How Much is That Government Employee Making? Salary information for Government Employees and Officials (posted 03/27/25)

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Are you curious about how much a government official is making, or how taxpayer funded earnings stack up against other wage earners in the US? We were and stumbled across a website called GovSalaries.

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GovSalaries provides a searchable nationwide salaries database of more than 150 million salaries records from over 60k sources. This data usually includes name, surname, monthly wage, annual wage and employer statistics.

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We cannot vouch for accuracy and some data we expected to find was missing. Still, it’s a useful tool for the curious.

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The database offers many ways to filter data by state, agency, person’s name, and more. For example, you can find employee salary and payroll records for... (as of 3/27/25)

• Federal: 127 federal employers.

• Cities: 8,067 cities.

• Counties: 4,009 county employers.

• States: 4,703 state employers.

• School Districts: 25,678 school districts.

• Universities: 635 universities.

• Colleges: 818 colleges.

• Community Colleges: 567 community colleges.

• Towns: 5,143 towns.

• Townships: 5,287 townships.

• Villages: 1,801 villages.

• Police: 681 police departments, state police etc.

• Hospitals: 160 hospitals and places connected with public health.

• Fire Protection: 1,364 fire departments and other fire protection employers.

• Libraries: 679 libraries.

Explore Top 10 Salaries, Top 10 Employers, and Top 10 States. Here is the #1 position from Top 10 (average) salaries:

• Salaries: Nick Saban L, University of Alabama, $8,888,684

• Employer: Bethel Park School District, Pennsylvania, $83,199

• State: Washington, $146,180

Looking for popular jobs and top paid jobs? Check out the Job Salaries menu.

Here’s a sample summary for Idaho Public Utilities Commission (tinyurl.com/mrywy5x4):

Idaho Public Utilities Commission Salaries

Highest salary at Idaho Public Utilities Commission in year 2023 was $149,760. Number of employees at Idaho Public Utilities Commission in year 2023 was 42. Average annual salary was $74,755 and median salary was $71,760. Idaho Public Utilities Commission average salary is 60 percent higher than USA average and median salary is 65 percent higher than USA median salary.

In 2023, the top salary of $149,760 was awarded to Utilities Division Administrator Terri Carlock.