DOTC: City Paid Better Than County

RE: Berry Picker: City pay an issue?/ Huckleberries Online

Dan Of The County: I hadn’t looked at the city salaries before but at a quick glance would say they are about 15-30% higher than comparable positions in the county and the county generally has much broader responsibilities than the city. A few quick comparisons on salary— the sheriff makes about $85,000 per year compared to the chief of police at $99,000, the county clerk (and assessor and treasurer) make about $69,000 per year compared to the city clerk at $96,000, the county prosecutor makes about $98,000 compared to the city attorney at $120,000 and our finance director is about $80,000 compared to the city at $107,000. Full comment below.

Question: Would you swap your private job for a government one?

I hadn’t looked at the city salaries before but at a quick glance would say they are about 15-30% higher than comparable positions in the county and the county generally has much broader responsibilities than the city.

A few quick comparisons on salary— the sheriff makes about $85,000 per year compared to the chief of police at $99,000, the county clerk (and assessor and treasurer) make about $69,000 per year compared to the city clerk at $96,000, the county prosecutor makes about $98,000 compared to the city attorney at $120,000 and our finance director is about $80,000 compared to the city at $107,000.

Since I’m most familiar with my own position for comparison, I have 5 department heads and about 90+ employees that I supervise. I’m not sure how that stacks up to the city clerk or how many employees etc. the prosecutor or sheriff are responsible for compared to the city attorney and police chief to compare apples to apples.