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2021 Salary Survey: State Elected Officials

States	California	Texas	New York	Florida	Illinois	Pennsylvania	Ohio	Georgia
*Population*	39,368,078	29,360,759	19,336,776	21,733,312	12,587,530	12,783,254	11,693,217	10,710,017
Governor	$209,747	$153,750	$225,000	$130,273	$181,670	$201,729	$159,182	$175,000
Lieutenant Governor	$157,310	$9,612	$210,000	$124,851	$139,200	$169,451	$176,426	$91,609
Attorney General	$182,189	$153,750	$210,000	$128,972	$160,800	$167,838	$117,582	$139,169
Controller	$167,796	$153,750	$210,000	N/A	$139,200	$167,838	N/A	N/A
Insurance Commissioner	$167,796	$202,383	$210,000	$134,158	$159,600	$145,244	$150,405	$120,394
Secretary of State	$157,310	$197,415	$160,000	$141,000	$160,800	$137,392	$117,582	$123,637
Education	$182,189	$220,375	$210,000	$276,000	$249,600	$161,382	$209,997	$123,270
Treasurer	$167,796	N/A	N/A	$128,972	$139,200	$167,838	$117,582	$185,000
Member of the Legislature	$114,877	$7,200	$110,000	$29,697	$69,464	$90,335	$67,492	$15,608
*Number of Senators*	40	31	63	40	59	50	33	56
*Number of House / Assembly Members*	80	150	150	120	118	203	99	180
*Population per Senator*	984,202	947,121	306,933	543,333	213,348	255,665	354,340	191,250
*Population per House / Assembly Member*	492,101	195,738	128,912	181,111	106,674	62,972	118,113	59,500
*Full-Time Legislature*	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
*Legislature Pension*	No	Optional	Yes	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional
*House Term Limit*	2 years	2 years	2 years	2 years	2 years	2 years	2 years	2 years
*Senate Term Limit*	4 years	4 years	2 years	4 years	4/4/2 years	4 years	4 years	2 years

States	Michigan	North Carolina	New Jersey	Virginia	Washington	Massachusetts	Arizona
*Population*	9,966,555	10,600,823	8,882,371	8,590,563	7,693,612	6,893,574	7,421,401
Governor	$159,300	$150,969	$175,000	$175,000	$182,179	$185,000	$95,000
Lieutenant Governor	$111,510	$133,365	$175,000	$36,321	$111,180	$122,058	N/A
Attorney General	$112,410	$133,365	$175,000	$150,000	$167,381	$136,402	$90,000
Controller	N/A	$166,758	$175,000	$177,313	N/A	$176,624	N/A
Insurance Commissioner	$145,000	$133,365	$175,000	$170,000	$133,250	$130,000	$120,000
Secretary of State	$112,410	$133,365	$175,000	$176,730	$130,560	$130,916	$70,000
Education	$221,403	$133,365	$175,000	$176,730	$145,860	$161,522	$85,000
Treasurer	$178,500	$133,365	$175,000	$177,172	$149,103	$133,277	$70,000
Member of the Legislature	$71,685	$13,951	$49,000	$18,000	$56,881	$70,536	$24,000
*Number of Senators*	38	50	40	40	49	40	30
*Number of House / Assembly Members*	110	120	80	100	98	160	60
*Population per Senator*	262,278	212,016	222,059	214,764	157,012	172,339	247,380
*Population per House / Assembly Member*	90,605	88,340	111,030	85,906	78,506	43,085	123,690
*Full-Time Legislature*	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
*Legislature Pension*	Optional	Mandatory	Mandatory	Mandatory	Optional	Mandatory	Mandatory
*House Term Limit*	2 years	2 years	2 years	2 years	2 years	2 years	2 years
*Senate Term Limit*	4 years	2 years	4 years	4 years	4 years	2 years	2 years

States	Indiana	Tennessee	Missouri	Maryland	Wisconsin	Minnesota	Colorado	Alabama
*Population*	6,754,953	6,886,834	6,151,548	6,055,802	5,832,655	5,657,342	5,807,719	4,921,532
Governor	$121,331	$198,780	$133,821	$170,000	$152,756	$127,629	$92,700	$127,833
Lieutenant Governor	$99,783	$72,948	$86,484	$141,500	$80,684	$82,959	$93,360	$52,102
Attorney General	$104,246	$193,488	$116,437	$141,500	$148,242	$121,248	$107,672	$169,001
Controller	$86,654	$209,520	N/A	$141,500	N/A	N/A	$152,100	$147,580
Insurance Commissioner	$124,147	$161,904	$129,142	$157,386	$132,600	$144,991	$159,660	$176,314
Secretary of State	$86,654	$209,520	$107,746	$99,500	$72,551	$95,722	$93,360	$85,248
Education	$103,677	$200,004	$199,272	$153,532	$127,047	$150,002	$283,416
Treasurer	$86,654	$209,520	$107,746	$141,500	$72,551	$154,398	$93,360	$85,248
Member of the Legislature	$28,103	$24,316	$35,915	$50,330	$55,141	$48,250	$40,242	$51,734
*Number of Senators*	50	33	34	47	33	67	35	35
*Number of House / Assembly Members*	100	99	163	141	99	134	65	105
*Population per Senator*	135,099	208,692	180,928	128,847	176,747	84,438	165,935	140,615
*Population per House / Assembly Member*	67,550	69,564	37,740	42,949	58,916	42,219	89,350	46,872
*Full-Time Legislature*	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
*Legislature Pension*	Mandatory	Optional	Mandatory	Mandatory	Mandatory	Mandatory	Mandatory	No
*House Term Limit*	2 years	2 years	2 years	4 years	2 years	2 years	2 years	4 years
*Senate Term Limit*	4 years	4 years	4 years	4 years	4 years	4 years	4 years	4 years

States	South Carolina	Louisiana	Kentucky	Oregon	Oklahoma	Connecticut	Iowa	Mississippi
*Population*	5,218,040	4,645,318	4,477,251	4,241,507	3,980,783	3,557,006	3,163,561	2,966,786
Governor	$106,078	$130,000	$152,181	$98,600	$147,000	$150,000	$130,000	$122,160
Lieutenant Governor	$46,545	$115,003	$129,375	N/A	$114,713	$110,000	$103,212	$60,000
Attorney General	$92,007	$110,740	$129,375	$82,220	$132,825	$110,000	$123,669	$108,960
Controller	$92,007	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$110,000	N/A	N/A
Insurance Commissioner	$137,904	$110,740	$104,762	$129,936	$126,713	$175,000	$128,890	$90,000
Secretary of State	$92,007	$115,000	$129,375	$77,000	$140,000	$110,000	$103,212	$90,000
Education	$92,007	$275,000	$200,000	$157,581	$124,373	$192,500	$140,000	$300,000
Treasurer	$92,007	$110,740	$129,375	$72,000	$114,713	$110,000	$103,212	$90,000
Member of the Legislature	$10,400	$16,800	$188.22/day	$32,839	$47,500	$28,000	$25,000	$23,500
*Number of Senators*	46	39	38	30	48	36	50	52
*Number of House / Assembly Members*	124	105	100	60	101	151	100	122
*Population per Senator*	113,436	119,111	117,822	141,384	82,933	98,806	63,271	57,054
*Population per House / Assembly Member*	42,081	44,241	44,773	70,692	39,414	23,556	31,636	24,318
*Full-Time Legislature*	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
*Legislature Pension*	Optional	No	Optional	Optional	Mandatory	Mandatory	Optional	Mandatory
*House Term Limit*	2 years	4 years	2 years	2 years	2 years	2 years	2 years	4 years
*Senate Term Limit*	4 years	4 years	4 years	4 years	4 years	2 years	4 years	4 years

States	Arkansas	Kansas	Utah	Nevada	New Mexico	Nebraska	West Virginia	Idaho
*Population*	3,030,522	2,913,805	3,249,879	3,138,259	2,106,319	1,937,552	1,784,787	1,826,913
Governor	$151,838	$110,707	$160,746	$149,573	$110,000	$105,000	$150,000	$138,302
Lieutenant Governor	$44,674	$76,313	$144,671	$63,648	$85,000	$75,000	$20,000	$48,406
Attorney General	$139,992	$98,901	$152,709	$141,086	$95,000	$95,000	$95,000	$134,000
Controller	N/A	N/A	N/A	$102,898	N/A	N/A	N/A	$117,557
Insurance Commissioner	$132,128	$86,003	$137,467	$118,200	$156,000	$130,307	$92,500	$123,490
Secretary of State	$96,918	$86,003	N/A	$102,898	$85,000	$85,000	$95,000	$117,557
Education	$239,361	$230,000	$235,830	$128,998	$156,000	$227,390	$230,000	$117,557
Treasurer	$91,534	$86,003	$144,671	$102,898	$85,000	$85,000	$95,000	$117,557
Member of the Legislature	$42,428	$88.66/day	$285/day	$164.69/day	$165-$194/day	$12,000	$20,000	$18,691
*Number of Senators*	35	40	29	21	42	49	34	35
*Number of House / Assembly Members*	100	125	75	42	70	N/A	100	70
*Population per Senator*	86,586	72,845	112,065	149,441	50,150	39,542	52,494	52,198
*Population per House / Assembly Member*	30,305	23,310	43,332	74,720	30,090	N/A	17,848	26,099
*Full-Time Legislature*	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
*Legislature Pension*	Optional	Optional	Optional	Mandatory	Optional	No	Optional	Mandatory
*House Term Limit*	2 years	2 years	2 years	2 years	2 years	N/A	2 years	2 years
*Senate Term Limit*	4 years	4 years	4 years	4 years	4 years	4 years	4 years	2 years

States	Hawaii	Maine	New Hampshire	Rhode Island	Montana	Delaware	South Dakota
*Population*	1,407,006	1,350,141	1,366,275	1,057,125	1,080,577	986,809	892,717
Governor	$165,048	$70,000	$134,581	$145,755	$118,397	$171,000	$116,400
Lieutenant Governor	$165,552	N/A	N/A	$122,740	$90,140	$82,239	$56,375
Attorney General	$162,552	$105,914	$128,260	$132,521	$141,023	$149,893	$116,277
Controller	N/A	N/A	$106,575	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Insurance Commissioner	$154,812	$105,498	$105,930	$135,000	$92,236	$112,667	$90,128
Secretary of State	N/A	$104,104	$105,930	$122,740	$98,104	$132,011	$93,046
Education	$240,000	$139,734	$114,553	$212,106	$116,378	$164,055	$135,300
Treasurer	$162,552	$79,518	$105,930	$122,740	$130,000	$117,582	$93,046
Member of the Legislature	$62,604	$10,923 - $15,417	$100/year	$16,636	$100.48/day	$47,291	$12,851
*Number of Senators*	25	35	24	38	50	21	35
*Number of House / Assembly Members*	51	151	400	75	100	41	70
*Population per Senator*	56,280	38,575	56,928	27,819	21,612	46,991	25,506
*Population per House / Assembly Member*	27,588	8,941	3,416	14,095	10,806	24,069	12,753
*Full-Time Legislature*	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
*Legislature Pension*	Optional	Mandatory	No	No	Optional	Mandatory	No
*House Term Limit*	2 years	2 years	2 years	2 years	2 years	2 years	2 years
*Senate Term Limit*	4 years	2 years	2 years	2 years	4 years	4 years	2 years

States	Alaska	North Dakota	Vermont	Wyoming
*Population*	731,158	765,309	623,347	582,328
Governor	$145,000	$135,360	$184,100	$105,000
Lieutenant Governor	$115,000	$105,285	$78,145	N/A
Attorney General	$141,156	$159,409	$139,755	$177,000
Controller	$124,452	N/A	N/A	N/A
Insurance Commissioner	$131,112	$107,885	$126,630	$124,904
Secretary of State	N/A	$107,885	$116,729	$92,000
Education	$141,156	$122,810	$145,537	$92,000
Treasurer	$141,156	$107,885	$116,729	$92,000
Member of the Legislature	$50,400	$526/mo. + per diem	$742.92/week	$150/day
*Number of Senators*	20	47	30	30
*Number of House / Assembly Members*	40	94	150	60
*Population per Senator*	36,558	16,283	20,778	19,411
*Population per House / Assembly Member*	18,279	8,142	4,156	9,705
*Full-Time Legislature*	Yes	No	No	No
*Legislature Pension*	Optional	No	No	Optional
*House Term Limit*	2 years	4 years	2 years	2 years
*Senate Term Limit*	4 years	4 years	2 years	4 years

Updated: 8/11/2022

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