COUNTY SALARIES - UNC School of Government

COUNTY

SALARIES

in North Carolina

2015

Compiled by the MAPS Group 

for the UNC School of Government

Table of Contents

SURVEY SALARY DATA

1 Population, Valuation, County Commissioner, and County Manager

2 Assistant County Manager and Assistant to the Manager

3 Board of Elections, Elections Director, and Elections Specialist

4 Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners

5 County Attorney

6 Finance Director, Purchasing Agent, Accountant, Accounts Payable Technician, and Payroll Technician

7 Human Resources Director, Analyst, and Technician

8 Planning Director, County Planner, Planner, and Senior Planner

9 Information Technology Director, Systems Administrator, and PC Consultant

10 Tax Administration Positions

Part One: Tax Administrator, Tax Assessor, Tax Collector, and Property/Revaluation Appraiser

Part Two: Property Mapper, Business Personal Property Appraiser, Tax Customer Service Representative, and Tax Technician

11 GIS Administrator, Analyst, and Technician

12 Library Director, Public Health Director, and Social Services Director

13 Librarian, Library Branch Manager, and Library Assistant

14 Register of Deeds, Assistant Register of Deeds, and Deputy Register of Deeds

15 Parks and Recreation Positions

Part One: Parks and Recreation Director, Recreation Program Supervisor, Senior Center Supervisor, and Nutrition Program Supervisor

Part Two: Parks Maintenance Supervisor and Technician, Soil Conservation Director and Technician, and Transportation Director

16 Sheriff's Office Positions

Part One: Sheriff, Chief Deputy and Deputies, and Detention/Correctional Positions

Part Two: Telecommunications

17 Animal Control Officer and Animal Shelter Attendant

18 Director of Emergency Services, Assistant Director¡ªEMS, and Other EMS Positions

19 Fire Marshal, Fire Inspector, Emergency Services Director, Emergency Management Coordinator, and Veterans' Services Officer

20 Building, Electrical, Plumbing, or Mechanical Inspector

21 Public Utilities Director, Water System Supervisor, and Water/Wastewater Treatment (Varied Positions)

22 Solid Waste Management Positions

Part One: Solid Waste Director, Landfill Supervisor, and Solid Waste Truck Driver

Part Two: Landfill Equipment Operator, Solid Waste Site Attendant, and Equipment Mechanic

23 Environmental Health Supervisor and Specialist, Income Maintenance Caseworker, and Social Worker

24 Office Assistant/Processing Assistant, Public Health Nurse, Physician Extender, and Nutritionist

25 Public Health Educator, Foreign Language Interpreter, Business Officer, Medical Records Assistant, and Aging-Senior Services Director

26 County Engineer, Building/Facilities Director, Building/Facilities Maintenance Technician, Custodian, and Grounds Maintenance Worker

27 Zoning Code Enforcement Officer, Economic Development Director, Tourism Director, and Public Information Officer

28 Administrative Support Specialists, Office Assistant, and Utility Customer Service Representatives

29 Risk Manager and Safety Coordinator

30 Social Services Attorney

31 North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service County Extension Director

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

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Holidays and Vacation Leave

Part-Time Employee Benefits and Sick Leave

Reimbursement Rates, Employment Data, and Longevity Pay Plans

Workweek and Overtime Policies

Employee/Retiree Health Insurance

Dental and Life Insurance

401k, Position Classification, and Pay System

County Commissioner Benefits

Miscellaneous HR Practices

County Salaries in North Carolina 2015 ¡ª ? 2015 School of Government, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Introduction

To help county officials effectively manage their county workforces, the School of Government provides

County Salaries in North Carolina 2015, a compendium of salary and benefits information for counties

throughout the state.

This report contains salary and wage profiles by position and information about fringe benefits that

participating counties are offering for the 2014¨C2015 fiscal year (based on September 1, 2014, salary levels).

The job titles that counties used to provide these data also are included. Salary amounts have been rounded

to the nearest dollar except for hourly salaries. Salaries, travel allowances, and employee benefits are

expressed in annual amounts unless otherwise noted.

Estimated county population projections for 2014 and assessed property valuations for each county for

fiscal year 2014¨C2015 are presented in Table I (also see the map of all 100 North Carolina counties). Both

population estimates and property valuations are based on estimates provided by the individual counties.

For this reason, information presented here may vary from projections available from other sources.

Nineteen reporting counties (up from eighteen the previous year) awarded performance pay increases for

2014¨C2015. The percentage of performance increases ranged from a low of 1 percent to a high of 3 percent

of base salary. The average performance increase was 2.6 percent (up from 2.4 the previous year).

Thirty-two counties (up from twenty-nine the previous year) reported awarding their employees an acrossthe-board cost of living adjustment (COLA). These COLAs ranged from a low of 1 percent to a high of 5

percent. The average COLA was 1.9 percent (down from 2.3 percent the previous year). Six counties (down

from seven the previous year) reported both awarding their employees a COLA and offering the opportunity

for performance pay increases.

The School of Government is grateful for the cooperation of the county officials who reported information

for this publication. We also thank Larry Kerr and the MAPS Group whose work makes this compilation

possible.

Leisha DeHart-Davis

Associate Professor

School of Government

CB# 3330

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3330

ldehart@sog.unc.edu

County Salaries in North Carolina 2015 ¡ª ? 2015 School of Government, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

North Carolina Counties

County Salaries in North Carolina 2015

TABLE I. POPULATION, VALUATION, COUNTY COMMISSIONER, AND COUNTY MANAGER

Jan-15

Approx.

Est.

Valuation Chair

Pop¡¯n

2013-2014 Board of

County

2014

(Millions) Commissioners

Alamance

153,642

$12,573 $11,700 + $9,600 meetings + $2,100 travel

Alexander

37,000

2,385 $11,000 $1,200 travel

10,939

1,776 $4,800 + $45/meeting

Alleghany

Anson

25,000

1,721 $10,001 + $3,500 travel

Ashe

27,000

4,135 $9,700

Avery

17,700

3,404 $8,755

Beaufort

Bertie

20,344

1,283 $11,356 + $4,800 travel

Bladen

35,000

2,630 $9,026 + $4,800 travel

Brunswick

115,301

25,073 $26,910

Buncombe

no data

no data $35,584

Burke

90,000

6,246 $7,716 + $720 travel

Cabarrus

187,226

19,666 $10,000 + $5,400 travel

Caldwell

81,990

5,875 $5,800 + $3,816 travel

Camden

Carteret

68,434

14,664 $4,800 + $3,458 travel + $35/meeting

Caswell

23,654

1,494 $8,088

Catawba

155,000

15,213 $11,400 + $3,000 travel

Chatham

66,817

8,783 $16,050 + $6,000 travel + $150/meeting

Cherokee

28,570

3,046 $13,610 + $1,500 travel + $125/meeting

Chowan

14,726

1,331 $7,200

Clay

10,750

1,991 $16,066 + $3,600 travel

Cleveland

99,128

7,930 $11,190 + $7,200 travel

Columbus

58,068

3,530 $16,234 + $1,500 travel

Craven

104,489

9,804 $12,792 + $6,600 travel

Cumberland

324,000

20,254 $27,355 + $8,400 travel

Currituck

24,396

5,549 $15,600

Dare

34,573

12,049 $9,256 + $4,900 travel

Davidson

162,697

12,942 $11,866 + $231/meetings + $3,660 travel

Davie

41,554

3,696 $6,221 + $2,400 travel

Duplin

60,329

3,502 $10,000

Durham

279,641

30,743 $26,062 + $3,000 travel

Edgecombe

55,574

2,903 $6,981 + $5,400 travel

Forsyth

361,220

31,882 $23,842

Franklin

62,697

4,340 $13,752 + $3,600 travel

Gaston

209,420

15,200 $14,619 + $7,500 travel

Gates

no data

no data $8,610 + $1,500 travel

Graham

Granville

58,036

4,192 $11,400 + $3,600 travel

Greene

no data

no data $5,227 + $1,800 travel

Guilford

502,513

45,933 $24,300 + $1,500 travel

Halifax

54,691

3,298 $10,000 + $3,000 travel

Harnett

120,000

725 $8,994 + $4,920 travel

Haywood

59,000

6,542 $13,949

Henderson

110,246

12,355 $18,092 + $75/meeting + $3,650 travel

Hertford

24,669

1,534 $13,795

Hoke

51,322

2,906 $10,296 + $100/meeting

Hyde

5,822

1,072 $5,658

Iredell

162,708

no data $10,918 + $6,240 travel

Jackson

40,919

12,369 $16,761 + $50 per meeting

Johnston

177,184

12,957 $7,272 + $6,000 travel

Jones

10,183

no data $10,704 + $3,864 travel

Lee

60,134

4,943 $11,440

Lenoir

58,914

4,059 $18,987

Lincoln

79,740

8,285 $8,568 + $3,600 travel

McDowell

45,000

3,304 $10,728 1

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County

Commissioner

$10,500 + $8,400 meetings + $2,100 travel

$11,000 $1,200 travel

$,3000 + $45/meeting

$8,507 + $3,500 travel

$8,400

$5,665

YOS

5

15

17

3

County

Manager/Administrator

$120,780 + $3,000 travel

$114,312 + $18,000 travel

$69,154 1

$94,616

$85,850 2

vacant 2

$9,937 + $4,800 travel

$8,089 + $3,600 travel

$21,735

$26,475

$6,716 + $720 travel

$10,000 + $4,950 travel

$5,800 + $3,816 travel

1.0

13

1

17

3

3

4

$96,000 + $4,800 travel

$101,757 + $7,200 travel

$152,250 1

$225,141

$126,966

$173,078

$118,892 5

$3,600 + $2,592 travel + $35/meeting

$7,104

$9,000 + $3,000 travel

$15,000 + $6,000 travel + $150/meeting

$13,186 + $1,500 travel + $125/meeting

$6,000

$10,432 + $2,400 travel

$8,928 + $7,200 travel

$13,361 + $1,500 travel

$11,544 + $6,600 travel

$20,492 + $7,200 travel

$14,400

$8,801 + $3,600 travel

$10,361 + $231/meeting + $3,360 travel

$4,134 + $2,400 travel

$10,000

$22,139 + $3,000 travel

$5,278 + $4,620 travel

$20,488

$11,956 + $3,600 travel

$12,418 + $6,900 travel

$7,285 + $1,200 travel

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