The city of Charlotte employs about 105,000 full-time people to keep this rapidly-growing metropolis running on a $3.6 billion budget.
The city manager, Marcus Jones, makes the most money: his annual pay rate is $499,210. That’s more than the Mecklenburg County manager, who brings in about $420,000 a year.
Jones has served as manager since 2019, starting at a salary of $339,900.
The director of aviation, Haley Gentry, makes the most compared to her department colleagues. Her $342,122 annual pay rate is 3.7 times the median annual pay for the Air Administration Department running Charlotte Douglas International Airport, one of the busiest airports in the world…