County Administrator Salary

The Administration committee is recommending that the county pay the new Administrator $135,000 (plus a $15,000 bonus for a strategic plan). Human Resources provided salary survey information so why does the new administrator need to make more than all but one administrator in the survey? Even the Dane County executive (with a population that is 5 times as big as St. Croix) only made $110,156.80 last year and the WI governor only makes $137,092!