Goverment salaries

Last Sunday, the Hernando Today listed the salaries of the top officials in Hernando County Government. Just so you get a sense of the Mercer Study comparisons, it should be noted that Hernando County Administrator is paid just $624.00 less than Governor Charlie Crist of Florida. Charlie Crist is paid $132,932 while Gary Kuhl is paid an annual salary of $132,308.00. An economist was also quoted in this paper as saying, "the only way to gauge employee and manager wages of government employees is with another government agency". I didn't know that we needed to compare out county administrator's salary to that of our governor in these Mercer Studies...