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Who are top earners among Cabarrus County employees? Observer salary list has answers

The 25 best-paid county employees all make more than $130,000, data show. Search the highest-paid employees below.
The 25 best-paid county employees all make more than $130,000, data show. Search the highest-paid employees below. Cabarrus County

Cabarrus County Deputy County Manager Kelly Sifford tops the list of best-paid county employees at $224,349 annually, according to March data.

Other top-paid employees include the chief information officer, assistant county manager and sheriff.

Below are Cabarrus County’s 25 highest earners as of March 2025.

To see the salaries of all Cabarrus County employees, click here.

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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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