When you work for the City of Overland Park, Kansas, you can expect the City to do its best to provide competitive pay and benefits and favorable working conditions. You can look forward to the prestige that comes from working for a widely recognized and highly respected municipality.
An important part of employment is compensation. Employees want to be compensated fairly for their talents and the work that they perform. The most measurable evidence of employee performance is salary. A regular paycheck is a constant reminder of your relationship with the City.
This section is intended to help you understand the factors involved in your compensation. Experience, training, and other qualifications contribute significantly in establishing starting salary, and your performance within the work group plays an equally important role as you progress up to, and beyond, the market target rate for your job.