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Kiowa County Annual Salary List Fiscal Year 2022

Kiowa County Courthouse in Eads, Colorado. © Chris Sorensen

Kiowa County Annual Salary List Fiscal Year 2022

PURSUANT TO CRS 30-25-111, et. seq., the following is a list of Annual Salaries paid by Kiowa County 
Board of County Commissioners for the year ending December 31, 2022, as follows to-wit:
 
HOUSE BILL 07-1187, Salary information for all county employees and officials shall be published
twice annually.  The second publication shall be in February and shall list each employee by title, along 
with the total amount of gross salary paid to such employee during the prior calendar year.
 

TITLE              GROSS SALARY      
 
Equipment Operator         35,076.49
Equipment Operator         29,264.74
Equipment Operator         35,226.49
Equipment Operator      27,466.62
Equipment Operator      33,974.96
Equipment Operator      27,961.42
Equipment Operator      24,533.08
Road Foreman - District 3      41,765.85
Equipment Operator      35,764.68
Road Foreman - District 1      41,483.74
Office Assistant          25,223.35
Equipment Operator      34,502.56
Administrator          42,878.56
Coroner                9,555.00
Maintenance             2,750.80
Clerk Office Assistant        7,210.79
Extension Administrative Assistant  30,427.02
Emergency Mgt. Coordinator       31,620.55
Treasurer Elect          42,147.00
Public Trustee            1,098.05
Sheriff              49,365.96
Maintenance            8,376.24
Courthouse Security Officer      38,412.36
Maintenance          37,725.40
Maintenance          23,856.72
Maintenance            1,730.58
Commissioner - Dist 1      35,237.04
Haswell Sr. Coordinator (part-time)  4,227.03
Sheriff Office Manager      21,958.58
Deputy Sheriff          38,189.98
Clerk Deputy           12,817.60
Clerk Deputy           18,324.02
Assessor              42,147.00
Office Assistant            4,525.53
Undersheriff          49,905.45
Deputy Sheriff          41,826.68
Landfill Operator          33,474.65
Commissioner -  District 3      35,237.04
Finance Officer          29,667.00
Maintenance            2,033.20
Commissioner - District 2      33,717.60
Veteran Officer            9,493.75
Transit Van Driver (part-time)       8,319.71
Landfill Manager          38,734.20
Haswell Sr. Coordinator (part-time) 839.34
Deputy Sheriff          22,598.06
Clerk Deputy          30,717.00
Deputy Sheriff          31,484.48
Senior Citizens Coordinator        5,286.04
Treasurer Deputy          29,867.00
Clerk & Recorder          42,147.00
Transit Van Driver (part-time)        2,455.10
Assessor Deputy          30,067.00
Deputy Sheriff          17,472.92
Deputy Sheriff          14,087.23
Area Extension Agent Salaries     26,674.41
District Attorney Salaries and Fringes  32,237.04
                        State Share      County Share
Child & Adult Protection Worker 40,120.28        34,102.24          6,018.04
Eligibility Technician      33,571.00              28,535.35          5,035.65
Office Manager          29,120.26              24,752.22          4,368.04
Child & Adult Protection /Lead Worker  52,512.08          44,635.27          7,876.81
Social Service Director      66,681.56              56,679.33                      10,002.23
                Totals                         154,602.17                          27,282.74
Public Health office manager      31,650.22
Public Health office manager      11,865.25
CMG Coordinator          59,194.32
GRAND TOTAL                   $1,789,882.66
            BENEFITS
 Health / H.S.A.                         565,692.65
 Life                  1134.84
Workers Comp          49,483.00
Unemployment            1,908.29
Retirement          42,938.85
FICA                             114,872.54
                             776,030.17
The countywide average percentage of salary that is paid in addition to regular wages as fringe benefits is 43%.   
Fringe benefits include medical and life insurance, retirement, unemployment insurance, workers compensation, and employer's share of FICA.  85% of Social Services salaries are reimbursed by
federal/state to the county.  No fringes are paid on Extension Agents by the county.  District Attorney's office fringes are paid to the office of the District Attorney and are included in their salaries.
 
The above report is published under the direction of the Board of Kiowa County Commissioners.
Christina M. Adamson, County Administrator
 
Published:  02/15/2023
Published February 17, 2023
In the Kiowa County Press