What we earn: Public officials
BY Staff Reports
Sunday, April 15, 2012
4/15/12 at 4:03 AM
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The salaries for public officials are no secret. You can get them with a records request or, more simply, you can go online to tulsaworld.com/specialprojects and find salary data for city employees, higher education employees, state employees and more.
Below, you can see a few for officials from the local, state and federal levels. The data below includes base salary for work as a public official and does not include private income or additional expense money.
| NAME Title | Salary |
| BARACK OBAMA U.S. president | $400,000 |
| MARY FALLIN Oklahoma governor | $147,000 |
| ALLEN LACROIX Tulsa fire chief | $151,158 |
| KEITH BRYANT Oklahoma City fire chief | $149,459 |
| CHUCK JORDAN Tulsa police chief | $143,286 |
| BILL CITTY Oklahoma City police chief | $153,739 |
| JIM TWOMBLY Tulsa city manager | $140,000 |
| JIM COUCH Oklahoma city manager* | $215,184 |
| DEWEY BARTLETT Tulsa mayor | $105,000 |
| MICK CORNETT Oklahoma City mayor* | $24,000 |
| JIM INHOFE U.S. senator | $174,000 |
| TOM COBURN U.S. senator | $174,000 |
| JOHN SULLIVAN U.S. representative | $174,000 |
* Oklahoma City is operated under a city manager-council form of government, while Tulsa has a strong mayor-council structure. Oklahoma City's mayor sets policy with the councilors, while the city manager oversees the government operations. In Tulsa, the mayor runs the government.
