. The survey asks governments to report the number of employees in each position listed. In cases where positions exist, but are vacant, a "0" is entered in the "Number of full-time employees" column. Where a local government has not reported a data element, "NR" appears.
The survey requests the entry level and maximum wage on either an hourly or annual basis. If hourly figures were reported, we convert that information to an annual salary based on the number of weekly hours reported. We assumed a 40-hour work week when a government did not report hours. Public safety positions that worked "24 hours on, 48 hours off" schedule are reported as 48 hours weekly. If a government did not have a pay scale or salary range, the respondent was instructed to enter the actual salary paid to the current incumbent as both the minimum and maximum rates.
Job DescriPtIons Job descriptions for positions included in this report are arranged in alphabetical order following this Introduction.
We asked respondents to provide information for those jobs with duties most closely matching the job descriptions if their government uses a different job title for a position.
Population Six population groups aid comparison of detailed and summary data on jurisdictions of similar size. The report Groups presents summaries ofdata for each job title using these population groups. Population group ranges reported in
the table below use 1998 Census Bureau population estimates. The table reflects the number ofjurisdictions in each group and the number responding to the 1999 survey.

Popul~tion >it

Number Number in group responding
~::~

D

15,000 - 24,999

42

27

F Less than 10,000

36

19

County Job Descriptions

Public Safety

rlr8Otll' AnImal btroI

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 btroI om. Performs skilled work in the apprehension and care of animals found in violation of
county animal control ordinances.

Assistant FD'8 CIdBf Performs highly responsible technical, supervisory, and administrative work in assisting
the direction of the Fire Department.

A88istant PoOce CId8f Performs highly responsible technical, supervisory, and administrative work in directing
the activities of the county police department. Second in command to the police chief.

.captain - PoBoe D8partm1lllt Directs and coordinates activities of county 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.

captain -Sheriff's DlIPartmBnt Directs and coordinates activities of county sheriffs deputies 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.

ChiBf Deputy ShBriff Directs and coordinates activities of county sheriffs department, which may include
scheduling work assignments and deployment of manpower in patrol division and transmitting orders to subordinate officers for execution; develops department procedures to serve as guidelines for proper conduct of patrol division activities, based on legal information and previous law enforcement experience.

ChiIl1' JallBr/JaD Administrator Supervises and coordinates the work activities of a county jail staff.

COdes EnfIrC8Dlent omCHI' Performs technical level work to ensure that all codes and ordinances are adhered to
throughout the jurisdiction.

COmnnmlcatloos Dir8ctor Directs the operations, development, and implementation of policies and procedures and
the administration and management of the Communications Department.

, Cll'PoraI- PoDce Dop8J1b1Blt Performs law enforcement and some routine investigative work. May train entry-level
police officers and serve as a lead officer on special assignments.

CDrporal- Sheriffs DopartmBllt Performs law enforcement and some routine investigative work. May train entry-level
deputies and serve as a lead officer on special assignments.

omcer COrracUII1

Guards 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.

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Publit: Safety

Daputy ShBrlff Maintains law and order throughout the county and serves legal processes of courts.
Also transports or escorts prisoners between courtrooms, prison, and medical facilities.
May operate radio to deliver instructions to patrol unit.

Duputy Wardun Assists in the administration and operation of employees and inmates at a county penal
facility.
DatBntIon om. Guards prisoners in station or jail, assuming responsibilities for all needs of prisoners
during detention. May prepare arrest records identifying prisoner and charge assigned.

DlspatehBr 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.
DlspatohBrldaAur Maintains security of prisoners during their detention and operates radio and telephone
receiving and dispatching calls to the appropriate department and/or person.

E-811 Opntor Responsible for answering emergency calls and dispatching appropriate personnel to the
correct location.
Emurguney Medical SnlCBS Directs emergency medical service program, coordinates activities of persons involved Dlractor in rescue, care, and transportation of catastrophe/accident victims.
EmBrguney Madlcal TBChnlelan lEMTl Provides emergency care and treatment to the sick and injured; trained to operate more
specialized equipment; must be certified as advanced E.M.T.
Englnu Oparator/Drivur Drives fire fighting vehicle to fire scene and conducts pumping operations to assist in
fire fighting.
FIrB Chluf Plans, directs, organizes, and coordinates the activities of a county fire department.

RraMarshal Plans, manages, and coordinates fire prevention and fire investigation activities of the
fire department.
Rra omcar - captain 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.

FIrB Dmcar - UBUtBnaDt 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.
RranghtBr Controls and extinguishes fires, protects life and property, and maintains equipment as a
full-time employee of the county. 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.

FlrBnghtBrlEMT Controls and extinquishes fires, protects life and property, maintains fire equipment and
facilities, and provides emergency care and operates specialized medical equipment
before, during, and after transport of injured persons to hospitals.

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Public Safety
mastJuabrlD8t8ctlv8 -PoIc8 P~rfonns investigations in the police department to solve or prevent crimes. Examines
... D8partmBnt crime scenes to obtaih clues and gather evidence that may lead to a conviction.
blVIIStigatIrIDBtBctiv8 - ShIrIff's Performs investigations in the sheriffs department to solve or prevent crimes. Examines OBpw'bllllllt crime scenes to obtain clues and gather evidence that may lead to a conviction.
U8UtBnant - PoDalJBpartJllmit Directs and coordinates activities of county 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.
UBUtBnant - Sheriffs Department Directs and coordinates activities of county sheriffs deputies 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.
Majll' - PoD. DBPrtmmlt. Directs and coordinates activities of county police patrol officers py 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.
MaJII' -ShBrlffs DBpartmBnt Directs and coordinates activities of county sheriffs deputies 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 Om- As a member of the county 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.
PoDCB ChlBf Plans, directs, organizes, and coordinates the activities of a county police department in
accordance with authority delegated by the county commission.
PubIc safBtY DirBctor Responsible for providing leadership and direction to the Public Safety Department in
the development of and provision of quality police, fire, emergency medical, and emergency management services to facilitate the protection and well-being of residents.
RBCII'ds Cln 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.
SBrllBant - POICBlJBpartmBllt Responsible for the direction and supervision of law enforcement activities performed
by a group of county police officers during a particular shift or assignment.
SBrgBant - ShBrlffs Deprtmllllt Responsible for the direction and supervision of law enforcement activities performed
by a group of deputies during a particular shift or assignment.
Wardlll Directs the administration and operation of employees and inmates at a county penal
facility.
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Animal Control Director

Summary ofData

Group

Number reporting

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

A

6

B

8

C

D

fatal

16

38,945 27,911 19,926 19,589 31,029

38,275 27,486 19,926 19,589 30,730

Population Group Data

Public Safety

Maximum wage

Average

Median

57,245 40,349 30,333 27,425 45,251

57,269 41,833 30,333 27,425 46,977

Number of fUll-time employees
5 8
1 15

Group
A
B
C 0

Jurisdiction
Chatham Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee DeKalb Gwinnett Henry Columbia Fayette Glynn Newton Paulding Spalding Walker Walton Effingham Oconee

1998 Estimated population
225,543 566,203 182,752 593,850 522,095 104,667 91,118 88,609 67,320 57,847 73,534 57,626 63,082 54,485 36,483 23,737

Minimum entry-level
wage
37,317 38,980 38,257 44,184 36,640 38,292 28,929 35,610 26,380 27,643 19,967 27,328 24,898 32,531 19,926 19,589

Maximum wage
54,857 60,296 59,681 61,428 53,127 54,080 43,264 52,853 39,478 43,097 27,942 40,569 24,898 50,689 30,333 27,425

Number or scheduled
hours
40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40

Number of full-time employees
1 1 NR
1
1

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Public Safety
Animal Control Officer

Summary ofData

Group

Number reporting

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

A

9

B

11

C

5

0

12

Total

37

19,940 19,516 19,186 17,440 18,901

20,111 20,578 19,219 17,004 18,970

Population Group Data

Maximum wage

Average

Median

29,609 28,563 24,971 22,041 26,217

30,302 30,548 24,823 21,398 26,223

Number of full-time employees
51 32 7 14 104

Group
A
B
C

Jurisdiction
Bibb Chatham Clayton Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee DeKalb Gwinnett Henry Houston Bulloch Columbia Fayette Glynn Liberty Newton Paulding Spalding Troup Walker Walton Barrow Coffee

1998 Estimated population
156,086 225,543 208,999 566,203 182,752 593,850 522,095 104,667 105,808 50,614 91,118 88,609 67,320 59,162 57,847 73,534 57,626 58,783 63,082 54,485 40,344 34,298

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Minimum entry-level
wage
18,970 17,324 20,111 21,216 20,734 18,984 21,996 21,153 18,970 21,008 17,680 20,675 21,321 17,242 18,782 17,054 20,578 22,297 17,077 20,966 17,923 19,219

Maximum wage
29,358 25,455 30,302 30,763 32,345 26,148 31,895 29,868 30,347 31,948 26,541 30,680 33,903 23,698 29,328 23,872 30,548 33,924 17,077 32,676 26,223 19,219

Number of scheduled
hours
40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40

Number of full-time employees
2 5 7 24
5 NR 6
5 3 4
5 4 3
2 3 2

Animal Control Officer

Group Jurisdiction
Effingham Habersham Laurens
0 Ben Hill
Fannin Gilmer Harris Jones Lee Lumpkin Mitchell Monroe Morgan Oconee Putnam

1998 Estimated population
36,483 31,858 43,772 17,496 18,622 18,672 22,315 23,020 22,767 18,981 21,176 19,645 15,091 23,737 17,559

Minimum entry-level
wage
14,872 21,000 22,917 13,520 13,759 13,520 15,316 21,354 16,640 27,144 18,304 17,368 15,600 17,761 18,990

Maximum wage
22,635 31,953 24,823 19,864 13,759 18,720 21,442 21,354 23,816 27,144 18,304 25,500 20,980 24,865 28,745

Public Safety

Number of scheduled
hours
40 40 40 35 40 40 40 40 40 43 43 40 40 40 40

Number of full-time employees
1 1 2
2 1
2

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Public Safety
Assistant Fire Chief
Summary ofData

Group

Number reporting

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

A

6

B

6

C

3

0

4

Tatal

19

55,238 36,330 26,678 20,820 37,512

50,803 37,126 26,500 19,230 34,923

Population Group Data

Maximum wage

Average

Median

78,460 51,477 35,986 26,247 52,240

75,323 55,743 38,840 24,398 53,102

Number of full-time employees
10 7 3 4
24

Group Jurisdiction

A Clayton
ColumbuslMuscogee DeKalb Fulton

Gwinnett Henry
B Douglas
Fayette

Paulding Spalding Troup

Walker

C Decatur

f

Habersham

Ware

0 Burke

Fannin

Lumpkin

Putnam

1998 Estimated population
208,999 182,752 593,850 739,367 522,095 104,667 89,843 88,609 73,534 57,626 58,783 63,082 27,035 31,858 35,364 22,854 18,622 18,981 17,559

Minimum entry-level
wage
51,697 45,051 49,908 67,037 71,080 46,654 43,613 43,389 28,687 39,329 34,923 28,041 26,500 25,525 28,008 28,430 16,390 18,304 20,155

Maximum wage
77,893 76,318 74,328 105,249 71,080 65,894 64,744 64,418 40,170 58,384 53,102 28,041 26,500 38,840 42,617 39,802 16,390 18,304 30,492

Number of scheduled
hours
40 40 40 40 40 40 NR 40 53 40 40 42 40 40 40 40 40 40 40

Number of full-time employees
4
3
NR
2

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Assistant Police Chief

Summary ofData

Group

Number reporting

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

A

6

B

'atal

7

55,482 38,101 52,999

49,976 38,101 49,908

Population Group Data

Public Safety

Maximum wage

Average

Median

79,447 53,036 75,674

75,948 53,036 74,328

Number or full-time employees
10
11

Group
A
B

Jurisdiction
Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee DeKalb Fulton Gwinnett Henry Dougherty

1998 Estimated population
566,203 182,752 593,850 739,367 522,095 104,667 95,309

Minimum entry-level
wage
50,044 49,556 49,908 67,037 69,690 46,654 38,101

Maximum wage
77,568 83,950 74,328 105,249 69,690 65,894 53,036

Number or scheduled
hours
40 40 40 40 40 40 40

Number or full-time employees
2
3 3 NR

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Public Safety
Captain -Police Department
Summary ofData

Group

Number reporting

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

A

8

B

2

C

Total

11

42,030 34,240 19,156 38,534

41,360 34,240 19,156 40,324

Population Group Data

Maximum wage

Average

Median

62,652 48,225 34,403 57,461

60,917 48,225 34,403 59,697

Number or full-time employees
68
5
2 75

Group
A
B C

Jurisdiction
Chatham Clayton Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee DeKalb Fulton Gwinnett Henry Dougherty Glynn Polk

1998 Estimated population
225,543 208,999 566,203 182,752 593,850 739,367 522,095 104,667 95,309 67,320 36,308

Minimum entry-level
wage
41,550 40,324 44,122 37,232 42,240 51,314 41,169 38,292 31,189 37,290 19,156

Maximum wage
61,076 60,757 68,389 63,073 58,716 75,431 59,697 54,080 43,415 53,034 34,403

Number or scbeduled
hours
40 40 40 40 42 40 48 40 40 40 40

Number or full-time employees
4 11 14 7 17 11
NR
4 2 3 2

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Captain -Sheriff's Department

Public Safety

Public Safety
Captain - Sheriff's Department

Group
C
0
E F

Jurisdiction
Barrow Colquitt Jackson Laurens Sumter Thomas Tift Ware Wayne Butts Crisp Fannin Franklin Gilmer Hart Jones Lee Lumpkin Monroe Putnam Crawford Dawson Pike Montgomery

1998 Estimated population
40,344 40,156 37,641 43,772 31,324 42,953 36,673 35,364 25,437 17,837 20,725 18,622 19,080 18,672 21,833 23,020 22,767 18,981 19,645 17,559 10,667 14,851 12,645 7,741

Minimum entry-level
wage
32,187 35,506 29,591 33,612 24,380 25,750 31,350 25,462 25,812 26,464 26,769 23,893 27,144 18,720 23,237 33,076 24,960 42,016 38,292 26,291 20,321 29,300 20,987 21,849

Maximum wage
47,093 50,627 45,027 33,612 24,380 42,806 47,020 38,743 39,270 60,672 37,710 23,893 27,144 22,880 35,358 33,076 35,713 42,016 39,436 39,769 27,310 29,300 20,987 23,243

Number of scheduled
hours
43 40 42 40 40 40 40 40 42 43 42 42 40 40 45 40 48 40 42 40 40 42 43 40

Number of fulltime employees
2
2 4 1 6 2 3 3 2

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Chief Deputy Sheriff

Summary ofData

Group

Number reporting

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

A

4

B

6

I:

6

I

17

E

6

F

10

Total

49

20,661 19,344 16,613 15,588 14,834 13,164 16,001

20,158 19,340 16,351 15,472 14,934 13,327 15,454

Population Group Data

. "" ~.,
".. ',

Maximum wage

Average

Median

31,612 29,535 23,468 21,544 17,165 16,829 22,081

30,384 29,039 24,409 22,651 18,183 16,827 20,169

Public Safety
Number of full-time employees
101 49 24 82 23 35 314

Group
A
B
C
0

Jurisdiction
Bibb Chatham Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee Columbia Dougherty Douglas Glynn Paulding Walton Barrow Jackson Stephens Sumter Tift Ware Appling Burke Butts

1998 Estimated population
156,086 225,543 566,203 182,752 91,118 95,309 89,843 67,320 73,534 54,485 40,344 37,641 25,421 31,324 36,673 35,364 16,493 22,854 17,837

Minimum entry-level
wage
20,259 20,057 25,272 17,056 20,467 19,668 20,979 18,159 17,782 19,011 19,267 18,158 14,664 15,250 17,451 14,887 14,227 14,968 15,472

Maximum wage
31,283 29,484 37,897 27,783 30,701 27,377 34,335 27,231 24,890 32,676 28,190 27,643 20,904 15,250 26,166 22,652 19,073 24,111 35,474

Number of scheduled
hours
40 40 40 43 40 40 NR 40 40 42 43 42 40 40 40 45 40 40 40

Number of full-time employees
7 2 76 16 16 4 8 10 6 5
4 4 7 4 4 5 6 4

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Public Safety
Chief Deputy Sheriff

Group Jurisdiction
Chattahoochee Chattooga Dodge Elbert Franklin Gilmer Harris Hart Mitchell Morgan Oconee Peach Putnam Tattnall
E Crawford
Dooly McIntosh Oglethorpe Pike Twiggs
F Atkinson
Charlton Clay Evans Hancock Lincoln Montgomery Pulaski Warren Wilcox

1998 Estimated population
16,679 22,813 18,108 19,335 19,080 18,672 22,315 21,833 21,176 15,091 23,737 24,462 17,559 18,975 10,667 10,388 10,018 11,418 12,645 10,126 7,138 9,442 3,453 9,949 9,134 8,276 7,741 8,401 6,059 7,365

Minimum entry-level
wage
12,355 16,596 12,667 15,392 19,760 13,520 18,263 15,728 15,059 17,199 17,761 16,681 16,868 12,480 14,684 15,184 12,480 16,640 14,560 15,454 13,500 11,440 14,560 14,274 12,001 16,000 13,154 12,480 10,712 13,520

Maximum wage
14,945 18,298 13,166 22,651 19,760 18,720 25,568 23,932 15,288 23,130 24,865 26,644 25,521 15,100 19,718 17,139 12,480 19,864 14,560 19,227 13,500 16,598 14,560 20,169 17,056 19,000 15,261 18,886 18,179 15,080

Number or scheduled
hours
40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 44 40 40 40 40 43 40 40 40 48 42 40 40 40 40 40 40

Number or full-time employees
4 4 2 9 6 4 2 3 4 6 7 8 4 4 4 4 6 3 4 2 4 4 4 4 6 2 2 4 2 3

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Chief Jailer/Jail Administrator

Summary ofData

Group

Number reporting

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

A

7

B

14

C

15

0

23

E

7

F

6

TDIaI

72

48,763 34,908 27,995 23,104 22,916 19,055 28,557

48,236 36,072 28,440 23,048 24,448 20,245 27,030

Population Group Data

'\
Public Safety

Maximum wage

Average

Median

75,289 51,202 38,362 30,121 27,018 19,621 39,151

74,328 53,287 38,625 28,953 26,062 20,769 35,432

Number of full-time employees
7 17 15 24 7 6 76

Group
A
B

Jurisdiction
Chatham Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee DeKalb Fulton Gwinnett Houston Bulloch Columbia Dougherty Douglas Fayette Forsyth Glynn Liberty Newton Paulding Spalding Troup

1998 Estimated population
225,543 566,203 182,752 593,850 739,367 522,095 105,808 50,614 91,118 95,309 89,843 88,609 86,130 67,320 59,162 57,847 73,534 57,626 58,783

Minimum entry-level
wage
48,236 53,297 45,051 49,908 67,037 46,258 31,554 24,918 35,069 40,405 28,113 39,287 36,452 42,078 35,692 32,658 28,687 37,829 38,355

Maximum wage
70,917 82,610 76,318 74,328 105,249 67,077 50,523 37,939 52,624 56,243 41,735 58,337 53,949 67,325 48,919 50,903 40,170 56,157 58,344

Number of scheduled
hours
40 40 40 40 42 40 40 43 40 40 NR 43 40 40 40 40 40 40 40

Number of fUll-time employees
4

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Public Safety
Chief Jailer/Jail Administrator

Group Jurisdiction

1998 Estimated population

Minimum entry-level
wage

Walker Walton
C Barrow
Coffee Colquitt Decatur Effingham Habersham Jackson Laurens Polk Stephens Sumter Thomas Tift Ware Wayne
0 Appling
Ben Hill Burke Butts Chattooga Crisp Dodge Elbert Fannin Franklin Gilmer Harris Hart Jones Lee Lumpkin Mitchell

63,082 54,485 40,344 34,298 40,156 27,035 36,483 31,858 37,641 43,772 36,308 25,421 31,324 42,953 36,673 35,364 25,437 16,493 17,496 22,854 17,837 22,813 20,725 18,108 19,335 18,622 19,080 18,672 22,315 21,833 23,020 22.767 18,981 21,176

31,500 37,668 32,187 33,051 26,978 30,982 25,384 31,026 29,591 33,612 24,425 21,528 25,668 23,143 28,440 25,462 28,454 12,771 20,800 23,918 33,784 32,060 28,953 17,472 20,134 18,018 27,352 17,680 19,246 23,237 21,882 26,538 30,888 14.206

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Maximum wage
35,506 58,676 47,093 33,051 38,459 30,982 38,625 47,210 45,027 33,612 41,817 30,732 25,668 38,459 42,650 38,743 43,305 20,176 21,848 33,485 77,434 32,060 28,953 18,179 29,868 18,018 27,352 20,800 26,944 35,358 21,882 26.538 30,888 14,206

Number or scheduled
hours
40 40 43 43 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 43 40 40 42 43 40 40 40 40 42 40 40 42 40 40 40 45 40 40 43 40

Number or full-time employees
2

Chief Jailer/Jail Administrator

Group Jurisdiction
Morgan Oconee Peach Pierce Putnam Washington
E Crawford
Dawson Lamar Pike Rabun Screven Twiggs
F Calhoun
Charlton Hancock Irwin Lincoln Talbot

1998 Estimated population
15,091 23,737 24,462 15,794 17,559 20,033 . 10,667 14,851 14,706 12,645 13,406 14,431 10,126 5,053 9,442 9,134 8,982 8,276 6,935

Minimum entry-level
wage
23,048 31,170 24,648 17,500 27,081 19,000 16,036 26,062 29,400 20,051 26,735 24,448 17,680 16,182 13,000 19,385 22,152 21,104 22,506

Maximum wage
30,997 43,638 39,374 29,000 40,976 24,800 21,548 26,062 29,400 20,051 40,680 33,702 17,680 16,681 13,000 19,385 22,152 24,000 22,506

Public Safety

Number of scheduled
hours
43 40 40 40 40 43 40 40 40 43 40 42 40 42 40 40 40 40 40

Number of full-time employees

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Public Safety
Codes Enforcement Officer

Summary ofData

Group

Number reporting

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

A

8

B

5

C

6

D

7

E

2

F

4

TIt8I

32

26,249 23,526 26,667 19,437 19,578 19,901 23,201

24,878 24,285 28,267 19,910 19,578 19,802 22,589

Population Group Data

Maximum wage

Average

Median

38,603 35,905 35,694 31,267 24,865 22,151 33,116

36,254 36,052 33,145 26,776 24,865 19,802 33,446

Number or full-time employees
55 14 6 7 2 4 88

Group
A
B .C

Jurisdiction
Clayton Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee DeKalb Fulton Gwinnett Henry Houston Douglas Glynn Newton Spalding Troup Coffee Effingham Jackson Polk Sumter Tift

1998 Estimated population
208,999 566,203 182,752 593,850 739,367 522,095 104,667 105,808 89,843 67,320 57,847 57,626 58,783 34,298 36,483 37,641 36,308 31,324 36,673

Minimum entry-level
wage
25,783 25,272 20,734 26,736 42,329 24,483 23,337 21,320 24,285 21,321 24,648 25,079 22,297 26,936 18,990 29,598 16,556 36,572 31,350

Maximum wage
38,849 37,897 32,345 37,008 60,107 35,500 32,988 34,133 36,052 33,903 38,417 37,230 33,924 26,936 28,888 45,032 29,718 36,572 47,020

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Number of scheduled
hours
40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 NR 40 40 40 40 43 40 40 40 40 40

Number of full-time employees
6 25 15 3 NR 4
3 4 2 2 3

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Codes Enforcement Officer

Group
0
E F

Jurisdiction
Butts Elbert Lee Morgan Oconee Peach Putnam Crawford Oglethorpe Candler Evans Hancock Warren

1998 Estimated population
17,837 19,335 22,767 15,091 23,737 24,462 17,559 10,667 11,418 9,078 9,949 9,134 6,059

Minimum entry-level
wage
24,003 16,099 16,640 19,910 18,370 20,280 20,758 19,156 20,000 25,000 15,000 22,880 16,724

Maximum wage
55,031 23,732 23,816 26,776 25,718 32,385 31,408 25,729 24,000 34,000 15,000 22,880 16,724

Public Safety

Number of scheduled
hours
40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 37 40 40 40

Number of full-time employees
1

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Public Safety
,
Communications Director
Summary ofData

Group

Number reporting

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

A

8

B

10

C

9

0

12

E

4

TItaI

43

50,959 35,566 32,452 24,596 24,979 33,732

45,587 36,094 29,883 23,078 24,631 31,554

Population Group Data

Maximum wage

Average

Median

67,100 53,534 40,771 29,760 31,521 44,704

60,562 54,900 39,214 29,456 29,258 44,962

Number of full-time employees
8 10 8 12 4 42

Group
A
B
C

Jurisdiction
Clayton Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee DeKalb Fulton Gwinnett Henry Houston Bulloch Columbia Douglas Fayette Forsyth Glynn Paulding Spalding Troup Walton Coffee Decatur

1998 Estimated population
208,999 566,203 182,752 593,850 739,367 522,095 104,667 105,808 50,614 91,118 89,843 88,609 86,130 67,320 73,534 57,626 58,783 54,485 34,298 27,035

Minimum entry-level
wage
51,697 46,990 33,770 44,184 98,866 58,349 42,265 31,554 29,549 30,285 39,558 41,288 40,462 26,969 33,057 36,329 42,307 35,859 34,390 48,900

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Maximum wage
77,893 72,834 57,209 61,428 98,866 58,349 59,696 50,523 44,962 45,427 58,725 61,298 59,883 44,568 46,282 53,931 64,397 55,868 34,390 48,900
,

Number of scheduled
hours
40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 NR 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 42 40

Number of full-time employees

.

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Communications Director

Group Jurisdiction
Effingham Jackson Laurens Sumter Tift Ware Wayne
0 Ben Hill
Crisp Harris Jones Lee Lumpkin Mitchell Morgan Oconee Peach Pierce Washington
E Dawson
Lamar Rabun Screven

1998 Estimated population
36,483 37,641 43,772 31,324 36,673 35,364 25,437 17,496 20,725 22,315 23,020 22,767 18,981 21,176 15,091 23,737 24,462 15,794 20,033 14,851 14,706 13,406 14,431

Minimum entry-level
wage
25,384 29,591 39,214 24,714 38,000 21,995 29,883 20,800 36,108 25,139 24,207 25,502 24,128 37,377 21,950 22,028 18,408 17,500 22,000 24,814 18,232 32,423 24,448

Maximum wage
38,625 45,027 39,214 24,714 57,130 33,468 45,471 21,848 36,108 35,195 24,207 25,502 24,128 37,377 29,521 30,839 29,390 29,000 34,000 24,814 18,232 49,335 33,702

Public Safety

Number of scheduled
hours
40 NR 40 40 40 40 40 40 ,40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 43 40 40 40 40

Number of full-time employees
NR

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Public Safety
Corporal -Police Department
Summary ofData

Group

Number reporting

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

A

3

B

Total

4

29,598 26,487 28,821

29,639 26,487 29,016

Population Group Data

Maximum wage

Average

Median

43,591 33,464 41,060

43,571 33,464 43,085

Number or rull-time employees
107
22
129

Group
A
B

Jurisdiction
Chatham Cobb Gwinnett Glynn

1998 Estimated population
225,543 566,203 522,095 67,320

Minimum entry-level
wage
29,639 28,392 30,764 26,487

Maximum wage
43,571 42,598 44,605 33,464

Number or scheduled
hours
40 40 48 40

Number or full-time employees
18 89
NR
22

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Corporal- Sheriff's Department

Summary ofData

Group

Number reporting

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

A

3

27,033

0

B

7

25,136

0

C

7

21,114

0

D

7

21,491

0

E

3

18,900

0

TDtaI

#Error

#Error

0

Population Group Data

Maximum wage

Average

Median

41,030

0

37,203

0

30,216

0

28,593

0

21,537

0

#Error

0

Public Safety
Number of full-time employees
83 77 24 25 8 #Error

Group
A B
C
0

Jurisdiction
Chatham Cobb Houston Columbia Dougherty Fayette Forsyth Glynn Troup Walton Barrow Colquitt Effingham Jackson Laurens Stephens Ware Chattooga Crisp Harris

1998 Estimated population
225,543 566,203 105,808 91,118 95,309 88,609 86,130 67,320 58,783 54,485 40,344 40,156 36,483 37,641 43,772 25,421 35,364 22,813 20,725 22,315

Minimum entry-level
wage

Maximum wage

Number of scheduled
hours

Number of full-time employees

29,639

43,571

40

53

28,392

42,598

40

16

23,067

36,920

40

14

24,918

37,357

,. 43

12

24,277

33,793

40

18

26,452

39,287

43

5

26,653

39,447

40

15

25,498

36,346

42

17

23,878

36,379

40

4

24,273

37,814

42

6

24,590

35,978

43

2

23,067

32,864

40

4

21,545

32,790

48

4

20,030

30,472

42

22,946

26,916

40

7

17,524

24,960

40

3

18,095

27,534

42

3

18,758

20,737

40

3

26,769

35,505

42

3

18,754

22,505

43

2

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Public Safety
Corporal -Sheriff's Department

Group
E

Jurisdiction
Lee Monroe Morgan Oconee McIntosh Pike Screven

1998 Estimated population
22.767 19,645 15,091 23.737 to.018 12,645 14,431

Minimum entry-leve,1
wage
19,760 21.320 23,048 22,028 20,384 17,160 19.156

Maximum wage
28.267 31,304 30.997 30,839 20,384 17,160 27.066

Number of scheduled
hours
48 42 40 40 40 43 42

Number of full-time employees
4 5 3 5 2
5

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Correction Officer

Summary ofData

Group

Number reporting

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

A

6

B

5

C

7

0

4

E

2

Total

24

25,550 19,216 16,817 14,907 15,448 19,068

25,789 19,239 16,402 14,905 15,448 17,548

Population Group Data

Public Safety

Maximum wage

Average

Median

37,264 28,075 24,490 23,473 21,885 28,044

37,165 26,956 24,066 22,453 21,885 26,816

Number of full-time employees
282 107 158 55 34 636

Group
A
B C
0

Jurisdiction
Bibb Chatham Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee Gwinnett Henry Bulloch Liberty Paulding Spalding Troup Colquitt Decatur Effingham Jackson Laurens Sumter Thomas Burke Gilmer

1998 Estimated population
156,086 225,543 566,203 182,752 522,095 104,667 50,614 59,162 73,534 57,626 58,783 40,156 27,035 36,483 37,641 43,772 31,324 42,953 22,854 18,672

Minimum entry-level
wage
28,496 23,066 28,392 21,769 25,828 25,750 17,721 18,075 19,239 21,328 19,718 16,869 16,369 16,402 20,030 15,205 16,229 16,613 15,249 13,520

Maximum wage
43,514 26,703 42,598 36,877 37,452 36,441 26,956 24,792 26,928 31,662 30,035 24,066 16,369 24,963 30,472 21,440 21,831 32,288 30,266 18,720

Number of scheduled
houcs
40 40 40 42 48 40 43 40 44 43 40 40 40 43 43 40 40 43 40 40

Number of full-time employees
94 57 7 93 NR 31 10 18 40 9 30 9 28 13 27 29 37 15 25 6

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Publk Safety
Correction Officer

Group Jurisdiction
Harris Mitchell
E Screven
Terrell

1998 Estimated population
22,315 21,176 14,431 11,146

Minimum entry-level
wage
16,298 14,560 17,375 13,520

Maximum wage
22,817 22,089 24,550 19,219

Number of scheduled
hours
40 43 40 43

Number of full-time employees
9 15 14 20

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Deputy Sheriff
Summary ofData

Group
A
B
C D E F Total

Number reporting
10 13 13 25 13 18
92

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

25,388 22,712 19,845 19,087 18,093 20,629
20,552

26,282 22,589 19,923 18,763 17,992 20,800
20,186

Population Group Data

Public Safety

Maximum wage

Average

Median

38,068 33,118 28,408 27,786 22,797 23,801
28,260

37,872 33,862 29,307 27,000 23,466 24,023
26,999

Number of full-time employees
338 599 214 308 100 86
1645

Group
A
B

Jurisdiction
Bibb Chatham
Clayt~n
Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee DeKalb Fulton Gwinnett Henry Houston Bulloch Columbia Dougherty Douglas Fayette Forsyth Glynn Liberty Newton

1998 Estimated population
156,086 225,543 208,999 566,203 182,752 593,850 739,367 522,095 104,667 105,808 50,614 91,118 95,309 89,843 88,609 86,130 67,320 59,162 57,847

Minimum entry-level
wage
24,170 23,066 27,097 28,392 22,857 26,736 27,350 25,828 27,060 21,320 19,531 22,589 21,973 24,285 25,177 24,012 26,487 19,676 23,233

Maximum wage
37,190 26,703 40,828 42,598 42,690 37,008 43,788 37,452 38,292 34,133 29,723 33,862 30,586 36,052 37,386 35,538 33,464 26,997 36,316

Number of scheduled
hours
40 40 40 42 42 42 42 48 40 40 43 43 40 NR 43 40 40 40 43

Number of full-time employees
82 5 35 16 80 6 35
NR
39 40 21 91 18 106 39 96 4 28 41

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Public Safety
Deputy Sheriff

Group Jurisdiction

1998 Estimated population

Minimum entry-level
wage

Paulding Spalding Troup Walton
C Barrow
Coffee Colquitt Decatur Habersham Jackson Laurens Polk Stephens Sumter Thomas Ware Wayne
0 Appling
Ben Hill Burke Butts Chattahoochee Crisp Dodge Elbert Fannin Franklin Gilmer Harris Hart Jones Lee Lumpkin Mitchell

73,534 57,626 58,783 54,485 40,344 34,298 40,156 27,035 31,858 37,641 43,772 36,308 25,421 31,324 42,953 35,364 25,437 16,493 17,496 22,854 17,837 16,679 20,725 18,108 19,335 18,622 19,080 18,672 22,315 21,833 23,020 22,767 18,981 21,176

20,696 24,328 22,297 20,966 22,304 20,862 17,534 20,280 21,000 21,028 17,500 16,556 17,004 25,711 19,923 19,023 19,260 11,252 18,616 18,763 20,734 24,600 20,592 17,347 16,827 20,595 28,880 14,560 17,281 21,077 19,000 18,720 19,968 18,033

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Maximum wage
27,895 36,115 33,924 32,676 32,633 33,051 24,981 20,280 31,953 31,990 24,817 29,718 24,232 25,711 34,404 26,223 29,307 22,110 22,713 36,579 47,538 24,600 30,950 22,714 24,419 20,595 28,880 20,800 24,193 32,071 23,956 26,790 25,792 23,400

Number of scheduled
hours
44 40 40 42 43 43 40 40 48 42 40 40 40 40 43 42 42 43 42 40 43 40 42 42 40 42 40 40 43 48 48 48 43 43

Number of full-time employees
55 46 25 29 21 22 9 11 23 25 20 10 15 18 19 12 9 11 13 29 14
26 9 17 7 20 13 17 13 15 3 16 -14

Deputy Sheriff
Group Jurisdiction
Monroe Morgan Oconee Peach Pierce Putnam Tattnall Washington
E Brantley
Crawford Dooly Lamar McIntosh Oglethorpe Pike" Rabun Screven Telfair Terrell Twiggs Wilkes
F Atkinson
Calhoun Candler Charlton Clay Clinch Evans Hancock Irwin Lincoln Long Montgomery Pulaski

Public Safety

1998 Estimated population
19,645 15,091 23,737 24,462 15,794 17,559 18,975 20,033 13,571 10,667 10,388 14,706 10,018 11,418 12,645 13,406 14,431 11,558 11,146 10,126 10,568 7,138 5,053 9,078 9,442 3,453 6,660 9,949 9,134 8,982 8,276 8,585 7,741 8,401

Minimum entry-level
wage

Maximum wage

Number of scheduled
hours

Number of full-time employees

20,092

29,515

42

3

23,048

30,997

43

5

19,589

27,425

40

10

17,513

27,976

40

12

14,560

31,200

50

6

21,382

32,344

40

10

18,156

30,088

40

10

16,000

27,000

43

14

17,992

24,939

48

9

18,054

24,252

40

7

19,198

27,227

40

11

20,042

23,100

42

8

16,640

19,136

40

2

20,970

20,970

40

9

16,640

16,640

43

6

19,950

30,356

40

8

17,375

24,550

42

8

17,921

17,921

40

8

14,081

17,804

43

9

18,842

23,466

42

6

17,500

26,000

40

9

24,500

24,500

43

3

13,520

14,934

43

4

24,273

30,160

40

4

15,600

23,524

48

9

24,500

24,500

48

2

19,801

25,812

44

6

19,481

19,481

43

6

15,371

17,555

43

7

20,800

25,584

40

5

20,000

27,000

40

6

21,148

21,148

40

6

18,127

22,281

40

3

21,981

30,795

48

6

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Public Safety
Deputy Sheriff
Group Jurisdiction
Quitman Talbot Treutlen Warren Wilcox

1998 Estimated population
2,486 6,935 6,003 6,059 7,365

Minimum entry-level
wage
25,338 23,331 20,800 23,545 19,200

Maximum wage
26,098 23,331 25,662 23,545 22,500

Number of scheduled
hours
40 40 42 40 48

Number of full-time employees
2 4 6 2 5

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Deputy Warden
Summary ofData

Group
A B I: D E fatal

Number reporting
4 4 6 3 2 19

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

45,071 31,186 25,992 23,594 25,327 30,653

45,929 29,532 26,744 22,193 25,327 28,002

Population Group Data

Public Safety

Maximum wage

Average

Median

64,351 47,375 34,911 29,864 30,453 42,466

69,243 45,465 35,732 28,932 30,453 38,459

Number of full-time employees
10 4 8 4 3 29

Group
A B C
0 E

Jurisdiction
Clayton Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee Gwinnett Bulloch Spalding Troup Walton Colquitt Decatur Effingham Jackson Sumter Thomas Harris Mitchell Peach Screven Terrell

1998 Estimated population
208,999 566,203 182,752 522,095 50,614 57,626 58,783 54,485 40,156 27,035 36,483 37,641 31,324 42,953 22,315 21,176 24,462 14,431 11,146

Minimum entry-level
wage
46,806 28,392 45,051 60,034 29,549 36,329 29,349 29,515 26,978 28,002 21,986 29,598 26,509 22,880 22,193 27,289 21,299 26,954 23,700

Maximum wage
70,524 42,598 76,318 67,962 44,962 53,931 44,637 45,968 38,459 28,002 33,442 45,032 26,509 38,022 26,631 28.932 34,028 37,156 23,750

Number of scheduled
hours
40 40 40 40 43 40 40 42 40 40 40 43 40 40 40 40 40 40 40

Number of full-time employees
7 2
NR
3 2 2

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Public Safety
Detention Officer
Summary ofData

Group

Number reporting

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

A

7

B

11

I:

9

D

10

E

2

Total

39

23,745 21,069 17,232 16,930 15,465 19,315

25,272 21,923 16,927 16,775 15,465 18,970

Population Group Data

Maximum wage

Average

Median

36,101 31,242 25,750 26,315 18,762 28,943

37,000 32,016 28,190 24,346 18,762 29,307

Number of full-time employees
348 432 226 125 28 1159

Group
A
B
C

Jurisdiction
Clayton Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee DeKalb Fulton Gwinnett Houston Bulloch Columbia Dougherty Fayette Forsyth Glynn Newton Spalding Troup Walker Walton Barrow Decatur

1998 Estimated population
208,999 566,203 182,752 593,850 739,367 522,095 105,808 50,614 91,118 95,309 88,609 86,130 67,320 57,847 57,626 58,783 63,082 54,485 40,344 27,035

Minimum entry-level
wage
25,783 25,272 21,769 27,228 21,367 25,828 18,970 16,868 22,589 21,973 22,818 21,633 23,164 21,923 22,826 19,718 18,283 19,968 19,267 13,956

Maximum wage
38,849 37,897 36,877 34,284 37,000 37,452 30,347 29,723 33,862 30,586 33,883 32,016 33,123 34,174 33,885 30,035 21,257 31,116 28,190 13,956

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Number of scheduled
hours
40 42 40 42 42 48 43 43 43 40 40 40 42 43 40 40 42 42 43 40

Number of full-time employees
56 28 50 57 113 NR 44 16 34 149 16 24 51 27 35 38 21 21 32 26

Detention Officer
Group Jurisdiction
Effingham Habersham Sumter Thomas Tift Ware Wayne
0 Butts
Crisp Elbert Franklin Hart Lumpkin Morgan Peach Pierce Putnam
E Dawson
Lamar

1998 Estimated population
36,483 31,858 31,324 42,953 36,673 35,364 25,437 17,837 20,725 19,335 19,080 21,833 18,981 15,091 24,462 15,794 17,559 14,851 14,706

S'
Public Safety

Minimum entry-level
wage
16,890 19,047 15,000 16,927 18,324 16,413 19,260 20,734 17,680 16,099 18,720 16,514 16,328 17,199 16,681 12,480 16,868 15,641 15,288

Maximum wage
25,706 28,983 16,377 32,847 27,476 28,911 29,307 47,538 23,712 23,732 18,720 25,128 23,504 23,694 26,644 24,960 25,521 19,760 17,764

NumberoC scheduled
bours
48 48 40 43 40 45 42 42 42 40 40 48 43 43 40 40 40
".
42 42

NumberoC Cull-time employees
8 25 33 21 55 17 9 12 16 8 14 10 11 11 16 16 11 15 13

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Public Safety
Dispatcher
Summary ofData

Group
A B C D E F Total

Number reporting
4 6 6 17 6 10 49

Minimum entry.level wage

Average

Median

20,661 19,344 16,613 15,588 14,834 13,164 16,001

20,158 19,340 16,351 15,472 14,934 13,327 15,454

Population Group Data

Maximum wage

Average

Median

31,612 29,535 23,468 21,544 17,165 16,829 22,081

30,384 29,039 24,409 22,651 18,183 16,827 20,169

Number or rulltime employees
101 49 24 82 23 35 314

Group
A B
C
0

Jurisdiction
Bibb Chatham Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee Columbia Dougherty Douglas Glynn Paulding Walton Barrow Jackson Stephens Sumter Tift Ware Appling Burke Butts

1998 Estimated population
156,086 225,543 566,203 182,752 91,118 95,309 89,843 67,320 73,534 54,485 40,344 37,641 25,421 31,324 36,673 35,364 16,493 22,854 17,837

Minimum entry-level
wage
20,259 20,057 25,272 17,056 20,467 19,668 20,979 18,159 17,782 19,011 19,267 18,158 14,664 15,250 17,451 14,887 14,227 14,968 15,472

Maximum wage
31,283 29,484 37,897 27,783 30,701 27,377 34,335 27,231 24,890 32,676 28,190 27,643 20,904 15,250 26,166 22,652 19,073 24,111 35,474

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Number or scheduled
hours
40 40 40 43 40 40 NR 40 40 42 43 42 40 40 40 45 40 40 40

Number or fulltime employees
7 2 76 16 16 4 8 10 6 5
4 4 7 4 4 5 6 4

Dispatcher
Group Jurisdiction
Chattahoochee Chattooga Dodge Elbert Franklin Gilmer Harris Hart Mitchell Morgan Oconee Peach Putnam Tattnall
E Crawford
Dooly McIntosh Oglethorpe Pike Twiggs
F Atkinson
Charlton Clay Evans Hancock Lincoln Montgomery Pulaski Warren Wilcox

Public Safety

1998 Estimated population
16,679 22,813 18,108 19,335 19,080 18,672 22,315 21,833 21,176 15,091 23,737 24,462 17,559 18,975 10,667 10,388 10,018 11,418 12,645 10,126 7,138 9,442 3,453 9,949 9,134 8,276 7,741 8,401 6,059 7,365

Minimum entry-level
wage
12,355 16,596 12,667 15,392 19,760 13,520 18,263 15,728 15,059 17,199 17,761 16,681 16,868 12,480 14,684 15,184 12,480 16,640 14,560 15,454 13,500 11,440 14,560 14,274 12,001 16,000 13,154 12,480 10,712 13,520

Maximum wage
14,945 18,298 13,166 22,651 19,760 18,720 25,568 23,932 15,288 23,130 24,865 26,644 25,521 15,100 19,718 17,139 12,480 19,864 14,560 19,227 13,500 16,598 14,560 20,169 17,056 19,000 15,261 18,886 18,179 15,080

NumberoC scheduled
hours
40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 44 40 40 40 40 43 40 40 40 48 42 40 40 40 40 40 40

NumberoC Cull-time employees
4 4 2 9 6 4 2 3 4 6 7 8 4 4 4 4 6 3 4 2 4 4 4 4 6 2 2 4 2 3

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Public Safety
Dispatcher/Jailer

Summary ofData

Group

Number reporting

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

A

B

2

C

5

0

12

E

10

f

13

TItaI

43

20,196 20,484 16,458 15,806 14,527 14,893 15,628

20,196 20,484 16,869 16,447 14,560 14,788 15,121

Population Group Data

Maximum wage

Average

Median

29,307 30,504 25,202 19,935 18,651 16,786 20,006

29,307 30,504 24,066 18,702 17,274 16,660 18,346

Number of full-time employees
2 53 74 112 64 56 361

Group
A
B
C
0

Jurisdiction
Cobb Bulloch Douglas Barrow Coffee Colquitt Polk Stephens Ben Hill Chattooga Dodge Fannin Franklin Harris Lee Mitchell Monroe Oconee Tattnall

1998 Estimated population
566,203 50,614 89,843 40,344 34,298 40,156 36,308 25,421 17,496 22,813 18,108 18,622 19,080 22,315 22,767 21,176 19,645 23,737 18,975

Minimum entry-level
wage
20,196 19,988 20,979 19,267 18,532 16,869 12,958 14,664 16,640 16,596 12,480 15,288 17,680 16,298 16,640 13,104 20,092 18,370 12,480

Maximum wage
29,307 28,308 32,700 28,190 29,577 24,066 23,272 20,904 18,200 19,204 13,811 15,288 17,680 22,817 23,816 15,849 29,515 25,718 19,323

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Number of scheduled
hours
40 43 NR 43 42 40 40 40 42 40 40 42 40 40 48 43 42 40 44

Number of full-time employees
2 7 46
24 3 35 11 15 7
5 7 18 9 15 9 8 9

Dispatcher/Jailer
Group Jurisdiction
Washington
E Brantley
Crawford McIntosh Pike Rabun Screven Telfair Terrell Twiggs Wilkes
F Atkinson
Candler Charlton Clinch Evans Hancock Irwin Johnson Montgomery Pulaski Talbot Treutlen Wilcox

1998 Estimated population
20,033 13,571 10,667 10,018 12,645 13,406 14,431 11,558 11,146 10,126 10,568 7,138 9,078 9,442 6,660 9,949 9,134 8,982 8,316 7,741 8,401 6,935 6,003 7,365

Minimum entry.level
wage
14,000 13,436 15,121 14,560 14,560 18,095 17,375 13,333 10,712 15,600 12,480 13,500 14,788 12,480 12,771 15,681 14,996 18,346 13,520 14,789 12,480 18,949 17,160 14,144

Maximum wage
18,000 18,595 20,321 14,560 14,560 27,534 23,951 16,652 16,868 15,787 17,680 13,500 17,147 13,520 16,660 22,144 16,286 18,346 14,560 16,022 16,972 18,949 18,512 15,600

Public Safety

Number of scheduled
hours
43 40 40 40 43 40 42 40 43 40 40 40 40 40 40 42 43 42 40 40 40 40 40 40

Number of fulltime employees
9 5 4 5 4 6 8 5 7 12 8
8 6 5 3 12 4 3 2 4 2 4 2

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Public Safety
E-911 Operator
Summary ofData

Group
A B C D E F TIt8II

Number reporting
8 11 12 20 5
57

Minimum entry.level wage

Average

Median

22,136 19,711 17,262 16,182 16,493 14,997 17,932

23,034 19,676 17,482 16,149 16,547 14,997 17,513

Population Group Data

Maximum wage

Average

Median

33,271 31,217 25,424 22,712 22,125 14,997 26,219

32,280 31,948 26,159 22,765 20,508 14,997 26,152

Number of full-time employees
269 160 165 146 33
774

Group
A
B

Jurisdiction
Chatham Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee DeKalb Fulton Gwinnett Henry Houston Bulloch Douglas Fayette Forsyth Glynn Liberty Paulding Spalding Troup Walker Walton

1998 Estimated population
225,543 566,203 182,752 593,850 739,367 522,095 104,667 105,808 50,614 89,843 88,609 86,130 67,320 59,162 73,534 57,626 58,783 63,082 54,485

Minimum entrylevel
wage
20,057 25,272 19,022 22,860 24,359 23,207 23,337 18,970 19,032 20,979 21,715 19,488 20,287 19,676 17,782 21,328 19,718 18,700 18,116

Maximum wage
29,484 37,897 29,674 31,572 40,558 33,650 32,988 30,347 31,948 34,335 32,240 28,843 32,519 32,470 28,955 31,662 30,035 18,700 41,683

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Number of scheduled
hours
40 40 40 40 40 48 40 40 40 NR 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 48 40

Number of full-time employees
18 76 40 53 35
NR
13 34 10 18 19 27 2 16 19 12 6 22 9

E-911 Operator

Group
C 0
E

Jurisdiction
Barrow Coffee Colquitt Decatur Effingham Habersham Jackson Laurens Polk Tift Ware Wayne Appling Ben Hill Burke Butts Chattooga Crisp Dodge Fannin Franklin Gilmer Harris Jones Lee Lumpkin Mitchell Monroe Peach Pierce Putnam Washington Brantley Dawson

Public Safety

1998 Estimated population
40,344 34,298 40,156 27,035 36,483 31,858 37,641 43,772 36,308 36,673 35,364 25,437 16,493 17,496 22,854 17,837 22,813 20,725 18,108 18,622 19,080 18,672 22,315 23,020 22,767 18,981 21,176 19,645 24,462 15,794 17,559 20,033 13,571 14,851

Minimum entry-level
wage

Maximum wage

Number of scheduled
hours

Number of full-time employees

18,819

30,356

40

13

16,640

27,040

42

13

16,869

24,066

40

13

17,513

17,513

40

8

17,183

26,152

48

8

18,140

27,603

48

19

19,073

29,016

48

13

17,867

21,050

40

14

13,615

24,425

40

13

17,451

26,166

40

32

15,631

23,785

40

II

18,345

27,913

42

8

14,248

23,212

40

15,142

16,764

42

9

16,827

23,558

40

4

17,058

39,110

42

7

16,931

19,Oll

40

9

16,640

22,713

40

7

22,000

24,939

40

15,912

15,912

42

8

18,220

18,220

40

8

13,520

19,760

40

9

16,298

22,817

40

9

16,000

22,027

48

10

15,600

22,318

48

8

15,704

19,552

40

9

14,934

16,931

40

7

17,888

26,270

40

11

16,681

26,644

40

10

12,168

24,960

40

4

16,868

25,521

40

4

15,000

24,000

40

11

14,809

20,508

40

4

15,600

18,574

40

7

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Public Safety
E-911 Operator
Group Jurisdiction
Lamar Rabun Screven
F Evans

1998 Estimated population
14,706 13,406 14,431 9,949

Minimum entry-level
wage
17,413 18,095 16,547 14,997

Maximum wage
18,375 30,356 22,811 14,997

Number or scheduled
hours
40 40 40 40

Number or full-time employees
6 10 6

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Emergency Medical Services Director

Summary ofData

Group

Number reporting

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

A

4

B

4

C

8

D

15

E

7

F

6

"tal

44

45,959 37,839 33,692 32,022 28,986 30,610 33,446

48,357 36,107 34,888 32,176 29,244 25,875 32,999

Maximum wage

Average

Median

71,120 54,145 46,775 42,714 32,263 33,735 44,187

72,426 54,452 46,310 39,902 29,922 31,130 41,100

Population Group Data

Public Safety
Number or fUll-time employees
3 4 8 15 7 6 43

Group
A B C
0

Jurisdiction
Clayton ColumbuslMuscogee DeKlilb Gwinnett Bulloch Dougherty Glynn Walton Decatur Effingham Jackson Laurens Polk Tift Ware Wayne Ben Hill Butts Chattooga

1998 Estimated population
208,999 182,752 593,850 522,095 50,614 95,309 67,320 54,485 27,035 36,483 37,641 43,772 36,308 36,673 35,364 25,437 17,496 17,837 22,813

Minimum entry-level
wage
46,806 54,511 49,908 32,611 34,129 45,013 34,546 37,668 36,080 27,923 35,887 40,382 24,425 38,000 33,889 32,946 30,000 32,176 38,213

Maximum wage
70,524 92,345 74,328 47,284 51,932 62,658 45,020 56,971 36,080 42,488 54,606 40,382 41,817 57,130 51,567 50,132 39,902 73,747 38,213

Number of scheduled
hours
40 40 40 48 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 35 40

Number of full-time employees
NR

DCA 1999 County Government Wage and Salary Survey 37

Public Safety
Emergency Medical Services Director

Group Jurisdiction
Elbert Fannin Franklin Harris Hart Lee Mitchell Monroe Oconee Peach Pierce Putnam
E Brantley
Dooly McIntosh Oglethorpe Telfair Terrell Wilkes
F Candler
Clay Johnson Lincoln Talbot Wilcox

1998 Estimated population
19,335 18,622 19,080 22,315 21,833 22,767 21,176 19,645 23,737 24,462 15,794 17,559 13,571 10,388 10,018 11,418 11,558 11,146 10,568 9,078 3,453 8,316 8,276 6,935 7,365

Minimum entry-level
wage
30,388 27,292 33,966 26,122 35,804 37,342 42,515 31,012 32,998 36,254 17,500 28,745 20,834 38,000 29,244 24,000 29,922 33,900 27,000 24,189 27,560 21,900 33,000 59,328 17,680

Maximum wage
45,489 27,292 33,966 36,571 54,480 37,342 42,515 34,611 46,197 57,907 29,000 43,472 28,850 38,000 29,244 28,925 29,922 33,900 37,000 34,700 27,560 21,900 35,000 59,328 23,920

Number of scheduled
hours
40 42 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 48 40 48 48 40 48 50

Number of full-time employees
1
1

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Emergency Medical Technican [EMTl

Summary ofData

Group

Number reporting

Minimum entrylevel wage

Average

Median

A

3

B

4

C

8

D

13

E

8

F

6

fatal

42

23,217 20,994 17,500 17,395 15,515 18,372 17,955

22,857 22,623 17,898 18,012 15,298 16,640 18,132

Population Group Data

\ .~

Maximum wage

Average

Median

35,071 32,425 26,527 25,103 21,494 20,952 25,503

37,008 32,181 27,111 23,932 20,654 19,760 25,271

Public Safety
Number of full-time employees
23 52 137 117 54 25 408

Group
A
B
C
0

Jurisdiction
Chatham ColumbuslMuscogee DeKalb Bulloch Douglas Glynn Paulding Barrow Decatur Effingham Jackson Laurens Polk Tift Ware Ben Hill Chattooga Elbert Fannin

1998 Estimated population
225,543 182,752 593,850 50,614 89,843 67,320 73,534 40,344 27,035 36,483 37,641 43,772 36,308 36,673 35,364 17,496 22,813 19,335 18,622

Minimum entry-level
wage
20,057 22,857 26,736 15,600 23,129 23,094 22,152 19,760 16,161 17,543 19,073 14,477 18,252 18,324 16,413 21,800 18,012 19,260 21,028

Maximum wage
29,484 38,721 37,008 31,200 34,335 33,162 31,002 33,468 16,161 26,746 29,016 21,611 32,764 27,476 24,974 32,500 18,366 28,558 21,028

Number of scheduled
hours
40 53 40 40 NR 48 40 40 48 48 48 40 40 40 48 43
NR
50 48

Number of fulltime employees
20 2 16 11 24
25 13 6 19 20 12 38 4 12 4 16 18

DCA - 1999 County Government Wage and Salary Survey 39

Public Safety
Emergency Medical Iechnican [EMIl

Group Jurisdiction
Gilmer Harris Hart Lee Mitchell Peach Pierce Putnam Tattnall
E Brantley
Crawford McIntosh Oglethorpe Rabun Telfair Terrell Wilkes
F Clay
Johnson Lincoln Talbot Warren Wilcox

1998 Estimated population
18,672 22,315 21,833 22,767 21,176 24,462 ]5,794 17,559 18,975 13,571 10,667 10,018 11,418 13,406 11,558 ] 1,146 10,568 3,453 8,316 8,276 6,935 6,059 7,365

Minimum entry-level
wage
]4,560 18,263 ]5,728 20,800 14,560 19,323 16,640 15,454 10,712 18,907 16,036 12,064 14,560 19,950 18,369 10,712 13,520 16,640 12,480 21,000 29,952 13,520 16,640

Maximum wage
22,880 25,568 23,932 31,24] 21,236 30,867 31,200 23,358 15,600 26,166 21,548 ]4,747 17,680 30,356 22,872 18,824 19,760 16,640 15,600 24,000 29,952 18,720 20,800

Number of scheduled
hours
48 40 48 48 48 40 48 40 40 48 40 48 48 40 40 40 40 48 48 40 48 48 50

Number of full-time employees
15 2 2 8 17 4 5 4 ]0 8 2 16 6 4 4 8 6 5 7 3 2 3 5

40 DCA 1999 County Government Wage and Salary Survey

i' ,..

' ..,:::_ I" .'\. ~ ,J

Engine OperatorIDriver

Summary ofData

Group

Number reporting

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

A

6

B

2

C

Total

9

31,957 20,420 14,643 27,469

32,833 20,420 14,643 30,624

Population Group Data

Maximum wage

Average

Median

47,857 30,541 14,643 40,319

48,545 30,541 14,643 44,825

Public Safety
Number of full. time employees
447 29 3 479

Group
A
B C

Jurisdiction
Clayton Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee DeKalb Fulton Gwinnett Glynn Newton Decatur

1998 Estimated population
208,999 566,203 182,752 593,850 739,367 522,095 67,320 57,847 27,035

Minimum entry-level
wage
33,055 33,400 26,460 30,624 35,590 32,611 21,121 19,718 14,643

Maximum wage
49,806 50,115 44,825 42,432 52,681 47,284 30,297 30,784 14,643

Number of scheduled
hours
48 56 43 53 108 48 48 53 48

Number of fulltime employees
41 74 57 127 148 NR 23 6 3

DCA - 1999 County Government Wage and Salary Survey. 41

Public Safety
Fire Chief
Summary ofData

Group
A
B C D
E
'etal

Number reporting
8 10 4 9 2 33

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

63,541 41,463 34,710 33,708 18,800 42,508

60,544 44,245 34,065 31,668 18,800 34,133

Population Group Data

Maximum wage

Average

Median

92,461 60,710 43,580 41,191 19,251 58,495

90,748 65,769 44,194 40,976 19,251 52,624

Number of full-time employees
8 11 4
9 2 34

. Group
A
B
C

Jurisdiction
Clayton Cobb
ColumbusIM~scogee
DeKalb Fulton Gwinnett Henry Houston Douglas Fayette Forsyth Glynn Newton Paulding Spalding Troup Walker Walton Decatur Habersham

1998 Estimated population
208,999 566,203 182,752 593,850 739,367 522,095 104,667 105,808 89,843 88,609 86,130 67,320 57,847 73,534 57,626 58,783 63,082 54,485 27,035 31,858

Minimum entry-level
wage
60,007 56,761 65,413 61,080 81,261 92,848 56,825 34,133 55,663 55,536 44,913 44,660 27,643 33,057 43,830 46,842 31,490 30,992 34,000 34,129

Maximum wage
90,415 87,980 110,813 91,080 131,643 92,848 80,267 54,641 82,632 82,430 66,471 70,035 43,097 46,282 65,066 71,323 31,490 48,276 34,000 51,931

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Number of scheduled
hours
40 40 56 40 108 40 40 40 NR 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 42 40 40 40

Number of full-time employees
1
2

Fire Chief
Group Jurisdiction
Laurens Ware
0 Burke
Crisp Fannin Harris Lee Lumpkin Oconee Peach Putnam
E Dawson
Terrell

,. -.',

to ~

Public Safety

1998 Estimated population
43,772 35,364 22,854 20,725 18,622 22,315 22,767 18,981 23,737 24,462 17,559 14,851 11,146

Minimum entry-level
wage
36,821 33,889 35,522 62,732 26,250 24,170 30,000 31,668 32,998 32,947 27,081 18,000 19,600

Maximum wage
36,821 51,567 56,100 62,732 26,250 24,170 30,000 31,668 46,197 52,624 40,976 18,901 19,600

Number or scheduled
hours
40 40 40 56 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40

Number or fUll-time employees

DCA - 1999 County Government Wage and Salary Survey 43

Public Safety
Fire Marshal
Summary ofData

Group
I
B D TIt8I

Number reporting
6 8 2 16

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

44,053 33,467 21,308 35,917

40,570 32,264 21,308 36,842

Population Group Data

Maximum wage

Average

Median

65,415 49,390 34,710 53,564

61,685 48,465 34,710 52,289

Number or rull-time employees
4
8
2
14

Group
A B
0

Jurisdiction
Clayton Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee DeKalb Fulton Gwinnett Columbia Douglas Fayette Forsyth Glynn Newton Spalding Troup Butts Crisp

1998 Estimated population
208,999 566,203 182,752 593,850 739,367 522,095 91,118 89,843 88,609 86,130 67,320 57,847 57,626 58,783 17,837 20,725

Minimum entry-level
wage
46,806 38,900 37,232 42,240 60,299 38,838 28,829 41,536 39,312 36,452 30,957 26,124 32,578 31,949 20,734 21,881

Maximum wage
70,524 60,296 63,073 50,628 91,654 56,314 43,264 61,661 58,344 53,949 40,265 40,705 48,362 48,568 47,538 21,881

Number or scheduled
hours
48 40 56 40 108 40 40 NR 40 40 40 40 40 40 48 56

Number or full-time employees
0 NR

44 DCA -1999 County Government Wage and Salary Survey

',10

Fire Officer - Captain
Summary ofData

Group

Number reporting

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

A

7

B

7

C

2

D

3

Total

19

40,019 30,634 18,399 22,422 31,507

38,364 34,546 18,399 20,238 34,546

Population Group Data

Maximum wage

Average

Median

59,730 45,160 23,602 31,322 46,074

57,209 45,020 23,602 28,246 53,127

Public Safety
Number of full-time employees
149 32 4 8 193

Group
A
B
C 0

jurisdiction
Clayton Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee DeKalb Fulton Gwinnett Henry Douglas Fayette Glynn Newton Spalding Troup Walton Decatur Ware Butts Crisp Monroe

1998 Estimated population
208,999 566,203 182,752 593,850 739,367 522,095 104,667 89,843 88,609 67,320 57,847 57,626 58,783 54,485 27,035 35,364 17,837 20,725 19,645

Minimum entry-level
wage
40,323 41,429 33,770 38,364 51,314 36,640 38,292 37,675 39,328 34,546 24,648 37,080 20,966 20,196 16,848 19,950 27,787 20,238 19,240

Maximum wage
60,757 64,215 57,209 53,292 75,431 53,127 54,080 55,929 58,372 45,020 38,417 55,045 31,886 31,449 16,848 30,356 45,274 20,446 28,246

Number of scheduled
hours
48 56 40 53 108 48 53 NR 53 48 53 40 56 48 48 52 48 56 56

Number of full-time employees
2 23 19 44 55 NR 6
8 11 3 3 3 3
3 3 2 3

DCA - 1999 County Government Wage and Salary Survey 45

Public Safety
Fire Officer -Lieutenant
Summary ofData

Group

Number reporting

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

A

7

B

5

C

2

D

Total

15

36,663 28,401 17,581 26,469 30,685

34,673 29,519 17,581 26,469 30,329

Population Group Data

Maximum wage

Average

Median

54,679 41,603 22,536 43,118 45,264

50,120 43,821 22,536 43,118 47,856

Number of fulltime employees
234
52 5 3 294

Group
A
B
C 0

Jurisdiction
Clayton Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee DeKalb Fulton Gwinnett Henry Douglas Fayette Glynn Spalding Walton Decatur Ware Butts

1998 Estimated population
208,999 566,203 182,752 593,850 739,367 522,095 104,667 89,843 88,609 67,320 57,626 54,485 27,035 35,364 17,837

Minimum entry-level
wage
36,509 38,896 29,172 34,500 48,322 34,567 34,673 29,519 33,899 29,020 30,329 19,240 16,161 19,000 26,469

Maximum wage
55,010 60,308 49,419 47,856 71,033 50,120 49,004 43,821 50,325 38,895 45,024 29,952 16,161 28,911 43,118

Number of scheduled
hours
48 56 40 53 108 48 53 NR 53 48 53 48 48 52 48

Number of full-time employees
45 71 16 74 15 NR 13 11 11 16 8 6 2 3 3

46 DCA -1999 County Government Wage and Salary Survey

Firefighter
Summary ofData

Group
A B C D
'atal

Number reporting
6 9 3 5 23

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

26,115 20,424 16,062 15,949 20,367

26,260 21,121 17,233 15,472 20,696

Population Group Data

Public Safety

Maximum wage

Average

Median

40,197 30,866 22,213 25,640 31,035

40,770 30,297 26,2.23 27,976 30,297

Number of full-time employees
387 198
12 21 618

Group
A
B
C 0

Jurisdiction
Clayton Cobb Columbus/Muscogee DeKalb Fulton Henry Douglas Fayette Forsyth Glynn Newton Paulding Spalding Troup Walton Decatur Habersham Ware Butts Crisp Lee Monroe

1998 Estimated population
208,999 566,203 182,752 593,850 739,367 104,667 89,843 88,609 86,130 67,320 57,847 73,534 57,626 58,783 54,485 27,035 31,858 35,364 17,837 20,725 22,767 19,645

Minimum entry-level
wage

Maximum wage

Number of scheduled
hours

Number of full-time employees

25,783

38,849

48

NR

29,440

44,175

56

139

22,857

42,690

40

139

26,736

37,008

53

37

27,350

43,788

.- 108

60

24,523

34,673

53

12

23,129

37,885

NR

24

21,717

32,273

53

4

24,012

35,538

40

30

21,121

30,297

48

23

17,056

26,624

53

6

20,696

28,955

53

3

24,328

36,115

53

41

15,932

24,232

56

54

15,828

25,875

48

13

12,812

12,812

48

18,140

27,603

40

6

17,233

26,223

40

5

15,472

35,474

40

4

12,854

13,499

56

3

18,720

28,267

44

4

15,184

22,98~

56

3

\.

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Public Safety
Firefighter
Group Jurisdiction
Peach

1998 Estimated population
24,462

Minimum entry-level
wage
17,513

Maximum wage
27.976

Number or scheduled
hours
40

Number or full-time employees
7

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Firefighter/EMT

Summary ofData

Group

Number reporting

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

A

6

B

4

C

2

0

4

Total

16

30,114 23,680 19,481 17,130 23,931

28,579 23,690 19,481 16,422 24,738

Population Group Data

Public Safety

Maximum wage

Average

Median

43,371 34,411 26,135 29,280 35,454

41,308 34,607 26,135 30,285 37,337

NumberoC Cull-time employees
500 117 11
136 764

Group
A
B
C 0

Jurisdiction
Clayton Cobb DeKalb Fulton Gwinnett Henry Douglas Fayette Glynn Paulding Barrow Decatur Burke Butts Crisp Monroe

1998 Estimated population
208,999 566,203 593,850 739,367 522,095 104,667 89,843 88,609 67,320 73,534 40,344 27,035 22,854 17,837 20,725 19,645

Minimum entry-level
wage
28,477 31,304 28,680 39,337 25,828 27,060 24,285 25,190 23,094 22,152 26,358 12,604 21,909 16,245 13,769 16,598

Maximum wage
42,908 46,009 39,708 55,858 37,452 38,292 36,052 37,426 33,162 31,002 39,666 12,604 36,193 37,248 19,302 24,377

NumberoC scheduled
hours
48 56 53 108 48 53 NR 53 48 53 49 48 40 48 56 56

NumberoC Cull-time employees
4 65 237 108
NR
86 34 30 24 29 6 5 113 7 11 5

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Public Safety
Investigator/Detective -Police Department

Summary ofData

Group

Number reporting

Minimum entry.level wage

Average

Median

Maximum wage

Average

Median

A

5

B

2

C

TDtaI

8

31,259 25,494 18,252 28,192

29,928 25,494 18,252 28,083

46,652 33,798 32,764 41,703

45,094 33,798 32,764 42,526

Population Group Data

Number of fulltlme employees
197
43
3 243

Group
A
B
C

Jurisdiction
Clayton Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee Fulton Henry Dougherty Glynn Polk

1998 Estimated population
208,999 566,203 182,752 739,367 104,667 95,309 67,320 36,308

Minimum entry.level
wage
29,928 32,136 26,460 39,337 28,433 27,733 23,254 18,252

Maximum wage
45,094 47,257 44,825 55,858 40,227 36,605 30,990 32,764

Number of scheduled
hours
40 40 43 40 40 40 40 40

Number of full-time employees
17 98 57 14 11 4 39 3

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Investigator/Detective - Sheriff's Department

Summary ofData

Group

Number reporting

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

Maximum wage

Average

Median

A

6

29,002



44,453



B

9

25,388



37,671



C

14

22,341



32,063



0

22

22,347



29,462



E

9

21,866



27,837



F

6

23,277



24,561



Total

#Error

#Error

0

#Error

0

Population Group Data

Public Safety
Number of full-time employees
66 95 55 60 18 8
#Error

Group
A
B
C

Jurisdiction
Bibb Clayton Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee Henry Houston Bulloch Columbia Dougherty Douglas Fayette Paulding Spalding Troup Walton Barrow Coffee Colquitt Decatur

1998 Estimated population
156,086 208,999 566,203 182,752 104,667 105,808 50,614 91,118 95,309 89,843 88,609 73,534 57,626 58,783 54,485 40,344 34,298 40,156 27,035

Minimum entry-level
wage
33,072 29,928 32,136 26,460 28,433 23,982 23,152 24,918 27,733 25,500 27,793 21,424 27,328 23,878 26,769 24,590 25,875 19,718 25,771

Maximum wage
50,918 45,094 47,257 44,825 40,227 38,397 35,229 37,357 36,605 37,855 41,277 29,984 40,569 36,379 43,784 39,666 35,838 28,080 25,771

Number of scheduled
hours
40 40 42 43 40 43 43 43 40 NR 43 40 40 40 42 43 43 40 40

Number of fulltime employees
14 8 21 10
12 8 17 6 19 15 6 8 8 8 5 5 4 5

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Public Safety
I
Investigator/Detective - Sheriff's Department

Group Jurisdiction

1998 Estimated population

Minimum entry-level
wage

Effingham Habersham Jackson Laurens Stephens Sumter Thomas Tift Ware Wayne
0 Appling
Ben Hill Butts Chattooga Crisp Dodge Elbert Fannin Franklin Gilmer Jones Lee Lumpkin Mitchell Monroe Morgan Oconee Peach Pierce Putnam Tattnall Washington
E Brantley
Crawford

36,483 31,858 37,641 43,772 25,421 31,324 42,953 36,673 35,364 25,437 16,493 17,496 17,837 22,813 20,725 18,108 19,335 18,622 19,080 18,672 23,020 22,767 18,981 21,176 19,645 15,091 23,737 24,462 15,794 17,559 18,975 20,033 13,571 10,667

22,647 28,142 22,089 21,115 20,904 23,646 20,728 19,240 18,095 20,217 20,000 26,998 21,771 24,918 23,816 18,928 22,068 23,675 30,888 17,680 31,892 22,880 23,192 24,315 20,092 20,905 20,808 19,323 14,560 22,027 25,895 15,000 19,864 19,156

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Maximum wage
34,432 42,821 33,592 33,612 29,848 23,646 34,434 28,849 27,534 30,763 36,000 28,165 49,915 25,644 28,184 22,714 32,822 23,675 30,888 20,800 31,892 32,739 30,368 24,315 29,515 28,1l5 29,131 30,867 31,200 33,321 25,895 22,000 27,497 25,729

Number of scheduled
hours
48 42 42 40 40 NR 43 40 40 42 43 40 43 40 42 40 40 42 40 40 40 43 40 43 42 40 40 40 40 40 40 43 40 40

Number of full-time employees
6 3 6 9 2 5 3 0
2 3 3 5 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 2 6 2 4 2
2
3
2

Investigator/Detective - Sheriff's Department

Group Jurisdiction
Dawson Lamar McIntosh Pike Rabun Screven Wilkes
F Calhoun
Charlton Hancock Johnson Lincoln Long

1998 Estimated population
14,851 14,706 10,018 12,645 13,406 14,431 10,568 5,053 9,442 9,134 8,316 8,276 8,585

Minimum entry-level
wage
25,376 23,152 19,905 20,155 26,735 24,448 18,000 27,000 23,524 20,217 21,840 23,000 24,078

Maximum wage
26,644 23,152 20,800 20,155 44,850 33,702 28,000 27,000 23,524 20,342 21,840 28,000 26,660

Public Safety

Number of scheduled
hours
40 40 40 43 40 42 40 42 48 43 40 40 40

Number of full-time employees
4 4 2 2
2
2

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Public Safety
Lieutenant -Police Department

Summary ofData

Group

Number reporting

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

A

8

I

2

C

latal

11

37,579 31,094 18,252 34,643

36,575 31,094 18,252 34,673

Population Group Data

Maximum wage

Average

Median

56,049 42,843 32,764 51,531

54,934 42,843 32,764 53,127

Number of full-time employees
189 9
199

Group
A
B
C

Jurisdiction
Chatham Clayton Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee DeKalb Fulton Gwinnett Henry Dougherty Glynn Polk

1998 Estimated population
225,543 208,999 566,203 182,752 593,850 739,367 522,095 104,667 95,309 67,320 36,308

Minimum entry-level
wage
37,317 36,509 38,900 33,770 34,500 48,322 36,640 34,673 27,733 34,455 18,252

Maximum wage
54,857 55,010 60,296 57,209 47,856 71,033 53,127 49,004 38,605 47,080 32,764

Number of scheduled
hours
40 40 40 43 42 40 48 40 40 40 40

Number of full-time employees
9 17 15 19 56 49 17 7 7 2

.,

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _-"'"5,

_

54. DCA 1999 County Government Wage and Salary Survey

Lieutenant -Sheriff's Department

Summary ofData

Group

Number reporting

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

A

10

34,712

0

B

13

29,264

0

C

6

26,578

0

D

12

24,121

0

E

3

25,863

0

TItaI

#Error

#Error

0

Population Group Data

Public Safety

Maximum wage

Average

Median

51,993

0

43,075

0

40,469

0

30,745

0

31,690

0

#Error

0

Number of fulltime employees
148 105 12 28 6 #Error

Group
A
B

Jurisdiction
Bibb Chatham Clayton Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee DeKalb Fulton Gwinnett Henry Houston Bulloch Columbia Dougherty Douglas Fayette Forsyth Glynn Liberty Newton Paulding

1998 Estimated population
156,086 225,543 208,999 566,203 182,752 593,850 739,367 522,095 104,667 105,808 50,614 91,118 95,309 89,843 88,609 86,130 67,320 59,162 57,847 73,534

Minimum entry-level
wage

Maximum wage

Number of scheduled
hours

Number of fulltime employees

28,496

43,514

40

15

37,317

54,857

40

17

36,509

55,010

40

14

38,900

60,296

42

10

33,770

57,209

43

6

34,500

47,856

42

19

39,337

55,858

42

47

36,640

53,127

48

10

34,673

49,004

40

4

26,978

43,202

40

6

25,525

38,840

43

4

30,285

45,427

43

12

27,733

38,605

40

5

32,545

48,313

NR

17

33,853

50,288

43

13

32,840

48,603

40

7

32,808

44,860

40

6

26,083

35,775

40

8

29,640

46,176

43

11

23.609

33.040

44

3

.~,.
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Public Safety
Lieutenant -Sheriff's Department

Group Jurisdiction
Spalding Troup Walton
C Barrow
Colquitt Effingham Jackson Thomas Tift
0 Chattooga
Fannin Franklin Harris Jones Lee Mitchell Monroe Morgan Oconee Peach Putnam
E Dawson
McIntosh Rabun

1998 EsUmated population
57,626 58,783 54,485 40,344 40,156 36,483 37,641 42,953 36,673 22,813 18,622 19,080 22,315 23,020 22,767 21,176 19,645 15,091 23,737 24,462 17,559 14,851 10,018 13,406

Minimum entry-level
wage
30,329 27,081 28,100 28,890 26,978 25,384 29,591 25,222 23,400 25,931 21,512 20,280 23,666 27,994 22,880 24,502 24,710 25,410 23,856 24,648 24,065 27,372 23,483 26,734

Maximum wage
45,024 41,246 43,784 43,731 38,459 38,625 45,027 41,880 35,089 29,183 21,512 20,280 33,132 27,944 32,739 24,502 36,296 34,174 33,398 39,374 36,400 27,372 27,019 40,680

Number of scheduled
hours
40 40 42 43 40 40 42 43 40 40 42 40 43 48 48 43 42 40 40 40 40 42 40 40

Number of fuU-time employees
8 10 2
.~,
2 2 3 1 3
4 3
7 2 2 2
3 2

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Major -Police Department

Summary ofData

Group

Number reporting

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

A

6

B

0

TDtaI

8

47,615 35,797 22,000 42,936

46,203 35,797 22,000 45,620

Population Group Data

1.
Public Safety

Maximum wage

Average

Median

73,182 49,830 31,000 64,990

69,630 49,830 31,000 68,563

Number of full-time employees
36
38

Group
A
B 0

Jurisdiction
Chatham Clayton Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee DeKalb Fulton Dougherty Washington

1998 Estimated population
225,543 208,999 566,203 182,752 593,850 739,367 95,309 20,033

Minimum entry-level
wage
46,217 46,806 44,122 45,051 46,188 57,307 35,797 22,000

Maximum wage
68,019 70,524 68,389 76,318 68,736 87,106 49,830 31,000

Number of scheduled
hours
40 40 40 40 42 40 40 43

Number of full-time employees
3 4 14 5 5 5

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Public Safety
.;:;Major -Sheriff's Department

Summary ofData

Group

Number reporting

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

A

10

44,258



B

8

37,037



C

4

36,144



0

3

31,976



E

2

27,382



Total

#Error

#Error

0

Population Group Data

Maximum wage

Average

Median

67,502



52,020



49,125



42,265



27,382



#Error

0

Number of full-time employees
39 22 4 4 2 #Error

Group
A
B
C

Jurisdiction
Bibb Chatham Clayton Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee DeKalb Fulton Gwinnett Henry Houston Columbia Dougherty Douglas Forsyth Glynn Paulding Walker Walton Effingham Jackson

1998 Estimated population
156,086 225,543 208,999 566,203 182,752 593,850 739,367 522,095 104,667 105,808 91,118 95,309 89,843 86,130 67,320 73,534 63,082 54,485 36,483 37,641

Minimum entry-level
wage
43,514 46,217 46,806 44,122 45,051 44,328 57,307 38,838 42,265 34,133 42,453 35,797 43,613 36,452 37,129 28,687 34,500 37,668 33,779 32,624

Maximum wage
68,057 68,019 70,524 68,389 76,318 65,952 87,106 56,314 59,696 54,642 63,669 49,830 64,744 53,949 48,511 40,170 36,608 58,676 51,410 49,642

Number of scheduled
hours
40 40 40 40 40 42 42 40 40 40 40 40 NR 40 40 44 40 40 40 40

Number of full-time employees
5 4 2 10
6 9

2 5 2 5 3
3

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Major - Sheriff's Department

Group Jurisdiction
Laurens Tift
0 Crisp
Lee Peach
E Dawson
Pike

1998 Estimated population
43,772 36,673 20,725 22,767 24,462 14,851 12,645

Minimum entry-level
wage
43,623 34,550 36,982 26,000 32,947 30,366 24,398

Maximum wage
43,623 51,825 36,982 37,190 52,624 30,366 24,398

Public Safety

Number of scheduled
hours
40 40 42 48 40 40 43

Number of full-time employees
1
2

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Public Safety
Patrol Officer
Summary ofData

Group
A B C D E F Tatal

Number reporting
8 2 3 2 2 2 19

'~~~t

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

26,515 21,823 18,949 20,844 17,930 19,760 22,615

26,898 21,823 19,240 20,844 17,930 19,760 21,673

Maximum wage

Average

Median

39,347 30,788 29,440 26,662 21,653 20,280 31,677

40,466 30,788 29,718 26,662 21,653 20,280 29,754

Population Group Data

Number of full-time employees
955 39 70 13 34 5 1116

Group
A
B C
"0
E
F

Jurisdiction
Chatham Clayton Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee DeKalb Fulton Gwinnett Henry Dougherty Glynn Effingham Polk Tift, ' Chattooga Monroe Dawson McIntosh Johnson Quitman

1998 Estimated population
225,543 208,999 566,203 182,752 593,850 739,367 522,095 104,667 95,309 67,320 36,483 36,308 36,673 22,813 19,645 14,851 10,018
8,316 2,486

Minimum entry-level
wage
23,066 25,783 30,243 22,857 26,736 27,350 29,022 27,060 21,973 21,673 21,051 16,556 19,240 21,596 20,092 19,219 16,640 18,720 20,800

Maximum wage
26,703 38,849 45,364 42,690 37,008 43,788 42,083 38,292 30,586 30,990 29,754 29,718 28,849 23,809 29,515 24,169 19,136 19,760 20,800

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Number of scheduled
hours
40 40 40 40 42 40 48 40 40 40 48 40 40 40 42 42 40 40 40

Number of full-time employees
22 NR 179 222 108 93 256 75 22 17 18 16 36 7 6 19 15 3 2

Police Chief
Summary ofData

Group
A B C f Tatal

Number reporting
8 2 2
13

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

67,298 49,034 29,157 22,443 55,170

61,318 49,034 29,157 22,443 56,825

Population Group Data

Public Safety

Maximum wage

Average

Median

97,271 73,533 46,692 22,443 80,082

90,784 73,533 46,692 22,443 87,980

Number or full-time employees
8 2 2
13

Group jurisdiction
A Chatham
Clayton Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee DeKalb Fulton Gwinnett "Henry
B" Dougherty
Glynn
C Polk
Ware
F Hancock

1998 Estimated population
225,543 208,999 566,203 182,752 593,850 739,367 522,095 104,667 95,309 67,320 36,308 35,364
9,134

Minimum entry-level
wage
61,556 60,007 56,761 65,413 61,080 81,261 95,481 56,825 47,317 50,750 24,425 33,889 22,443

Maximum wage
90,488 90,415 87,980 110,813 91,080 131,643 95,481 80,267 65,866 81,200 41,817 51,567 22,443

Number or scheduled
hours
40 40 40 43 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40

Number or full-time employees

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Public Safety
Public Safety Director
Summary ofData

Group

Number reporting

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

A

2

B

4

C

2

D

2

F

2

TItaI

12

68,871 44,314 38,914 34,928 13,699 40,840

68,871 46,072 38,914 34,928 13,699 40,837

Population Group Data

Maximum wage

Average

Median

106,488 65,638 57,899 34,928 16,060 57,775

106,488 69,588 57,899 34,928 16,060 57,899

Number or rull-time employees
2
4
2
2 2 12

Group
A
B
C 0 F

Jurisdiction
Cobb DeKalb Bulloch Columbia Forsyth Liberty Barrow Wayne Gilmer Lumpkin Clinch Evans

1998 Estimated population
566,203 593,850 50,614 91,118 86,130 59,162 40,344 25,437 18,672 18,981
6,660 9,949

Minimum entry-level
wage
69,210 68,532 45,426 46,717 61,424 23,690 44,881 32,946 36,792 33,064 15,537 11,860

Maximum wage
110,736 102,240 69,122 70,054 90,907 32,470 65,665 50,132 36,792 33,064 20,259 11,860

Number or scheduled
hours
40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 42

Number or rull-time employees

62 DCA - 1999 County Government Wage and Salary Survey

Records Clerk

, ..' ''t ....

Public Safety

Public Safety
Records Clerk
Group Jurisdiction
Effingham Habersham Jackson Laurens Sumter
0 Appling
Ben Hill Butts Chattooga Franklin Gilmer Harris Hart Jones Lee Monroe Peach Putnam
E Crawford
Dawson McIntosh Oglethorpe Pike Wilkes
F Calhoun
Irwin Johnson Long

1998 Estimated population
36,483 31,858 37,641 43,772 31,324 16,493 17,496 17,837 22,813 19,080 18,672 22,315 21,833 23,020 22,767 19,645 24,462 17,559 10,667 14,851 10,018 11,418 12,645 10,568 5,053 8,982 8,316 8,585

Minimum entry.level
wage
18,075 21,000 18,158 14,000 17,346 14,372 14,560 17,058 16,596 21,424 13,520 16,790 16,514 18,720 17,680 14,976 15,891 14,996 13,041 15,662 14,643 14,560 18,657 13,520 14,500 16,016 16,380 18,353

Maximum wage
27,518 31,953 27,643 23,493 17,346 15,246 16,931 39,110 18,660 21,424 18,720 23,506 25,128 18,720 25,542 21,985 25,376 22,692 17,513 22,089 15,496 14,560 18,657 19,760 20,670 16,016 16,380 18,353

Number of scheduled
hours
40 42 40 40 40 40 42 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 35 40 40 40 40 40 40 43 40 40 40 35 40

Number of fulltime employees
4 4 3 4
5
2 2 2 2 5

64. DCA 1999 County Government Wage and Salary Survey

",' ., I .

;'

l.

\'1

Sergeant -Police Department

Summary ofData

Group

Number reporting

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

A

7

B

2

C

2

Total

11

32,637 27,685 18,672 29,197

33,055 27,685 18,672 31,387

Maximum wage

Average

Median

48,480 36,302 30,780 43,047

49,148 36,302 30,780 47,284

Population Group Data

Public Safety
Number of full-time employees
349 15 10 374

Group
A
B C

Jurisdiction
Chatham Clayton Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee DeKalb Gwinnett Henry Dougherty Glynn Polk Ware

1998 Estimated population
225,543 208,999 566,203 182,752 593,850 522,095 104,667 95,309 67,320 36,308 35,364

Minimum entry-level
wage
33,433 33,055 34,299 29,172 34,500 32,611 31,387 25,429 29,941 17,393 19,950

Maximum wage
49,148 49,806 51,438 49,419 47,856 47,284 44,408 35,397 37,206 31,204 30,356

Number of scheduled
hours
40 40 40 40 42 48
.:.
40 40 40 40 42

Number of full-time employees
15 33 40 57 124 63 17 4 II 4 6

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PubUe Safety
~r~"~'~Sergeant -Sheriff's Department
Summary ofData

Group

Number reporting

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

A

9

32,003

0

B

11

26,825

0

C

9

24,678

0

0

12

22,638

0

E

3

22,746

0

F

2

30,498

0

TItaI

#Error

#Error

0

Population Group Data

Maximum wage

Average

Median

45,927

0

39,000

0

34,254

0

31,964

0

25,721

0

30,498

0

#Error

0

Number of full-time employees
357 124 35 55 6 2 #Error

Group
A
B

JuriSdiction
Chatham Clayton Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee DeKalb Fulton Gwinnett Henry Houston Bulloch Dougherty Douglas Fayette Forsyth Glynn Liberty Newton Paulding Troup

1998 Estimated population
225,543 208,999 566,203 182,752 593,850 739,367 522,095 104,667 105,808 50,614 95,309 89,843 88,609 86,130 67,320 59,162 57,847 73,534 58,783

Minimum entry-level
wage
33,433 33,055 34,299 29,172 34,500 35,590 32,611 31,387 23,982 25,525 25,429 28,113 29,202 29,585 31,988 24,480 26,124 22,152 25,708

Maximum wage
49,148 49,806 51,438 49,419 47,856 35,590 47,284 44,408 38,397 38,840 35,397 41,735 43,356 43,786 39,747 33,560 40,705 31,002 39,187

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Number of scheduled
hours
40 40 42 40 42 40 48 40 43 43 40 NR 43 40 42 40 43 44 40

Number of full-time employees
25 23 43 57 14 149 21 13 12
15 19 13 15 17 8 6 13 9

Sergeant -Sheriff's Department

Group Jurisdiction
Walton
C Barrow
Colquitt Decatur Effingham Jackson Laurens Thomas Tift Wayne
0 Butts
Chattooga Fannin Harris Jones Lee Lumpkin Monroe Morgan Oconee Peach Putnam
E Dawson
Lamar Screven
F Evans
Quitman

1998 Estimated population
54,485 40,344 40,156 27,035 36,483 37,641 43,772 42,953 36,673 25,437 17,837 22,813 18,622 22,315 23,020 22,767 18,981 19,645 15,091 23,737 24,462 17,559 14,851 14,706 14,431 9,949 2,486

Minimum entry-level
wage
26,769 27,111 24,939 26,041 22,647 23,192 30,235 23,321 21,216 23,400 21,771 19,210 21,288 22,193 29,943 21,840 23,192 22,609 24,200 21,418 21,299 22,692 24,169 22,949 21,119 23,281 37,714

Maximum wage
41,683 39,666 35,547 26,041 34,432 35,276 31,142 38,750 31,824 35,609 49,915 25,644 21,288 31,070 29,943 31,241 30,368 33,217 32,547 29,985 34,028 34,320 24,169 23,152 29,841 23,281 37,714

Public Safety

Number of scheduled
hours
42 40 40 40 48 42 40 43 40 42 43 40 42 43 48 48 43 42 43 40 40 40 42 42 42 42 40

Number of full-time employees
8 2
2 6 4 5 3 6 6 4 5 4 10 3 5 6 6 3 2 3 4
4

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Public Safety

Summary ofData

Group
I B C D E
"til

Number reporting
4 4 6 2 2 18

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

61,759 38,347 34,292 36,037 33,828 41,439

55,636 41,891 34,390 36,037 33,828 37,606

Population Group Data

Maximum wage

Average

Median

85,571 56,100 46,459 42,489 40,803 56,224

86,023 61,733 46,582 42,489 40,803 52,706

Number of full-time employees
4 4 6 2 2 18

Group Jurisdiction
A Clayton
Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee Gwinnett
B Bulloch
Liberty Spalding Troup
C Colquitt
Decatur Effingham Jackson
~
Sumter Thomas
0 Harris
Mitchell
E Screven
Terrell

1998 Estimated population
208,999 566,203 182,752 522,095 50,614 59,162 57,626 58,783 40,156 27,035 36,483 37,641 31,324 42,953 22,315 21,176 14,431 11,146

Minimum entry-level
wage
51,697 56,761 54,511 84,065 45,426 21,278 48,330 38,355 32,822 35,000 33,779 35,887 40,392 27,872 32,262 39,811 36,856 30,800

Maximum wage
77,893 87,980 92,345 84,065 65,122 29,189 71,746 58,344 46,821 35,000 55,595 54,606 40,392 46,342 45,167 39,811 50,806 30,800

Number of scbeduled
bours
40 40 40 40 50 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40

Number of full-time employees

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Appendix A: Index to Counties

Jurisdiction
Appling Athens-Clarke Atkinson AugustalRichmond Bacon Baker Baldwin Banks Barrow Banow Ben Hill Berrien Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks Bryan Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun Camden Candler Carroll Catoosa Charlton Chatham Chattahoochee Chattooga Cherokee Clay Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt Columbia ColumbuslMuscogee Cook Coweta Crawford Crisp Dade Dawson Decatur

1998 Estimated population
16,493 90,630
7,138 191,329
10,375 3,673 41,968 12,798 40,344 71,929 17,496 16,353 156,086 11,185 13,571 16,000 23,482 50,614 22,854 17,837 5,053 47,443 9,078 83,021 50,547 9,442 225,543 16,679 22,813 134,498 3,453 208,999 6,660 566,203 34,298 40,156 91,118 182,752 15,011 85,028 10,667 20,725 15,058 14,851 27,035

Group
D B F A E F C E C B D D A E E D D B D D F C F B B F A D D A F A F A C C B A D B E D D E C

Responded to survey
Yes No Yes No No No No No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes

Public Safety

Jurisdiction
DeKalb Dodge Dooly Dougherty Douglas Early Echols Effingham EIben Emanuel Evans Fannin Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton Gilmer Glascock Glynn Gordon Grady Greene Gwinnett Habersham Hall Hancock Haralson Harris Han Heard Henry Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper Jeff Davis Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar Lanier Laurens Lee

1998 Estimated population
593,850 18,108 10,388 95,309 89,843 12,197 2,401 36,483 19,335 21,023 9,949 18,622 88,609 85,185 86,130 19,080
739,367 18,672 2,512 67,320 41,052 21,501 13,651
522,095 31,858 119,210
9,134 24,653 22,315 21,833 10,082 104,667 105,808
8,982 37,641 10,155 12,751 17,767
8,447 8,316 23,020 14,706 6,986 43,772 22,767

Group
A D E B B E F C D D F D B B B D A D F B C D E A C A F D D D E A A F C E E D F F D E F C D

Responded to survey
Y~ Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes

DCA - 1999 County Govemment Wage and SakJry Survey. A- 1

Public Safety

Jurisdiction
Ubeny Uncoln Long Lowndes Lumpkin Macon Madison Marion McDuffie McIntosh Meriwether Miller Mitchell Monroe Montgomery Morgan Murray Newton Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding Peach Pickens Pierce Pike Polk Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph Rockdale Schley Screven Seminole

1998 Estimated population
59,162 8,276 8.585 85.231 18.981 13.244
24,312 6,712 21.770 10,018 23,112 6.409 21,176 19.645 7.741 15.091 32.682 57.847 23.737 11,418 73,534 24.462 19,679 15.794 12.645 36.308 8,401 17.559 2,486 13,406 7,881 68,305 3,945 14,431 9,788

Group
B F F B D E D F D E D F D D F D C B D E B 0 0 0 E C F 0 F E F B F E F

Responded to survey
Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No

Jurisdiction
Spalding Stephens Stewan Sumter Talbot Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell Thomas Tift Toombs Towns Treutlen Troup Turner Twiggs Union Upson Walker Walton Ware Warren Washington Wayne Webster Wheeler White Whitfield Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Wonh

1998 Estimated population
57,626 25,421 5,468 31.324 6.935
1,908 18.975 8.306 11,558 11,146 42,953 36,673 25.828 8.529 6.003 58,783 9.160 10,126 16,519 27,075 63.082 54,485 35.364 6.059 20.033 25,437 2.193 4.875 17,457 82.039 7.365 10,568 10,838 22,485

Group
B C F C F F D F E E C C C F F B F E 0 C B B C F 0 C F F 0 B F E E 0

Responded to survey
Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes No No

A - 2 .1999 County Govemment Wage and Salary Report

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
60 Executive Park South, NE Atlanta, Georgia 30329-2231
(404) 679-4950 www.dca.state.ga.us
Publication Number: 0318