The county administrator is responsible for administration of all departments within county government who answer to that county’s Board of County Commissioners; and, for the proper administration of all affairs under the jurisdiction of the board.
Unless otherwise indicated by charter provision, the county administrator is hired, fired, and paid in accordance with action by the Board of County Commissioners.
The administrator can have the following powers and duties, among others:
- Administer and carry out directives and policies of the board
- Enforce all orders, resolutions, ordinances and regulations of the board.
- Provide advice and recommendations on county government operations to the board
- Develop, install and maintain centralizing budgeting, personnel, legal and purchasing procedures.
- Organize the work of county department
- Negotiate leases, contracts, other agreements for the county, subject to approval by the board.
The top ten salary earners reported, in order from highest to lowest, are Broward, Palm Beach, Hillsborough, Dade, Pinellas, Orange, Volusia, Duval, Manatee, and Leon County. With an annual salary of $200,913.00, plus benefits, Wanchick comes in at number eleven on the chart.
The population attributed to St Johns County, for ranking purposes, is 201,325 — making it 24th largest. There are 23 larger counties than St Johns, although there are only 10 County Administrators who earn larger salaries.
The counties who responded and their data reported by Florida Association of Counties today follows:
| County | Salary | Population |
| Alachua | $170,000.00 | 246,733 |
| Baker | $72,100.00 | 24,825 |
| Bay | $145,000.00 | 168,707 |
| Bradford | $67,953.60 | 24,324 |
| Broward | $304,674.00 | 1,783,757 |
| Calhoun | $52,270.00 | 12,929 |
| Charlotte | $154,000.00 | 162,394 |
| Citrus | $140,000.00 | 140,383 |
| Collier | $189,852.70 | 333,614 |
| Columbia | $120,000.00 | 63,479 |
| Dade | $248,500.00 | 2,572,821 |
| Desoto | $103,000.00 | 32,427 |
| Duval | $210,000.00 | 875,545 |
| Escambia | $170,000.00 | 298,438 |
| Flagler | $152,256.00 | 97,843 |
| Franklin | $57,000.00 | 9,856 |
| Gadsden | $102,000.00 | 44,778 |
| Gilchrist | $85,000.00 | 16,033 |
| Gulf | $104,800.00 | 12,748 |
| Hamilton | $60,000.00 | 12,055 |
| Hardee | $102,018.00 | 25,774 |
| Hendry | $124,630.00 | 37,808 |
| Hernando | $168,750.00 | 173,287 |
| Hillsborough | $260,000.00 | 1,275,617 |
| Holmes | $70,000.00 | 18,473 |
| Indian River | $190,370.96 | 139,586 |
| Jackson | $85,739.00 | 42,435 |
| Jefferson | $74,515.35 | 13,435 |
| Lake | $151,403.00 | 302,247 |
| Leon | $205,667.00 | 276,969 |
| Levy | $83,532.80 | 40,304 |
| Madison | $78,395.20 | 17,740 |
| Manatee | $206,086.00 | 333,698 |
| Marion | $157,500.00 | 329,442 |
| Martin | $147,084.00 | 146,131 |
| Monroe | $186,000.00 | 73,492 |
| Nassau | $131,867.42 | 74,591 |
| Okaloosa | $137,042.54 | 186,887 |
| Orange | $231,275.00 | 1,199,627 |
| Osceola | $192,379.20 | 288,046 |
| Palm Beach | $266,000.00 | 1,342,483 |
| Pasco | $180,000.00 | 472,788 |
| Pinellas | $241,072.00 | 925,338 |
| Polk | $186,672.00 | 610,650 |
| Putnam | $151,021.00 | 72,124 |
| Santa Rosa | $132,412.80 | 152,395 |
| Sarasota | $190,000.00 | 385,286 |
| St Johns | $200,913.00 | 201,325 |
| St Lucie | $167,500.00 | 281,026 |
| Sumter | $165,000.00 | 96,354 |
| Taylor | $90,000.00 | 19,627 |
| Volusia | $227,913.54 | 497,100 |
| Wakulla | $92,000.00 | 27,403 |
| Walton | $135,660.00 | 56,259 |
| Washington | $55,120.00 | 22,350 |
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