When municipal officials are working to make sure that their government is an attractive place for prospective employees to work, one of the most critical questions is what job seekers could earn at another municipality. The Municipal Association of SC offers a Municipal Compensation Survey to help cities and towns compare their compensation to other municipalities around South Carolina, and the newest data report is now available online.
Each year, the Association seeks salary data from municipalities to include in the report. The data covers numerous job categories, from administration to elected officials, engineering, fire and police, parks and recreation, and public works and utilities. While the survey is a valuable reference tool, it should not substitute for a full class and compensation study commissioned by a city.
Website users can generate customized reports through the survey, like narrowing the survey results down to information for municipalities of a particular population range or specific job positions. Reports can also include the number of full-time employees of a particular city or its annual payroll. Other search functions include salary ranges, merit-raise minimums or maximums, or the range of a cost-of-living adjustment. Users can also export all of the compensation survey data into Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, or download the entire compensation survey report as a PDF.