SP5 Mark Kuzinski 1603833 <div class="images-v2-count-3"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-93320"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fhow-much-do-politicians-in-your-state-make%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=How+much+do+politicians+in+your+state+make%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fhow-much-do-politicians-in-your-state-make&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AHow much do politicians in your state make?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/how-much-do-politicians-in-your-state-make" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="e59cdcf6f2f0e1e892d9cb3f9accdc8c" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/093/320/for_gallery_v2/891e6e27.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/093/320/large_v3/891e6e27.jpg" alt="891e6e27" /></a></div><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-2" id="image-93322"><a class="fancybox" rel="e59cdcf6f2f0e1e892d9cb3f9accdc8c" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/093/322/for_gallery_v2/4b574565.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/093/322/thumb_v2/4b574565.jpg" alt="4b574565" /></a></div><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-3" id="image-93323"><a class="fancybox" rel="e59cdcf6f2f0e1e892d9cb3f9accdc8c" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/093/323/for_gallery_v2/6b102300.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/093/323/thumb_v2/6b102300.jpg" alt="6b102300" /></a></div></div>The highest paying job in state politics is the governor of Pennsylvania: $187,818 a year. The lowest? State representative in New Hampshire: Just $100 a year. So, where do politicians in your state measure up? <br /> How much do politicians in your state make? 2016-06-07T08:55:01-04:00 SP5 Mark Kuzinski 1603833 <div class="images-v2-count-3"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-93320"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fhow-much-do-politicians-in-your-state-make%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=How+much+do+politicians+in+your+state+make%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fhow-much-do-politicians-in-your-state-make&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AHow much do politicians in your state make?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/how-much-do-politicians-in-your-state-make" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="b5df98b45a387d7fdf430ef11a97e5a1" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/093/320/for_gallery_v2/891e6e27.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/093/320/large_v3/891e6e27.jpg" alt="891e6e27" /></a></div><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-2" id="image-93322"><a class="fancybox" rel="b5df98b45a387d7fdf430ef11a97e5a1" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/093/322/for_gallery_v2/4b574565.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/093/322/thumb_v2/4b574565.jpg" alt="4b574565" /></a></div><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-3" id="image-93323"><a class="fancybox" rel="b5df98b45a387d7fdf430ef11a97e5a1" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/093/323/for_gallery_v2/6b102300.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/093/323/thumb_v2/6b102300.jpg" alt="6b102300" /></a></div></div>The highest paying job in state politics is the governor of Pennsylvania: $187,818 a year. The lowest? State representative in New Hampshire: Just $100 a year. So, where do politicians in your state measure up? <br /> How much do politicians in your state make? 2016-06-07T08:55:01-04:00 2016-06-07T08:55:01-04:00 Alan K. 1603840 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>That's because in NH we do things a little different! Response by Alan K. made Jun 7 at 2016 8:56 AM 2016-06-07T08:56:15-04:00 2016-06-07T08:56:15-04:00 CPT Jack Durish 1603937 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I don't know about the other states but California which pays it legislators the most appears to have the poorest performing ones, at least in terms of fiscal management. Our debt is the largest of any state. Response by CPT Jack Durish made Jun 7 at 2016 9:16 AM 2016-06-07T09:16:44-04:00 2016-06-07T09:16:44-04:00 MSgt Private RallyPoint Member 1603980 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>So, higher state politician salary = higher state disfunction? Response by MSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 7 at 2016 9:29 AM 2016-06-07T09:29:09-04:00 2016-06-07T09:29:09-04:00 SGT Jerrold Pesz 1604737 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The figure for Tennessee is a little misleading since our last two governors (1-03 thru now) have not been paid. Both were super rich before they got into politics and have never taken their government salary. Governor is our only statewide elected office. Response by SGT Jerrold Pesz made Jun 7 at 2016 11:56 AM 2016-06-07T11:56:07-04:00 2016-06-07T11:56:07-04:00 LTC Stephen F. 1606331 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I live in Virginia which at number 27 in the map above. This is close to the middle of the pack; but, since I don't know the range or distribution of salaries I don't know if this near the statistical mean or median <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="768589" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/768589-sp5-mark-kuzinski">SP5 Mark Kuzinski</a> <br />I know many of the conservative state Delegates and a few of the state Senators and know they don't make very much in comparison with what their "day job" pays. Response by LTC Stephen F. made Jun 7 at 2016 5:58 PM 2016-06-07T17:58:01-04:00 2016-06-07T17:58:01-04:00 COL Mikel J. Burroughs 1629162 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="768589" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/768589-sp5-mark-kuzinski">SP5 Mark Kuzinski</a> Here is a breakdown for California:<br /><br />State legislators<br /><br />Salary <br />$97,197/year <br /><br />Per diem<br />$168/day for each day in session<br /><br /><br />State executive salaries<br /><br />Office and current official Salary<br />Governor of California Jerry Brown $173,987<br />Lieutenant Governor of California Gavin Newsom $133,100<br />California Secretary of State Alex Padilla $130,490<br />Attorney General of California Kamala Harris $154,150<br />California Treasurer John Chiang $139,189<br /><br /><br />Chief Justice <br />$232,060<br /><br />Associate Justices<br />$221,292 Response by COL Mikel J. Burroughs made Jun 14 at 2016 5:51 PM 2016-06-14T17:51:41-04:00 2016-06-14T17:51:41-04:00 2016-06-07T08:55:01-04:00