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Want to know salaries of Union County employees? Search this Observer database.

Union County employs more than 110 people who earn at least $100,000. Search the data below to see how much county public employees make.
Union County employs more than 110 people who earn at least $100,000. Search the data below to see how much county public employees make. Tamia Boyd

Union County employs roughly 1,500 people — with attorneys, detention officers, dentists and librarians among them.

About 110 employees earn at least $100,000 and six make more than $200,000.

Here is how the salaries of workers break down by the highest average salary-earning departments as of February 2025.

County manager office: with 10 employees, pays an average salary of $136,000.

County attorney office: with 15 employees, pays an average salary of $118,000.

Economic development department: with three employees, pays an average salary of $116,600.

Tax administration office: with two employees, pays an average salary of $111,000.

Search the database below to view the salaries of all Union County employees.

Gavin Off
The Charlotte Observer
Gavin Off was previously the Charlotte Observer’s data reporter, since 2011. He also worked as a data reporter at the Tulsa World and at Scripps Howard News Service in Washington, D.C. His journalism, including his data analysis and reporting for the investigative series Big Poultry, won multiple national journalism awards.
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