A Town Manager's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors.
Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location, skills
and company size
can directly affect your earning potential.
How Experience Level Affects Town Manager Salaries?
Experience is a primary driver of a Town Manager's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:
Salaries can also vary between different cities.
Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay.
Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:
San Jose: $115,316
San Francisco: $114,054
Oakland: $111,650
San Jose, CA$115,316
San Francisco, CA$114,054
Oakland, CA$111,650
New York, NY$105,267
Paramus, NJ$103,987
Queens Village, NY$103,983
Passaic, NJ$103,896
Bergenfield, NJ$103,888
Stamford, CT$103,687
Huntington, NY$103,649
Newark, NJ$102,974
Bridgeport, CT$102,781
Vallejo, CA$102,599
New Brunswick, NJ$102,562
Petaluma, CA$102,507
Middlesex, NJ$102,334
Somerset, NJ$102,270
Santa Cruz, CA$102,151
Boston, MA$101,593
Monterey, CA$101,272
Seattle, WA$101,063
Santa Rosa, CA$101,044
Los Angeles, CA$101,017
Juneau, AK$100,779
Washington, DC$100,679
Orange, CA$100,353
Santa Ana, CA$100,112
Long Beach, CA$100,020
Anaheim, CA$100,002
Anchorage, AK$99,956
Santa Maria, CA$99,682
Everett, WA$99,664
Danbury, CT$99,342
Bremerton, WA$99,216
Tacoma, WA$98,887
New Suffolk, NY$98,885
Sacramento, CA$98,859
Santa Barbara, CA$98,759
Trenton, NJ$98,658
San Diego, CA$98,658
Brockton, MA$98,558
Fairbanks, AK$98,334
Lompoc, CA$98,101
Lowell, MA$98,026
Ventura, CA$98,009
Nashua, NH$97,991
Stockton, CA$97,982
Modesto, CA$97,314
Poughkeepsie, NY$97,113
Olympia, WA$96,939
Kennewick, WA$96,939
New Haven, CT$96,903
Lawrence, MA$96,574
Hartford, CT$96,482
Riverside, CA$96,464
New Bedford, MA$96,373
Richland, WA$96,373
Bakersfield, CA$96,245
San Bernardino, CA$96,208
New Britain, CT$96,199
Atlantic City, NJ$96,199
New London, CT$96,162
Norwich, CT$96,135
Portsmouth, NH$96,117
Boulder, CO$95,923
Portland, OR$95,797
Worcester, MA$95,787
Minneapolis, MN$95,504
Philadelphia, PA$95,376
Honolulu, HI$95,074
Saint Paul, MN$95,030
Vineland, NJ$95,010
Providence, RI$94,745
Chicago, IL$94,480
Bellingham, WA$94,370
Springfield, MA$94,297
Baltimore, MD$94,270
Chico, CA$94,041
Pittsfield, MA$93,794
Manchester, NH$93,621
Spokane, WA$93,218
Denver, CO$93,209
Albany, NY$92,780
Troy, NY$92,743
Nassau, NY$92,645
Schenectady, NY$92,551
Wilmington, DE$92,478
Burlington, VT$92,350
Salem, OR$92,313
Portland, ME$92,030
Yakima, WA$91,938
Rochester, MN$91,655
Reno, NV$91,609
Fresno, CA$91,609
Milwaukee, WI$91,527
Detroit, MI$91,436
Ann Arbor, MI$91,420
Allentown, PA$91,408
Colorado Springs, CO$91,253
Syracuse, NY$91,207
Carson City, NV$91,207
Houston, TX$91,079
Eugene, OR$91,033
Gary, IN$90,924
Springfield, OR$90,850
Bismarck, ND$90,832
Galveston, TX$90,768
Medford, OR$90,631
Fort Collins, CO$90,594
Concord, NH$90,549
Austin, TX$90,521
Mesa, AZ$90,329
Reading, PA$90,320
Phoenix, AZ$90,311
Dallas, TX$90,284
Saint Cloud, MN$90,196
Madison, WI$90,073
Utica, NY$89,826
Rochester, NY$89,680
Des Moines, IA$89,671
Raleigh, NC$89,662
Atlanta, GA$89,525
Battle Creek, MI$89,497
Salt Lake City, UT$89,470
Lancaster, PA$89,333
Harrisburg, PA$89,205
Kansas City, MO$89,113
Champaign, IL$89,095
Kansas City, KS$89,095
Fort Worth, TX$89,086
Columbus, OH$89,070
Boca Raton, FL$89,049
Pittsburgh, PA$89,013
Richmond, VA$88,976
Indianapolis, IN$88,958
Cleveland, OH$88,949
Las Vegas, NV$88,839
Cincinnati, OH$88,839
Petersburg, VA$88,702
Huntsville, AL$88,565
Lansing, MI$88,503
Lebanon, PA$88,492
Pueblo, CO$88,482
Appleton, WI$88,455
Buffalo, NY$88,418
Dayton, OH$88,391
Racine, WI$88,373
Charlotte, NC$88,364
Saint Louis, MO$88,336
York, PA$88,281
Elkhart, IN$88,281
Gastonia, NC$88,264
Billings, MT$88,242
Beaumont, TX$88,217
Lorain, OH$88,199
Benton Harbor, MI$88,181
Toledo, OH$88,162
Binghamton, NY$88,117
Rock Hill, SC$88,108
Rockford, IL$88,062
Springfield, IL$88,025
Elyria, OH$88,016
Fargo, ND$88,016
Flagstaff, AZ$87,952
Fort Lauderdale, FL$87,897
Duluth, MN$87,842
Miami, FL$87,842
Cheyenne, WY$87,778
Grand Forks, ND$87,778
Bangor, ME$87,577
Cedar Rapids, IA$87,477
Durham, NC$87,438
Louisville, KY$87,431
Grand Rapids, MI$87,413
Hialeah, FL$87,404
Casper, WY$87,276
Scranton, PA$87,166
New Orleans, LA$87,139
Virginia Beach, VA$87,129
Akron, OH$87,084
Peoria, IL$86,965
Sarasota, FL$86,947
Nashville, TN$86,883
Omaha, NE$86,883
Green Bay, WI$86,883
Baton Rouge, LA$86,837
Charleston, SC$86,819
Jamestown, NY$86,773
Davenport, IA$86,773
Tucson, AZ$86,727
Saint Petersburg, FL$86,672
Tampa, FL$86,654
Evansville, IN$86,599
Port Arthur, TX$86,599
Bradenton, FL$86,563
Santa Fe, NM$86,398
Orlando, FL$86,233
Clearwater, FL$86,206
Canton, OH$86,014
La Crosse, WI$86,014
Albuquerque, NM$85,959
Newport News, VA$85,950
High Point, NC$85,923
Ogden, UT$85,886
Corpus Christi, TX$85,813
Norfolk, VA$85,758
Laramie, WY$85,758
Rock Island, IL$85,703
Saginaw, MI$85,685
Jacksonville, FL$85,676
Salisbury, NC$85,657
Boise, ID$85,639
Moline, IL$85,593
Fort Myers, FL$85,566
Memphis, TN$85,548
Tulsa, OK$85,502
Waterloo, IA$85,447
Spartanburg, SC$85,356
Lincoln, NE$85,310
Fort Wayne, IN$85,292
Provo, UT$85,283
Cedar Falls, IA$85,173
San Antonio, TX$85,136
Greensboro, NC$85,100
South Bend, IN$85,091
Savannah, GA$84,990
Muskegon, MI$84,953
Birmingham, AL$84,944
Winston Salem, NC$84,899
Lake Charles, LA$84,679
Anderson, IN$84,661
Lexington, KY$84,633
Augusta, GA$84,606
Greenville, SC$84,606
Lima, OH$84,533
Wichita, KS$84,524
Tuscaloosa, AL$84,524
Columbia, SC$84,441
Springfield, OH$84,423
Asheville, NC$84,277
Bloomington, IN$84,213
Knoxville, TN$83,884
Shreveport, LA$83,875
Wilmington, NC$83,756
Roanoke, VA$83,756
Topeka, KS$83,591
Frankfort, KY$83,581
Oklahoma City, OK$83,518
Chillicothe, OH$83,481
Longview, TX$83,472
Melbourne, FL$83,463
Sioux Falls, SD$83,317
Mobile, AL$83,308
Terre Haute, IN$83,271
Altoona, PA$83,216
Amarillo, TX$83,152
Killeen, TX$83,125
Fayetteville, AR$83,052
Chattanooga, TN$83,024
Sioux City, IA$82,942
Idaho Falls, ID$82,924
Lynchburg, VA$82,851
Gainesville, FL$82,732
Portsmouth, OH$82,686
Little Rock, AR$82,668
Lafayette, LA$82,631
Youngstown, OH$82,631
Daytona Beach, FL$82,576
Clarksville, TN$82,567
Pensacola, FL$82,558
Temple, TX$82,552
Hopkinsville, KY$82,284
Erie, PA$82,265
Florence, SC$82,229
Charleston, WV$82,083
Great Falls, MT$82,037
Macon, GA$81,909
Tallahassee, FL$81,900
Fayetteville, NC$81,881
Waco, TX$81,863
Helena, MT$81,799
Pine Bluff, AR$81,764
Vincennes, IN$81,653
Lubbock, TX$81,616
Alamogordo, NM$81,561
Twin Falls, ID$81,479
Rapid City, SD$81,452
Jackson, MS$81,287
Huntington, WV$81,281
Greenville, MS$81,278
Parkersburg, WV$81,185
Montgomery, AL$81,168
Wichita Falls, TX$81,077
Springfield, MO$81,077
Biloxi, MS$81,031
Monroe, LA$80,940
Johnstown, PA$80,876
Sumter, SC$80,839
Columbus, GA$80,830
Pascagoula, MS$80,656
Abilene, TX$80,656
Kingsport, TN$80,419
Albany, GA$80,419
Gulfport, MS$80,391
Alexandria, LA$80,090
Fort Smith, AR$79,861
El Paso, TX$79,614
Las Cruces, NM$79,203
Harlingen, TX$78,970
Pocatello, ID$78,956
Florence, AL$78,837
Brownsville, TX$78,819
Mcallen, TX$78,627
Dothan, AL$78,499
Columbus, MS$77,956
Altus, OK$77,530
Lawton, OK$77,356
Pierre, SD$77,027
What Skills Can Increase a Town Manager's Salary?
Demanded Skills for the Role:
Time Management (Mentioned in 4.96% Job Postings): Managing and setting priorities, goals, and timetables to boost productivity and efficiency in completing tasks.
Acute Care (Mentioned in 3.05% Job Postings): Acute care is a branch of secondary health care where a patient receives active but short-term treatment for a severe injury or episode of illness, an urgent medical condition, or during recovery from surgery. In medical terms, care for acute health conditions is the opposite from chronic care, or longer term care. Acute care services are generally delivered by teams of health care professionals from a range of medical and surgical specialties. Acute care may require a stay in a hospital emergency department, ambulatory surgery center, urgent care centre or other short-term stay facility, along with the assistance of diagnostic services, surgery, or follow-up outpatient care in the community. Hospital-based acute inpatient care typically has the goal of discharging patients as soon as they are deemed healthy and stable. Acute care settings include emergency department, intensive care, coronary care, cardiology, neonatal intensive care, and many general areas where the patient could become acutely unwell and require stabilization and transfer to another higher dependency unit for further treatment.
Credit Card (Mentioned in 1.53% Job Postings): A credit card is a type of credit facility, provided by banks that allow customers to borrow funds within a pre-approved credit limit.
Mastering certain specialized skills can lead to a significant increase in pay.
Here are examples of skills and the potential impact they can have on a Town Manager's salary.
Economics: Can increase your salary by up to 35%.
Strategic Planning: Can increase your salary by up to 35%.
Presentation: Can increase your salary by up to 30%.
Town Manager Salary by Industry: Top Paying Sectors
For Town Manager roles, the industry you choose can impact your earning potential
by as much as 40% (the gap between the highest and lowest paying industries).
Data shows that the highest-paying industry, Healthcare,
offers compensation 20% above the average. Conversely,
Town Manager positions in Edu., Gov't. & Nonprofit typically offer lower base pay,
as this sector often view Town Manager as a support function rather than a direct revenue driver.
The top paying industry for a Town Manager
Industry Sector
Average Annual Salary
Average Hourly Rate
Pay vs.Avg
Healthcare
$101,155
$49.0
20%
Town Manager Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay
Understanding how a Town Manager's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting.
Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role.
Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.
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