§7-7-4. Compensation of elected county officials and county commissioners for each class of county; effective date.

(1) The increased salaries to be paid to the county commissioners and the other elected county officials described in this section on and after July 1, 2014, on and after July 1, 2022, and on and after July 1, 2026, are set out in subsections (2) and (4) of this section. Every county commissioner and elected county official in each county, whose term of office commenced prior to or on or after July 1, 2014, shall receive the same annual salary by virtue of legislative findings of extra duties as set forth in §7-7-1 of this code.

(2) Prior to July 1, 2014:

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Class I	$36,960
Class II	$36,300
Class III	$35,640
Class IV	$34,980
Class V	$34,320
Class VI	$28,380
Class VII	$27,720
Class VIII	$25,080
Class IX	$24,420
Class X	$19,800

After June 30, 2014:

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Class I	$41,395
Class II	$40,656
Class III	$39,917
Class IV	$39,178
Class V	$38,438
Class VI	$31,786
Class VII	$31,046
Class VIII	$28,090
Class IX	$27,350
Class X	$22,176

After June 30, 2022:

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Class I	$45,535
Class II	$44,722
Class III	$43,909
Class IV	$43,096
Class V	$42,282
Class VI	$34,965
Class VII	$34,151
Class VIII	$30,899
Class IX	$30,085
Class X	$24,394

After June 30, 2026:

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Class I	$47,812
Class II	$46,958
Class III	$46,104
Class IV	$45,251
Class V	$44,396
Class VI	$36,713
Class VII	$35,859
Class VIII	$32,444
Class IX	$31,589
Class X	$25,614

(3) For the purpose of determining the salaries to be paid to the elected county officials of each county, the salaries for each county office by class, set out in subsection (4) of this section, are established and shall be used by each county commission in determining the salaries of each of their county officials other than salaries of members of the county commission.

(4) Prior to July 1, 2014:

OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS

	Sheriff	County Clerk	Circuit Clerk	Assessor	Prosecuting Attorney
Class I	$44,880	$55,440	$55,440	$44,880	$96,600
Class II	$44,220	$54,780	$54,780	$44,220	$94,400
Class III	$43,890	$53,460	$53,460	$43,890	$92,200
Class IV	$43,560	$53,154	$53,154	$43,560	$90,000
Class V	$43,230	$52,800	$52,800	$43,230	$87,800
Class VI	$42,900	$49,500	$49,500	$42,900	$59,400
Class VII	$42,570	$48,840	$48,840	$42,570	$56,760
Class VIII	$42,240	$48,180	$48,180	$42,240	$54,120
Class IX	$41,910	$47,520	$47,520	$41,910	$50,160
Class X	$38,280	$42,240	$42,240	$38,280	$46,200

After June 30, 2014:

OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS

	Sheriff	County Clerk	Circuit Clerk	Assessor	Prosecuting Attorney
Class I	$50,266	$62,093	$62,093	$50,266	$108,192
Class II	$49,526	$61,354	$61,354	$49,526	$105,728
Class III	$49,157	$59,875	$59,875	$49,157	$103,264
Class IV	$48,787	$59,536	$59,536	$48,787	$100,800
Class V	$48,418	$59,136	$59,136	$48,418	$98,336
Class VI	$48,048	$55,440	$55,440	$48,048	$66,528
Class VII	$47,678	$54,701	$54,701	$47,678	$63,571
Class VIII	$47,309	$53,962	$53,962	$47,309	$60,614
Class IX	$46,939	$53,222	$53,222	$46,939	$56,179
Class X	$42,874	$47,309	$47,309	$42,874	$51,744

After June 30, 2022:

OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS

	Sheriff	County Clerk	Circuit Clerk	Assessor	Prosecuting Attorney
Class I	$56,793	$68,302	$68,302	$56,793	$119,011
Class II	$55,979	$67,489	$67,489	$55,979	$116,301
Class III	$55,573	$65,863	$65,863	$55,573	$113,590
Class IV	$55,166	$65,485	$65,485	$55,166	$110,880
Class V	$54,760	$65,050	$65,050	$54,760	$108,170
Class VI	$54,353	$60,984	$60,984	$53,853	$73,181
Class VII	$53,946	$60,171	$60,171	$53,446	$69,928
Class VIII	$53,540	$59,358	$59,358	$52,940	$66,675
Class IX	$53,133	$58,544	$58,544	$52,533	$61,797
Class X	$48,661	$52,040	$52,040	$47,811	$56,918

After June 30, 2026:

OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS

	Sheriff	County Clerk	Circuit Clerk	Assessor	Prosecuting Attorney
Class I	$59,633	$71,717	$71,717	$59,633	$124,962
Class II	$58,778	$70,863	$70,863	$58,778	$122,116
Class III	$58,352	$69,156	$69,156	$58,352	$119,270
Class IV	$57,924	$68,759	$68,759	$57,924	$116,424
Class V	$57,498	$68,303	$68,303	$57,498	$113,579
Class VI	$57,071	$64,033	$64,033	$56,546	$76,840
Class VII	$56,643	$63,180	$63,180	$56,118	$73,424
Class VIII	$55,167	$62,326	$62,326	$55,587	$70,009
Class IX	$55,790	$61,471	$61,471	$55,160	$64,887
Class X	$51,094	$54,642	$54,642	$50,202	$59,764

(5) Any county clerk, circuit clerk, county assessor, prosecuting attorney, or sheriff of a Class I through Class V county, inclusive, any assessor or any sheriff of a Class VI through Class IX county, inclusive, shall devote full time to his or her public duties to the exclusion of any other employment: Provided, That any public official whose term of office begins when his or her county’s classification imposes no restriction on his or her outside activities may not be restricted on his or her outside activities during the remainder of the term for which he or she is elected.