The Birmingham Times
The 50 highest-paid employees of the city of Birmingham earn between $140,000 and $193,000 annually.
Among the highest earners are officials in the mayor’s office, public safety departments, human resources, finance and information services. Five of Birmingham’s municipal judges also made the list.
NAME TITLE/DEPARTMENT ANNUAL SALARY
Cheryl Kidd Council Administrator/City Council $192,998.83
Edward Fields Jr. Chief Strategy Officer/Mayor $184,799.68
Chaz Mitchell Chief of Operations/Mayor $184,799.68
Melissa Smiley Mayor Admin Assistant/Mayor $184,799.68
Cedric Sparks Chief of Staff/Mayor $184,799.68
Cory Moon Fire Chief/Fire $179,382.94
Jill Madajczyk Director HR/HR $179,382.94
Patrick McLendon Director IMS/IMS $179,382.94
Nicole King City Attorney/Law $179,382.94
Scott Thurmond Police Chief/Police $179,382.74
Kevin Moore Director of Finance/Finance $177,606.21
Jeffery McDaniels Chief Admin. Asst./City Council $172,908.74
Vester Lee Frazier City Clerk/City Clerk $166,842.62
Denise Bell Mayor Admin. Asst/Mayor $166,842.62
Andra Sparks Presiding Judge/Munic Ct. $166,842.62
Katrina Thomas Dir. Plan/Engineer/PEP $166,842.62
Joshua Yates Dir. Public Works/Pub Works $166,842.62
James Fowler City Traffic Engineer/Traffic Eng $166,842.62
Shonae Eddins Dir. Parks & Rec/Park & Rec $161,844.80
Cedric Roberts Dir. of Mobile Equip/Equip Mgmt $159,329.46
Cornell Wesley Dir. Innovation & Econ Oppty/IEO $159,329.46
Julius Purifie Dep. Fire Chief/Fire $158,892.03
La’quaylin Parhm Dep. Police Chief/Police $158,892.03
Denise Gilmore Mayor Admin Asst/Mayor $157,499.68
Marilynn Johnson HR Division Manager/HR $154,128.00
Veronica Merritt Chief Compliance Offcr /HR $154,128.00
Tamela Parrish HR Division Manager/HR $154,128.00
Annette Harris Enterprise Systms Mgr/IMS $154,128.00
Ronald Sellers Dep. Police Chief/Police $153,172.24
Michael Smith Dep. Police Chief/Police $153,172.24
Larry Brown Jr. Assistant Fire Chief/Fire $153,171.62
Matthew Lamonte Assistant Fire Chief/Fire $153,171.62
Decimus Williamson Assistant Fire Chief/Fire $153,171.62
Lawrence Cooper Assist. Cty Atty/Law $153,171.62
Keith Sheffield Assistant Cty Atty/Law $153,171.62
Michael Pickett Jr. Dep. Police Chief/Police $153,171.62
Aaron Saxton Assist. Dir. Finance/Finance $152,448.40
Meghan Thomas Dir. Comm. Dev./Comm. Dev. $150,150.00
Laresha Spearman Muni. Judge/Muni. Court $148,012.80
Jeffrey Gilliam Muni. Judge/Muni. Court $148,002.82
Deborah Montgomery Muni. Judge/Muni. Court $148,002.82
Charles Price II Muni. Judge/Muni. Court $148,002.82
Christopher Hatcher Mayor Admin. Assist/Mayor $147,150.85
Adrienne Stitt Assistant Dir. Finance/Finance $146,999.84
Darryl Burroughs Dep Dir IMS-Oper./IMS $146,808.48
Nelvin Short Dep Dir IMS-Telecomm/IMS $146,808.48
Michael Eddington II Dep. Dir. of Engineer/PEP $146,808.48
Griffin Lassiter Mayor Admin. Assist./Mayor $143,516.26
Sonji Campbell Assist. Dir. Finance/Finance $142,294.8
Nicole Perry Dep Director HR/HR $140,161.84
Source: City of Birmingham
