Contact 5 Investigates: Six figure salaries

At a time when local officials have slashed millions of dollars to help balance their budgets, you may be surprised to learn how many of them are making big salaries – 6 figure salaries.

The Contact 5 Investigators spent the past three months searching through thousands of statewide documents to find out who’s making more than $100,000 dollars a year. They’re salaries funded by tax payer dollars.

Plus,  the Contact 5 Investigators compared those top salaries to counties of similar size in Florida to find out how they measure up.They discovered big differences in pay .

We'll have the results of our Contact 5 Investigation Wednesday night on NewsChannel 5 at 11.