Gage County finalizes elected officials pay for the upcoming term

BEATRICE – The Gage County Board of Supervisors has set salary levels for county elected positions for the new four-year term to begin in January of 2027.  The resolution approved Wednesday, December 17^th, sets the starting pay level at $94,271 for the offices of elected assessor, clerk, treasurer, register of deeds and clerk of district court. 

Positions of deputies in elected offices will make 75-percent of the elected officials salaries….in most cases, $70,703.

The top paid elected official salaries starting in 2027 will be the county attorney, at nearly $141,400…and the sheriff, at $117,042. 

The county surveyor position will start in 2027, at $28,729. 

Pay increases are included in the salaries through the remaining three years of the elected term.  County elected officials receive a six percent pay increase in the second year of the term, and then five-percent and four-percent increases in the remaining two years. 

Gage County Board members, starting in 2027, will be paid a salary of nearly $34,705.   The board Chairman will make nearly $40,503…..while the Vice-Chairman will be paid $36,154.

All Gage County elected officials and deputies are eligible to receive health insurance and a retirement plan.

By state law, counties are required to set salary levels for the elected positions no later than January 15^th during the year of a general election for the offices.