{"id":16484,"date":"2021-10-29T18:57:05","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T22:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=16484"},"modified":"2021-10-29T18:57:14","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T22:57:14","slug":"city-salaries-money-money-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2021\/10\/29\/city-salaries-money-money-money\/","title":{"rendered":"City Salaries&#8230;&#8230;Money, Money, Money"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The number of employees at the City of Lakeland in the year 2020 was 2485. The average annual salary was $58,462 and the median salary was $55,147. The city of Lakeland&#8217;s average salary is 25 percent higher than the USA average and the median salary is 27 percent higher than the USA median.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Money-Money-Money.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Money-Money-Money.jpg 512w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Money-Money-Money-300x199.jpg 300w\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/govsalaries.com\/salaries\/FL\/city-of-lakeland?year=2020\">https:\/\/govsalaries.com\/salaries\/FL\/city-of-lakeland?year=2020<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why does the COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR make more money than anyone in a Police Department???&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why isn&#8217;t Mayor Mutz&#8217;s salary listed???\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vote out Mutz on Nov 2!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is no transparency currently with this mayor who overpays his personal staff!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"561\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screenshot_20211029-181053_DuckDuckGo-561x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"16486\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screenshot_20211029-181053_DuckDuckGo-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?attachment_id=16486\" class=\"wp-image-16486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screenshot_20211029-181053_DuckDuckGo-561x1024.jpg 561w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screenshot_20211029-181053_DuckDuckGo-164x300.jpg 164w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screenshot_20211029-181053_DuckDuckGo-768x1402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screenshot_20211029-181053_DuckDuckGo-842x1536.jpg 842w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screenshot_20211029-181053_DuckDuckGo-1122x2048.jpg 1122w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screenshot_20211029-181053_DuckDuckGo-scaled.jpg 1403w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 561px) 100vw, 561px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"541\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screenshot_20211029-181535_DuckDuckGo-541x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"16487\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screenshot_20211029-181535_DuckDuckGo-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?attachment_id=16487\" class=\"wp-image-16487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screenshot_20211029-181535_DuckDuckGo-541x1024.jpg 541w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screenshot_20211029-181535_DuckDuckGo-159x300.jpg 159w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screenshot_20211029-181535_DuckDuckGo-768x1453.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screenshot_20211029-181535_DuckDuckGo-812x1536.jpg 812w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screenshot_20211029-181535_DuckDuckGo-1083x2048.jpg 1083w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screenshot_20211029-181535_DuckDuckGo-scaled.jpg 1353w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The number of employees at the City of Lakeland in the year 2020 was 2485. 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