How much does Caldwell pay its city employees? Search our 2024 salary database
What kinds of jobs does the city of Caldwell have, and how much do its employees earn?
The Idaho Statesman has compiled the latest data on Caldwell workers’ salaries, including the Mayor’s Office, the City Council, and the police and fire departments.
Located northwest of Nampa, Caldwell is the second-largest city in Canyon County, Ada County’s neighbor to the west. According to 2024 data from the Community Planning Association of Southwest Idaho, Caldwell’s population is 73,420.
According to data provided by the City Clerk’s Office on Dec. 12, the city’s 406 employees earn an average of $70,500 a year. The city’s highest-paid employee is Police Chief Rex Ingram, with an annual salary of over $182,000.
Other employees in the police and fire departments also make up most of the city’s top 20 highest earners, including Fire Chief Richard Frawley, who earns $156,000 a year.
Elected officials tend to earn less, a trend reflected in other cities in the Treasure Valley. Mayor Jarom Wagoner earns an annual salary of $97,500 — 58th-highest in the city. Caldwell’s six City Council members earn $5.64 an hour, or $11,700 a year, in their part-time positions.
Other employees in the data include those who work at the Caldwell airport, the library, and the wastewater treatment plant.
Search the pay of Caldwell’s employees with the Statesman’s salary database below:
BEHIND THE STORY
MOREWhy did we make this public?
Public employees work for taxpayers. Their salaries and wages are public information.
Idaho state employee pay has been publicly available on various websites, including the Idaho Statesman’s, for years. But there hasn’t always been an easy way to see what Treasure Valley’s local governments pay their employees.
We believe there is value in opening the curtains to show how governments spend taxpayer money. Not only can that sunshine help prevent and catch fraud, waste and abuse, it lets us see how wages differ between, and within, the many offices of our local governments.
Have an idea for another database? Think we should make more information public? Contact us at newsroom@idahostatesman.com or tips@idahostatesman.com.
How did we get the data?
We requested payroll data from local governments in May 2023.
What's the fine print?
First, this is a snapshot in time. Employees are hired, fired, promoted and given raises every day.
Second, employees aren’t all paid the same way. For the most part, you can figure out an employee’s annual pay by multiplying their hourly rate by 2,080. But that’s not always true. Some employees are part-time. Some, like council members, are paid a set amount. Others work more hours than normal and/or get overtime — emergency first responders especially — so their annual pay may be higher than their hourly rate would suggest.
Finally, the “hire date” isn’t necessarily the date that person first joined the ranks of public servants. Some employees are seasonal, temporary or took other jobs between stints working for the city or county.
