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Published on Aug 10, 2022

2022 Salary and Benefit Survey results are in

Contact: Matt Doumit

In late July, AWC announced that the 2022 Salary and Benefit Survey results are now available. We were pleased to have an overall participation of rate of 87% of all cities and counties. 244 of the state’s 281 cities and towns and 35 of 39 counties provided data for the survey this year. The annual Salary and Benefits survey is an excellent resource for local governments to compare compensation packages and look at aggregate city employment data for a wide range of city job types, city sizes, and regions.

Thank you to all who participated.

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