LOCAL GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE PAY

Know your numbers.

Retain your best talent, recruit the rest.

The Spring 2024 Report Includes Compensation Data from More than 1,000 Local Governments

1,000+

Cities

$2.0+

Billion in Wages

12,000+

Jobs Included

Order the Spring 2024 City Compensation Executive Bundle to receive access to the City Manager Contract Report for 2024

City Compensation gives you unparalleled access to nationwide local government leadership compensation data

Benchmark your compensation against more than 1,000 cities across the country

Ensure your best leaders receive top-in-class compensation

Communicate with your Governing Body about the market for executive compensation in local government

Improve your ability to recruit key executives

Obtain best-in-class compensation data for all department head or higher positions

The Spring 2024 Report reveals compensation for more than 20 common leadership positions; including the following positions:

725 City Manager/Administrators
300 Deputy City Managers
620 Assistant City Managers
670 City Clerks
750 Police Chiefs
620 Fire Chiefs
730 Public Works Directors
385 City Attorneys

750 Finance Directors
690 Human Resources Directors
730 Planning / Development Directors
530 Information Technology Directors
580 Parks and Recreation Directors
250 Economic Development Directors
260 Library Directors
200 Engineering Directors

Compensate

We track local government executive compensation, new hires, and retirements across the United States.

It is critical to offer competitive compensation to retain your best and recruit the rest.

With data collected from more than 1,000 cities from across the United States, the Spring 2024 Local Government Executive Compensation Report is the authoritative tool to ensure your local government executive compensation package is meeting your goals.

The report gives you access to data by multiple factors, such as region, population groupings, and even highlights key trends for 20 metro areas.

The report quickly helps you identify issues in your current compensation structure, as well as help you find communities to source candidates from. Order our Local Government Compensation Executive Bundle to receive twice-per-year data updates to ensure you design a proactive compensation strategy.

Two Packages to Choose From

Package 1: City Compensation Local Government Executive Compensation Report

Access to our Spring 2024 Local Government Executive Compensation Report (PDF Report delivered via email)
Report includes more than 12,000 positions included from more than 1,000 cities
Report Sections with geographic and population breakdown
30-day-money back guarantee if you are dissatisfied with your order.

Package 2: City Compensation Executive Bundle

Includes all features in Package 1, plus the following:
Proprietary Analysis of Your City’s Compensation Plan. This report dives deep into your city’s rank among your peers and more than 1,000 cities across the country. The report takes each of your leadership positions and indexes your specific pay against state, regional, and national compensation. From this report, you can know each of your leadership position's rank among comparable positions within your region, population grouping, or even across the nation as a whole. Report delivery via PDF within seven days of purchase.
City Manager Contracts in 2024 Report. This report includes a detailed analysis and rating of more than 250 active City Manager Contracts. Learn what other City Managers are including in their contracts including the prevalence of benefits, amount of fringe benefits, contract terms, severance provisions, and much more. Report will be published in March 2024 and delivery will be via email as a PDF.
30-day money-back guarantee if you are dissatisfied with your order.

PURCHASE OPTIONS

$ 1,795

Access to Spring 2024 Report delivered to your email as a PDF
Covers more than 1,000 Cities
Includes more than 12,000 department head and executive positions
Access compensation trends by region, population group, and metro area

$ 2,999

Access to the Local Government Executive Report via PDF
Covers more than 1,000 Cities
Proprietary Analysis of Your City’s Leadership Compensation Plan
Access to 2024 City Manager Contract Report
Access to digital library of more than 250 City Manager Contracts

Best Value

Report purchase is for a single organization license. If you are a executive search consultant and wish to license the data for multiple clients, please contact us at bradley@citycompensation.com for license pricing and terms.

What other City Managers Say

“I used the report to price an upcoming recruitment for an Economic Development Director position. My proposed compensation was at least 15% low and likely would have impacted the quality of candidates.”

“The depth of this data is so far beyond anything our compensation analyst has access to. It saves us so much time and gives us confidence to make decisions for our leadership.”

“I used the City Compensation report to independently show the City Council that our city needed to adjust our Department Head compensation strategy.”

“I used the City Manager Contract Report to support my contract negotiations and was able to increase both my salary and my fringe benefits by more than $50,000 per year.”