How much do city and town employees in the Triangle make? Check our updated list
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From more than 4,000 workers in Raleigh to less than 100 in Wendell, Triangle towns and cities employ thousands of people to run our local governments.
Firefighters, police officers, clerks, groundskeepers and administrators are just a few of the positions that the public funds with their tax dollars.
Our priority is to make the workings of public agencies more transparent. Among the public records we regularly retrieve are employees’ salaries. For many years, we have published state government employee salaries.
Search local city and town employees’ salary below.
The information was requested and received from local municipalities from January through March. Some caveats: The data excludes public school employees. It contains only employees’ base annual salary, not compensation from overtime, bonuses or other types of additional pay.
This story was originally published April 7, 2026 at 5:15 AM.
