Here are the Top 20 highest-paying jobs in Jacksonville’s public agencies The Times-Union compiled a list of the top 20 highest-paid public employees, leaving out JEA officials who were fired before the year ended. Author: Florida Times-Union, Steve Patterson Published: 9:35 AM EST December 31, 2020 Updated: 9:36 AM EST December 31, 2020 JACKSONVILLE, Fla Even though a lot changed at JEA in 2020, being CEO of Jacksonville’s electric and water utility still pays more than any other job in local government. But the yawning pay gap between that post and top jobs at other Jacksonville independent authorities has been shrinking, a Times-Union review of public employees’ top salaries in 2020 shows.
Even though a lot changed at JEA in 2020, being CEO of Jacksonville’s electric and water utility still pays more than any other job in local government. But the yawning pay gap between that post and top jobs at other Jacksonville independent authorities has been shrinking, a Times-Union review of public employees’ top salaries in 2020 shows. Retired JEA CEO Paul McElroy set the paycheck standard in May, when he netted a $560,373 salary for temporarily returning to bring order to an agency convulsed by local and federal investigations involving ex-CEO Aaron Zahn and the failed bid to sell the taxpayer-owned utility. When Jay Stowe succeeded McElroy as the utility’s permanent CEO in late November, he signed a $560,000-a-year contract, too.