County officials in Chattooga County will be getting a state-mandated pay raise in 2023. The pay raise applies to all 159 counties in Georgia and will see county commissioners, tax commissioners, sheriffs and other elected officials receiving an extra $5,000 per year as part of a cost of living adjustment.
The flat $5,000 raises, which most state employees also received, were determined by the governor’s office and the legislature. The raises received by county-level elected officials must be funded by the counties.
Pay for county-level elected officials (except for coroners in counties of 35,000 or more) is determined by a state-mandated formula based on county populations. Pay raises for local elected officials are required by state law when state employees receive across-the-board raises. And the raises must be equal in amount or percentage to raises received by state employees.
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