Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-1114.07: Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-1114.07

Except for members of the county board, salaries of county officers, including appointive full-time veterans service officers, in counties of Class 6 or 7 shall be established by the county board, except that the county assessor in counties of Class 7 shall receive a minimum annual salary of twenty thousand dollars, to be paid periodically as other county employees out of the general fund.