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County Job Descriptions

PubUc Safety

AIttB CIIItJW Ia'8cbr Performs professional and skilled work in supervising and coordinating work
activities of other workers who are responsible for the apprehension and care of animals.
AIinaI CIIItJW DfIiB" Performs skilled work in the apprehension and care of animals found in violation
of county animal control ordinances.
AB8IstJIIt IhI ClEf Performs highly responsible technical, supervisory, and administrative work in
assisting the direction of the Fire Department.
AssIstaItPlbbf Performs highly responsible technical, supervisory, and administrative work in
directing the activities of the county police department. Second in command to the police chief.
AubIIIJtIV8 MIIIDI* Repairs and overhauls automobiles, buses, trucks, and other automotive vehicles.
CIUtam. M:8lJBpaa'b.lI.t 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.
_ _ ShBrtff's DopartmIInt 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.
CI*If D8IlJtY 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.
CN8f Jallllr/Jal Adi.t1llstJ1Ibr Supervises and coordinates the work activities of a county jail staff.
Cod88 EllhI'Cllllllt 0fIiB" Performs technical level work to ensure that all codes and ordinances are
adhered to throughout the jurisdiction.
CIImIDCatD18Ia'ecbr Directs the operations, development, and implementation of policies and
procedures and the administration and management of the Communications Department.
~ PIb D8partmont Performs law enforcement and some routine investigative work. May train entry-
level police officers and serve as a lead officer on special assignments.
CII'PII'81 ShBrtff'sll8partnBlt Performs law enforcement and some routine investigative work. May train entry-
level deputies and serve as a lead officer on special assignments.
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Public Safety

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.

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.
II8IIItY WlI'dBn Assists in the administration and operation of employees and inmates at a county
penal facility.
OIIb11U111 DffDIr Supervises prisoners in station or jail, assuming responsibilities for all needs of
prisoners during detention. May prepare arrest records identifying prisoner and charge assigned.

II8patdB' 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.

IJspatcIIIr/Jrilllr Maintains security of prisoners during their detention and operates radio and
telephone receiving and dispatching calls to the appropriate department and/or person.
E-an IIIB'8br Responsible for answering emergency calls and dispatching appropriate
personnel to the correct location.
fDB'IIIIICY MIdcaI Survt8811r8cbr Directs emergency medical service program, coordinates activities of persons
involved in rescue, care, and transportation of catastrophe/accident victims.
Ene'Ull':Y M8dtaI li1C11. . . (fMJ] Provides emergency care and treatment to the sick and injured; trained to
operate more specialized equipment; must be certified as advanced E.M.T.

~ IIIB1IbI'!a'lVlI' Drives fire fighting vehicle to fire scene and conducts pumping operations to
assist in fire fighting.
R'8 CNBf Plans, directs, organizes, and coordinates the activities of a county fire
department.
R'8 Mar8haI Plans, manages, and coordinates fire prevention and fire investigation activities
of the fire department.

R'811ffia'/~ 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.

R'80ffia'!I.JIIUtenlIIt 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.

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Public Safety
FhI..... 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.
Fhlr-.Ibr'1EMT 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.
maslUlbrlDBtBctlvo. Pdlc8 _'blBlt 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.
~1IIobI:tIv8,ShBrtff'sllBPl Performs investigations in the sheriffs department to solve or prevent crimes.
Examines crime scenes to obtain clues and gather evidence that may lead to a conviction.
UIIIbnIJt, PI8:8 _"bllBllt 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.
lJ8lItBIBIt, SlB'lff's _'blBlt 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.
,Nco _"bIBlt 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.
,SlB'lff'Sll8p;rtnBlt 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 0fftIr 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.
PI8:8 CI*d' Plans, directs, organizes, and coordinates the activities of a county police
department in accordance with authority delegated by the county commission.
PIjjc safBty I*"8cbr 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.
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Public Safety

Maintains records for monthly statistical reports; enters all citations written by police officers into computer; and provides authorized personnel with information from NCIClGCIC computer network.

Responsible for the direction and supervision of law enforcement activities performed by a group of county police officers during a particular shift or assignment.
8II"UIBIl SIB1ffs. .'mllrt Responsible for the direction and supervision of law enforcement activities
performed by a group of deputies during a particular shift or assignment.
WII'dBn Directs the administration and operation of employees and inmates at a county
penal facility.

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Animal Control Director ~"~~~ j 0"
Summary ofData

Group
A B C 0
TIIII

Number reporting
9 12 6 3 30

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

41,240

40,080

32,991

29,129

24,697

22,890

21,280

19,864

32,636

29,129

Public Safety
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Maximum wage

Average

Median

62,412

62,825

44,416

44,492

36,531

33,441

21,280

19,864

45,924

44,492

Number of full-time employees
9
12
6
3
30

Population Group Data

Group
A
B

Jurisdiction
AugustalRichmond Cherokee Clayton Cobb ColumbusIMuscogee DeKalb Gwinnett Hall Henry Bartow Catoosa Columbia Fayette Floyd Liberty Lowndes Newton Paulding Rockdale Spalding Walker

2000 Population
199,775 141,903 236,517 607,751 186,291 665,865 588,448 139,277 119,341 76,019 53,282 89,288 91,263 90,565 61,610 92,115 62,001 81,678 70,111 58,417 61,053

Minimum entry-level
wage
40,080 39,992 36,509 43,971 40,862 53,244 23,336 54,870 38,293 44,550 28,454 28,829 37,960 35,112 22,880 37,727 29,058 29,201 48,323 27,652 26,146

Maximum wage
64,127 58,789 55,010 68,120 62,825 82,596 33,838 82,326 54,080 44,550 38,126 43,264 56,472 56,148 31,366 57,406 45,705 44,433 48,323 41,050 26,146

Number of scheduled
hours
37 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

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Public Safety
Animal Control Director

Group
C
0

Jurisdiction
Barrow Camden Effingham Murray Oconee Upson Ben Hill Fannin Grady

2000 Population
46,144 43,664 37,535 36,506 26,225 27,597 17,484 19,798 23,659

Minimum entry.level
wage
32,504 21,905 23,732 27,394 20,602 22,048 19,864 17,680 26,297

Maximum wage
46,459 33,331 33,212 43,793 28,843 33,550 19,864 17,680 26,297

.

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

Number of fulltime employees

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Animal Control Onicer '

Public Safety

Public Safety
Animal Control Officer

Group
C 0

Jurisdiction
Newton Paulding Rockdale Spalding Walker Barrow Camden Effingham Murray Oconee Upson Dawson Fannin Gilmer Grady Jones Lamar Lee Lumpkin Mitchell Monroe Morgan. Union

2000 Population
62,001 81,678 70,111 58,417 61,053 46,144 43,664 37,535 36,506 26,225 27,597 15,999 19,798 23,456 23,659 23,639 15,912 24,757 21,016 23,932 21,757 15,457 17,289

Minimum entry-level
wage
19,760 22,880 22,498 23,749 18,616 19,955 21,905 20,934 18,554 18,482 20,010 24,310 17,680 16,640 16,536 18,327 16,640 16,640 24,544 19,718 18,242 20,431 15,829

Maximum wage
30,805 34,815 31,017 35,255 22,422 29,917 33,331 29,308 29,661 25,875 30,430 36,991 17,680 22,880 16,536 22,540 23,534 23,816 24,544 19,718 26,790 27,477 15,829

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

Number of full-time employees
NA 3 3 3 2 6
2 2 2 2
2
2

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Assistant Fire Chief
Summary ofData

Group
A B C 0 111II

Number reporting
10 9 2 2 23

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

50,687

53,262

40,614

40,918

33,029

33,029

29,931

29,931

43,405

41,704

Public Safety

Maximum wage

Average

Median

78,202

82,407

58,587

60,743

42,067

42,067

29,931

29,931

63,187

65,079

Number of full-time employees
13
12
2
2 29

Population Group Data

Group
A
B
C

Jurisdiction
Augusta/Richmond Cherokee Clayton Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee DeKalb Fulton Hall Henry Houston Carroll Coweta Douglas Fayette Paulding Rockdale Spalding Troup Walker Murray Ware

2000 Population
199,775 141,903 236,517 607,751 186,291 665,865 816,006 139,277 119,341 110,765 87,268 89,215 92,174 91,263 81,678 70,111 58,417 58,779 61,053 36,506 35,483

Minimum entry-level
wage
44,188 53,594 57,098 56,554 52,929 56,976 71,113 39,000 46,654 28,766 40,000 44,316 49,526 46,301 35,494 35,982 40,918 41,704 31,289 30,202 35,857

Maximum wage
70,700 78,783 86,032 87,651 88,372 88,380 111,648 58,510 65,894 46,051 57,200 65,079 73,522 68,931 54,009 49,807 60,743 66,706 31,289 48,277 35,857

Number of scheduled
hours
37 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
3 2
2 NA
2
3

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Public Safety
Assistant Fire Chief

Group
0

Jurisdiction
Burke
Fannin

2000 Population
22,243 19,798

Minimum entry-level
wage
40,102
19,760

Maximum wage
40,102 19,760

Number of scheduled
hours
53
40

Number of fulltime employees

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Assistant Police Chief
Summary ofData

Group
A
TItII

Number reporting
5
5

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

56,841

56,534

56,841

56,534

Public Safety
;;~

Maximum wage

Average

Median

88,389

88,372

88,389

88,372

Number of full-time employees
8
8

Population Group Data

Group
A

Jurisdiction
Cobb ColumbusIMuscogee DeKalb Fulton Henry

2000 Population
607,751 186,291 665,865 816,006 119,341

Minimum entry-level
wage
56,534 52,929 56,976 71,113 46,654

Maximum wage
87,651 88,372 88,380 111,648 65,894

Number of scheduled
hours
40 40 40 40 40

Number of full-time employees
2
3

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Public Safety
Automotive Mechanic
Summary ofData

Group
A B C 0 E F
1111I

Number reporting
14 20 9 25 6 7 81

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

22,979

22,666

23,901

24,138

19,206

18,141

18,763

19,458

22,197

20,005

17,499

17,680

20,955

21,195

Maximum wage

Average

Median

35,513

35,856

35,835

36,109

30,560

31,204

26,343

26,169

25,464

27,174

23,769

23,920

30,453

30,356

Number of full-time employees
141 66 29 63 8 9 316

Population Group Data

Group
A
B
C 0

Jurisdiction
Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee DeKalb Fulton Gwinnett Hall Bartow Carroll Catoosa Columbia Dougherty Fayette Floyd Paulding Troup Camden Ware Dodge Fannin

2000 Population
607,751 186,291 665,865 816,006 588,448 139,277 76,019 87,268 53,282 89,288 96,065 91,263 90,565 81,678 58,779 43,664 35,483 19,171 19,798

Minimum entry.level
wage
25,272 22,146 23,112 22,666 25,974 19,698 27,144 24,600 21,195 21,507 25,141 24,274 26,612 24,024 24,253 24,150 18,141 21,000 21,840

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Maximum wage
37,939 34,049 35,856 39,250 37,662 29,557 40,955 35,200 28,454 32,240 37,315 36,109 45,925 36,555 38,771 36,717 31,954 30,000 22,069

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

Number of full-time employees
13 30 21 5 4 NA
2 4
5 6 2
5
2

Automotive Mechanic

I

Group Jurisdiction
Gilmer Hart Peach
F Jenkins

2000 Population
23,456 22,997 23,668 8,575

Minimum entry.level
wage
13,520 22,152 19,530 19,404

Population Group Data

Group
A
B
C

Jurisdiction
Clayton Cobb Columbus/Muscogee DeKalb Fulton Gwinnett Hall Houston Bartow Bulloch Catoosa Columbia Dougherty Fayette Lowndes Paulding Rockdale Troup Walker Barrow Colquitt Madison Polk Stephens

2000 Population
236,517 607,751 186,291 665,865 816,006 588,448 139,277 110,765 76,019 55,983 53,282 89,288 96,065 91,263 92, 115 81,678 70,1 I I 58,779 61,053 46,144 42,053 25,730 38,127 25,435

Minimum entry-level
wage
27,097 25,272 22,146 23,112 22,666 20,968 19,698 21,882 27,144 22,048 21,195 23,733 25,141 24,274 23,214 24,024 22,408 24,253 21,840 23,100 18,595 19,781 17,392 17,000

Maximum wage
27,040 33,738 31,146 19,404
Maximum wage
40,828 37,939 34,049 35,856 39,250 30,400 29,557 34,986 40,955 33,238 28,454 35,589 37,315 36,109 35,322 36,555 35,512 38,771 27,352 36,907 30,971 21,861 31,204 25,000

Public Safety

Number of scheduled
hours
40 40
37.5

Number of full-time employees
3 2 NA NA

Number of scheduled
hours
40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 56 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40

Number of full-time employees
8 13 30 4 5 4 2 2 3 3 2 2 4
5 6 II 2 4 3 3 2 3 2

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Public Safety
Automotive Mechanic

Group Jurisdiction
Ware Wayne
0 Ben Hill
Berrien Burke Dade Dawson Elbert Fannin Gilmer Jones Lamar Lee Lumpkin Mitchell Monroe Morgan Pickens Tattnall Union Washington Worth
E Charlton
Chattahoochee Greene Hancock Long Telfair
F Clay
Clinch Johnson Seminole Taylor

2000 Population
35,483 26,565 17,484 16,235 22,243 15,154 15,999 20,511 19,798 23,456 23,639 15,912 24,757 21,016 23,932 21,757 15,457 22,983 22,305 17,289 21,176 21,967 10,282 14,882 14,406 10,076 10,304 11,794 3,357 6,878 8,560 9,369 8,815

Minimum entry-level
wage
18,141 16,557 17,347 24,960 20,708 18,489 17,277 17,264 21,840 10,712 20,030 17,472 19,760 19,968 16,224 19,344 19,458 21,308 17,472 19,674 15,080 16,640 29,120 17,640 18,500 18,720 27,914 21,290 17,680 14,082 17,056 13,520 19,950

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Maximum wage
31,954 28,475 19,053 33,280 40,974 24,259 26,289 29,744 22,069 24,960 24,630 19,564 29,765 19,968 26,458 28,413 26,169 29,831 23,774 24,960 19,635 20,800 29,432 26,848 27,500 18,720 27,914 22,368 23,920 18,366 19,219 31,200 30,356

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 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40

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

Automotive Mechanic

Group Jurisdiction
Wilcox

2000 Population
8,577

Minimum entry-level
wage
20,800

.
Maximum wage
23,920

Public Safety

Number of scheduled
hours
40

Number of full-time employees

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Public Safety
Captain, Police Department '
Summary ofData

Group
A B C D 1l1li

Number reporting
6 2
10

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

44,864

43,418

37,057

37,057

19,156

19,156

28,553

28,553

39,101

39,384

Maximum wage

Average

Median

64,477

63,576

54,519

54,519

34,403

34,403

36,171

36,171

56,648

55,114

NumberoC Cull-time employees
59
8
3
2
72

Population Group Data

Group
I
B C 0

Jurisdiction
Clayton Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee DeKalb Fulton Henry Dougherty Floyd Polk Jones

2000 Population
236,517 607,751 186,291 665,865 816,006 119,341 96,065 90,565 38,127 23,639

Minimum entry-level
wage
40,324 49,858 39,767 46,512 54,434 38,293 39,002 35,112 19,156 28,553

Maximum wage
60,757 49,858 66,395 75,756 80,018 54,080 52,891 56,148 34,403 36,171

NumberoC scheduled
hours
40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40

NumberoC Cull-time employees
11 14 7 17 6 4 3 5 3 2

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Captain, Sheriffs Department
Summary ofData

Group
A
B C 0 E
F
,....

Number reporting
9 18 7 14
50

Minimum entry-level wage

Average.

Median

42,782

40,324

36,889

37,153

31,281

31,027

29,220

29,338

21,736

21,736

31,500

31,500

34,606

35,049

Public Safety
.

Maximum wage

Average

Median

66,534

64,815

51,592

54,250

47,353

47,211

34,802

34,553

29,224

29,224

31,500

31,500

48,138

49,277

Number of full-time employees
74
63
16
29
..
1
1 184

Population Group Data

Group
A
B

Jurisdiction
AugustalRichmond Bibb Cherokee Clayton Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee DeKalb Fulton Houston Bartow Bulloch Carroll Catoosa Columbia Coweta Dougherty Douglas Fayette Floyd

2000 Population
199,775 153,887 141,903 236,517 607,751 186,291 665,865 816,006 110,765 76,019 55,983 87,268 53,282 89,288 89,215 96,065 92,174 91,263 90,565

Minimum entry-level
wage
36,354 38,709 44,092 40,324 49,858 39,767 46,512 54,434 34,986 42,400 26,557 40,600 38,106 38,584 36,483 39,002 42,783 41,836 35,112

Maximum wage
58,166 59,613 64,815 60,757 77,272 66,395 75,756 80,018 56,014 42,400 40,409 57,200 38,106 57,886 54,704 52,891 63,51 I 62,250 56,148

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

Number of full-time employees
8 7 5 6 12 4 10 19 3 2
4
7 4 5 9 5

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Public Safety
Captain, Sheriffs Department

Group Jurisdiction
Liberty Lowndes Newton Paulding Rockdale Spalding Troup Walker
C Barrow
Camden Colquitt Murray Upson Ware Wayne
0 Burke
Crisp Dade Dawson Elbert Fannin Franklin Gilmer Lee Lumpkin Monroe Morgan Pickens Worth
E Crawford F Johnson

2000 Population
61,610 92,115 62,001 81,678 70,111 58,417 58,779 61,053 46,144 43,664 42,053 36,506 27,597 35,483 26,565 22,243 21,996 15,154 15,999 20,511 19,798 20,285 23,456 24,757 21,016 21,757 15,457 22,983 21,967 12,495 8,560

Minimum entry-level
wage
27,684 37,727 33,301 32,194 44,079 36,238 34,736 36,579 30,184 35,681 37,669 24,835 32,573 31,027 26,998 33,393 32,989 24,777 32,578 29,640 22,880 29,037 18,720 24,960 36,088 39,832 34,943 26,883 22,360 21,736 31,500

I
Maximum wage
37,960 57,406 51,896 48,988 61,016 53,795 55,515 36,579 45,929 54,292 53,706 39,707 49,566 47,211 41,059 33,393 40,394 32,509 49,571 29,640 22,880 29,037 24,960 35,714 36,088 46,051 46,995 37,636 22,360 29,224 31,500

Number of scheduled
hours
40 40 40 40 40 40 40 42 43 40 40 42 40 42 42 43 42 43 42 40 42 40 43 43 43 42 40 48 40 48 50

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

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Chief Deputy Sheriff
Summary ofData

Group
I B C 0 E F
TI1II

Number reporting
11 10 9 19 12 12 73

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

57,824

53,244

45,793

45,542

30,750

31,678

32,722

31,200

26,754

25,730

22,838

24,960

35,446

31,501

Public Safety

Maximum wage

Average

Median

81,364

82,596

63,968

65,839

44,866

37,672

37,122

34,283

33,386

32,277

30,130

28,490

46,657

39,998

NumberoC Cull-time employees
16 10 8 22 13 11 80

Population Group Data

Group
A
B

Jurisdiction
AugustalRichmond Bibb Cherokee Clayton Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee DeKalb Fulton Hall Henry Houston Bulloch Catoosa Columbia Douglas Fayette Liberty Paulding Rockdale

2000 Population
199,775 153,887 141,903 236,517 607,751 186,291 665,865 816,006 139,277 119,341 110,765 55,983 53,282 89,288 92,174 91,263 61,610 81,678 70,111

Minimum entry-level
wage
48,718 67,353 59,087 57,098 91,011 52,929 53,244 71,113 40,955 46,655 47,902 32,280 37,981 56,514 54,603 46,301 37,502 45,096 59,191

Maximum wage
77,947 67,353 86,058 86,032 91,011 88,372 82,596 111,648 61,422 65,894 76,669 49,118 39,998 84,760 81,058 68,931 51,438 68,618 59,191

NumberoC scheduled
hours
37 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 43 40 40 40 43 40 40 40

Number of full-time employees
6

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Public Safety
Chief Deputy Sheriff

Group Jurisdiction
Spalding Troup
C Barrow
Madison Murray Oconee Polk Stephens Upson Ware Wayne
0 Ben Hill
Berrien Brooks Burke Crisp Dodge Elbert Fannin Gilmer Grady Hart Lamar Lee Lumpkin Monroe Pickens Tattnall Union Worth
E Chattahoochee
Crawford Evans

2000 Population
58,417 58,779 46,144 25,730 36,506 26,225 38,127 25,435 27,597 35,483 26,565 17,484 16,235 16,450 22,243 21,996 19,171 20,511 19,798 23,456 23,659 22,997 15,912 24,757 21,016 21,757 22,983 22,305 17,289 21,967 14,882 12,495 10,495

Minimum entry-level
wage
42,478 45,989 48,833 31,678 21,690 36,157 20,106 23,000 23,171 37,672 34,446 34,283 17,680 24,238 37,969 48,714 21,000 31,200 31,501 20,000 23,587 31,096 30,000 45,334 50,003 41,933 36,043 29,000 31,200 36,948 21,442 23,754 24,000

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Maximum wage
63,059 73,507 74,305 32,012 50,661 50,620 36,130 33,000 36,982 37,672 52,414 34,283 29,120 24,238 43,516 48,714 31,554 31,200 31,501 30,000 23,587 47,237 36,330 45,334 50,003 51,085 50,460 29,000 31,200 36,948 32,626 31,928 38,000

'

Number of scheduled
hours
40 40 43 40 40 40 40 40 42 42 40 40 40 40 43 42 40 40 42 43 50 40 40 40 43 42 48 40 40 40 40 48 40

Number of full-time employees
I. NA
3 2
2

Chief Deputy Sherin

Group Jurisdiction
Greene Hancock Long McIntosh Oglethorpe Telfair Twiggs Wilkes Wilkinson
F Clay
Jenkins Lincoln Montgomery Pulaski Seminole Stewart Talbot Taliaferro Taylor Towns Wilcox

2000 Population
14,406 10,076 10,304 10,847 12,635 11,794 10,590 10,687 10,220 3,357 8,575 8,348 8,270 9,588 9,369 5,252 6,498 2,077 8,815 9,319 8,577

Minimum entry-level
wage
31,000 23,109 31,085 28,101 24,000 26,446 25,015 34,000 29,099 26,431 20,412 30,000 18,000 36,081 20,800 18,274
567 24,960 28-,072 25,500 24,960

Maximum wage
41,000 23,109 31,085 33,280 29,860 26,446 25,015 44,000 44,283 26,431 20,412 40,000 24,539 36,081 31,200 27,412 29,567 24,960 42,714 31,200 27,040

Public Safety

NumberoC scheduled
hours
40 40 40 40 40 43 40 40 40 40 48 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 48 40 40

NumberoC Cull-time employees
2
NA
NA

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Public Safety
Chief Jailer/Jail Administrator
Summary ofData

Group
A B C 0 E F 1II1II

Number reporting
10 15 9 25 6 7 72

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

49,445

47,462

38,450

37,269

30,030

30,202

24,333

25,000

22,664

20,430

17,897

17,472

30,709

29,110

Maximum wage

Average

Median

76,901

71,141

56,579

58,427

42,193

41,817

29,415

29,120

27,787

21,314

20,671

18,941

42,281

36,177

Number of full-time employees
10 15 9 24
9 7 74

Population Group Data

Group
A
B

Jurisdiction
Augusta/Richmond Bibb Cherokee Clayton Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee DeKalb Fulton Henry Houston Bulloch Catoosa Columbia Coweta Dougherty Douglas Fayette Floyd Liberty

2000 Population
199,775 153,887 141,903 236,517 607,751 186,291 665,865 816,006 119,341 II 0,765 55,983 53,282 89,288 89,215 96,065 92,174 91,263 90,565 61,610

Minimum entry-level
wage
40,080 45,282 48,611 46,806 60,216 48,118 56,976 71,113 42,266 34,986 26,083 19,011 46,717 36,483 52,266 49,526 46,301 30,851 35,692

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Maximum wage
64,127 70,824 71,458 70,524 96,000 80,338 88,380 II 1,648 59,696 56,014 39,707 25,002 70,054 54,704 77,578 73,522 68,931 64,648 48,919

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

Number of full-time employees
2

ChiBf Jailer/Jail Administrator

Public Safety

Group Jurisdiction
Newton Paulding Rockdale Spalding Troup Walker
C Barrow
Camden Chattooga Effingham Murray Polk Stephens Ware Wayne
0 Appling
Ben Hill Berrien Brooks Burke Cook Crisp Dade Dodge Elbert Franklin Gilmer Grady Hart Jones Lamar Lee Mitchell

2000 Population
62,001 81,678 70,111 58,417 58,779 61,053 46,144 43,664 25,470 37,535 36,506 38,127 25,435 35,483 26,565 17,419 17,484 16,235 16,450 22,243 15,771 21,996 15,154 19,171 20,511 20,285 23,456 23,659 22,997 23,639 15,912 24,757 23,932

Minimum entry-level
wage
31,158 37,269 48,323 39,358 41,704 36,005 36,684 35,681 30,624 29,301 30,202 24,425 21,000 32,594 29,765 19,032 22,416 16,640 20,350 32,420 17,347 26,042 24,777 17,680 29,120 29,037 20,000 23,587 26,915 31,000 30,000 25,000 16,037

Maximum wage
48,526 56,709 59,241 58,427 66,706 36,005 55,827 54,292 30,624 41,021 48,278 41,817 30,000 32,594 45,282 31,200 22,416 29,120 27,349 36,350 23,712 26,042 32,509 19,200 29,120 29,037 26,000 23,587 40,934 33,101 31,920 27,342 16,037

Number of scheduled
hours
40 40 40 40 40 42 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 42 42 43 40 40 43 40 43 42 43 40 40 40 40 50 40 40 40 40 40

Number of full-time employees
NA
NA 2

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Public Safety
Chief Jailer/Jail Administrator

Group Jurisdiction
Morgan Peach Pickens Pierce Tattnall Union Washington
E Crawford
Greene Hancock Pike Twiggs Wilkinson
F Baker
Calhoun Lincoln Montgomery Pulaski Stewart Talbot

2000 Population
15,457 23,668 22,983 15,636 22,305 17,289 21,176 12,495 14,406 10,076 13,688 10,590 10,220 4,074 6,320 8,348 8,270 9,588 5,252 6,498

Minimum entry-level
wage
24,834 26,173 28,477 25,334 20,904 29,500 25,700 16,182 31,000 19,968 20,892 18,841 29,099 15,600 17,500 20,000 16,000 17,472 15,534 23,171

Maximum wage
33,398 41,739 39,868 38,002 20,904 29,500 27,000 21,736 41,000 19,968 20,892 18,841 44,283 16,224 18,586 27,000 18,941 17,472 23,302 23,171

Number of scheduled
hours
40 40 48 35 40 40 43 48 43 40 40 40 48 40 42 40 40 40 40 40

Number of full-time employees
NA
4
1

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Codes Enforcement Officer
Summary ofData

Group
A B C 0 E F 1111I

Number reporting
9 9 7 12 4 2 43

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

27,151

25,584

25,024

25,875

21,537

21,863

22,433

20,941

19,550

19,599

20,172

.20,172

23,443

23,211

Public Safety

Maximum wage

Average

Median

40,859

38,849

36,024

38,626

31,458

29,832

25,924

25,385

24,300

23,000

21,922

21,922

31,727

32,000

Number of full-time employees
80 16 9 12 4 3 124

Population Group Data

Group
A
B
C

Jurisdiction
AugustalRichmond Clayton Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee DeKalb Fulton Hall Henry Houston Bartow Bulloch Carroll Catoosa Coweta Douglas Newton Rockdale Spalding Camden

2000 Population
199,775 236,517 607,751 186,291 665,865 816,006 139,277 119,341 110,765 76,019 55,983 87,268 53,282 89,215 92,174 62,001 70,111 58,417 43,664

Minimum entry-level
wage
23,211 25,783 28,413 22,146 29,184 44,903 21,800 23,338 25,584 27,934 26,557 24,600 21,195 25,750 26,265 25,875 20,942 26,093 24,150

Maximum wage
36,558 38,849 42,640 34,049 45,264 63,761 32,686 32,989 40,934 27,934 40,409 35,200 28,454 38,626 38,990 40,352 35,512 38,735 36,717

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

Number of full-time employees
27
7 25 11 NA 3 5
3 2
3 2 2

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Public Safety
Codes Enforcement Officer

Group
0
E F

Jurisdiction
Effingham Madison Murray Oconee Polk Stephens Brooks Burke Dodge Elbert Franklin Jones Lamar Lee Morgan Peach Tattnall Union Evans Greene Oglethorpe Pike Johnson Towns

2000 Population
37,535 25,730 36,506 26,225 38,127 25,435 16,450 22,243 19,171 20,511 20,285 23,639 15,912 24,757 15,457 23,668 22,305 17,289 10,495 14,406 12,635 13,688 8,560 9,319

Minimum entry-level
wage
21,863 24,357 22,526 21,309 16,556 20,000 20,350 28,475 18,200 28,413 26,770 20,027 20,000 16,640 24,834 21,532 19,950 24,000 15,000 20,000 24,000 19,198 22,345 18,000

Maximum wage
33,212 29,723 36,005 29,832 29,718 25,000 27,349 28,475 21,900 28,413 26,770 20,627 22,050 23,816 33,398 34,338 19,950 24,000 20,000 32,000 26,000 19,198 22,345 21,500

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 40 40

Number of full-time employees
2 2
2

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Communications Director
Summary ofData

Group
A B C 0 E F filii

Number reporting
12 12 5 13 2 2 46

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

50,154

46,475

43,299

44,181

29,918

31,244

28,910

28,171

22,650

22,650

16,800

16,800

37,516

34,705

Public Safety

Maximum wage

Average

Median

71,859

66,975

59,466

62,149

43,543

41,021

33,989

31,808

33,781

33,781

26,060

26,060

51,199

48,834

Number of full-time employees
13 12 5 13 2 2 47

Population Group Data

Group
A
B

Jurisdiction
Augusta/Richmond Bibb Cherokee Clayton Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee DeKalb Fulton Gwinnett Hall Henry Houston Bulloch Carroll Catoosa Columbia Coweta Douglas Fayette

2000 Population
199,775 153,887 141,903 236,517 607,751 186,291 665,865 816,006 588,448 139,277 119,341 110,765 55,983 87,268 53,282 89,288 89,215 92,174 91,263

Minimum entry-level
wage
48,718 34,424 46,296 57,098 53,082 36,070 53,244 109,114 41,203 40,955 46,654 34,986 30,743 44,800 33,987 33,405 44,316 52,000 44,045

Maximum wage
77,947 52,978 68,056 86,032 82,285 60,222 82,596 109,114 59,743 61,422 65,894 56,014 46,779 64,000 36,504 50,128 65,079 77,198 65,582

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

Number of full-time employees
3 NA

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Public Safety
Communications Director

Group Jurisdiction
Lowndes Rockdale Spalding Troup Walker
C Camden
Effingham Madison Murray Wayne
0 Ben Hill
Crisp Dade Dawson Fannin Lamar Lee Mitchell Morgan Pickens Pierce Tattnall Washington
E Chattahoochee
Greene
F Lincoln
Seminole

2000 Population
92,115 70,111 58,417 58,779 61,053 43,664 37,535 25,730 36,506 26,565 17,484 21,996 15,154 15,999 19,798 15,912 24,757 23,932 15,457 22,983 15,636 22,305 21,176 14,882 14,406 8,348 9,369

Minimum entry-level
wage
50,214 60,297 37,797 45,989 42,000 24,150 29,301 31,678 33,218 31,244 23,631 39,146 23,597 31,027 23,420 20,000 28,171 40,310 23,651 36,043 25,334 31,500 30,000 16,800 28,500 18,000 15,600

Maximum wage
76,407 60,297 56,110 73,507 42,000 36,717 41,021 39,335 53,103 47,541 23,631 39,146 30,961 47,211 23,420 23,232 28,171 40,310 31,808 50,460 38,002 31,500 34,000 25,562 42,000 23,000 29,120

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

Number of full-time employees

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Corporal. Police Department

!

Summary ofData

Group
A B C
1111I

Number reporting
2
4

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

32,711

32,711

27,718

27,718

16,523

16,523

27,416

30,178

Maximum wage

Average

Median

49,089

49,089

44,142

44,142

32,846

32,846

43,791

45,732

Public Safety
Number of full-time employees
491 0 8 499

Population Group Data

Group
A
B C

Jurisdiction
DeKalb Gwinnett Dougherty Polk

2000 Population
665,865 588,448 96,065 38,127

Minimum entry-level
wage
32,784
32,638 27,718
16,523

Maximum wage
50,856 47,321 44,142 32,846

Number of scheduled
hours
40 40 40 40

Number of full-time employees
426
65
NA
8

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Public Safety
Corporal, Sheriffs Department
Summary ofData

Group
A B C 0 E
11111

Number reporting
5 11 7 10 2 35

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

30,288

31,335

25,917

26,093

23,257

24,031

22,221

21,351

19,320

19,320

24,576

24,502

Maximum wage

Average

Median

45,767

46,063

38,412

38,942

33,972

33,552

32,456

31,234

32,080

32,080

36,511

36,822

Number of full-time employees
130 74 28 48
5 285

Population Group' Data

Group
A B
C

Jurisdiction
Cherokee DeKalb Gwinnett Hall Houston Bulloch Carroll Coweta Dougherty Fayette Liberty Lowndes Rockdale Spalding Troup Walker Barrow Camden Colquitt Effingham

2000 Population
141,903 665,865 588,448 139,277 110,765 55,983 87,268 89,215 96,065 91,263 61,610 92,115 70,lll 58,417 58,779 61,053 46,144 43,664 42.053 37,535

Minimum entry-level
wage
31,335 32,784 32,638 29,099 25,584 28,850 26,900 24,502 27,718 28,107 22,090 25,593 29,372 26,093 25,979 19,885 27,378 24,150 24,461 23,732

Maximum wage
46,063 50,856 47,321 43,659 40,934 43,784 38,400 36,754 44,142 41,836 30,285 38,942 40,657 38,735 41,579 27,414 41,659 36,717 34,861 33.212

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

Number of full-time employees
21 68 19 6 16
8 3 6 5 8 14 II 8 3 7 4 2 7 4

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" ~-.. .'

COrPOra". Sheriffs Department

Group
0
E

Jurisdiction
Oconee Stephens Ware Burke Cook Crisp Dawson Elbert Lee Lumpkin Monroe Morgan Peach Greene McIntosh

2000 Population
26,225 25,435 35,483 22,243 15,771 21,996 15,999 20,511 24,757 21,016 21,757 15,457 23,668 14,406 10,847

Minimum entry-level
wage
24,031 17,000 22,050 21,894 18,429 21,798 25,526 20,800 19,760 20,904 25,210 27,379 20,507 22,000 16,640

Public Safety
;

Maximum wage
32,804 25,000 33,552 23,778 27,664 39,728 38,840 28,808 29,765 29,432 37,024 36,822 32,703 34,000 30,160

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

Number of full-time employees
5 3 3 2 6 7 3 4 8 4 3 4 7 5 NA

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Public Safety
Correction Officer
Summary ofData

Group
A B C 0 F 1111II

Number reporting
9 9 3 4
26

Minimum entry-level wage

Average.

Median

26,111

25,968

22,217

23,046

19,932

20,004

16,351

15,964

15,077

15,077

22,124

22,574

:

Maximum wage

Average

Median

38,920

38,820

35,144

35,901

30,500

30,608

24,107

25,359

22,616

22,616

33,735

34,750

Number of full-time employees
760 269
61 67
0 1,157

Population Group Data

Group
A
B
C

Jurisdiction
AugustalRichmond Bibb Clayton Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee DeKalb Gwinnett Hall Henry Bulloch Carroll Coweta Douglas Floyd Liberty Newton Spalding Troup Camden Colquitt

2000 Population
199,775 153,887 236,517 607,751 186,291 665,865 588,448 139,277 119,341 55,983 87,268 89,215 92,174 90,565 61,610 62,001 58,417 58,779 43,664 42,053

Minimum entry-level
wage
22,105 25,168 27,097 32,073 23,251 25,968 27,401 22,797 29,141 17,555 24,600 23,317 25,014 22,350 18,075 23,046 24,530 21,466 21,905 17,888

Maximum wage
33,159 38,709 40,828 48,110 38,820 40,284 39,733 34,195 36,442 27,997 35,200 47,133 37,134 37,424 24,794 35,901 36,415 34,299 33,331 27,560

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

Number of full-time employees
28 102 32 86 91 347 16 16 42 26 NA 27 37 79 13 NA 31 56 28 15

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Correction Officer

Group
0
f

Jurisdiction
Effingham Burke Grady Mitchell Pickens Stewart

2000 Population
37,535 22,243 23,659 23,932 22,983 5,252

Minimum entry-level
wage
20,004 15,392 16,536 14,560 18,918 15,077

Maximum wage
30,608 29,174 16,536 24,232 26,485 22,616

Public Safety
;

Number of scheduled
hours
43 43 40 43 48 40

Number of full-time employees
18 24 18 21 4 NA

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Public Safety
Deputy Sheriff
Summary ofData

Group
A B C 0 E F TItII

Number reporting
12 18 13 30 14 19 106

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

27.446

27.249

24.384

24.871

21,470

22.048

20.178

19.770

18,910

18.923

18.852

19,240

21,468

20,748

;

Maximum wage

Average

Median

41.305

40,494

38.259

38.083

31.075

31.117

27,000

26.674

26,028

25,487

25.645

24,440

30,660

29,310

Number of full-time employees
1.068 736 191 343
97 82 2,517

Population Group Data

Group
A
B

Jurisdiction
i\ugusUVFUchrnond Bibb Cherokee Clayton Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee DeKalb Fulton Gwinnett Hall Henry Houston Bartow Bulloch Carroll Catoosa Columbia Coweta Dougherty

2000 Population
199,775 153.887 141.903 236,517 607.751 186.291 665,865 816.006 588,448 139.277 119,341 110.765 76.019 55,983 87,268 53,282 89,288 89.215 96,065

Minimum entry-level
wage
23,211 25.168 28,422 27,097 34.174 24,413 29.184 29.013 27,401 26.062 30.618 24,586 26.312 20,426 24.600 23,005 26.166 25,750 25,141

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Maximum wage
34.816 38,709 41,780 40,828 51,251 40.761 45,264 46,451 39.733 36,483 40.227 39.354 39,728 34,299 35,200 29.806 39,229 38,626 37,315

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

Number of full-time employees
278 73 98 79 158 93 55 38 32 87 45 32 31 14 47
NA
140 45 16

oBputy Sheriff
Group Jurisdiction
Douglas Fayette Floyd Liberty Lowndes Newton Paulding Rockdale Spalding Troup Walker
C Barrow
Camden Chattooga Colquitt Effingham Madison Murray Oconee Polk Stephens Upson Ware Wayne
0 Appling
Ben Hill Berrien Brooks Burke Cook Crisp Dade Dawson

2000 Population
92,174 91,263 90,565 61,610 92,115 62,001 81,678 70,111 58,417 58,779 61,053 46,144 43,664 25,470 42,053 37,535 25,730 36,506 26,225 38,127 25,435 27,597 35,483 26,565 17,419 17,484 16,235 16,450 22,243 15,771 21,996 15,154 15,999

Public Safety
'~4ij

Minimum entry-level
wage
28,957 26,743 24,481 19,676 23,214 24,440 26,492 25,654 25,311 24,253 18,283 24,833 24,150 21,596 22,630 21,863 23,234 19,469 23,540 16,556 17,000 22,048 22,063 20,134 18,512 19,365 17,680 17,118 19,121 19,781 22,963 20,384 25,525

Maximum wage
42,987 39,801 39,124 26,997 35,322 38,168 70,295 37,998 37,575 38,771 27,414 37,786 36,717 25,418 32,302 30,608 24,669 31,117 31,813 29,718 25,000 36,982 31,954 29,890 22,776 25,126 29,120 23,005 28,613 26,978 28,454 26,746 38,840

NumberoC scheduled
hours
42 43 40 40 40 40 42 40 40 40 42 43 43 40 43 43 42 42 40 40 40 42 42 42 43 42 40 43 43 43 42 43 42

NumberoC Cull-time employees
106 47 19 16 23 NA 73 57 47 21 34 21 24 11 14 18 16 12 11 13 17 12 11 11 II 14 13 II 12 12 22 13
NA

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Public Safety
Deputy Sheriff

Group Jurisdiction

2000 Population

Minimum entry-level
wage

Maximum wage

Number of scheduled
hours

Number of full-time employees

Dodge

19,171

20,155

23,234

42

9

Elbert

20,511

21,008

22,048

40

8

Fannin

19,798

17,680

21,445

42

9

Franklin

20,285

23,566

25,730

40

13

Gilmer

23,456

14,560

22,880

43

16

Grady

23,659

19,760

19,760

50

8

Hart

22,997

22,152

33,738

40

13

Jones

23,639

22,000

31,000

40

23

Lamar

15,912

20,909

23,232

42

8

Lee

24,757

18,720

26,790

43

4

Lumpkin

21,016

23,816

35,672

43

20

Mitchell

23,932

17,680

25,230

43

14

Monroe

21,757

23,754

34,882

42

12

Morgan

15,457

24,834

33,398

42

7

Peach

23,668

18,600

29,663

40

9

Pickens

22,983

20,512

28,717

48

NA

Pierce

15,636

16,890

25,334

48

8

I'

Tattnall

22,305

19,425

28,005

42

11

Union

17,289

19,760

22,172

42

12

Washington

21,176

18,304

26,603

43

17

Worth
E Charlton

21,967

20,800

20,800

40

14

10,282

15,600

24,565

43

10

Chattahoochee

14,882

18,522

28,183

40

2

Crawford

12,495

19,323

25,958

48

8

Evans

10,495

17,888

33,000

40

5

Greene

14,406

20,300

34,000

43

11

Hancock

10,076

14,997

19,968

40

8

Long

10,304

22,219

26,319

40

9

McIntosh

10,847

16,640

21,840

40

2

Oglethorpe

12,635

20,600

22,464

40

9

Pike

13,688

20,892

21,787

43

7

Telfair

11,794

17,484

21,822

43

6

Twiggs

10,590

21,578

25,015

40

7

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'r!if:;
_puly Sheriff
Group Jurisdiction
Wilkes Wilkinson
F Baker
Calhoun Candler Clinch Jenkins Johnson Lincoln Montgomery Pulaski Quitman Seminole Stewart Talbot Taliaferro Taylor Towns Treutlen Warren Wilcox

Public Safety

2000 Population
10,687 10,220 4,074 6,320 9,577 6,878 8,575 8,560 8,348 8,270 9,588 2,598 9,369 5,252 6,498 2,077 8,815 9,319 6,854 6,336 8,577

Minimum entry-level
wage
18,000 20,696 18,200 19,531 25,002 19,802 19,240 17,680 20,000 17,000 19,240 20,800 14,560 15,991 15,941 18,720 19,950 20,500 15,990 19,240 20,800

Maximum wage
28,000 31,470 19,552 22,360 31,075 25,813 26,936 20,280 29,500 23,524 33,952 20,800 29,120 23,986 24,031 20,800 30,356 25,500 31,000 24,232 24,440

Numbe~of scheduled
hours
40 48 40 43 40 44 48 44 42 40 40 40 42 40 40 40 48 42 41 43 40

Number of full-time employees
6 7 3 4 4 7 2 6 5 2 9 2 6
NA
5
4 6 7 4 5

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Public Safety
Deputy Warden
Summary ofData

Group
A B C 0 F TIIII

Number reporting
6 7
16

Minimum entry.level wage

Average

Median

50,059

48,988

35,945

34,736

29,037

29,037

34,008

34,008

16,361

16,361

39,461

36,844

Maximum wage

Average

Median

78,485

77,583

54,648

55,515

36,629

36,629

34,008

34,008

26,042

26,042

59,383

56,358

Number of full-time employees
19 9
0 30

Population Group Data

Group
A
B
C 0 F

Jurisdiction
Augusta/Richmond Clayton Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee Fulton Hall Bulloch Carroll Coweta Floyd Paulding Spalding Troup Colquitt Mitchell Stewart

2000 Population
199,775 236,517 607,751 186,291 816,006 139,277 55,983 87,268 89,215 90,565 81,678 58,417 58,779 42,053 23,932
5,252

Minimum entrylevel
wage
44,188 51,697 49,858 48,118 71,113 35,380 30,743 40,000 34,715 38,308 32,194 40,918 34,736 29,037 34,008 16,361

Maximum wage
70,700 77,893 77,272 80,338 111,648 53,061 46,779 57,200 52,062 61,248 48,988 60,743 55,515 36,629 34,008 26,042

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

Number of full-time employees
2 12 2
2 2
NA

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Detention Officer
Summary ofData

Group
A B C 0 E F
TIIII

Number reporting
8 15 6 19 2
51

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

24,336

24,517

23,519

23,317

19,554

20,002

18,188

17,472

16,550

16,550

12,480

12,480

20,705

20,134

Public Safety

Maximum wage

Average

Median

37,935

39,049

34,858

35,255

28,976

29,765

24,018

21,703

20,590

20,590

18,720

18,720

29,734

32,094

NumberoC Cull-time employees
794 650 95 242 17
7 1,805

Population Group Data

Group
A
B

Jurisdiction
Clayton Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee DeKalb Fulton Gwinnett Hall Houston Bulloch Carroll Catoosa Columbia Coweta Dougherty Fayette Royd Lowndes Newton Paulding

2000 Population
236,517 607,751 186,291 665,865 816,006 588,448 139,277 110,765 55,983 87,268 53,282 89,288 89,215 96,065 91,263 90,565 92,115 62,001 81,678

Minimum entry-level
wage
25,783 26,811 23,251 25,968 22,666 27,401 21,800 21,008 17,659 24,600 33,987 23,733 23,317 25,141 24,274 24,481 23,214 23,046 22,888

Maximum wage
38,849 40,206 38,820 40,284 39,250 39,733 32,686 33,654 39,686 35,200 36,483 35,589 34,965 37,315 36,109 39,124 35,322 23,421 34,813

NumberoC scheduled
hours
42 40 40 43 40 40 40 43 43 42 40 43 40 40 40 40 40 40 42

NumberoC Cull-time employees
112 28 84 347 120 34 27 42 21 39
86 47 154 17 5 60 NA 69

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Public Safety
Detention Officer

Group
C 0
E
F

Jurisdiction
Rockdale Spalding Troup Walker Barrow Effingham Madison Murray Ware Wayne Appling Ben Hill Brooks Crisp Dade Dawson Elbert Fannin Franklin Gilmer Hart Lamar Lee Lumpkin Monroe Morgan Peach Pickens Washington Greene Oglethorpe Seminole

2000 Population
70,111 58,417 58,779 61,053 46,144 37,535 25,730 36,506 35,483 26,565 17,419 17,484 16,450 21,996 15,154 15,999 20,511 19,798 20,285 23,456 22,997 15,912 24,757 21,016 21,757 15,457 23,668 22,983 21,176 14,406 12,635 9,369

Minimum entry-level
wage
22,408 23,749 21,466 18,824 21,451 20,004 18,075 17,659 20,000 20,134 15,912 16,640 16,307 17,618 15,971 29,549 17,888 16,640 18,221 14,560 16,515 17,472 16,640 20,280 23,754 18,531 17,715 18,918 16,432 17,500 15,600 12,480

Maximum wage
33,189 35,255 34,299 32,094 32,641 28,006 18,450 29,640 35,229 29,890 20,862 18,554 21,923 23,046 20,956 44,962 20,800 18,886 19,864 20,800 25,106 21,703 23,816 20,280 34,882 24,922 28,250 26,485 20,238 23,500 17,680 18,720

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

NumberoC Cull-time employees
40 37 41 33 30 12 5 17 21 10 19 12 8 12 11 19 13 7 14 19 10 16 18 9 15 13 15 6 6 II 6 7

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Dispatcher
Summary ofData

Group
A B l: 0 E F 1l1li

Number reporting
6 11 6 13 12 9 57

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

23,436

22,932

21,718

21,112

18,692

19,121

16,048

16,307

15,182

15,007

14,486

14,560

17,769

16,700

Public Safety

Maximum wage

Average

Median

35,857

32,812

32,579

33,846

26,976

28,223

20,892

20,987

20,264

19,739

19,657

18,720

25,036

23,683

Number of full-time employees
158 77 27 62 45
35 404

Population Group Data

Group
A
B
C

Jurisdiction
Bibb Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee DeKalb Fulton Henry Carroll Catoosa Columbia Coweta Dougherty Douglas Fayette Lowndes Newton Paulding Rockdale Barrow Camden

2000 Population
153,887 607,751 186,291 665,865 816,006 119,341 87,268 53,282 89,288 89,215 96,065 92,174 91,263 92,1l5 62,001 81,678 70,111 46,144 43,664

Minimum entry-level
wage
21,091 22,526 18,639 29,184 25,840 23,338 21,100 21,008 22,589 21,112 22,803 25,014 23,109 21,055 17,950 20,753 22,408 21,451 20,862

Maximum wage
32,573 32,635 28,658 45,264 43,024 32,989 30,100 26,998 33,862 34,965 33,846 37,134 34,362 32,038 27,976 31,578 35,512 32,681 31,744

Number of scbeduled
bours
40 40 43 43 40 40 42 40 40 40 40 42 40 40 40 40 40 43 40

Number of full-time employees
7 10 16 68 40 17 5 NA 18 8 5 6 15 5 NA 12 3 4 2

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Public Safety
Dispatcher

Group Jurisdiction
Chattooga Oconee Stephens Ware
0 Appling
Berrien Brooks Burke Cook Dodge Elbert Franklin Hart Jones Mitchell Morgan Tattnall
E Charlton
Chattahoochee Crawford Evans Greene Hancock McIntosh Pike Telfair Twiggs Wilkes Wilkinson
F Johnson
Lincoln Pulaski Seminole

2000 Population
25,470 26,225 25,435 35,483 17,419 16,235 16,450 22,243 15,771 19,171 20,511 20,285 22,997 23,639 23,932 15,457 22,305 10,282 14,882 12,495 10,495 14,406 10,076 10,847 13,688 11,794 10,590 10,687 10,220 8,560 8,348 9,588 9.369

Minimum entry-level
wage
16,596 20,102 15,000 18,141 14,810 16,640 16,307 17,656 14,622 14,560 17,368 20,363 16,515 14,468 14,144 17,649 13,520 14,560 14,512 15,704 16,120 16,640 12,043 14,560 17,865 13,333 15,454 13,520 17,867 15,600 16,700 15,288 12,480

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Maximum wage
19,983 28,843 21,000 27,603 19,656 24,960 21,923 25,828 21,944 17,000 18,408 20,987 25,106 18,877 16,827 23,736 16,349 19,718 22,082 21,112 23,683 23,000 12,043 18,720 19,573 17,494 18,802 19,760 27,186 16,640 25,000 20,405 18.720

NumberoC scheduled
hours
40 40 40 48 40 40 43 40 43 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 48 40 43 40 40 43 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40

NumberoC Cull-time employees
5 8 4 4 7 4 7 5 5 5 6 3 3
4 8 4 NA 4 4 4 6 5 6 4 4 3
4 3 4 4 4

Dispatcher

Group

Jurisdiction
Talbot Taliaferro Taylor Warren Wilcox

i

2000 Population
6,498 2,077 8,815 6,336 8,577

Minimum entry-level
wage
13,735 12,480 18,095 11,440 14,560

Maximum wage
16,617 16,640 27,534 18,720 16,640

Public Safety

Number of scheduled
hours
40 40 48 40 48

Number of full-time employees
2 4 6 3 5

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Public Safety
Dispatcher/Jailer;
Summary ofData

Group
B C D E F
,....

Number reporting
3 7 9 10 13 42

Minimum entry-level wage

Average.

Median

20,602

21,100

17,165

17,659

15,721

14,622

15,881

15,652

14,991

14,622

16,122

15,600

Maximum wage

Average

Median

32,310

30,100

26,668

29,640

20,509

19,334

19,660

18,434

19,196

17,680

21,770

20,255

Number of full-time employees
70 124
77 63
57 391

Population Group Data

Group
B
C
0
E

Jurisdiction
Bartow Bulloch Carroll Chattooga Colquitt Murray Oconee Polk Stephens Upson Berrien Cook Dodge Lamar Mitchell Pickens Pierce Tattnall Worth Charlton

2000 Population
76,019 55,983 87,268 25,470 42,053 36,506 26,225 38,127 25,435 27,597 16,235 15,771 19,171 15,912 23,932 22,983 15,636 22,305 21,967 10,282

Minimum entry-level
wage
23,046 17,659 21,100 16,596 17,888 17,659 21,000 12,958 15,000 19,053 17,680 14,622 14,560 17,472 13,520 18,918 14,560 12,480 17,680 15,080

Maximum wage
37,211 29,619 30,100 19,035 32,302 29,640 29,832 24,436 21,000 30,430 24,960 21,944 18,500 19,334 17,077 26,485 21,840 16,765 17,680 15,080

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

Number of full-time employees
58 7 5 9 29 6 9 36 12 23 2 5 7 6 17 7 14 9 10 6

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Dispatcher/Jailer

Group
F

Jurisdiction
Crawford Evans Hancock McIntosh Pike Telfair Twiggs Wilkes Wilkinson Baker Calhoun Candler Clinch Jenkins Lincoln Montgomery Pulaski Stewart Talbot Taylor Treutlen Wilcox

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2000 Population
12,495 10,495 10,076 10,847 13,688 11,794 10,590 10,687 10,220 4,074 6,320 9,577 6,878 8,575 8,348 8,270 9,588 5,252 6,498 8,815 6,854 8,577

Minimum entry-level
wage
15,704 16,073 14,997 15,600 17,482 15,849 15,600 14,560 17,867 13,000 13,520 15,080 12,771 13,413 17,500 12,480 15,288 14,622 18,949 18,095 14,560 15,600

I
'
Maximum wage
21,112 26,000 14,997 18,720 18,149 15,849 16,630 22,880 27,186 14,290 14,789 17,597 16,640 18,778 23,000 15,330 17,472 21,932 19,510 27,534 25,000 17,680

Public Safety

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

NumberoC Cull-time employees
2 4 12 5 5
12 12 4 4 8 7 5
NA
10 3 4
NA
3 6 4 3

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Public Safety

E-911 Operator

:

Summary ofData

Group
A B C 0 E F
TIIII

Number reporting
10 14 11 23 3 2 63

Minimum entry-level wage

Average.

Median

24,602

25,077

21,632

21,455

18,614

19,048

18,098

17,680

15,898

15,600

16,280

16,280

19,843

19,048

Maximum wage

Average

Median

37,434

36,333

33,486

34,029

29,150

29,661

23,559

23,920

22,735

24,752

18,570

18,570

28,746

28,983

Number of full-time employees
334 220 148 181 20 10 913

Population Group Data

Group
A
B

Jurisdiction
AugustalRichmond Cherokee Clayton Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee DeKalb Fulton Gwinnett Hall Houston Bartow Bulloch Carroll Catoosa Coweta Douglas Floyd Liberty Lowndes

2000 Population
199,775 141,903 236,517 607,751 186,291 665,865 816,006 588,448 139,277 110,765 76,019 55,983 87,268 53,282 89,215 92,174 90,565 61,610 92,115

Minimum entry-level
wage
21,053 25,779 25,534 28,413 22,146 29,184 25,840 24,620 23,234 20,218 23,046 18,866 24,600 21,008 21,112 25,014 22,350 19,676 24,374

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Maximum wage
31,579 37,896 36,966 42,640 34,049 45,264 43,024 35,700 34,861 32,365 37,211 33,238 35,200 26,998 34,965 37,134 35,725 32,470 37.088

Number of scheduled
hours
40 40 40 40 40 43 40 40 40 40 40 46 40 40 40 42 40 40 40

Number of full-time employees
40 9 14 78 40 68 40 9 5 31 23 14 16 NA 25 5 22 14 12

E-911 Operator
Group Jurisdiction
Paulding Rockdale Spalding Troup Walker
C Barrow
Camden Chattooga Colquitt Effingham Madison Murray Polk Upson Ware Wayne
0 Appling
Ben Hill Burke Crisp Dade Dawson Dodge Elbert Fannin Franklin Gilmer Jones Lee Lumpkin Mitchell Monroe Peach

2000 Population
81,678 70,1l1 58,417 58,779 61,053 46,144 43,664 25,470 42,053 37,535 25,730 36,506 38,127 27,597 35,483 26,565 17,419 17,484 22,243 21,996 15,154 15,999 19,171 20,511 19,798 20,285 23,456 23,639 24,757 21,016 23,932 21,757 23,668

Public Safety
'

Minimum entry-level
wage
21,798 20,942 22,190 19,323 18,554 19,955 21,905 16,931 19,344 18,145 18,075 18,554 13,615 20,010 19,048 19,178 19,074 14,602 20,474 17,160 15,971 19,047 24,500 33,280 18,304 18,221 13,520 18,327 15,600 16,536 16,640 18,782 18,600

Maximum wage
34,819 33,189 32,941 30,867 26,957 31,882 33,331 20,779 37,710 25,403 19,011 29,661 24,425 30,430 38,840 29,182 23,920 18,138 24,626 28,558 20,956 28,983 26,000 33,280 20,384 24,274 21,840 24,630 22,318 26,104 18,200 27,581 29,683

Number of scbeduled
hours
40 40 40 40 42 40 40 40 40 40 43 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 42 40 40 42 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40

Number of full-time employees
18 18 15 20 18 15 17 II 16 12 10 23 14 9 12 9
10 5 9 6 11
8 8 12 12 8 8 9 12 12

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Public Safety
E-911 Operator
Group Jurisdiction
Pickens Pierce Tattnall Union Washington Worth
E Greene
Oglethorpe Twiggs
F Towns
Wilcox

2000 Population
22,983 15,636 22,305 17,289 21,176 21,967 14,406 12,635 10,590 9,319 8,577

Minimum entry-level
wage
18,918 15,683 13,520 15,371 16,432 17,680 16,640 15,600 15,454 18,000 14,560

'
Maximum wage
26,485 23,525 15,080 18,824 20,779 17,680 28,000 24,752 15,454 20,500 16,640

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

Number or full-time employees
12 4 7 7 12 6 10 6 4 8 2

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Emergency Medical Services Director

Public Safety

I

Public Safety

,

I

Emergency Medical Services Director

Group
0
E F

Jurisdiction
Wayne Ben Hill Berrien Brooks Cook Dawson Elbert Fannin Franklin Gilmer Grady Hart Jones Lee Lumpkin Mitchell Monroe Morgan Peach Pickens Pierce Tattnall Evans Hancock McIntosh Oglethorpe Telfair Wilkes Jenkins Lincoln Seminole Stewart Talbot

2000 Population
26,565 17,484 16,235 16,450 15,771 15,999 20,511 19,798 20,285 23,456 23,659 22,997 23,639 24,757 21,016 23,932 21,757 15,457 23,668 22,983 15,636 22,305 10,495 10,076 10,847 12,635 11,794 10,687 8,575 8,348 9,369 5,252 6,498

Minimum entry-level
wage
34,446 43,158 18,720 24,238 36,046 39,419 45,032 28,080 36,026 28,000 37,100 37,627 32,137 40,035 56,914 46,883 31,013 21,452 38,494 36,043 25,334 43,721 24,000 32,136 27,040 24,000 30,670 39,500 22,500 30,000 20,800 25,380 54,538

Maximum wage
52,414 43,158 29,120 32,574 36,046 59,981 45,032 28,080 36,026 35,000 37,100 57,221 32,137 40,035 56,914 46,883 37,086 28,851 61,388 50,460 38,002 43,721 38,000 32,136 33,280 30,685 30,670 49,500 22,500 40,000 37,440 38,370 54,538

Number of scheduled
hours
40 40 48 40 40 42 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 35 84 40 40 48 40 40 40 48 40 42 40 40

Number of full-time employees
NA

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Emergency Medical Services Director(

Group

Jurisdiction
Taylor Towns Warren Wilcox

2000 Population
8,815 9,319 6,336 8,577

Minimum entry-level
wage
28,072 22,000 35,000 22,880

Maximum wage
42,714 36,800 35,000 23,920

Public Safety

Number of scheduled
hours
40 40 40
56

Number of full-time employees

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Public Safety
Emergency Medical Technican

J'.~,...:gency Medical Technican

Group Jurisdiction
Berrien Cook Dawson Elbert Fannin Franklin Gilmer Grady Hart Lee Lumpkin Mitchell Monroe Peach Pickens Pierce Tattnall
E Crawford
Hancock McIntosh Telfair Wilkes
F Baker
Candler Jenkins Johnson Lincoln Seminole Stewart Talbot Towns Warren Wilcox

2000 Population
16,235 15,771 15,999 20,511 19,798 20,285 23,456 23,659 22,997 24,757 21,016 23,932 21,757 23,668 22,983 15,636 22,305 12,495 10,076 10,847 11,794 10,687 4,074 9,577 8,575 8,560 8,348 9,369 5,252 6,498 9,319 6,336 8,577

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Public Safety

Minimum entry-level
wage
18,720 14,206 22,050 16,640 17,680 16,162 14,560 18,075 18,221 20,800 13,645 15,600 18,491 18,600 20,512 19,302 10,712 15,662 15,850 12,064 16,642 16,640 14,810 15,850 13,854 18,928 20,800 13,520 15,534 32,386 20,000 21,840 20,800

Maximum wage
26,000 21,320 33,552 21,112 22,880 16,931 24,960 18,075 27,726 31,242 34,528 23,566 27,165 29,663 28,717 32,573 16,890 20,488 25,709 20,800 19,782 24,960 18,262 24,416 22,473 23,525 26,300 24,960 23,302 32,386 32,000 21,840 21,840

NumberoC scheduled
hours
48 48 42 60 48 40 48 50 40 40 40 40 45 40 48 48 84 40 40 48 43 40 48 48 48 48 48 42 40 40 42 48 56

Number of full-time employees
13 3 21 12 24 4 14 14 12 16 18 21 10 5 12 13 11 NA 7 11 3 8 8 7 7 8 75 NA
II 3 5

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Public Safety
Engine Operator/Driver
Summary ofData

Group

Number reporting

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

A

7

30,875

32,638

B

4

23,613

24,337

C

25,730

25,730

TItII

12

28,026

26,527

, Population Group Data

Maximum wage

Average

Median

47,315

47,321

34,632

35,004

34,632

34,632

42,031

39,435

Number of full-time employees
493
48
20
561

Group
A
B C

Jurisdiction
AugustalRichmond Clayton Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee DeKalb Gwinnett Hall Bartow Douglas Fayette Rockdale Murray

2000 Population
199,775 236,517 607,751 186,291 665,865 588,448 139,277 76,019 92,174 91,263 70,111 36,506

Minimum entry-level
wage
25,590 33,055 38,750 28,261 32,784 32,638 25,046 18,990 26,265 26,788 22,408 25,730

Maximum wage
38,385 49,806 60,070 47,186 50,856 47,321 37,585 28,642 38,990 39,879 31,017 34,632

Number of scheduled
hours
60 48 40 43 53 40 40 48 56 53 42 48

Number of full-time employees
80 45 122 57 131 19 39 13 NA 30 5 20

50. DCA - 2001 County Government Wage and Salary Survey

Fire Chief'
Summary ofData

Group
A
B C 0 F 1l1li

Number reporting
10 12 5 12
40

Minimum entry.level wage

Average

Median

62,406

63,853

48,880

49,626

40,112

43,387

35,174

33,614

25,380

25,380

46,466

45,261

Public Safety

Maximum wage

Average

Median

97,103

97,167

67,364

71,486

59,302

59,721

40,557

40,113

38,370

38,370

65,024

61,538

NumberoC Culltime employees
10 12
8 11
0 41

Population Group Data

Group
A
B

Jurisdiction
AugustalRichmond Cherokee Clayton Cobb ColumbusIMuscogee DeKalb Fulton Hall Henry Houston Bartow Carroll Coweta Douglas Fayette Lowndes Newton Paulding Rockdale Spalding

2000 Population
199,775 141,903 236,517 607,751 186,291 665,865 816,006 139.277 119,341 110,765 76,019 87,268 89,215 92.174 91,263 92,115 62,001 81,678 70,111 58,417

Minimum entry-level
wage
53,711 59,087 73,202 68,619 69,867 69,792 86,201 47,403 56,826 39,354 56,100 50,300 48,951 54,603 59,363 32,727 35,610 45,096 72,520 47,943

Maximum wage
85,938 86,058 110,296 109,803 116.650 108,276 139,647 71,115 80,267 62,982 56,100 71,800 71,886 81,058 88,421 57,406 55,515 68,618 72,520 71,172

NumberoC scheduled
hours
40 40 40 40 56 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40

Number or Cull-time employees

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Public Safety
Fire Chief

Group
C 0
F

Jurisdiction
Troup Walker Barrow Camden Murray Oconee Ware Burke Crisp Dawson Fannin Gilmer Hart Lee Lumpkin Morgan Peach Union Worth Stewart

2000 Population
58,779 61,053 46,144 43,664 36,506 26,225 35,483 22,243 21,996 15,999 19,798 23,456 22,997 24,757 21,016 15,457 23,668 17,289 21,967 5,252

Minimum entry-level
wage
50,918 32,435 45,426 39,249 44,221 28,278 43,387 60,064 47,050 32,578 28,000 28,000 11,000 32,164 34,650 30,185 34,994 39,630 43,775 25,380

Maximum wage
81,432 32,435 69,121 59,721 70,694 53,588 43,387 60,094 47,050 49,571 28,000 35,000 20,350 32,164 34,650 40,596 55,807 39,630 43,775 38,370

Number of scheduled
hours
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
4
NA
NA

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Fire Marshal
Summary ofData

Group
A B
,....

Number reporting
7 8 15

.'

"\('\. A/'>;ft~L.

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

46,314

46,296

33,634

32,662

39,551

37,960

Maximum wage

Average

Median

71,030

68,056

50,620

48,826

60,145

54,704

Public Safety
Number of full-time employees
9 9 18

Population Group Data

Group
A
B

Jurisdiction
Cherokee Clayton ColumbuslMuscogee DeKalb Fulton Hall Henry Columbia Coweta Fayette Lowndes Newton Rockdale Spalding Troup

2000 Population
141,903 236,517 186,291 665,865 816,006 139,277 119,341 89,288 89,215 91,263 92,115 62,001 70,111 58,417 58,779

Minimum entry-level
wage
46,296 46,806 39,767 56,976 63,965 32,094 38,293 28,829 36,483 41,912 31,108 27,456 31,428 33,895 37,960

Maximum wage
68,056 70,524 66,395 92,796 97,226 48,131 54,080 43,264 54,704 62,400 47,335 42,765 43,504 50,317 60,674

Number of scheduled
hours
40 40 56 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40

Number of full-time employees
3
2

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Public Safety
Fire Officer~ Captain
Summary ofData

Group
A B C D TItII

Number reporting
10 9 3 3 25

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

39,803

39,496

32,789

33,628

28,075

28,192

24,231

21,674

34,002

33,628

Maximum wage

Average

Median

75,935

60,490

48,869

46,549

41,357

37,835

29,244

29,682

56,439

50,317

Number or rull-time employees
180
56
14
14
264

Population Group Data

Group
A
B
C

Jurisdiction
AugustalRichmond Cherokee Clayton Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee DeKalb Fulton Gwinnett Hall Henry Bartow Carroll Coweta Douglas Fayette Newton Rockdale Spalding Troup Camden Murray

2000 Population
199,775 141,903 236,517 607,751 186,291 665,865 816,006 588,448 139,277 119,341 76,019 87,268 89,215 92,174 91,263 62,001 70,111 58,417 58,779 43,664 36,506

Minimum entryIevel
wage
32,660 39,992 40,324 46,821 36,070 41,388 54,434 29,046 39,000 38,293 19,802 32,600 29,890 42,783 41,891 25,875 33,628 33,895 34,736 32,363 23,670

Maximum wage
48,990 58,989 60,757 73,571 60,222 64,212 80,018 199,999 58,510 54,080 29,890 46,500 44,845 63,511 62,341 40,352 46,549 50,317 55,515 49,245 37,835

Number or scheduled
hours
60 48 48 40 56 40 40 40 40 48 48 48 40 56 53 53 42 40 56 40 48

Number or rull-time employees
19 5 3 26 21 53 45
6 7 12 10 9 8 NA 4 3 3 3 8

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Group
0

Jurisdiction
Ware Burke Crisp Monroe

Public Safety

2000 Population
35,483 22,243 21,996 21,757

Minimum entry-level
wage
28,192 30,800 21,674 20,218

Maximum wage
36,991 34,610 23,442 29,682

NumberoC scheduled
hours
54
53 56 52

NumberoC Cull-time employees
3
7 3 4

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Public Safety
Fire Officer, Lieutenant :
Summary ofData

Group

B
C
0
1l1li

Number reporting
10 6 3
20

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

36,662

35,591

33,240

33,376

23,389

23,152

22,609

22,609

32,942

33,076

Maximum wage

Average

Median

55,222

53,516

48,778

49,547

36,040

35,229

36,055

36,055

49,453

49,584

Number of full-time employees
321
68
21
2 412

Population Group Data

Group
A
B C 0

Jurisdiction
AugustalRichmond Cherokee Clayton Cobb ColumbusIMuscogee DeKalb Fulton Gwinnett Hall Henry Carroll Douglas Fayette Paulding Rockdale Spalding Camden Murray Ware Peach

2000 Population
199,775 141,903 236,517 607,751 186,291 665,865 816,006 588,448 139,277 119,341 87,268 92,174 91,263 81,678 70,111 58,417 43,664 36,506 35,483 23,668

Minimum entry-level
wage
28,213 38,088 36,509 43,971 31,158 39,048 51,260 34,597 29,099 34,674 29,500 35,197 36,104 35,658 31,428 31,555 29,354 17,659 23,152 22,609

Maximum wage
42,319 55,989 55,010 68,120 52,022 60,576 75,352 50,164 43,659 49,005 42,100 52,251 53,714 54,258 43,504 46,843 44,666 28,226 35,229 36,055

Number of scheduled
hours
60 48 48 40 56 40 40 40 40 40 48 46 53 53 42 40 53 48 54 40

Number of full-time employees
43 11 48 83 35 5 51 3 32 10 6 13 16 3 22 8 II 7 3 2

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Public Safety

Summary ofData

Group
A
B C 0 TtIII

Number reporting
9 10 3 6 28

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

27,116

27,097

22,947

23,302

21,685

21,000

17,476

18,036

22,979

23,302

Maximum wage

Average

Median

41,178

40,828

35,244

37,988

31,970

31,954

23,910

24,419

34,372

36,124

Number of full-time employees
586
237
35
27 885

Population Group Data

Group
A
B
C

Jurisdiction
Cherokee Clayton Cobb Co1umbusIMuscogee DeKalb Fulton Gwinnett Hall Henry Bartow Carroll Catoosa Coweta Douglas Newton Paulding Rockdale Spalding Troup Camden Murray

2000 Population
141,903 236,517 607,751 186,291 665,865 816,006 588,448 139,277 119,341 76,019 87,268 53,282 89,215 92,174 62,001 81,678 70,111 58,417 58,779 43,664 36,506

Minimum entry-level
wage
27,068 27,097 31,074 24,413 29,184 29,013 29,046 20,753 26,395 17,347 24,600 21,195 22,351 27,578 17,950 27,939 20,942 25,311 24,253 26.625 17,430

Maximum wage
39,790 40,828 48,139 40,761 45,264 46,451 42,118 32,573 34,674 26,166 38,400 28,454 42,661 40,940 27,976 42,512 28,988 37,575 38,771 40,514 23,442

Number of scheduled
hours
48 48 48 40 53 40 40 48 48 48 48 40 40 56 53 53 42 40 56 53 48

Number of full-time employees
25 99 89 139 44 60 62 42 26 19 26 4 65 2 NA 5 18 45 53 9 20

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Public Safety
Firefighter

Group
0

Jurisdiction
Ware Crisp Lamar Lee Monroe Peach . Worth

2000 Population
35,483 21,996 15,912 24,757 21,757 23,668 21,967

.

Minimum entry-level
wage
21,000 13,915 17,472 18,720 17,430 18,600 18,720

Maximum wage
31,954 18,138 23,232 28,080 25,605 29,683 18,720

Number of scheduled
hours
54 56 40 53 52 40 40

Number of full-time employees
6 6 3 9
5 3

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' ..

Firefighter/EMT

(~,~

Summary ofData

Group
A B l: 0 TIbI

Number reporting
9 4 2 4 19

Minimum entry-level wage

Average.

Median

29,923

29,928

27,420

27,873

25,691

25,691

17,926

17,305

26,425

27,233

Public Safety
.

Maximum wage

Average

Median

43,618

41,780

41,476

41,433

39,721

39,721

25,072

24,105

38,853

39,733

Number of full-time employees
854
94
30
124
1,102

Population Group Data

Group
A
B C 0

Jurisdiction
AugustalRichmond Cherokee Clayton Cobb DeKalb Fulton Gwinnett Hall Henry Carroll Douglas Fayette Paulding Barrow Camden Burke Crisp Monroe Union

2000 Population
199,775 141,903 236,517 607,751 665,865 816,006 588,448 139,277 119,341 87,268 92,174 91,263 81,678 46,144 43,664 22,243 21,996 21,757 17,289

Minimum entry-level
wage
23,211 28,422 29,928 34,174 30,924 41,729 27,401 22,902 30,618 24,600 28,957 26,788 29,336 27,233 24,150 22,347 14,747 17,430 17,180

Maximum wage
34,816 41,780 45,094 51,251 47,976 59,254 39,733 34,367 38,293 38,400 42,987 39,879 44,638 42,724 36,717 31,404 20,675 25,605 22,605

Number of scheduled
hours
60 48 48 40 53 40 40 48 48 48 56 53 53 53 53 53 56 52 40

Number of full-time employees
113 23 9 206 260 78 46 39 80 7 28 30 29 15 15 102 9 7 6

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Public Safety

Investigator/Detective. Police Department

:

Summary ofData

Group
A B 0 1l1li

Number reporting
7 2 2 11

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

32,848

32,178

31,063

31,063

26,237

26,237

31,322

29,928

Maximum wage

Average

Median

48,470

47,186

46,108

46,108

38,396

38,396

46,209

45,094

Number of full-time employees
406
15
8
429

Population Group Data

Group
A
I 0

Jurisdiction
Clayton Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee DeKalb Fulton Gwinnett Henry Dougherty Spalding Jones Mitchell

2000 Population
236,517 607,751 186,291 665,865 816,006 588,448 119,341 96,065 58,417 23,639 23,932

Minimum entry-level
wage
29,928 34,174 28,261 39,048 41,729 24,620 32,178 33,692 28,433 28,553 23,920

Maximum wage
45,094 51,251 47,186 60,576 59,254 35,700 40,227 50,007 42,208 36,170 40,622

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

Number of full-time employees
26 295 57
NA
14 3 II 6 9 2 6

60. DCA - 2001 County Government Wage and Salary Survey

Investigator/Detective, Sheriffs Department
Summary ofData

Group
I B C D E F
TIIII

Number reporting
10 15 11 28 9 4 77

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

29,218

27,817

27,986

27,450

23,933

23,153

23,662

23,215

22,422

20,892

26,126

25,036

25,248

24,918

Maximum wage

Average

Median

45,229

43,836

41,079

40,890

34,801

33,365

29,418

28,289

28,661

27,539

34,822

35,536

34,704

34,528

Public Safety
Number of full-time employees
309 "140 37 78 15
4 583

Population Group Data

Group
A
B

Jurisdiction
AugustalRichmond Bibb Clayton Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee DeKalb Gwinnett Hall Henry Houston Bartow Bulloch Carroll Catoosa Columbia Coweta Dougherty Douglas Fayette

2000 Population
199,775 153,887 236,517 607,751 186,291 665,865 588,448 139,277 119,341 110,765 76,019 55,983 87,268 53,282 89,288 89,215 96,065 92,174 91,263

Minimum entry-level
wage
25,590 34,424 29,928 24,174 28,261 39,048 24,620 27,373 32,178 26,582 27,934 22,526 31,000 26,998 26,166 27,061 33,692 33,521 29,538

Maximum wage
38,385 52,978 45,094 51,251 47,186 60,576 35,700 38,314 40,227 42,578 42,120 34,258 51,400 32,843 39,229 40,602 50,007 49,763 43,960

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

Number of full-time employees
62 13 17 158 14 NA 3 29
12 14 8 9 NA 21 9 2 5 19

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Public Safety
InvestigatorIDetective, Sherins Department

Group
C 0

Jurisdiction
Liberty Lowndes Paulding Rockdale Troup Walker Barrow Camden Chattooga Colquitt Effingham Madison Murray Oconee Stephens Ware Wayne Appling Ben Hill Brooks Burke Cook Crisp Dade Dawson Dodge Elbert Fannin Franklin Gilmer Grady Hart Lamar

2000 Population
61,610 92,115 81,678 70,111 58,779 61,053 46,144 43,664 25,470 42,053 37,535 25,730 36,506 26,225 25,435 35,483 26,565 17,419 17,484 16,450 22,243 15,771 21,996 15,154 15,999 19,171 20,511 19,798 20,285 23,456 23,659 22,997 15,912

Minimum entry-level
wage
25,292 26,872 27,811 27,450 25,979 27,955 27,378 26,625 24,918 22,630 22,793 27,040 22,526 24,137 20,904 23,153 21,154 18,512 29,201 18,866 30,294 18,429 25,854 21,403 26,802 22,880 24,190 21,050 26,416 17,680 22,235 22,152 23,232

Maximum wage
34,673 40,890 42,317 40,657 41,579 31,886 41,659 40,514 33,365 32,302 31,910 30,472 36,005 30,296 30,000 35,229 41,059 34,528 30,463 25,355 30,294 27,664 28,538 28,083 40,782 24,000 28,496 24,482 34,923 22,880 22,235 33,738 25,360

62 DCA - 2001 County Government Wage and Salary Survey

'

NumberoC scheduled
hours
40 40 40 40 40 42 43 40 40 43 43 42 40 40 40 40 40 43 40 43 43 43 42 43 40 42 40 42 40 40 50 40 40

NumberoC Cull-time employees
3 15 11 14 7 3 4 3 5 4 5 3 3 5 2
2 2 4 2
2 4 2 6 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 4

,'lestigator/Detective. Sheriffs Department

Group Jurisdiction
Lee Lumpkin Mitchell Monroe Morgan Peach Pickens Pierce Tattnall Union Washington Worth
E Crawford
Greene Hancock Long McIntosh Oglethorpe Pike Wilkes Wilkinson
F Candler
Seminole Taylor Towns

2000 Population
24,757 21,016 23,932 21,757 15,457 23,668 22,983 15,636 22,305 17,289 21,176 21,967 12,495 14,406 10,076 10,304 10,847 12,635 13,688 10,687 10,220 9,577 9,369 8,815 9,319

Minimum entry-level
wage
40,435 27,144 24,565 23,754 27,379 20,507 22,104 18,096 23,198 24,440 18,304 23,400 20,488 26,000 20,821 25,297 19,906 20,000 20,892 25,600 22,797 37,792 16,640 28,072 22,000

Maximum wage
40,435 40,664 25,792 34,882 36,822 32,703 30,946 27,144 23,198 24,440 21,445 23,400 27,539 41,000 20,946 29,035 24,960 21,600 22,576 35,600 34,694 37,792 33,280 42,714 25,500

Public Safety

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

Number of full-time employees
6 2 6
3 4
3 3
2 2 2 2
2 2

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Public Safety
Lieutenant. Police Department
Summary ofData

Group
I B 0 E
TIIII

Number reporting
6 2
10

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

38,580

37,690

30,844

30,844

22,540

22,540

23,483

23,483

33,919

35,372

Maximum wage

Average

Median

58,822

58,293

40,749

40,749

35,077

35,077

29,120

29,120

49,863

52,508

Number of full-time employees
162
5
3
3
173

Population Group Data

Group
A
B 0 E

Jurisdiction
Clayton Cobb ColumbusIMuscogee DeKalb Gwinnett Henry Catoosa Dougherty Jones McIntosh

2000 Population
236,517 607,751 186,291 665,865 588,448 119,341 53,282 96,065 23,639 10,847

Minimum entry-level
wage
36,509 43,971 36,070 41,388 38,871 34,674 27,997 33,692 22,540 23,483

Maximum wage
55,010 68,120 60,222 64,212 56,363 49,005 31,491 50,007 35,077 29,120

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

Number of full-time employees
18 31 19 59 28 7
NA
5 3 3

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. ' ....

Lieutenant, Sheriffs Department
Summary ofData

Group
A B C 0 E F TIIII

Number reporting
12 16 10 14 2
55

Minimum entry-level wage

Average"

Median

36,230

36,289

32,444

32,110

28,155

28,961

24,973

24,030

25,788

25,788

25,462

25,462

30,220

29,661

Maximum wage

Average

Median

54,551

55,499

47,061

47,809

37,768

39,765

32,839

32,721

31,585

31,585

38,748

38,748

42,672

44,962

Public Safety
Number of full-time employees
185 "102 31 44
4 1 367

Population Group Data

Group
A
B

Jurisdiction
AugustalRichmond Bibb Cherokee Clayton Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee DeKa1b Fulton Gwinnett Hall Henry Houston Bartow Bulloch Carroll Catoosa Columbia Coweta Dougherty

2000 Population
199,775 153,887 141,903 236,517 607,751 186,291 665,865 816,006 588,448 139,277 119,341 110,765 76,019 55,983 87,268 53,282 89,288 89,215 96,065

Minimum entry-level
wage
31,105 29,661 38,088 36,509 43,471 36,070 41,388 41,729 38,871 33,280 34,674 29,910 31,179 24,557 38,500 27,997 33,405 29,890 33,692

Maximum wage
46,657 45,282 55,989 55,010 68,120 60,222 64,212 59,254 56,363 46,592 49,005 47,902 47,050 44;551 55,000 31,491 50,128 44,845 50,007

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

Number of fulltime employees
31 15 10 14 16 10 19 51 9
3 6 9 2 3
NA
12 10

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Public Safety
Lieutenant, Sheriffs Department

Group Jurisdiction
Douglas Fayette Liberty Lowndes Newton Rockdale Spalding Troup Walker
C Barrow
Camden Chattooga Colquitt Effingham Madison Oconee Stephens Upson Ware
0 Berrien
Burke Cook Dawson Fannin Franklin Hart Lee Mitchell Monroe Morgan Peach Pickens Union

2000 Population
92,174 91,263 61,610 92,115 62,001 70,111 58,417 58,779 61,053 46,144 43,664 25,470 42,053 37,535 25,730 26,225 25,435 27,597 35,483 16,235 22,243 15,771 15,999 19,798 20,285 22,997 24,757 23,932 21,757 15,457 23,668 22,983 17,289

Minimum entry-level
wage
38,805 36,044 26,083 32,664 31,158 41,196 31,555 29,494 32,885 33,278 32,363 25,931 28,621 29,301 24,523 27,672 20,000 29,557 30,305 29,661 29,174 19,344 29,549 22,339 23,566 23,254 22,880 26,229 28,371 27,379 20,507 24,494 22,880

66. DCA -1001 County Government Wage and Salary Survey

Maximum wage
57,606 53,642 35,775 49,702 48,526 57,024 46,843 47,091 33,699 50,636 49,245 27,875 40,789 41,021 27,102 38,741 27,000 44,970 30,305 45,282 31,793 29,037 44,962 22,339 23,566 35,443 32,739 26,229 41,662 36,822 32,703 34,292 22,880

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

Number of full-time employees
8 15 5 11
8 4 8 5
6 3 2 4 5 2 4 3
15 5
2 5
5
4

#> .'

Lieli'frl;Qln"" ant, Sherif.fs Department

Group
E
F

Jurisdiction
Pike Wilkes Taylor

2000 Population
13,688 10,687 8,815

Minimum entry-level
wage
22,576
29,000
25,462

Maximum wage
24,170 39,000 38,748

Public Safety

Number of scheduled
hours
40
40
48

Number of full-time employees
2
2
1

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Public Safety
MajOr. Police Department
Summary ofData

Group
A B TI1II

Number reporting
4
5

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

52,240

50,681

47,407

47,407

51,273

48,118

Maximum wage

Average

Median

81,465

81,467

67,018

67,018

78,576

80,338

Number of full-time employees
18
0
18

Population Group Data

Group
A
B

Jurisdiction
Clayton Co1umbuslMuscogee DeKalb Fulton Dougherty

2000 Population
236,517 186,291 665,865 816,006 96,065

Minimum entry-level
wage
46,806 48,118 53,244 60,791 47,407

Maximum wage
70,524 80,338 82,596 92,402 67,018

Number of scheduled
hours
40 40 40 40 40

Number of full-time employees
4 5 5 4
NA

68. DCA - 2001 County Government Wage and Salary Survey

Major, Sheriffs Department i
Summary ofData

Group
A B C D E
TItII

Number reporting
10 10 3 10
34

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

47,530

47,462

44,415

46,509

31,686

35,809

30,470

30,624

21,736

21,736

39,440

39,511

Public Safety

Maximum wage

Average

Median

72,635

70,674

59,491

61,864

44,945

50,153

38,148

38,187

29,224

29,224

54,906

58,203

Number of full-time employees
33 20 3 12
69

Population Group Data

Group
A
B

Jurisdiction
AugustalRichmond Bibb Cherokee Clayton ColumbuslMuscogee DeKalb Fulton Hall Henry Houston Bartow Carroll Caloosa Columbia Cowela Dougherty Douglas Fayelle Paulding Walker

2000 Population
. 199,775 153,887 141,903 236,517 186,291 665,865 816,006 139,277 119,341 110,765 76,019 87,268 53,282 89,288 89,215 96,065 92,174 91,263 81,678 61,053

Minimum entry.level
wage
40,080 45,282 48,611 46,806 48,118 53,244 60,791 49,171 42,266 40,934 54,168 50,300 37,981 46,717 36,483 47,407 49,526 46,301 37,269 38,002

Maximum wage
64,127 70,824 71,458 70,524 80,338 82,596 92,402 68,848 59,696 65,541 54,168 71,800 39,998 70,054 54,704 67,018 73,522 68,931 56,709 38,002

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

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

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Public Safety
Major, Sheriffs Department

Group
C 0
E

Jurisdiction
Camden Effingham Stephens Berrien Burke Crisp Dawson Franklin Grady Lee Peach Pickens Washington Crawford

2000 Population
43,664 37,535 25,435 16,235 22,243 21,996 15,999 20,285 23,659 24,757 23,668 22,983 21,176 12,495

Minimum entry-level
wage
39,249 35,809 20,000 17,680 39,184 39,603 39,419 31,179 23,587 26,000 34,994 30,069 22,984 21,736

Maximum wage
59,721 50,153 24,960 29,120 39,184 39,603 59,981 31,179 23,587 37,190 55,807 42,097 23,733 29,224

Number of scheduled
hours
40 40 40 40 43 42 40 40 50 43 40 48 43 48

Number of full-time employees
3

70 DCA 2001 County Government Wage and Salary Survey

Patrol Officer
Summary ofData

Group
A B C E 1II1II

Number reporting
7 2
11

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

28,543

29,013

24,811

24,811

16,556

16,556

17,680

17,680

25,787

27,097

Public Safety
I
:

Maximum wage

Average

Median

42,777

40,828

38,220

38,220

29,718

29,718

21,694

21,694

38,845

39,733

Number of full-time employees
978
73
18
15
1,084

Population Group Data

Group
A
B C E

Jurisdiction
Clayton Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee DeKalb Fulton Gwinnett Henry Dougherty Floyd Polk McIntosh

2000 Population
236,517 607,751 186,291 665,865 816,006 588,448 119,341 96,065 90,565 38,127 10,847

Minimum entry-level
wage
27,097 32,074 24,413 29,184 29,013 27,401 30,618 25,141 24,481 16,556 17,680

Maximum wage
40,828 48,110 40,761 45,264 46,451 39,733 38,293 37,315 39,124 29,718 21,694

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

Number of full-time employees
157 74 222 91 96 255 83 22 51 18 15

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Public Safety
Police Chief
Summary ofData

Group
A
B
C 111II

Number reporting
6 3 2 11

:

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

70,751

69,829

66,218

57,622

32,497

32,497

62,560

68,619

Maximum wage

Average

Median

110,823

110,050

85,502

85,530

42,238

42,238

91,448

91,006

Number of full-time employees
6
3
2
11

Population Group Data

Group
A
B C

Jurisdiction
Clayton Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee DeKalb Fulton Henry Dougherty Fayette Floyd Polk Ware

2000 Population
236,517 607,751 186,291 665,865 816,006 119,341 96,065 91,263 90,565 38,127 35,483

Minimum entry-level
wage
73,202 68,619 69,867 69,792 86,201 56,826 57,622 91,006 50,027 24,425 40,569

Maximum wage
110,296 109,803 116,650 108,276 139,647 80,267 85,530 91,006 79,971 43,908 40,569

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

Number of full-time employees

72 DCA 2001 County Government Wage and Salary Survey

Public Safety Director '"
Summary ofData

Group
A B C 0 F 1111I

Number reporting
4 5
2
13

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

65,547

66,321

40,252

40,745

37,891

37,891

21,524

21,524

15,538

15,538

43,071

40,745

Public Safety
:

Maximum wage

Average

Median

102,605

105,297

60,289

60,487

57,655

57,655

21,774

21,774

20,259

20,259

64,102

60,487

Number of full-time employees
4 5
2
13

Population Group Data

Group
A
B
C 0 F

Jurisdiction
AugustalRichmond Cobb DeKalb Hall Bulloch Columbia Douglas Liberty Newton Wayne Dodge Fannin Clinch

2000 Population
199,775 607,751 665,865 139,277 55,983 89,288 92,174 61,610 62,001 26,565 19,171 19,798
6,878

Minimum entry-level
wage
59,217 73,424 74,676 54,870 47,261 51,376 40,745 23,690 38,189 37,891 8,000 35,048 15,538

Maximum wage
94,746 117,499 115,848 82,326 71,914 77,043 60,487 32,470 59,530 57,655 8,500 35,048 20,259

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

Number of full-time employees

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Public Safety
Records Clerk
Summary ofData

Group
A B C 0 E F 1II1II

Number reporting
12 II 8 17 3 5 56

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

19,570

19,142

18,514

18,803

19,858

19,265

17,722

17,202

16,890

15,891

16,260

15,500

18,403

18,429

.

Maximum wage

Average

Median

29,613

29,229

27,937

28,704

29,544

28,983

23,441

23,469

19,746

19,656

23,702

22,142

26,344

27,270

Number of full-time employees
182 36 14 40 4 7 283

Population Group Data

Group
A
B

Jurisdiction
AugustalRichmond Bibb Cherokee Clayton Cobb ColumbusfMuscogee DeKalb Fulton Gwinnett Hall Henry Houston Bartow Bulloch Columbia Dougherty Douglas Fayette Floyd

2000 Population
199,775 153,887 141,903 236,517 607,751 186,291 665,865 816,006 588,448 139,277 119,341 110,765 76,019 55,983 89,288 96,065 92,174 91,263 90,565

Minimum entry-level
wage
21,053 17,971 20,199 20,111 19,448 17,100 23,112 17,499 18,836 17,014 24,523 17,971 20,592 18,866 18,574 16,207 20,579 18,949 17,023

74. DCA - 2001 County Government Wage and Salary Survey

Maximum wage
31,579 27,830 29,692 30,302 27,227 26,291 35,856 30,302 27,313 25,522 34,674 28,766 31,075 28,704 27,851 24,057 30,550 28,184 30,601

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

Number of fulltime employees
30 2 2 11
27 41 52 6 4
5 2 2
10
2 5
6

Records Clerk

Group Jurisdiction

Newton

Rockdale

Troup

Walker
C Barrow

Camden

Chattooga

Madison

Oconee

Polk

Upson

Ware
0 Appling

Ben Hill

Burke

Dade

Dawson

Dodge

Fannin

Franklin

Grady

Jones

Lee

Lumpkin

Monroe

Morgan

Peach

Pickens

Washington
E Charlton

Crawford

McIntosh

f

Calhoun

Public Safety

2000 Population
62,001 70,111 58,779 61,053 46,144 43,664 25,470 25,730 26,225 38,127 27,597 35,483 17,419 17,484 22,243 15,154 15,999 19,171 19,798 20,285 23,659 23,639 24,757 21,016 21,757 15,457 23,668 22,983 21,176 10,282 12,495 10,847 6,320

Minimum entry-level
wage
18,803 17,095 20,322 16,640 19,955 32,363 16,596 18,574 22,017 11,206 20,010 18,141 17,160 17,160 18,785 15,971 22,050 14,000 20,010 14,019 14,685 18,327 17,680 19,552 17,202 18,531 16,871 22,104 17,160 20,821 13,957 15,891 15,500

Maximum wage
29,328 23,663 32,490 20,800 30,363 49,245 22,207 22,963 30,824 22,714 30,430 27,603 21,133 19,469 23,469 20,956 33,552 15,000 20,010 24,274 14,685 20,628 28,870 26,333 25,251 24,922 28,905 30,946 20,093 20,821 18,762 19,656 22,142

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

Number of full-time employees
NA 2 3 3 2 1. 3
2
3 2 4 3
4
6 3
2 5
2
2
2

DCA 2001 County Government Wage and Salary Survey. 75

Public Safety
Records Clerk

Group

Jurisdiction
Candler Montgomery Seminole Taylor

2000 Population
9,577 8,270 9,369 8,815

Minimum entry-level
wage
19,282 14,000 13,520 19,000

Maximum wage
21,424 16,911 29,120 28,911

'

Number of scheduled
hours
40 40 40 40

Number of full-time employees
2
2

76 DCA - 2001 County Government Wage and Salary Survey

Sergeant, Police Department
Summary ofData

Group
I B C
1111I

Number reporting
6 2
9

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

33,467

32,221

29,118

29,118

16,556

16,556

30,621

31,158

Public Safety
>;~

Maximum wage

Average

Median

51,103

50,914

44,792

44,792

31,204

31,204

47,489

45,359

Number of full-time employees
359
17
4
380

Population Group Data

Group
A
B
C

Jurisdiction
Clayton Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee DeKalb Gwinnett Henry Dougherty Floyd Polk

2000 Population
236,517 607,751 186,291 665,865 588,448 119,341 96,065 90,565 38,127

Minimum entry-level
wage
33,055 38,750 31,158 39,048 27,401 31,387 30,559 27,677 16,556

Maximum wage
49,806 60,070 52,022 60,576 39,733 44,408 45,359 44,224 31,204

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

Number of fulltime employees
32 60 59 130 60 18 4 13 4

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Public Safety
Sergeant. Sheriffs Department
Summary ofData

Group
A B C 0 E F 111II

Number reporting
11 18 9 14 3 2 57

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

32,805

32,902

29,257

29,786

26,019

26,458

23,922

23,576

21,667

22,521

22,797

22,797

27,494

26,870

Maximum wage

Average

Median

49,493

49,806

43,112

44,562

38,232

37,710

31,792

31,221

26,387

22,521

30,536

30,536

39,471

40,248

Number of full-time employees
368 214 48 55 5 3 693

Population Group Data

Group
A
B

Jurisdiction
AugustalRichmond Cherokee Clayton Cobb ColumbuslMuscogee DeKalb Fulton Gwinnett Hall Henry Houston Bartow Bulloch Carroll Catoosa Columbia Coweta Dougherty Douglas

2000 Population
199,775 141,903 236,517 607,751 186,291 665,865 816,006 588,448 139,277 119,341 110,765 76,019 55,983 87,268 53,282 89,288 89,215 96,065 92,174

Minimum entry-level
wage
26,870 32,902 33,055 38,750 31,158 39,048 37,754 34,597 28,746 31,387 26,582 29,578 20,446 36,000 26,998 30,285 25,750 30,559 33,521

78. DCA - 2001 County Government Wage and Salary Survey

Maximum wage
40,304 48,366 49,806 60,070 52,022 60,576 55,884 50,164 40,248 44,408 42,578 44,595 31,096 57,400 32,843 45,427 42,661 45,359 49,763

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

Number of full-time employees
61 23 17 NA 27 28 150 23 22 13 4 8 5 10 NA 15 II 7 10

Serggant, Sheriffs Department

Public Safety

Group
C 0

Jurisdiction
Fayette Floyd Liberty Lowndes Newton Paulding Rockdale Spalding Troup Walker Barrow Camden Colquitt Effingham Oconee Stephens Upson Ware Wayne Burke Cook Crisp Dade Dawson Elbert Fannin Lamar Lee Lumpkin Monroe Morgan Peach Pickens

2000 Population
91,263 90,565 61,610 92,115 62,001 81,678 70,111 58,417 58,779 61,053 46,144 43,664 42,053 37,535 26,225 25,435 27,597 35,483 26,565 22,243 15,771 21,996 15,154 15,999 20,511 19,798 15,912 24,757 21,016 21,757 15,457 23,668 22,983

Minimum entry-level
wage
31,058 27,677 24,480 28,216 27,456 32,194 33,628 29,995 27,997 30,794 30,184 29,354 26,458 26,513 24,845 20,000 26,811 25,526 24,482 25,828 18,907 24,024 21,403 26,802 23,920 20,800 23,232 21,840 27,144 26,749 28,748 22,609 22,901

Maximum wage
46,196 44,224 33,560 42,934 42,765 48,988 46,549 44,528 44,782 32,348 45,929 44,666 37,710 37,118 34,782 27,000 40,789 38,840 37,253 28,861 28,350 31,200 28,083 40,782 29,390 22,069 25,360 31,242 33,696 39,270 38,663 36,055 32,061

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

Number of full-time employees
13 65 8 16 NA 16 10 4 10 6 NA 18 5 4 2 4 5 4 6 6
7
3 4 4 5 3 7 5 2 :I 4

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Public Safety
Sergeant, Sheriffs Department

Group
E
f

Jurisdiction
McIntosh Pike Wilkes Taylor Towns

2000 Population
10,847 13,688 10,687 8,815 9,319

Minimum entry-level
wage
17,680 22,521 24,800 23,095 22,500

Maximum wage
21,840 22,521 34,800 35,341 25,730

NumberoC scheduled
hours
40 43 40 40 42

NumberoC Cull-time employees
3
2

80 DCA - 2001 County Government Wage and Salary Survey

Public Safety

Summary ofData

Group
A B C 0 F
I""

Number reporting
5 6 2 2
16

Minimum entry-level wage

Average

Median

58,549

58,222

48,980

49,090

36,244

36,244

37,378

37,378

25,580

25,580

47,466

47,990

Maximum wage

Average

Median

90,821

95,021

74,315

75,211

51,213

51,213

37,378

37,378

38,370

38,370

69,722

73,576

NumberoC Cull-time employees
5 6 2
2
0 15

Population Group Data

Group
A
B
C 0 F

Jurisdiction
AugustalRichmond Clayton ColumbuslMuscogee Fulton Hall Bulloch Carroll Coweta Floyd Spalding Troup Colquitt Effingham Elbert Mitchell Stewart

2000 Population
199,775 236,517 186,291 816,006 139,277 55,983 87,268 89,215 90,565 58,417 58,779 42,053 37,535 20,511 23,932
5,252

Minimum entry-level
wage
48,718 63,064 58,222 71,113 51,626 47,261 44,800 51,448 46,831 52,624 50,918 34,819 37,668 30,826 43,930 25,580

Maximum wage
77,947 95,021 97,209 111,648 72,280 71,914 64,000 75,551 74,871 78,120 81,432 49,691 52,735 30,826 43,930 38,370

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

Number of full-time employees
NA

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APpen~ix A: Index to Counties

Public Safety

Jurisdiction

2000 Population

I Appling 2 Athens-Clarke 3 Atkinson 4 AugustalRichmond 5 Bacon 6 Baker 7 Baldwin 8 Banks 9 Barrow 10 Bartow II Ben Hill 12 Berrien 13 Bibb 14 Bleckley 15 Brantley 16 Brooks 17 Bryan 18 Bulloch 19 Bunce 20 Butts 21 Calhoun 22 Camden 23 Candler 24 Carroll 25 Catoosa 26 Charlton 27 Chatham 28 Chattahoochee 29 Chattooga 30 Cherokee 31 Clay 32 Clayton 33 Clinch 34 Cobb 35 Coffee 36 Colquitt 37 Columbia 38 ColumbuslMuscog 39 Cook 40 Coweta 41 Crawford 42 Crisp 43 Dade 44 Dawson 45 Decatur 46 DeKalb 47 Dodge 48 Dooly 49 Dougherty 50 Douglas

17,419 101,489
7,609 199,775
10.103 4,074 44,700 14,422 46,144 76,019 17,484 16.235 153.887 11.666 14,629 16,450 23,417 55,983 22,243 19,522 6.320 43,664 9.577 87,268 53.282 10.282 232,048 14.882 25,470 141.903 3.357 236,517 6.878 607.751 37,413 42.053 89.288 186.291 15.771 89,215 12,495 21.996 15.154 15,999 28.240 665.865 19.171 11.525 96.065 92.174

Group Responded

D

Yes

A

No

F

No

A

Yes

E

Yes

F

Yes

C

Yes

E

No

C

Yes

B

Yes

D

Yes

D

No

A

No

E

No

E

No

D

Yes

D

No

B

Yes

D

Yes

D

No

F

Yes

C

Yes

F

Yes

B

Yes

B

Yes

E

Yes

A

No

E

Yes

C

Yes

A

Yes

F

Yes

A

Yes

F

Yes

A

Yes

C

No

C

Yes

B

Yes

A

Yes

D

Yes

B

Yes

E

Yes

D

Yes

D

Yes

D

Yes

C

No

A

Yes

D

Yes

E

No

B

Yes

B

Yes

Jurisdiction
51 Early 52 Echols 53 Effingham 54 Elbert 55 Emanuel 56 Evans 57 Fannin 58 Fayette 59 floyd 60 Forsyth 61 Franklin 62 Fulton 63 Gilmer 64 Glascock 65 Glynn 66 Gordon 67 Grady 68 Greene 69 Gwinnett 70 Habersham 71 Hall 72 Hancock 73 Haralson 74 Harris 75 Hart 76 Heard 77 Henry 78 Houston 79 Irwin 80 Jackson 81 Jasper 82 Jeff Davis 83 Jefferson 84 Jenkins 85 Johnson 86 Jones 87 Lamar 88 Lanier 89 Laurens 90 Lee 91 Liberty 92 Lincoln 93 Long 94 Lowndes 95 Lumpkin 96 Macon 97 Madison 98 Marion 99 McDuffie 100 Mcintosh

2000 Population
12,354 3,754 37,535 20.511 21.837 10,495 19,798 91.263 90,565 98,407 20,285 816,006 23,456 2,556 67.568 44,104 23.659 14.406 588.448 35.902 139,277 10.076 25.690 23,695 22,997 11,012 119,341 110,765 9.931 41,589 11,426 12.684 17,266 8.575 8.560 23.639 15,912 7.241 44.874 24.757 61.610 8.348 10.304 92.115 21,016 14,074 25,730 7.144 21.231 10,847

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

Responded
No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes

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Public Safety

Jurisdiction

2000 Population

101 Meriwether 102 Miller 103 Mitchell 104 Monroe 105 Montgomery 106 Morgan 107 Murray 108 Newton 109 Oconee 11 0 Oglethorpe 111 Paulding 112 Peach 113 Pickens 114 Pierce 115 Pike 116 Polk 117 Pulaski 118 Putnam 119 Quitman 120 Rabun 121 Randolph 122 Rockdale 123 Schley 124 Screven 125 Seminole 126 Spalding 127 Stephens 128 Stewart 129 Sumter 130 Talbot 131 Taliaferro 132 Tattnall 133 Taylor 134 Telfair 135 Terrell 136 Thomas 137 Tift 138 Toombs 139 Towns 140 Treutlen 141 Troup 142 Turner 143 Twiggs 144 Union 145 Upson 146 Walker 147 Walton 148 Ware 149 Warren 150 Washington 151 Wayne 152 Webster 153 Wheeler 154 White 155 Whitfield

22.534 6.383
23,932 21,757
8.270 15,457 36,506 62,001 26,225 12,635 81,678 23,668 22,983 15,636 13,688 38,127 9,588 18,812
2,598 15,050 7.791 70,111 3,766 15.374 9,369 58,417 25,435 5.252 33,200 6,498 2,077 22,305 8,815 11,794 10,970 42,737 38,407 26,067 9,319 6,854 58,779 9,504 10,590 17,289 27,597 61,053 60,687 35,483 6,336 21.176 26,565 2,390 6.179 19.944 83,525

A2 DCA - 2001 Wage and Salary Survey

Group Responded

D

No

F

No

D

Yes

D

Yes

F

Yes

D

Yes

C

Yes

B

Yes

C

Yes

E

Yes

B

Yes

D

Yes

D

Yes

D

Yes

E

Yes

C

Yes

F

Yes

D

No

F

No

D

No

F

No

B

Yes

F

No

D

No

F

Yes

B

Yes

C

Yes

F

Yes

C

No

F

Yes

F

Yes

D

Yes

F

Yes

E

Yes

E

No

C

No

C

No

C

No

F

Yes

F

Yes

B

Yes

F

No

E

Yes

D

Yes

C

Yes

B

Yes

B

No

C

Yes

F

Yes

D

Yes

C

Yes

F

No

F

No

D

No

B

No

Jurisdiction
156 Wilcox 157 Wilkes 158 Wilkinson 159 Worth

2000 Population
8,577 10.687 10,220 21,967

Group
F E E D

Responded
Yes Yes Yes Yes

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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
60 Executive Park South, NE Atlanta, Georgia 30329-2231
(404) 679-4950 www.dca.state.ga.us Publication Number: 0325