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December 1, 1982

Received
FEB 1 1983

DOCU M ENTS UGA LI BRARIES
TO: Governor George Busbee Lieutenant Governor Zell Miller Speaker of the House of Representatives, Thomas B. Murphy Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Harold N. Hill, Jr. Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals, J. Kelly Quillian Clerk of the House of Representatives, Glenn Ellard Secretary of the Senate, Hamilton McWhorter Legislative Counsel, Frank Edwards
Gentlemen:
The State Commission on Compensation, having finished its study for the year, does herewith file its annual report as required by law (Georgia Laws 1971, pages 105-106).

FINDINGS

Pressure from Inflation
Although inflationary pressures continue to ease, with' the prospect that in the corning fiscal year the increase may be in the vicinity of 5 percent, we must still view this as a consequential problem. It is highly commendable that in recent years the General Assembly has provided cost-of-living relief .to employees of the State, including those under the jurisdiction of this Commission. Coping with the inflation problem by a series of modest annual adjustments is the best way to go about it. We hope the General Assembly will continue this practice.

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Base Salary Levels
In judging the adequacy of the salaries under our purview, we are required by law to look at numerous factors: compensation levels in other states, the federal government, industry, commerce and the private professions. Also, we find it pertinent to look at the salaries of other officials in Georgia's state government where the amount paid is set by a commission, a board or the Merit System.
The Adequacy of Base Salaries
A - Statehouse Officials
In brief, we have found that for our statehouse officials the compensation level in Georgia is about average for the 50 states. But they show up as being underpaid when comparisons ""a r e made with the amounts paid by other agencies of Georgia government where salaries are set by a board or by the Merit System, or the Board of Regents. Further, when we look at compensation levels in the private professions, the federal government, and in private industry, it is clear that the statehouse officials under the jurisdiction of the Commission get paid at levels which are unfairly low. The margin of their inferiority is substantial.
The fact that salaries now prevailing in the other sectors are so much higher is no secret, and it continues year after year to generate a feeling of frustration and inferiority among the officials under our purview.
(1) Comparisons with Other Agency Heads
Consider, for example, that our Superintendent of Education gets approximately $37,000 less than does the Chancellor of the University System (whose salary is set by the Board of Regents). In fact, the average salary of the nine Vice-Chancellors serving under the Chancellor is about $11,000 greater than that for the office of our Superintendent of Education. Yet, the scale of operations, the legal complexities of the job, and the responsibilities under Georgia law are huge for the Superintendent of Education. Both the Chancellor and the Superintendent work for the State of Georgia. How can we account for this big differential?

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Next, consider that the Director of the Forestry Commission receives $51,822 (Merit System) compared with $46,299 for the Commissioner of Agriculture (salary by statute). ~he Commissioner of Natural Resources (salary by a board) gets approximately $7,000 more than does our Commissioner of Agriculture. Also, the Dean of Agriculture at the University of Georgia receives about $72,542 and the Director of the Experiment Station gets $71,500 -- salaries about $25,000 higher than that for the Commissioner. Yet our Commissioner has huge responsibilities under the law, surely as great as those of any member of the College of Agriculture. The inferiority of his salary does not arise in terms of the responsibilities of the office.
Finally, we note that the Chairman of the State Board of Worker's Compensation is paid $51,822, and he overlooks a staff of approximately 139 people. In contrast our Commissioner of Offender Rehabilitation gets $46,300 and has under his jurisdiction 4,598 people. Would anybody say that the Commissioner has a job of lesser responsibility or significance to the State? Disparities like this are not new. Either the salaries set by the boards and the Merit System are too high (unlikely), or the salaries under the purview of this Commission are too low (likely). We believe that the Merit System and the boards pay only those salaries necessary to attract first rate people in public administration. This being so, we firid no reason why statehouse officials under our purview should serve under a different set of standards. There is no substantive reason why they should be penalized.
B - Private Professions
Accounting and law are the two big relevant fields to compare for our statehouse officials. Controllers in private industry today receive, on the average, about $60,000. Yet the salary for the office of State Auditor in Georgia is about $14,000 below that level. Partners in law firms and senior members in corporate law departments often get from $85,000 to $125,000 today, in contrast to $55,452 for our Attorney General -- an individual who, in effect, is the head of a large law firm (the Department of Law). There is no doubt that salary levels reach higher levels in the private professions, in industry and commerce, than is the case for state government.
C - Federal Government Agencies
By and large, our statehouse officials are currently paid at a level which would fall in Grade 14 of the federal service. This is quite low when one considers the fact that those heading regional offices

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of federal agencies in Atlanta are commonly found in Grades 16 or 17. The pay scale for these regional agency heads today approximates $57,500, some $10,00 or $11,000 more than is common for the statehouse officials under the purview of this Commission.

D - Private Industry and Commerce

Salaries for managers in industry and commerce now far exceed those paid in Georgia state government. Executive officers in private industry receive widely different levels of pay depending on the scale of operations and the type of industry they are in. It is difficult to say in a simple way what salary levels are. However, we can say that the following ranges are meaningful:

Chief Executive Officers "Group" Managers "Division" Managers Functional Department Managers

$100,000 to $500,000 80,000 to 400,000 60,000 to 195,000 40,000 to 150,000

Note: The above salaries do not include stock options nor various perquisites of the office, the value of which is very large, and the like of which does not exist for officials in our state government.

There is no question but that income levels enjoyed in the private sectors are much higher than those available for statehouse officials. The Governor confronts this reality when he seeks to find highly qualified people to fill important positions in Georgia government.

Conclusion

Considering all of the sectors which this Commission must review before making recommendations, we find that the statehouse officials under the jurisdiction of this Commission now receive salaries which, although on a par with other states, are much lower than in the other relevant sectors we are obliged by law to consider. The margin of the inferiority is appreciable. Therefore, we are recommending prompt and substantial relief for them.

STATE JUDICIARY

(1) Consideration of Federal Judicial Salaries
It is clear that the federal judges today are paid at levels far above those for members of the Georgia judiciary. The disparity has become large indeed. Consider the current salary schedule for those in the federal courts:

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Chief Justice, Supreme Court Associate Justice, Supreme Court Judges, Circuit Courts of Appeals
Judges, Court of Claims Judges, Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Judges, u. S. District Court
Judges, Customs Court Commissioners, Courts of Claims Bankruptcy Judges

$96,000 93,000 74,300 74,300 74,300 70,300 74,300 74,300 58,500

In contrast, here are the salaries in Georgia:

Justice of the Supreme Court Judge, Court of Appeals Superior Court Judge

55,462 54,860 46,419

The marked inferiority in compensation in our state judicial system is not peculiar to Georgia, but it is true of most of the states in our nation. Nevertheless, it is not a disparity to be condoned!

Judges in our state courts protect our lives, liberty and property, and they should have as much ability as do federal judges. The marked disparity in federal and state pay scales cannot be explained by the importance of the matters with which these judges must deal. The inferiority of state court salary levels is to be found in history and is based on circumstances which no longer exist.

(2) Comparisons with Salaries in the Private Practice of Law

Despite the fact that typical earnings in law firms were down last year, still we find that judges in our Georgia courts get only about 60 percent of that received by partners in law firms and by senior members in corporate law departments.

In the private practice of law and in corporate law departments we find that compensation levels for partners and for senior members currently run some $40,000 to $50~000 higher than is paid to our judges and district attorneys. We recognize that not every member of the Georgia judicial system could function successfully and happily in private practice achieving the high earnings levels. They may not have the same personal motivations peculiar to outstanding success in private practice. But, there is no question but that many of our judges can and do shift successfully to private law firms and to corporate law departments. They are aware of the large differentials. Further, experienced attorneys we would like to see on the bench choose to stay in private practice.

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(3) Comparisons with Salaries in our Sister States

We have found that the salaries in our state judiciary now lag behind those in our sister states. Specifically, the following states now have higher salaries for their judges than do Georgia: Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. The following states have salaries on a par with Georgia or slightly lower: Kentucky, Mississippi and West Virginia. (See Exhibit A appended) .

For example, Tennessee is typical of the situation in the Southeast today, and salaries there are:

Supreme Court, Chief Justice Supreme Court, Associate Justice Court of Appeals, Presiding Judge Court of Appeals, Associate Judge Trial Level Judges

$67,500 65,000 63,500 62,500 60,000

In short, these salaries are about $10,000 to $14,000 higher than those in Georgia.

Conclusion

We have found that salaries for members of our Georgia Courts are much below those prevailing in the federal courts, corporate law departments, private law firms and in sister states. This situation should be corrected.

LEGISLATORS
Beyond doubt, the largest piece of unfinished business regarding salary levels for public officials in Georgia pertains to the situation for legislators. More than ten years have elapsed since any change has been made in their rate of pay. In reality, back in 1967 when they got $4,200 per year their real income level was much greater that it is today. Now they would need well in excess of $12,000 to have an equivalent amount of purchasing power. Further, there can be no increase for them, even should action be taken in the 1983 session, until January 1985. (Existing law prevents getting an increase during the term in which such action is taken.)
We find that the average annual compensation for state legislators in the United States now is about $12,583. Contrast this with the $7,200 received by a Georgia legislator! If the salary is continued at its current low level it will mean that only those with independent means will be able to assume the office. Our legislators work just as hard, face issues just as serious, as is the case elsewhere in the united States. Georgia continues to grow in every way, and

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the scope of the State's business is truly very large. The task of legislators grows in scale and sophistication. There is no good reason why their salaries should be frozen at an unrealistic, arbitrarily low level set originally in 1972.
Conclusion
We urge an increase which would no more than offset the erosion from inflation since 1967. Further, the per diem paid legislators need to be increased to parallel the continued inflation in hotel and food costs. We continue to recommend that the per diem be elevated to that level which has been approved by the Internal Revenue Service for this area without having to supply documentation of actual amounts spent.

Current and Proposed Salaries for Officials Under Jurisdiction of State Commission on Compensation

Governor Lieutenant Governor Commissioner of Administrative Services Commissioner of Agriculture Attorney General State Auditor Commissioner of Banking & Finance Comptroller General Commissioner of Labor (Federal and State)
(State portion only) Commissioner of Offender Rehabilitation Members, Board of Pardons and Paroles Commissioners, Public Service Commission Commissioner of Revenue Secretary of State State Superintendent of Schools Commissioner of Veterans Service
Justice of Supreme Court Judge of Court of Appeals Superior Court Judge District Attorney

Present Salary
$68,571 32,967 46,300 46,300 55,452 46,300 46,300 46,300 53,460 24,990 46,300 43,406 46,300 46,300 46,300 52,085 46,300
55,462 54,860 46,419 40,995

Proposed Salary
$75,000 36;699 49,519 49,519 60,000 49,519 49,519 49,519 (1) 27,461 49,519 46,737 49,519 49,519 49,519 55,048 49,519
60,000 59,500 50,000 45,000

Table Footnotes
(1) One cannot say what the total figure will be in the caning year because the federal ccrrp:>nent may change. Currently the federal input is $28,470.

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Legislators

Speaker

(effective Jan. 1983)

Speaker Pro Tern

President Pro Tern, Senate

7,200 25.767
2,800 2,800

12,500 (2)
2,800 2,800

Aggregate. Fiscal Effect of the Salary Increases Proposed

Cost to the State

Statehouse Officials Judiciary Legislators

81,864 649,970 1,250,800

Total

$1,982,634

DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS

The State Commission on Compensation recommends:

(1) That in the next fiscal year all the officials under the jurisdiction of the State Commission on Compensation, excepting Members of the General Assembly, receive the same cost-of-living adjustment as that granted other employees of the state.

(2) That, in addition to the cost-of-living adjustment, the base salaries of the following officials be raised as follows:

(1) Governor

$75,000

An allowance in an amount specified in the

Appropriations Act shall also be provided

for the operation of the Governor's Mansion.

(2) Lieutenant Governor

36,699

(3) Adjutant General

The Adjutant General shall continue to receive

the pay and allowances under the same procedure

as provided by law.

Table Fcxx.notes
(2) The Speaker's salary will be adjusted at the beginning of each session of the General Assembly so that his canbined canpensation as legislator and as Speaker will equal that paid the Lieutentant Governor. If the salary for legislators is increased as herein reccmrended, the ccmponent; for Speaker canpensation will be lower than would be the case otherwise.

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(4) Commissioner of Agriculture

49,519

(5) Attorney General

60,000

(6) State Auditor

49,519

(7) Comptroller General

49,519

(8) Commissioner of Offender

Rehabilitation

49,519

(9) Commissioner of Labor

27,461

The Commissioner of Labor, as administrator of

the Georgia Employment Security Law, in addition

to the above amount, shall be entitled to, and

shall receive from, and out of, funds derived

from federal grants to the state for adminis-

tration of said law, such compensation as may

be approved by the appropriate federal agency

in an amount determined to be commensurate with

the duties imposed by the Employment Security

Law together with authorized travel expenses

incurred in connection with the performance of

official duties from funds appropriated and

available for that purpose.

(10) Each Member of the Board of

Pardons and Paroles

46,737

(11) Each Member of the Public

Service Commission

49,519

(12) State Revenue Commissioner

49,519

(13) State Superintendent of

Schools

55,048

(14) Secretary of State

49,519

(15) Director of Veterans Service

49,519

This shall include any compensation received

from the United States Government and the

amount of state funds paid shall be reduced

by the amount received from the United States

Government.

(16) Commissioner of the Department

of Banking and Finance

49,519

(17) Commissioner of Department of

Administrative Services

49,519

(18) Each Justice of Supreme Court

60,000

(19) Each Judge of Court of Appeals

59,500

(20) Each Superior Court Judge

50,000

Each Superior Court Judge shall also receive

any supplement paid to him by the county or

counties of his Judicial Circuit as may be

provided by law. Each Superior Court Judge

shall also receive reimbursement of travel

expenses as provided by law.

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(21) (22)

Each District Attorney

45,000

Each District Attorney shall also receive

any supplement paid to him by the county or

counties of his Judicial Circuit as may be

provided by law. Each District Attorney

shall also receive reimbursement of travel

expenses as provided by law.

Each Member of the General

12,500

Assembly

This salary shall become effective upon convening

of the General Assembly in 1983. Each Member of

the General Assembly shall also receive the allow-

ances authorized in Georgia Laws 1980 Session, No.

1005, page 757, which law permits reimb~rsement of

certain expenses; and shall continue to receive

other allowances provided by law including an

expense allowance in the amount of $56 per day

and receive the same mileage allowance for the

use of a personal car when devoted to official

business as that received by other state employees.

(23)
(24) (25)

Speaker of the House of

Representatives

The Speaker of the House shall receive the

salary and allowances authorized as a Member

of the General Assembly. In addition, he

shall receive an amount to bring his total

compensation to the same level as that of

the Lieutenant Governor effective the

convening of each new term.

President Pro Tempore of the

Senate

2,800

The President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall

also receive the salary and allowances author-

ized as a Member of the General Assembly.

Speaker Pro Tempore of the

House of Representatives

2,800

The Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of

Representatives shall also receive the

salary and allowances authorized as a

Member of the General Assembly.

In addition to the above base salaries, those officials will continue to get a salary supplement who qualify under Act No. 1071 (Senate Bill 42), Georgia Laws 1980, page 935, which states in part: "The annual salary being received on June 30, 1980 of each state official listed above, except Members of the General Assembly,

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who is not a contributing member of a State Retirement System and, therefore, does not benefit by or participate in any program whereunder a portion of the employee contributions to the State Retirement System are made on behalf of the employee by the employer, shall be increased by eight percent, effective on July 1, 1980." These supplements are payments to qualified individuals and shall not be construed as adhering to the office.
(3) That each member of the following named Boards and Commissions be paid a per diem expense allowance, in lieu of any existing per diem allowance or other remuneration now received, of $56 each day on which he attends a meeting of such Board or Commission; plus reimbursement of travel at the legal rate; with such maximum limitations on the number of meetings held as now prescribed by law:
State Board of Education State Medical Education Board Board of Regents of the pniversity
System of Georgia State Personnel Board Board of Offender Rehabilitation Board of Industry and Trade Board of Natural Resources State Transportation Board Dental Educational Board State Scholarship Commission Veterans Service Board
Respectfully submitted,
STATE COMMISSION ON COMPENSATION
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EXHIBIT A Salaries of Judge~ in the State Courts in the Southeast, July 1982

JUDICIAL BRANCH

Current
Salaries Salaries in (July 1982) July 1981

ALABAMA

Supreme Court,

Chief Justice

$58,500

Judges

58,000

Criminal Appeals, Presiding Judge

57,500

Associate Judge

57,000

Civil Appeals,

Presiding Judge

57,500

Associate Judge

57,qOO

Circuit Court Judges

48,000*

District Court Judges

38,400

*Local supplements up to $15,000 in major cities.

$49,500 49,000 48,500 48,000 48,500 48,500 34,000* 29,500

FLORIDA Supreme Court District Court Circuit Courts
*Effective September 1, 1982

65,805* 59,385* 56,710*

61,500 55,500 53,000

GEORGIA Supreme Court,
Court of Appeals Superior Court

Chief Justice Associate Justice

55,462 55,462 54,860 46,419

53,329 53,329 52,750 44,634

KENTUCKY Supreme Court,
Court of Appeals,
Circuit Courts District Courts

Chief Associate Chief Associate

55,650 .51 , 94 0 52,867 52,310 50,085 42,850

53,000 51,940 50,350 49,820 47,700 40,810

LOUISIANA Supreme Court Court of Appeals District Courts

66,566 63,367 60,169

66,566 63,367 60,169

MISSISSIPPI Supreme Court,
Chancery Courts Circuit Courts

Chief Justice Presiding Justice Associate Justice

47,000 46,500 46,QOO 41,000 41,000

47,000 46,500 46,000 41,000 41,000

JUDICIAL BRANCH

Current Salaries Salaries in (July 1982) July 1981

NORTH CAROLINA

Supreme Court,

Chief Justice

Judges

Court of Appeals, Chief Justice

Judges

Superior Court Judges, Senior

Judges

District Court,

Chief

Judges

558,212 57,012 55,188 53,976 49,500 47,928 40,344 38,808

$55,440 54,288 52,560 51,396 47,136 45,636 38,412 36,960

SOUTH CAROLINA Supreme Court,
Circuit Court

Chief Justice Associate -Justice

66,529 58,944 58,944

62,177 55,088 55,088

TENNESSEE

Supreme Court,

Chief Justice

Associate Justices

Court of Appeals, Presiding Judge

Associate Judges

Trial Level Judges

*Effective September 1, 1982

67,500* 65,000* 63,500* 62,500* 60,000*

79,100 73,015 69,364 66,931 60,846

WEST VIRGINIA Supreme Court Circuit Courts

49,000 45,000

49,000 45,000

VIRGINIA

Supreme Court,

Chief Justice

Associate Justice

*Includes $4,000 travel allowance annually.

Circuit Courts

District Courts

68,000* 65,400*
57,000 51,300

65,500* 63,000*
54,820 49,340

SOURCE: Our own survey conducted in July 1982.

EXHIBIT B

SALARIES OF AGENCY HEADS COMPARED (with indicators of agency size)

Major Departments and Agencies

Current Salary

F.Y. 1982 Number of Employees

F.Y. 1982 Budget
State Total Money
(millions)

Adjutant General Commissioner of Administrative
Services Commissioner of Agriculture Attorney General State Auditor Commissioner of Banking and Finance Comptroller General Commissioner of Labor Commissioner of Offender
Rehabilitation State Board of Pardons and . Paroles Commissioner of Public Service
Commission Commissioner of Revenue Secretary of State State Supez-Lnt 'enderrt of Schools " Commissioner of Veterans 'Se r v i c e

$57,499(10) 199(1) $ 6.4 $ 2.5

46,300 1,110

46,300

955

55,452

116

46,300(2) " 150

46,300

95

46,300

229

53,460(3) 2,403

101.6 27.1 4.4 5.1 3.0 5.7
165.4

37.6 23.5
4.1 5.1 3.0 5.2 3.1

46,300 43,406"

4,598 237

129.0 119.2

5.2

5.2

46,300

124

46,300(4) "1,057

46,300

396

52,885(5) 1,564

46,300(6) 157

3.6

3.5

36.5

33.3

13.4 13.2

. 1 , 602 . 0 1,333.0

13.2 10.7

Positions for which salary is set by Commissions or Merit System

Commissioner of Community Affairs Director of Employees Retirement
System Director of Forestry Commission Director of Georgia Bureau of .
Investigation Commissioner of Human Resources Commissioner of Industry and Trade Commissioner of Medical Assistance Commissioner of Personnel
Administration Commissioner of Natural Resources Commissioner of Public Safety Chancellor of the University System Excutive Director, State Student
Finance Commission Executive Director, Soil ' and Water
Conservation Commission Executive Secretary-Treasurer,
Teachers Retirement System Commissioner of Transportation Chairman, State Board of Worker's
Compensation

48,624

123

51,606

28

51,822

867

51,653 56,988 53,374 44,904

439 29,301
206 341

45,444

166

53,657 1,333

51,623

1,533

84,700(8)

98(9)

49,300

77

33",852

17

45,000 61,823

61 7,273

51,822

139

17.5
1.3 24.5
16.4 894.9
10.8 603.4
126.9 67.8 49.0
853.1
20 .1
.8
4.1 639.9
3.9

4.3
.09 20.5
16.4 486.2
9.1 185.1
0 (7) 48.0 48.1 516.8
15.5
.8
2.1 412.6
3.9

Footnotes: See next page

(1) In Georgia National Guard about 12,176 people. (3) State portion only $24,990. (7) Charge levied on agencies served. (8) Plus $4,SOO subsistence and house. (9) Employed in total University System; 33,18S approximately. (10) Plus $7,118 ~~r su~s~s~ence and .housing.
Plus 8 percent factor in lieu of pension pickup (2) State Auditor: in fiscal 1982 - $3,SOO; 1983 - $3,640. (4) Commissioner of Revenue: in fiscal 1981 - $3,241; in fiscal
1982 - $3,SOO; 1983 - $3,640. (S) State Superintendent of Schools: in fiscal 1981 - $3,646;
in fiscal 1982 - $4,938; 1983 - $4,096. (6) Commissioner of Veterans Service: in fiscal 1982 - $3,SOO;
1983 - $3,640.
About the 8 percent factor:
Until 1980, most state employees and officials paid S.S percent of their salary into a state retirement system. Beginning July , 1980 the State began paying all but .S percent of this amount., thus giving that person a S percent .i n c r e a s e in take-home pay. In contrast~those getting the 8 percent factor were long-term members of the retirement system who were not required to make contributions and, therefore, did not receive the S percent increase in take-home pay. In lieu thereof $ the incumbents were granted an 8 percent increase in gross salary which was considered to be ~~ equivalent to a S percent increase in take-home pay. Therefore, the salary for these officials is 8 percent higher than the official salary shown for the position. Any new person will receive the salary indicated in the above table since the 8 percent factor does not adhere to the office.

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