Carbon County sets 2025 pay schedules; average raise recorded as 3%

The Carbon County Board of Commissioners, sitting as the county salary board, voted Jan. 2, 2025, to set position classifications and salary schedules effective Jan. 1, 2025, for county offices and multiple bargaining units, and approved routine payroll and county business.

The action covered judiciary offices, row offices and county departments and applied across bargaining units including AFSCME and the Carbon County Sheriff’s Association Union. The meeting record notes an average wage increase of 3% across employees; specific salary steps and classifications were adopted as listed in supporting exhibits referenced at the meeting.

Most formal motions were approved by voice or roll call with all commissioners recorded as voting in favor. Motions included setting salary schedules for the courts (referenced exhibits J1–J6), a specific hourly-rate change for a director-of-computer-systems position, and the adoption of pay schedules for bargaining units and individual offices including clerk of courts, controller, coroner, district attorney, public defender, recorder of deeds, register of wills,…