Data Point - NH County employee pay vs resident income - Granite Grok

Data Point – NH County employee pay vs resident income

County Government employee pay vs resident incomeCool interactive map for data wonks over at the Washington Examiner – they went thru pretty much every county in the country and mapped out how the County level employees did against those that they serve with respect to incomes.  Of course, California had the biggest gaps between the two with county government employees sometimes making 200% (on average) more than the residents in that county – or more.  NH did pretty well in that, IMHO, government pay levels , +/- a tad, are in line with the earnings of taxpayers that are paying for that Government.

I clicked on the map to zoom in on NH to check out each county:

 

Belknap, N.H.

Gov. worker makes compared to median working resident: 105%
Average government salary: $44,530
Median salary for working resident: $42,051
Employees: 219
Population: 60,088
Residents per employee 274
Annual payroll: $9,534,972

Carroll, N.H.

Gov. worker makes compared to median working resident: 109%
Average government salary: $40,398
Median salary for working resident: $37,039
Employees: 235
Population: 47,818
Residents per employee 203
Annual payroll: $7,848,852

Cheshire, N.H.

Gov. worker makes compared to median working resident: 82%
Average government salary: $34,306
Median salary for working resident: $41,592
Employees: 405
Population: 77,117
Residents per employee 190
Annual payroll: $13,814,304

Coos, N.H.

Gov. worker makes compared to median working resident: 110%
Average government salary: $41,016
Median salary for working resident: $37,057
Employees: 319
Population: 33,055
Residents per employee 103
Annual payroll: $11,220,420

Grafton, N.H.

Gov. worker makes compared to median working resident: 101%
Average government salary: $41,968
Median salary for working resident: $41,182
Employees: 334
Population: 89,118
Residents per employee 266
Annual payroll: $13,677,636

Hillsborough, N.H.

Gov. worker makes compared to median working resident: 90%
Average government salary: $45,201
Median salary for working resident: $50,008
Employees: 589
Population: 400,721
Residents per employee 680
Annual payroll: $26,574,432

Rockingham, N.H.

Gov. worker makes compared to median working resident: 87%
Average government salary: $46,870
Median salary for working resident: $53,517
Employees: 639
Population: 295,223
Residents per employee 462
Annual payroll: $29,406,696

Strafford , N.H.

Gov. worker makes compared to median working resident: 83%
Average government salary: $38,199
Median salary for working resident: $45,585
Employees: 473
Population: 123,143
Residents per employee 260
Annual payroll: $18,441,720

Sullivan, N.H.

Gov. worker makes compared to median working resident: 83%
Average government salary: $33,533
Median salary for working resident: $40,365
Employees: 199
Population: 43,742
Residents per employee 219
Annual payroll: $6,823,260

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