COEUR d'ALENE - A recent salary survey conducted by BDPA, Inc., shows a lot of disparity in pay between certain departments in Kootenai County.

Overall, county employees are paid 16 percent below average wages for the same jobs in 19 different governments in Washington, Montana and Idaho.

Still, about 140 employees are over their average market wage, and of those 18 employees are over the maximum market value for the job they are performing. Nine of those employees are in salaried positions.

The two positions with highest percentage, 136 percent, over market average are the Public Defender and Supervisor of Operations at the Coeur d'Alene Airport. The Public Defender is also the highest paid employee at nearly $99,000 per year.

The prosecuting attorney was not part of the salary survey because it is an elected position.

The county has no employees making more than $100,000 per year, said Commissioner Dan Green. Read more. Jeff Selle, Cda Press

Any thoughts as to why so many city employees make over $100,000, but no county employees do?

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