Teton BCC to raise elected-official pay to new state max starting Jan. 2027

Teton County commissioners are scheduled Tuesday, April 7, to approve a resolution increasing salaries for six elected county offices — assessor, clerk, clerk of district court, county & prosecuting attorney, sheriff and treasurer — from $145,000 to $153,700, the current salary level for Wyoming circuit court judges. The change would take effect Jan. 4, 2027, the start of the next term for those offices, according to the resolution. (County Board Attachment; Board of County Commissioners Meeting Agenda)

In the staff report, County Clerk Maureen Murphy said the state raised the maximums in 2022 by tying them to circuit court judge pay, and the Legislature later increased circuit judge salaries to $153,700 through the budget bill. Under the same action item, commissioners would raise the elected coroner’s salary from $50,000 to $72,500 — matching the county commissioners’ salary — citing the board’s authority to set the coroner pay separately under state law. (County Board Attachment)

The timing matters because the county can only adjust these elected-official salaries once every four years, and Murphy wrote that any salary change needs to be decided before candidate filing opens in May 2026 so prospective candidates know what the jobs will pay. (County Board Attachment)