We already compared salaries for City manager and assistant to the City manager (ATCM) Ryan “Dwight Schrute” Ward. We find them to be overpaid by roughly 35%.
Now let’s look at police chief. If this “4% raise for everyone” goes through,his salary will be $107,374(up from $81,540 in 2019). Let’s take a look at some other cities close to our size and see what THEY pay their chiefs.
Burnet, TX: $73,544 (right down the street…similar population)
Gatesville, TX: $82,306 (population 16,000 – over 2x Lampasas)
Los Fresnos, TX: $71,124 (population 8,250 – comparable to Lampasas)
Hitchcock, TX: $71,524 (population 7,400 – comparable to Lampasas)
Keene, TX: $98,618 (population 6,500 – comparable to Lampasas)
Jasper, TX: $98,112 (population 7,500 – comparable to Lampasas)
Cuero, TX: $89,833 (population 8,150 – comparable to Lampasas)
River Oaks, TX: $89,774 (population 7,300 – comparable to Lampasas)