Georgia Code
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 15-16-20. Minimum Annual Salary; Increase; Operating Expenses

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Population Minimum Salary 0 — 5,999 $ 50,132.72 6,000 — 11,889 55,952.37 11,890 — 19,999 64,255.19 20,000 — 28,999 70,753.11 29,000 — 38,999 77,294.36 39,000 — 49,999 83,750.51 50,000 — 74,999 90,246.74 75,000 — 99,999 93,314.37 100,000 — 149,999 96,381.99 150,000 — 199,999 99,812.27 200,000 — 249,999 103,266.39 250,000 — 299,999 113,005.67 300,000 — 399,999 126,199.09 400,000 — 499,999 131,099.43 500,000 or more 136,011.72
History. Ga. L. 1971, p. 380, § 1; Ga. L. 1975, p. 521, § 1; Ga. L. 1979, p. 1248, § 1; Ga. L. 1980, p. 550, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1267, §§ 1-3; Ga. L. 1984, p. 519, § 1; Ga. L. 1984, p. 783, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 430, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 837, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 440, § 2; Ga. L. 1988, p. 931, § 3; Ga. L. 1989, p. 801, § 3; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1478, § 6; Ga. L. 1994, p. 620, § 5; Ga. L. 1998, p. 1159, § 14; Ga. L. 2001, p. 902, § 12; Ga. L. 2006, p. 568, § 8/SB 450; Ga. L. 2009, p. 745, § 1/SB 97; Ga. L. 2012, p. 446, § 2-16/HB 642; Ga. L. 2019, p. 1015, § 6/SB 171; Ga. L. 2020, p. 526, § 3/SB 295; Ga. L. 2021, p. 75, § 1/HB 129.
The 2019 amendment, effective January 1, 2021, substituted “2010” for “2000” in the first sentence of paragraph (a)(1); modified the salary amounts in the minimum salary schedule in paragraph (a)(1); designated the existing provisions of paragraph (a)(2) as subparagraph (a)(2)(A); deleted “the amounts fixed in” following “The periodic changes in” at the beginning of the fourth sentence of subparagraph (a)(2)(A); and added subparagraph (a)(2)(B).
The 2020 amendment, effective January 1, 2021, rewrote subparagraph (a)(2)(B), which read: “Any cost-of-living or general performance-based increases that have been applied prior to January 1, 2021, shall cease to be applied. Effective January 1, 2021, any new cost-of-living or general performance-based increases shall be calculated as provided in this Code section.”
The 2021 amendment, effective April 1, 2021, substituted “83,750.51” for “79,762.39” in the minimum salary schedule in paragraph (a)(1).
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1988, “become effective” was substituted for “becomes effective” at the end of paragraph (a)(2).
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2020, paragraph (2) in the enrolled Act was changed to subparagraph (a)(2)(B) designation.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 1988, p. 931, § 5, not codified by the General Assembly, provided that this Code section applied to cost-of-living adjustments received by employees in the classified service of the state merit system after April 5, 1988.
Ga. 2019, p. 1015, § 6/SB 171, which amended this Code section, purported to amend all of subsection (a) in the directory language but failed to set out paragraph (a)(3).
Ga. L. 2012, p. 446, § 3-1/HB 642, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “Personnel, equipment, and facilities that were assigned to the State Personnel Administration as of June 30, 2012, shall be transferred to the Department of Administrative Services on the effective date of this Act.” This Act became effective July 1, 2012.
Ga. L. 2012, p. 446, § 3-2/HB 642, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “Appropriations for functions which are transferred by this Act may be transferred as provided in Code Section 45-12-90.

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