Here are top salaries for city of Chattanooga government. They do not include planned upcoming pay increases.

Russell Bean city judge $140,000
Sherry Paty city judge $140,000
Ron Littlefield mayor $137,488
Dan Johnson mayor's chief of staff $117,488
Randy Nelson city attorney $112,408
Freeman Cooper chief of police $111,744
Daisy Madison chief finance officer $111,744
Donna Kelley personnel director $106,686
Bernadine Turner human services director $106,686

Beverly Johnson neighborhood services director $106,242
Steve Leach public works administrator $106,242
Larry Zehnder parks and recreation director $103,746
Mark Keil chief information officer $102,872
Missy Crutchfield education arts and culture administrator $98,470
Wendell Rowe fire chief $97,731
Jerry Stewart waste resources director $95,245
Lee Norris public works deputy administrator $93,340
Paul Page director of general services $90,990
Anita Ebersole deputy to the mayor $90,176
John Van Winkle traffic engineer $89,526
Donna Ginn Head Start/PCC manager $87,546
Stan Sewell director of internal audit $86,141
Susan Dubose personnel deputy administrator $84,3902
Bill Payne city engineer $83,805
Vickie Haley assistant financial officer $82,717
Gary Hilbert director of codes and inspection $82,636
James Templeton director of citywide services $82,636
Brian Smart manager of financial operations $82,193
Mark Rawlston executive police chief $82,193
Alice Cannella plant superintendent $81,898
Kenneth Kitchen deputy chief information officer $81,898
Fredia Kitchen budget officer $80,878
Carol O'Neal clerk to City Council $79,968
Anothony Sammons deputy administrator $79,116
Jeffrey Claxton risk manager $77,357
Jacqueline Strong Moss director of multi-cultural affairs $77,250
Michael Williams deputy police chief $77,150
Kelvin Flint deputy fire chief $76,571
Gregory Albritton assistant city engineer $75,747
Jana Lowery application systems manager $75,598
Geneva Stubbs multi-disciplinary team manager $75,394
Randy Burns management analyst $75,224
Bette Bishop telecommunications manager $74,269
Steven Faulkner manager IS support systems $74,268
Priscilla Simmons accounting supervisor $73,838
Gene Settles purchasing agent $72,363
Bobby Dodd deputy police chief $71,024
Jeannie Snyder deputy police chief $71,024
Randall Parker deputy fire chief $70,941
John Wall assistant traffic engineer $70,455
Ariel Soriano engineering project manager $70,322
Sherry Hutsell multi-disciplinary team manager $70,119
Sandra Gober manager economic and community development $70,119
Bobby Saylors director of recreation $69,583
Robert Jolley program analyst $68,548
Brian Kiesche fleet manager $68,548
Nancy Nason program analyst $68,548
David Santos system and data specialist $68,548
Diedra Smith program analyst $68,548
Mary Kown treasurer $67,689
Susan James multi-disciplinary team manager $67,328
Kevin Brady director of parks $66,803
Stanley Caldwell Maffett captain $66,118
Steve Hargis manager codes and neighborhood relations $65,708
Sara Thompson CPTR specialist $64,738
Denny Malone Jr. engineering project manager $64,465
Lee Starnes design review engineer $64,465
Keith Curtis stormwater manager $64,465
Mounir Minkara water quality manager $64,465
James Neeley Jr. plant maintenance supervisor $64,081
Bruce Garner senior manager media relations $64,021
Charles Edward Nichols Jr. tactical services chief $63,923
Vivian Hixson police captain $63,777
William Brewer manager traffic control $63,284
Gene Hyde municipal forester $63,284
Bruce Keown general services database specialist $62,248
William Knox battalion chief $61,737
Tony Boyd superintendent street construction $61,535
Preciosa Goduco accountant senior $61,523
Simone White budget analyst senior $61,523
Jeff Francis police captain $61,435
Tommie Pruitt deputy administrator $61,261
Juliette Thornton manager planning and program development $61,243
Gary Jackson construction program supervisor $60,921
Malcolm Grier superintendent sewer C&M $60,651
Arnold Hooper electronics supervisor $60,650
Edward Taylor Jr. golf course director $60,650
Rayburn Hall plant operations supervisor of liquids $60,416
James Haney, fire marshal $59,679
Randy Jacks resource chief $59,553
Ruben Shields Jr. battalion chief $59,553
Tracy Arnold captain $59,095
Ricky Roberts senior shop supervisor $59,015
Lisa Culver lead auditor $59,095
Artie Prichard deputy purchasing agent $58,965
Michael Carraher lieutenant $58,772
Patricia Lively fiscal officer $58,357
Dallas Rucker Jr. chief building official $58,278
Richard Hutsell zoning and sign official $58,018
Debra Mikel technical information center manager $58,018
Shirley Crownover assistant clerk to City Council $58,004
Wayne Kestilia network manager $57,621
James Wilkes Jr. battalion chief $57,367
James Adams training chief $57,367
Michael Baronavski battalion chief $57,367
James Moore battalion chief $57,367
Michael Hicks internal auditor $57,280
Donald Arp chief plumbing inspector $57,107
Volney Farned III programmer senior $57,107
Timothy Taylor programmer senior $57,107
Michael Patrick waste resources system engineer $56,925
Chris Haley budget analyst $56,753
Randall Ray budget analyst $56,753
Stanley Allen lieutenant $56,691
Michael Mathis lieutenant $56,691
Ken Neblette lieutenant $56,691
David Streip lieutenant $56,691
Susan Blaine lieutenant $56,691
Alan Chance lieutenant $56,691
Randy Dunn lieutenant $56,691
Sandra Coulter manager civic facilities $56,656
Brian Lessman plant operation supervisor solids $56,248
Jaime Lacey registered dietician $55,900
Mickey Park programmer analyst $55,386
John Lyons superintendent landfill $55,386
William Neighbors Jr. operations coordinator $55,386
Ben Biggs battalion chief $55,181
Beverly McKeldin director of CC programs $54,976
Donald Tiller programmer senior $54,919
Richard Morris chief building inspector $54,919
Jean Smith, class/comp analyst $54,919
Gary Young chief maintenance mechanic $54,919
Clarence Williams cultural arts specialist $54,918
Cecil Barber fire captain $54,761
Ronald Barrows fire captain $54,761
Ronald Boyd fire captain $54,761
Donald Davis fire captain $54,761
Donald Eaves fire captain $54,761
Michael Gasaway fire captain $54,761
Stanley Hales fire captain $54,761
Marilyn Henry fire captain $54,761
Andre Hicks fire captain $54,761
Lewis Laferry fire captain $54,761
Freddy Leamon fire captain $54,761
James Manis fire captain $54,761
Charles McMillian fire captain $54,761
William Melhorn Jr. fire captain $54,761
Kenneth Moses fire captain $54,761
James Scoggins fire captain $54,761
Ralph Sparks fire captain $54,761
James Spurling fire captain $54,761
James Whitmire fire investigator $54,761
Anthony Williams staff officer $54,761
Norman Williams fire captain $54,761
Bruce Williford fire captain $54,761
Robert Dixon staff officer $54,760
Jody Houstrup fire captain $54,760
Timothy Hustad fire captain $54,760
Brian Cotter lieutenant $54,613
Tom Kennedy lieutenant $54,613
James Carroll lieutenant $54,613
Bobby Rodgers lieutenant $54,613
John Ford fiscal officer $54,545
Karen Turner system and database specialist $54,489
Donna Stone assistant administrator for administration, planning $54,277
Ronald O'Rear special services manager $53,909
Jamileh Zurkiya accountant senior $53,848
Darde Long zoo supervisor $53,848
Michele Bostwick mental health consultant $53,690
Kathy Ingle education coordinator $53,681
Edward Bowen engineering designer $53,293
Robert McGee fiscal coordinator $53,293
Joachim Volz fiscal coordinator $53,293
Victor Furrate IT project leader $53,193
Marty Hawkins hydraulic engineer $53,183
Fred Sewell operations chief $52,998
David Anderson staff officer $52,998
Clifford Bryant Jr. fire captain $52,953
William Dautrich Jr. fire captain $52,953
Edward Davis fire captain $52,953
Jeffery Eldridge fire captain $52,953
Ronald Farris fire captain $52,953
Marvin Hudgins fire captain $52,953
Raymond Moore fire captain $52,953
Charles Patton fire captain $52,953
David Pemberton fire captain $52,953
Richard Phillips fire captain $52,953
David Powell fire captain $52,953
Lisa Roberson fire captain $52,953
Mark Shook fire captain $52,953
Stephen Swanson fire captain $52,953
Marcus Wolff fire captain $52,953
Mark Timon network engineer $52,730
Don Fowlkes chief electrical inspector $52,730
Charles Russell lieutenant $52,534
David Woosley liuetenant $52,533
Sarah Schenck assistant treasurer $52,311
Latoya Jones internal auditor $52,310
Darryl Sheppard system and database specialist $52,225
Paul Patterson quality control manager $51,512
Kirk Eidson sergeant $51,419
Carter Franks sergeant $51,419
Thomas Guthrie sergeant $51,419
James Massengale Jr. sergeant $51,419
Thomas McKinney sergeant $51,419
Bryan Moody Jr. sergeant $51,419
Patrick O'Brien sergeant $51,419
Mary Katherine St. Clair sergeant $51,419
James Appugliese Jr. sergeant $51,419
Sully Batts sergeant $51,419
Jeffrey Clarke sergeant $51,419
Alec Conner sergeant $51,419
Douglas Elliott sergeant $51,419
Francene Fleming sergeant $51,419
David Frye sergeant $51,419
Mark Haskins sergeant $51,419
Anderson Hass sergeant $51,419
Nealie Hogg Jr. sergeant $51,419
James Keef III sergeant $51,419
Charles McCrary sergeant $51,419
Steve Miller sergeant $51,419
Richard Otis sergeant $51,419
Robert Simpson sergeant $51,419
Lee Stewart sergeant $51,419
Davis Stone sergeant $51,419
Wilford Ford ISS project coordinator $51,387
Walter Meyer Jr. fire and police recruitment supervisor $51,387
Dannis Schiavon facilities superintendent $51,387
John Scruggs chief plant operator $51,387
Gary Skidmore chief plant operator $51,387
Thomas Trotter traffic signal designer $51,387
Jerry Wilkerson general supervisor senior $51,387
Douglas Kelley personnel records specialist $51,251
Orlando Lourenco manager Champion's Club $51,251
Vivian Lowery assistant to police chief $51,251
Robert Quinn Jr. engineering designer $51,251
Raymond Robinson business coordinator $51,250
Kenneth Atkins fire captain $51,147
Larry Barie fire captain $51,147
Fredrick Blake fire captain $51,147
Rictor Craig fire captain $51,147
Roulos Davis fire captain $51,147
James Hanes fire captain $51,147
Johnny Millsaps fire captain $51,147
Benita Owens fire captain $51,147
Charles Patterson fire captain $51,147
Leston Rorex fire captain $51,147
Jackson Bennett Jr. traffic electronic supervisor $50,970
Tyrone Newson traffic control electrical supervisor $50,969
David Johnson deputy administrator $50,560
Joel Booth development omsbudsman $50,539
Eric Douglas infrastructure supervisor $50,539
Cynthia Gates area manager $50,539
Richard Beeland director of communications $50,485
Karen McMahon project manager wellness $50,239
Amanda Wojtalik veterinarian $50,000