The 2025 AWC Salary & Benefit Survey (SBS) is scheduled to go through May 2, so cities, towns, and counties should work towards completing their submissions this week. Thanks to all of those that have already completed their submissions.

If you have questions about completing your city’s 2025 Salary & Benefit Survey, please reach out to us at research@awcnet.org or 1-800-562-8981. We are happy to help.

The long-running annual AWC Salary & Benefit Survey is a tool that has been an important part of AWC’s services for cities and towns (and our county partners) since the 1950s. It is a comprehensive survey of salaries and benefits provided to most city, town, and county employees. It is a great tool to help local governments determine wages and benefits for staff, and it is especially useful for local government budget writers and in collective bargaining.

AWC member cities and towns, Washington State Association of Counties member counties, and public sector AWC associate members get access to survey data and full access to our reporting dashboard (a great tool for working with the dataset). Non-members and private sector associate members can purchase access to the data and a more limited version of the reporting dashboard.

As of this writing, 92 cities, towns, and counties have already completed the 2025 SBS. We greatly appreciate all of the work that local government staff put into completing the survey each year. Thanks for contributing to this important tool! Look to see if your jurisdiction is one of them: