Tarrant County employees, elected officials will get salary increases, merit raises
Tarrant County commissioners approved salary increases and merit raises for elected officials and county employees by a 3-0 vote Tuesday.
Commissioners Roy Charles Brooks and Alisa Simmons were absent.
The changes will give elected officials in Tarrant County a 3% pay increase. The county’s four commissioners make $201,895, and county judge Tim O’Hare makes $211,895. Commissioners will now make $207,952 and O’Hare will make $218,252.
County employees who don’t work in law enforcement and make below their department’s hire-in rate will receive an increase up to that rate. County employees might also see merit raises of up to 6%.
Employees who have been reclassified, meaning their job duties have changed to the point they qualify for a new salary grade, could receive a 5% salary increases or an increase to the hire-in rate, depending on which is greater.
Law enforcement employees who make between $35,776 and $115,086.40 a year and work in confinement will receive a 3% increase, and those in that same range who work in operations will get a 7% salary increase. Captains and above who have salaries starting at $159,393.26 a year will get a 7% pay increase.
Salary increases will take effect Oct. 1. Merit raises will go into effect Jan. 1, 2024.
Last year, county employees received 4% pay increases and 3% merit raises. They received $4,900 retention payments funded through the American Rescue Plan.
Commissioners will hold budget hearings at 9 a.m. Aug. 10 and Aug. 11 in the Tarrant County administration building’s commissioners courtroom downtown. The Commissioners Court, which typically meets the first and third Tuesday of the month, will also meet Aug. 29 as it prepares the county’s new budget.
