Georgia Code
Article 3 - Costs and Compensation
§ 15-9-63. Schedule of Minimum Salaries

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Population Minimum Salary 0 — 5,999 $ 35,576.65 6,000 — 11,889 48,856.63 11,890 — 19,999 55,344.71 20,000 — 28,999 59,296.04 29,000 — 38,999 63,247.38 39,000 — 49,999 67,203.60 50,000 — 74,999 75,327.48 75,000 — 99,999 80,855.58 100,000 — 149,999 86,381.94 150,000 — 199,999 92,237.91 200,000 — 249,999 100,722.08 250,000 — 299,999 109,336.93 300,000 — 399,999 120,695.99 400,000 — 499,999 125,596.32 500,000 or more 130,496.72
History. Ga. L. 1974, p. 455, § 1; Ga. L. 1978, p. 1953, § 1; Ga. L. 1980, p. 551, § 1; Ga. L. 1981, p. 518, § 1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 482, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 932, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 440, § 2.1; Ga. L. 1988, p. 931, § 2; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1478, § 3; Ga. L. 1994, p. 620, § 3; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1231, § 2; Ga. L. 1998, p. 1159, § 9; Ga. L. 1999, p. 765, § 1; Ga. L. 2001, p. 902, § 4; Ga. L. 2006, p. 568, § 3/SB 450; Ga. L. 2009, p. 745, § 1/SB 97; Ga. L. 2012, p. 446, § 2-12/HB 642; Ga. L. 2014, p. 395, § 2/SB 341; Ga. L. 2019, p. 1015, § 3/SB 171; Ga. L. 2020, p. 493, § 15/SB 429; Ga. L. 2020, p. 526, § 2/SB 295.
The 2019 amendment, effective January 1, 2021, in paragraph (a)(1), in the first sentence, substituted “provision of law” for “laws” near the beginning, and substituted “2010” for “2000” in the middle, substituted “the county” for “his or her county” in the second sentence, and modified the salary amounts in the minimum salary schedule; 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 amendments. —
The first 2020 amendment, effective July 29, 2020, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, revised punctuation twice in subparagraph (a)(2)(A) and substituted “performance based” for “performance-based” twice in paragraph (a)(2)(B). The second 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.”
Cross references.
Further provisions regarding compensation of judges of probate court, § 15-1-12 .
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2020, the designation of paragraph (a)(2) was changed to subparagraph (a)(2)(B).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2020, p. 493, § 54(e)/SB 429, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, effective July 29, 2020, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “In the event of an irreconcilable conflict between a provision in Sections 1 through 53 of this Act and a provision of another Act enacted at the 2020 regular session of the General Assembly, the provision of such other Act shall control over the conflicting provision in Sections 1 through 53 of this Act to the extent of the conflict.” Accordingly, the amendments to subparagraph (a)(2)(B) of Code Section 15-9-63 by Ga. L. 2020, p. 493, § 15(8)/SB 429, were not given effect.

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