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State Commission on Compensadon September 1985

SALARIES of GEORGIA

OFFICIALS
CDMMISSIONERS

Received
JAN 1 6 1986 UGDo. CU.J.I:. I.Ht=--.i~v,rI,~S
A LloRAHIES

W. David Padgett , Chainnan 8500 Price Avenue Douglasville, GA 30134
Alan S. Gaynor, Vice Chainnan P. 0. Box 2139 Savannah, GA 31498

Edward J. Harrell 700 Georgia Federal Building P. 0. Box 4987 Macon, GA 30128
William D. Healan, Jr. ll3 West Candler Street Winder, GA 30680

Eugene T. Branch 621 Ridgecrest Road, N. E. Atlanta, GA 30307
Gene Clayton P. 0. Box 65 Tallapoosa, GA 30176

Mike Jones 215 N. Wall Street P. 0. Box 21269 Calhoun, GA 30701
Herbert H. Mabry 501 Pulliam Street, S. W. Atlanta, GA 30312

Nathaniel R. Goldston III

Mrs. Adair M. Nunnally

101 Marietta Towers Suite 3618 700 Gornto Road

Atlanta, GA 30307

Valdosta, GA 31602

William B. Gunter 3100 Equitable Building Atlanta, GA 30043

Virgil Williams 2055 Webb Gin House Road Snellville, GA 30278

Research Consultant Willys R. Knight 401 State Capitol Atlanta, GA 30334

State Commission on Compensadon September t985



TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction Georqia Salaries in Relation to National Trend, 1967 to date. Georqia Aqency Heads Co=pared
Cost-of-Livinq Cata

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1

. . .

. . . .

2 4

Salaries in Other States

Executive Branch.



Legislative Branch.



Judicial Branch

7 27 53

Federal Government Agencies

57

Salaries in Business Top Executives. Administrative Manaqers

. . .

62 78

Professional, Technical and Middle Manaqement

. . . . . . .

80

Attorney Salaries in the Private Sector

82

Local Salary Supplements for Ju4qes of the Superior Courts and Cistrict Attorneys.

87

Boards and Commissions.

98

Appendix: Salaries under the Georqia Merit System 99

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Appreciation is expressed to the Council on State Governments for the information it provides on the compensation of statehouse officials and legislators throughout the nation.
We acknowledge also the great assistance of Mr. Pete Hackney, Head of the Legislative Budget Office, and of his deputy, Mr. Robert Hobbs, for much information and other valuable counsel.

&tntr <t!nmttti!Urinu nu Qtnmptnsatinu 1\mutulltpnrt
DECEMBER 1985

cOMMISSIONERS

VID PADGETT. CHAIRMAN
W~. ~D~Ac:.PLRAISCVEILALEV.EGNAUE30134

404 5888881 ALAN S. GAYNOR. VICE CHAIRMAN

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A0V.ABNONXAH2.13G8A

31488

812 238 2481

EUGENE T. BRANCH 121 RIDGECREST ROAD. N.E. ATLANTA. GA 30307 404 5881523

GENE CLAYTON p 0 BOX 15 TALLAPOOSA. GA 30171
404 574 2318

NATHANIEL R. GOLDSTON Ill 101 MARIETTA TOWERS. SUITE 3118
ATLANTA. GA 30303 404 522 5700

WILLIAM B. GUNTER 3100 EQUITABLE BUILDING ATLANTA. GA 30043
404572 1300

STATE COMMISSION ON COMPENSATION
RESEARCH CONSULTANT WILLYS R. KNIGHT
401 STATE CAPITOL ATLANTA. GEORGIA 30334
404-8!58 -78!54

ANNUAL REPORT WITH RECOMMENDATIONS December 6, 1985

COMMISSIONERS
EDWARD J . HARRELL 700 GEORGIA FEDERAL BUILDING P. 0 . BOX 41187 MACON. GA 31208 812 7437051
WILLIAM D. HEALAN. JR. 113 WEST CANDLER STREET WINDER.. GA 30180 4048177554
MIKE JONES 215 N. WALL STREET P. 0 . BOX 12118 CALHOUN. GA 30701 404 1211 4531
HERBERT H. MABRY 501 PULLIAM STREET. S.W. ATLANTA. GA 30312 404525 2783
MRS. ADAIR M. NUNNALLY 700 GORNTO ROAD VALDOSTA. GA 31102 1112242 7713
VIRGIL R. WIL L IAMS 2055 WEBB GIN HOUSE ROAD SNELLVILLE. GA 30278 404 41182020

TO: Governor Joe Frank Harris Lieutenant Governor Zell Miller Speaker of the House of Representatives, Thomas B. Murphy Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Harold N. Hill, Jr. Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals, Harold R. Banke Clerk of the House of Representatives, Glenn Ellard Secretary of the Senate, Hamilton McWhorter Legislative Counsel, Frank Edwards
Gentlemen:
The State Committee on Compensation, having finished its work for the year, does herewith file its annual report as required by law (Georgia Laws 1971, pgs. 105, 106).
FINDINGS
The State of The Economy.
The economy of Georgia continues on its favorable growth trend although there are communities -- those dependent on agriculture, shoes, or textiles/apparels -- which have been hit hard. State revenues are still growing at a very satisfactory rate. Inflation is under control, the increase in prices being cnly about 3.2 per cent over the past year.
Opinions about the outlock for the national economy next year -- even among those supposed to be "expert'' -- vary considerably. Looking at the spectrum of opinions it would be practical for us to expect the same magnitude of growth next year as we have experienced in 1985. As for prices we will likely see a slight increase, perhaps in the range of 4 per cent, as imports become more expensive.

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The pace of output and employment in Georgia will likely grow in 1986 as it has in 1985, especially if depressed segments like textiles and agriculture can get some relief. Events will finally demand that the Federal government take steps to bring U.S. exports closer in balance with imports, and this should have a positive effect for Georgia.
In conclusion, the state's financial condition next year should be very good and will easily accomodate the small salary increases recommended later in this report.
SALARY TRENDS

There is a mixed picture on what is presently happening to wage rates. Where foreign competition is important (as is the case in several segments of manufacturing) wages for hourly workers are increasing at a very low rate -- less than 3 per cent. In contrast, the picture is brighter for clerical, technical and professional jobs in the huge service sector; here we find wage increases running about 6 per cent.

In the Federal government we will likely see no increase for civil service workers nor for those under the Executive Schedule enacted for next year. This is a result of the economy drive in the Federal Government to hold expenditures down and help balance the budget.

Top level managers in the business sectors, said to be in short supply relative to demand, are faring currently best of all. For those at the very top the increases in 19 8 5 (salary and bonus) will likely run about 17 per cent. For the larger group referred to as the "senior executive group" we may expect the average increase to be around 12~ per cent.

What about 1986? According to press reports, wage consulting

firms expect pay increases for 1986 of these magnitudes:

managerial

6.8%;

technical/professional

6.4%;

administrative/clerical 6~; and hourly employees 5.6%.

THE ADEQUACY OF BASE SALARIES FOR GEORGIA OFFICIALS.

We have seen in the past two years in Georgia perhaps the most substantial salary increases for officials under the jurisdiction of this Commission since its inception. The increases have been: Executive Branch 13.1%; Judicial Branch 22.4%; Legislative Branch 38.9% (effective January, 1987).

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These increases are well in excess of the rise in the cost of- living over the last couple of years which has been about eight per cent. Of course, the boost for legislators was long cverdue, and they are still underpaid compared with those in
other states.

The current salary schedule is very close to that recommended

by this Commission. How well has the state done for those

under our jurisdiction? The answer depends on the yardstick

one uses. According to three measures -- the Federal Government,

the private professions and business

we will find our

officials apparently underpaid. In contrast, by another

yardstick -- what other states pay their officials -- our salary

schedule seems on the high side. Following are more details.

Federal Government

- Our judges are paid about 82%-90% as well as those on a federal bench.
- In the executive branch our top leaders are paid about 80% of the federal "Executive Schedule".*
- In the legislative branch, our Members of the General Assembly (even after they get the recent pay increases effective 1987) will be getting cnly 13% as much as a Senator or Representative. But it must be kept in mind that for those in the Federal Congress it is a fulltime career, whereas our General Assembly prides itself in being a "citizen legislature".

Private Professions

Our Attorney General and our judges get about a third less than do partners in major law firms. (However, our Attorney General and judges do get some very attractive retirement provisions not enjoyed in equal degree by those in private practice.) Many of our judges and our Attorney General live in the Atlanta area and are well aware of the earnings potential they are passing up by not being associated with major law firms or in the legal department of large corporations. (Exhibit
I)

Business Sectors

Top persons in business firms, and even those who lead
significant divisions within such firms, get paid considerably more than is received by heads of our state agencies. Salaries in business are diverse, depending chiefly on how large a firm
one uses for com~arison. Briefly, the earning potential for those with leadership talent is several times larger in private business than it is in state government. (See Exhibit I I for details. )

* Offsetting this to some extent is a lower cost-of-living in Atlanta than in Washington D.C.

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Also, "staff" positions are better paid in business than they are in State government. For example, "chief accountants" in business now earn, on the average, about $75,000 per annum
much in excess of the amount authorized for the position of our State Auditor. Also, one finds that the median compensation of a "chief" legal advisor in a corporate law department is now $130,000; and in the really large firms like Lockheed Aircraft, General Electric, and Coca -Cola the pay level is much higher than that. In contrast, our Attorney General gets $62,000.
COMPARISON WITH OTHER STATES
Executive Branch
we get an entirely different picture when we use the yardstick "what other states are paying". Here we find Georgia officials to be treated well. For the fifteen ( 15) positions under the jurisdiction of this Comrr iss ion in the executive branch, for which fair comparison can be made, one finds that Georgia salaries were above the average of other states by 12.5% , in 1984 and by 16% in 1985.
Judicial Branch
Except for Supreme Court Justices, salaries for our judicial people now fall in the top quartile for the nation. In making this statement we are assuming that the local supplements for Superior Court Judges are part of the salary. (Today 82% of these Judges get such supplements, ar.d the median amount is $10,000; see Exhibit V.)
Compared with ten other states in the Southeast, Georgia salaries are now higher than eight and lower than two, again including the supplements. (Exhibit III)
Over the last two years, Georgia has raised its judicial salaries more than have its sister states.
Legislative Branch
In this one instance, Georgia's salary scale is low when com~ared with other states. At preser.t a member of the General Assembly gets $7,200 per annum, to rise to $10,000 in January 1987. Yet, the average for the other 49 states now is $16,450. It is obvious that the pay to a Georgia Legislator would have to increase a great deal just to bring him to the national average.
SALARIES - CITY OF ATLANTA
The salary of the Mayor of Atlanta ($50, 000) is not high, when one considers the extent of his responsibilities. However,

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it pays considerably more to its Superintendent of Schools ($79,477) than we pay our State Superintendent ($62,000). Likewise, a council member for the City of Atlanta, now receiving $12,500 and scheduled to rise to $14,000, is paid considerably more than is a member of our General Assembly.
INEQUITIES IN GEORGIA STATE GOVERNMENT
we now turn to a long standing problem for which we seem to be making no headway. Despite significant increases to those officials under our purview in the last two years, heads of agencies whose salaries are set by boards in Georgia still receive significantly more. Broadly speaking, the increases which have recently gone into effect for those with board-set salaries put them in the $65,000 or higher range, and they do not have to run for office. Their premium over statute-set salaries is usually $7,000, but in a few cases it is $30,000 or more. (Exhibit IV)
'!'his Commission has tried for many years to eliminate the gap as it has urged higher salaries for those under its jurisdiction. We confess we have made little progress because the target keeps moving. Surely this situation complicates the task of the State Comrrission on Compensation.
We do not imply that the Boards are extravagant. Each boar<1 is co:r:tcerned wi~li one official', and' the members are desirous to see that he is adequately compensated. Board members pay more attention to salaries outside of Georgia state government, especially in the business, professional and Federal sectors. From this vantage point they can justify what has been done.
This Commission, on the other hand, has to look at many officials at the same time and consider what the effect of raising one salary will be in the end. Furthermore, the Commission must take into account the fact that salaries for leadership personnel in state government all across the nation are generally low. This is a reflection of widespread public opinion, and it is a factor this Commission cannot ignore.
Consider a few cases which point out some inequities:
(1) Commissioner of Labor ($60,500 -- salary by statute)
At the request of the Governor, the Commissioner shifted from the Department of Natural Resources to take over the leadership of the Department of Labor about two years ago. One of his key subordinates was appointed Commissioner of Natural Resources

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and is now paid at the rate of $65,000 (salary by board). Without a doubt, had Commissioner Tanner stayed at Natural Resources he would be making the higher salary today, and he would not have to bear the heavy expense of time and money to run for office every four years. Truly, the shift to the Department of Labor has been at a substantial personal sacrifice to him.
(2) Commissioner of Corrections ($58,500 salary by statute)
Today the Executive Director of the State Student Finance commission, with only 97 employees, is paid $60,320. In contrast, Commissioner Evans (Corrections) with over 6,000 employees and heading one of the most complex operations imaginable, receives the lower salary. And so do numerous other heads of large basic agencies of our state government like Revenue, Banking, Auditing and Veterans Services, all of whose salaries fall under the jurisdiction of this Commission.

(3) State Superintendent of Schools ($62,000* statute)

salary by

Presently the State of Georgia is placing highest priority on the upgrading of the public schools system of this state. To coordinate, review and provide inspiration to our huge public school operations in Georgia, functioning under widely varying conditions in this big state, is a king-size job. The responsibilities under the law of the State Superintendent are voluminous! Yet this official gets paid only about half as much as the Chancellor of the University System.

Further, the State Superintendent's salary is considerably below that for numerous superintendents of local systems in Georgia today, for example.

DeKalb County Atlanta( City) Clayton County Cobb County Fulton County Glynn County Chatham County LaGrange (City) Rome (City) Muscogee County

$80,944 79,477 77,710 76,596 73,800 72,000 70,000 65,700 65,650 65,200

(4) Attorney General ($62,000 - salary by statute)

In effect, the Attorney General is the head of a large law firm. The Department of Law is fundamental to the operation of state government and is involved deeply in the operations
* Plus 8% factor; personal, does not adhere to office.

page #7 of every other department. Yet the Attorney General, facing almost every kind of legal question arising in the everyday life of our state government, is paid $31,650 less than the Dean of the law school at the University of Georgia.* The same gap also exists for the Commissioner of Agriculture who receives $26,700 less than the Dean of -Agriculture in the university at Athens. Yet Commissioner Irvin's department affects every farmer and every consumer in Georgia in a vi tal way. It is a large department embracing a wide diversity of responsibilities. conclusion: With numerous independent paymasters at work, the net result is a pattern of salaries causing inequity for those whose compensation is by statute. It makes the work of this Commission more difficult.
COMPARISON OF PRESENT SALARIES AND RECOMMENDED SALARIES (See next page)
* Georgia State is currently searching for a dean of its law school. The salary for the former dean was $82,700.

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Governor Lt. Governor commissioner of Admin. Services Adjutant Genera 1 commissioner of Agriculture Attorney General state Auditor Commissioner of Banking
and Finance Commissioner of Insurance
Commissioner of Labor (Federal &State)
Commissioner of Corrections

Current Salaries

Base
Salaries Recommended by Commission

$79,3.56 48,150 58,500 78,541 (1}
60,500 62,000 58,000

$80,000 48,150
60,320 78,541
62,000 62,000 60,320

58,500 60,500 60,500
58,500

60,320 62,000 62,000 60,320

Members, Pardon and Parole Members, Public Service Commission Commissioner of Revenue State Superintendent of Schools Secretary of State Commissioner of Veterans Services Members, Workers Compensation Board Chairman, Workers' Compensation Board ~embers of General Asse~ly Speaker of House of Representatives President Pro Tempore of Senate Speaker Pro Tempore of House Justice of Supreme Court Judge, Court of Appeals Superior Court.: Judge District Attorney

58,000 58,000 58,500 62,000 (2) 60,500 5B,500 (2) 56,000 58,000
7,200 (5) 35,956 (3) 2,800 2,800
70',885 70,340 58,315 51,360

60,320 62,000 60,320 62,000 (2) 62,000 6Q,320 {2) 60,320 60,320 12,500
{4)
2,800 2,800
70,885 70,340 60,320 54,000

Table Footnotes $10,530 for subsistence and housing included. Plus 8 per-cent factor in lieu of pension pickup. Plus $7200 as legislator. By law he is to get the same aggregate compensation as the Lt. Governor but with a time lag. Opening each new biennial session he gets equalized with the amount the Lt. Governor receives at that time.
(5) To become $10,000 at opening of 1987 session.

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Aggregate Fiscal Effect of the Salary !ncreases Proposed

Cost to the State

stateh~use
Juaiciary Legislators {$10,000 to $12,500)
Total

$ 60,624 3 73,435 590,000 1 ,024,059

DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS

Effective July 1, 1986 the State Commission on Compensation recommends:

I. That the base salaries for those under the jurisdiction of this Commission be at the following levels:

(1) Governor

$80,000

An allowance in an amount specified

in the Appropriations Act shall also

be provided for the operation of the

Governor's Mansion.

(2) Lieutenant Governor

48,150

(3) Commissioner of Admin. Services

60,320

(4) Adjutant General

78,541

(5) Commissioner of Agriculture

62,000

(6) Attorney General

62,000

(7) State Auditor

60,320

(8) Commissioner of Banking and Finance 60,320

{9) Conmissioner of Insurance

62,000

(10) Commissioner of Labor

62,000

(11) Commissioner ofCorrections

60,320

(12) Each Hember of Pcirdons and Paroles 60,320

(13) Each Member of Public Service Comm. 62,000

(14) Commissioner of Revenue

60,320

(15) State Superintendent of Schools

62,000

(16) Secretary of State

62,000

(17) Commissioner of Veterans Service

60,320

(18) Each Member of the General Assembly 12,500

This salary shall become effective

upon convening of the General Assembly

in 1987. Each ~ember of the General

Assembly shall also receive the allow-

ances authori=ed in Georgia Laws 1980

Session, No. 1005 page 757 (and such

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additional allowances as approved in later amendments to this statute), which law permits reimbursements of certain expenses; and shall continue to re~eive other allowances
provided by law including an expense allowance in the amount of $59 per day and receive the same mileage allowance for the use of a
personal car when devoted to official business as that received by other state employees. (19) The Speaker of the -House shall receive the salary and allowances authorized as a Member of the General Assembly. In addition, he shall receive an amount to bring his total compen-
sation to the same level as that of the Lieutenant Goverfior effective the convening of each new term.

(20)
(21)
{22) {23) {24)
(25)
(26)
(27)

President Pro Tempore ot the Senate

2,800

President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall

also receive the salary and allowances

authorized as a Member of the General Assembly

Speaker Pro Te~ore of the House of

Representatives

2,800

The Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of

Representatives shall also receive the salary

and allowance authorized as a Member of the

General Assembly.

Each Justice of Supreme Court

70,885

Each Judge of Court of Appeals

70,340

Each Superior Court Judge

60,320

Each Superior Court Judge shall also receive

any supplement paid to him by the county or

counties of his Judicial Circuit as may be

provided by law. Each Superior court Judge

shall also receive reimbursement of travel

expenses as provided by law.

~ach District Attorney

54,000

Each District Attorney shall also receive

any supplement paid to him by the county or

counties of his Judicial Circuit as may be

provided by law. Each District Attorney

shall also receive reimbursement of travel

expenses as provided by law.

Member, Workers' Compensation Board

60,320

Chairman, Workers' Compensation Board 60,320

In addition to the above base salaries, those officials will continue to get a salary suppl~ment who qualify under Act No. 1071 (Senate Bill 42), Georgia Laws 1980, page 935, which states in part: "The annual salary being received on June 30, 1980 of each state official listed above, except Members of the General Assembly, who
is not a contributing member of a State Retirement System and,

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t hhereeufoporen'

does not benefit a portion of the

by or participate' in any program emp 1oyee contr~ bu t~ons to the State

w e~em are made on behalf of the employee by the employer, shall

~ys e

ncreased ~lements

by are

8 percent, payments to

effective qualified

on July 1, 1980." These individuals and shall not

bsueppconstrued as adher1ng t o the o ff'~ce.

DETAILED RECO~mNDATIONS (cont'd)

The state Commissions on Compensation recommends further:

II. That the officials under its jurisdiction receive the same cost-of-living adj_ustment as awarded other employees of the state (except that members of_ the General
Assembly will receive but half of said adjustment).

III. That each member of the follolo~ing Boards and Commissions be paid the same per diem expense allowance,
in lieu of any existing per diem allo~va::1ce or other remu::1eration now received, as is paid Hembers of the General Assembly each day on which he attends a neet-
ing of such Board or Commission; plus reimbursement of travel at the legal rate; with such maximum limitations on the number of meetings held as nm-11 prescribed
by law:

State Board of Education
State Medical Education Board Board of Regents of the University
System of Georgia
State Personnel Board
Boa.rd of Offender Rehabilitation Board of Industry and Trade Board of Natural Resources
State Transportation Board Dental Educational Board State Scholarship Commissio::1
Veterans Service Board State Commission on Compensation

Respectfully submitted,

STATE COMHISSION ON CotlPENSA':'IC:l

By: ~~. Dav~d Padgett, Cha~rman
By: Alan S. Gaynor, V~ce Chairman

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EXHIBIT I

THE EARNINGS OF ATTORNEYS
Leading Findings from the 1985 Survey by Management consulting Firm, Altman & Weil, Inc., (Ardmore,
Pennsylvania) . Survey of Law Firm Economics.
Altman & Weil found that their survey results were
more meaningful if separated into two main categories: (1) average lawyer income in law firms, and (2) corporate
law department salaries. Also, they found wide variation in the compensation of attorneys, according to position ~ and by years of experience in the legal profession.

LAW FIRMS

The median total compensation (cash plus benefits) of attorneys in law firms:

BY REGION

West California West Central Southwest South Northeast East Central

Partners/ Shareholders
98,286 115,180 105,475 123,122 105,633 107,563 110,609

Associates* 43,187 44,160 39,700 47,343 40,000 44,537 43,490

Compensation showed an inclination to vary by the size of the firm

No. of Lawyers 2 to 6 9 to 20 21 to 40 41 to 74 75 or over

Partners/ Shareholders
79,600 100,480 107,812 114,989 139,768

Associates* 34,227 39,130 41,017 44,141 47,385

... and by the population of the metro area in which the firm was located.

METRO POPULATION

Under 100,000 100,000 to 250,000 250,000 to 500,000 500,000 to 1,000,000 over 1,000,000

Partners/ Shareholders
86,793 99,898 112,024 107,657 120,554

Associates* 35,923 36,692 40,803 43,309 46,361

*About 40 percent of attorneys in law firms are "associates".

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EXHIBIT II
SALARIES IN U.S. INDUSTRY (Beginning of 1985)

SOME' 'FACTS ON THE WIDE VARIATION IN MANAGEMENT SALARIES
.. salaries for positions carryinq the same title vary widely in American business, dependinq chiefly on the size of the enterorise. One finds that in the largest firms (sales in the billions) salaries are four or five times as large as they are in small ones. (By "small" we mean a business with annual sales of $25 million.)

Competitive Salary and Total Annual Compensation Levels

Eo...o.,radrva.

SALES IN S MILLIONS Salaay Total

25

$128 $160

50

153 194

,..
General Industry
Compenutfmr bl S Thauaad&*

Chief
'=:~

Chief flnencfal
Eucudve- -

Towa
fAPl
Execud....

Salary Total Salary Total Saluy Total

$ 99 $119 $ 70 $ 82 $ 50 $ 54

117 144

81 96

59 65

100

184 236 139 174

94 113

69 78

250

233 .J06 174 224 113 140

85 100

sao

279 372 206 271 131 165 100 120

750

310 417 227 303 143 181 110 134

1,000 1,500

333 452 370 507

244 328 269 366

151 193 165 213

117 145 129 162

3,000 10,000

443 617 605 867

319 443 429 615

191 250 245 330

151 195 200 269

Top. Jllamen Relawas. Executiv
Saluy Total
$ 47 $ 52 54 62
63 73 77 91
89 108 98 120
104 128 114 142
132 168 172 225

"General industry" includes durable and nondurable goods manufacturing
companies.

Compensation varies somewhat accordinq to the type of business. Salaries are lower in retail sales, service enterprises and in utilities, yet the differentials are not really large.

Source: Sibson &Company Inc.; EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION:20th Edition, 1985.

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EXHIBIT I I I
JODICIAL SALARIES COMPARED Southeastern States, 1985

ALABsAuMprAeme Court,

Chief Justice

Judges

criminal Appeals,

Presiding Judge

Associate Judge

civil Appeals,

Presiding Judge

. Associate Judge

Circuit Court Judges

District Court Judges

PLOlUDA
Supreme Court District Court Circuit Courts

GEORGIA Supreme Court,
Court of Appeals Superior Court

Chief Justice Associate Justice

KBH'rOCKY
Supreme Court,
Court of Appeals
Circuit Courts District Courts
LODISIAHA Supreme Court Court of Appeals District Courts
IUSSISSIPPI Supreme Court,
Chancery Courts Circuit Courts

Chief Associate Chief Associate
Chief Justice Presiding Justice Associate Justice

NORTH CAROLJ:HA

Supreme Court,

Chief Justice

Associate Justice

Court of Appeals,

Chief Justice

Judges

Superior Court Judges, Senior

Judges

District Court

Chief

Judges

Salaries July 1985
$64,350 63,800 63,250 62,700 63,250 62,700 52,800 42,240
74,374 67,093 64,072
70,886 70,886 70,340 58,320
60,745 59,718 57,708 57,101 54,671 46,774
66,566 63,367 60,169
60,000 59,500 59,000 51,000 51,000
70,608 69,144 66,936 65,472 60,048 58,140 48,948 47,076

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sotrl'B CAROLINA supreme Court, circuit Court

Chief Justice Associate Justice

TENNESSEE
Supreme Court court of Appeals Trial Level Judges

Chief Justice Associate Justices Presiding Judge Associate Judges

WEST VIRGINIA
Supreme Court Circuit Courts

VIRGINIA

Supreme Court,

Chief Justice

Associate Justice

*Includes $4,000 travel allowance annual

Circuit Courts

District Courts

Court of Appeals

Chief Judge

Judges

JUDICIAL
Salaries July 1985
$80,814 76,773 72,935
68,175 65,650 64,135 63,125 60,600
55,000 50,000
72,006* 67,540*
62,700 56,430 65,163 64,163

SOURCE: Our own survey conducted in July, 1985

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EXHIBIT IV

CURRENT COMPENSATION OF SELECTED GEORGIA OFFICIALS

(Contrast1ng

salar1'es

by

Boards

versus

those

by

statute) Salary

by

Statute

Chancellor, Board of Regents

Dan Law school, U. of Ga.

D:an: Agriculture, U. of Ga.

.

Commissioner, Dept. of Tra~sportat1on

Director, Ga. Ports A~thor1ty

Director, Exper. Stat1on, U. of Ga.

Vice Chancellor (Health), Regents

GExoevce.rnvo.r Chancellor, Regents

79,356(2)

commissioner, Dept. of Hum . Res.

Vice Chancellor (Fiscal), Regents

Exec. Secretary, Regents

Vice Chancellor (Academic) Regents

Vice Chancellor

Vice Chancellor (Research) Regents

Commissioner, Dept. of Nat. Res.

Director, Ga. Bur. of Investigation

Commissioner, Community Affairs

Commissioner, Public Safety

Commissioner, Industry and Trade

Commissioner, Med. Assistance

Ex. Dir., Ga. Public Tele. Comm.

Ex. Secy., Ga. St. Inv. and Fin. Comm.

Director of Fin., Inv . and Fin. Comm.

Ex. Dir., Bd. of Postsecondary Educ.

Attorney General

62,000

State Supt. of Schools

62,000{3)

Comrn. of Agriculture

60,500

Comm. of Insurance

60,500

Comm. of Labor

60,500

Secretary of State

60,500

Dir., Stone Mtn. Mem. Assn.

Dir., Ga. Resid. Fin. Authority

Director, Forestry Commission

Commissioner of Admin. Services
Comrn~ss~oner of Banking &Finance
Comm1ss1oner of Corrections Commissioner of Revenue
Members, Pardons &Parole
Members, Public Service Comm. State Auditor D~rector, Lake Lanier Authority

58,500
58,500 58,500 58,500
58,000 58,000 58,000

Dlrector, Jekyll Island Authority

Salarv by Board
$105,000 (I) 93,650 87,200 86,625 85,000 84,650 83,505
78,000 76,899 76,000 75,500 73' 100 70,000 65,000 65,000 64,542 64,542 64,542 64,542 64,542 63,792 62,790 62,790 62,000
60,000 60,000 59,535
58,000 58,000

~i? :~us $4,500 subsistence and the use of a house
(J) Plus ~40,000 for mansion allowance. us 8% factor 11 in lieu of pension pickup.

PAGE #17

EXHIBIT V

tOCAL SUPPLEMENTS POR SOPERIOR COORT JOCGES IN GEORGIA: Ranked in descending order, 1985

Atlanta Augusta Eastern arunswic:Jc Gwinnett Cobb Cub l i n Eo u s t o n Macon oc:mulgee Conasauga Chattac:hooc:hee Griffin Western St:one Mountain Mountain Alcovy Southern Clayton Waycross Oouqherty Oouqlas Cherokee South Gorqia Rome Flint Tallapoosa At1an1:ic:
~orthea.stern
Appalachian Slue Ridqe
~orthern
Coweta Others
Of those receving any supplement the median amount is:
~ ~etting supplenents

$19,052.00 17,781.00 17,000.00 12,600.00 12,500.00 12,000.00 12,000.00 12,000.00 12,000.00 11,400.00 10,733.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 9,800.00 9,000.00 8,980.00 8,877.00 8,400.00 8,200.00
8s,,o1o7o5..o0o0
8,000.00 7,500.00 7,200.00 7,000.00 6,000.00 6,000.00 5,300.00 5,ooo.oo 4,500.00 4,500.00 2,700.00 2,604.00
0.00
Super'Ulr Court Judges
SlO,OOO
82:

12
4
4
3
4 6 2 2 4
3 3
4 2 2 7 2 2
3
4 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2
3
2
l 2
2
3
23
127
District _Attorne:!s
s !i838
39~

PAGE #18

EXHIBIT VI U.S. GOVERNMENT

EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL SALARIES

position

Salary rate
payable January 1, 1985

President of the United States $200,000

Vice President of the United States. 97,900

Members of Congress, including the Resident Commis-

sioner from Puerto Rico and the Delegates from the

District of Columbia, Guam, and the Virgin Islands 75,100

speaker of the House of Representatives 97,900

President pro tempore of the Senate. 85,000

Majority and minority leaders of the Senate 85,000

Majority and minority leaders of the House of Repre-

sentatives 85,000

Other offices in the legislative branch:

comptroller General of the United States 75,100

Deputy Comptroller General of the United States 73,600

General Counsel of the United States General Ac-

counting Office 72,300

Librarian of Congress 72,300

Public Printer 72,300

Architect of the Capitol 73,600

Chief Justice of the United States 104,700

Associate Justices of the Supreme Court.

100,600

Judges, Circuit Court of Appeals 80,400

Judges, Court of Claims. 70,200

Judges, Court of International Trade

76,000

Judges, district courts 76,000

Judges, Bankruptcy Court 68,400

Offices and positions under the Federal executive

salary scheduled in subch. II of ch. 53 of title 5

of the United States Code:

Level I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86,200

Level II. . . . . .

75,100

Level III



7-3,600

Level IV.

72,300

Level V

68,700

HIGHLIGHTS
Despite substantial sala~y.incr~ases awarded in recent year~ t Georgia officials (and off1c1als 1n other states as well) the1r c~mpensation has not increased as much as that in the private sector since 1967
Even when the higher salary ($10,000) for members of the Georgia General Assembly goes into effect in January, 1987, our pay level will still be far below the average today for legislators in the U.S . {The average for the other 49 states now is $16,694.)
Salaries for Georgia officials in the executive and judicial branches under the jurisdiction of the State Commission on Compensation compare favorably with those paid in the other 49 states. With some exceptions, our salaries are in the top quartile for the nation. However, what we pay Georgia officials in all three branches of Government falls much below the compensation prevailing in the Federal government, the private professions, and in business enterprise.
Salaries paid in Georgia are actually better than they seem at first glance. The cost-of-living in the Atlanta area (where a majority of state officials live) is estimated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics to be only 91% of the average for 11 Urban United States 11 For those officials living in less populated parts of Georgia, the news is even better. The BLS reports that costs in 11 non metropolitan areas in the south 11 to be about 10% lower than in Atlanta.
Local supplements for District Attorneys and Superior Court Judges in Georgia have been increasing significantly over the past few years. Over 80% of the judges and nearly 40%of our DAs get local supplements now. Of those getting some supplement, the median for the judges is $10,000 and that for DAs is $6,838.

THE SALARIES OF GEORGIA OFFICIALS SINCE 1967 IN RELATION TO THE NATIONAL TREND
supposing the salaries of those officials under the jurisdiction of the State Commission on Compensation had increased since 1967 at the same rate as the average for professional, administrative and technical personnel? The increases for these three groups have been of such magnitude that by mid-1985, they would be 3.3391 times their level in March, 1967. * (For the actual increases year by year, see page 80 of this report.) Average increase for the interval was 6.93 percent--compound interest rate.
If our Georgia officials had had annual increases of this magnitude, their salaries would be considerably higher today than is actually the case. See the middle column of the table on the page immediately following for the actual figures.
The increase in pay scales mentioned above is taken from the U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics surveys of private firms of medium and large scale throughout America. These surveys have been made for many years.
*The annual surveys by the BLS appear in bulletins entitled: The .National Survey of Professional, Administrative, Techn~cal and Clerical Pay. The surveys are done in March, and the results are issued each July.
1

COMPARISON OF NEW SALARIES AND F.Y. 1968 SALARIES WITH AVERAGE ANNUAL RATE OF INCREASE APPLIED

average ann workers in the

Salary July 1, 1967

Salary in P.Y.'86 Assuming an Average
Annual Rate of Increase of 6.93'

Governor . ................. ~ ...... $ 4 2 , 50 0

$141,911

Commissioner of Adm. Servicesl N/A Adjutant General2 22,897 Commissioner of Agriculture 22,500 Attorney General 30,000 State Auditor.................. 28,280
Commissioner of Banking and Pin 20,556 Commissioner of Insurance 22,500 Commissioner of Labor 20,567 Commissioner of Offender Reb 20,986 Members of Pardons' Paroles Bd 22,200 Members of Pub. Service Comm 22,500 Commissioner of Revenue 22,677 State Superintendent of Schools 22,500 Secretary of State 28,600 Commissioner of Veterans Service. 24,987 State Board of Worker's Comp. -
Chairman 19,500 Members 19 , 000

76,455 75,129 100,172 94,429 68,638 75,129 68,675 70,074 74,128 75,129 75,720 75,129 95,498 83,433
65,112 63,442

Members of General Assembly 4,200 Lieutenant Governor 20,000 Speaker of House3 7,800 President Pro Tempore of Senate3. 2,400 Speaker Pro Tempore of House3 2,400

14,024 66,782
26,045 8,014
8,014

Justice of Supreme Court 26,500 Judge of Court of Appeals 26,500

88,486 88,486

Superior Court Judge4 18,000 District Attorney4 22,8005

60,013 72,1635

58,500 68 10 60,500 62,000 58,00 58,500 60,500 60,500 58,500 58,000 58,000 58,500 62,000 60,500 58,500
7,200 48,150 35,956
2,800 2,800
70,885 70,3"0
58,315 51,360

*Plus 8\ factor in lieu of pension pickup: a payment ot the individual and does not adhere to the office. For details, see page 4.

s position was created in F.Y. 1972: therefore, there was no salary ~

2FAidsjcuatlan1t9G6~8n.eral's salary is determined by comparable rank in the u.s. A:



In addition he qets $10,530 for housing and subsistence.

3Also receivessa~ary as mem~er of the General Assembly.

4Local supplements, if any, are excluded.

5salary in F.Y. 1968 was based on fees received. Beginning July 1, 1968,

salary was set at $22,800. The salary in second column is calculated on

the salary trend since July 1, 1968.

6Effective opening of 1987 Session, his compensation will be elevated to 1

of Lt. Governor. He now gets $7,200 plus $35,956.

?Effective opening of 1987 session, the annual salary will be $10,000.

lA

SALARIES OF AGENCY HEADS COMPARED (with indicators of agency size)

Current

--MaJ.sOar l

Depart aries

ments and Age by statute

ncie

s

Go,ernor

Ac~ds'ustainotnGeerneorfalAdm:

. . Serv1ces

Salary
$79,359(1) 68,011(2) 58,500

commissioner of Agr1culture

60,500

AttorneY General State Auditor coiiiJilissioner of Banking & Pin. coJIIDissioner of Insurance coannissioner of Labor

62,000 58,000(4}
58,500 60,500 60,500(5)

coJIIDissioner of Offender

Rehabilitation

58,500

state Board of Pardons and Par. 58,000

eommissioner of Public Service

Commission

58,000

COmmissioner of Revenue

58,500

Secretary of State

60,500

State Superintendent of Schools 62,000(6)

Co-missioner of Veterans Service 58,500(7}

Chai.rman, State Board of Worker's

Compensation

58,000

P.Y. 1985 Number of Employees
196(3) 1,030
897 119 175 102 239 1,930
6,148 424
119 1,136
362 1,330
142
144

F.Y. 1985

Budget

State

Total

Money

(millions)

$

8.1

107.8

31.1

5.7

8.1

3.8

7.6

67.2

199.8 11.4

4.6 48.0 14.5 1,915.1 16.2

4.9

$ 3.2 32.2 24.0 5.3 6.5 3.8 7.1 4.2
185.2 11.4
4.5 44.2 14.4 1,656.1 13.1
4 .a

Positions for which salary is set by Boards ,

Commissioner of Community Aff. 64,543

118

Director of Employees Retirement

System

65,000

28

Director of Porestry Commission 59,535

857

Director of Georgia Bureau of

Investigation

64,542

479

Commissioner of Human Resources 76,899 16,954

Commissioner of Industry & Trade 64,542

193

- Commissioner of Medical Assist. 64,542
Commissioner of Personnel Adm.

225

Merit System

64,542

162

Commissioner of Natural Res.

65,000

1,271

Commissioner of Public Safety 64,542

1,545

Chancellor of the University

System

105,000(9}

100(10)

Executive Director, State Student

Pinance Commission

60,320

97

Executive Director, Soil and Water

Bx Conservation Commission

45,684

13

ecutive Secretary/Treasurer,

COlllllliTsse1'aocnheerr

s Retirement System of Transportation

60,000 86,625

67 6,946

Footnotes: See next page

98.3
1::1.9 29.0
22.1 1,162.0
18.0 777.4
205.7 67.5 60.8
1,080.2
22.1
. 8
12.6 779.2

5.6
10.5 25.1
20.7 583.8
11.1 230.3
0 ( 8} 50.7 58.7
623.7
16.4
.8
9.6 412.2

2

(1} Plus $40,000 for mansion allowance.

(2} Plus

$10,530 for subsistence and housing.

(3) In Georgia National Guard about 13,414 people.

(5) About half of this salary is offset oy federal funds.

(8) Charge levied on agencies served.

(9) Includes $4,500 subsistence: and he is provided a house.

(10) Employed in total University System: 23,000 approximately

Plus 8 percent factor in lieu of pension pickup (4) State Auditor: $3241 (6) State Superintendent Of Schools: $3646 (7) Commissioner of Veterans Service: $3241

About the 8 percent factor:
Until 1980, most state employees and officials paid 5.5 percent of their salary into a state retirement system. Beginning July, 1980, the state began paying all but .5 percent of this amount, thus giving that person a 5 percent increase in take-home pay. In contrast, those getting the 8 percent factor were long-term members of the retirement system who were not required to make contributions and: therefore, did not receive the 5 percent increase in take-home pay. In lieu thereof, the incumbents were granted an 8 percent increase in gross salary which was considered to be roughly equivalent to a 5 percent increase in take-home pay. Therefore, the salary for these officials is 8 percent higher than the official salary shown for the position. Any new person will receive the salary indicated in the above table since the 8 percent factor does not adhere to the office.

3

INDEXES OF COMPARATIVE COSTS BASED ON A HIGHER BUDGET FOR A FOUR-PERSON FAMILY 1/ AUTUMN 1981*
(U. S. URBAN AVERAGE COST = 100)

Total Budget

Total Consumption

Personal Income Taxes

URBAN UNITED STATES . .

100

100

100

Metropolitan areas 11 . .

103

102

lOS

*Nonmetropolitan areas 11

0

0

0

0

88

90

77

NORTHEAST: Boston, Mass. Buffalo, N.Y.

. 0

0

0

0

0

0 0

. 0

0

0

0 0

0

118 102

114 98

133 114

New York-Northeastern N.J.

124

112

163

Philadelphia, Pa.-N.J. 0

104

103

108

Pittsburgh, Pa.

0

0

0

0

96

98

91

*Nonrnetropolitan areas 11

0

0

0

0

96

96

93

NORTH CENTRAL:

Chicago, Ill.-Northwestern, Ind.

. Cincinnati, Ohio-Ky. -Ind . 0

. . Cleveland, Ohio. 0 0

0

0

. . . Detroit, Mich.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0 0

. 0

98 96 98 99

102 98
101 100

88 91 92
97

. Kansas City, Mo.-Kansas.
Milwaukee, Wis .. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

97 104

99 101

92 116

. Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn . 0

St. Louis, Mo. -Ill.. 0 0

0

0

0

102 94

97

116

97

86

*Nonmetropolitan areas 11

86

91

78

. . . . . SOUTH: Atlanta, Ga.

.

. . 0

0

91

93

84

Baltimore, Md.

0

0

0

0

. . Dallas, Tex.

0

0

0

0

0

. . . . Houston, Tex .. 0

. . Washington, D.C.-Md.-Va.

100
89 91 108

98
96 99 103

107
65 69 124

*Nonmetropolitan areas ll

83

87

67

WEST:

Denver, Colo .. . . . . .

. 0

97

99

91

. . . . Los Angeles-Long Beach, Calif.

San Diego, Calif ..

0

0

101 99

102 100

99 95

San Francisco-Oakland, Calif
. . . Seattle-Everett, Wash . . . . *Honolulu, Hawaii . .
. Nonmetropolitan areas 11

107 98
132 92

106 105 120
92

112
79 175
89

. . . . Anchorage, Alaska.

119

122

113

See footnotes on next page.

DLeaptaersttmseunrtveoyf

available Labor.

from

the Bureau of Labor Statistics,

U.

S.

4

Footnotes:
* Some areas previously shown are no longer available. See special
note. 1/ The family consists of an employed husband, age 38, a wife not
employed outside the home, an 8 year-old girl and a 13 year-old boy. 2/ As defined in 1960-61. For a detailed description of these and previous geographical boundaries, see the 1967 edition of Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas, prepared by the Office of Ma~age- ment and Budget. 3/ Places with population of 2,500 to 50,000.
5

Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers The United States 1967 - 100

1948 1950 1952 1954. 1956 1958 1960 1962 1964 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985

United States
72.1 72.1 79.5 80.5 81.4 86.6 88.7 90.6 92.9 97.2 100.0 104.2 109.8 116.3 121.3 125.3 133.1 147.7 161.2 170.5 181.5 195.4 217.4 246.8 272.4 289.1 298.4 311.1 June 322.2

Percentage Change
from previous year
4.2 5.4 5.9 4.3 3.3 6.2 11.0 9.1 5.8 6.5 7.7 11.3 13.5 10.4 6.1 3.2 4.2 3.8 (estimated increase for year)

Source: U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 6

Salaries in Other States:
Executive, Legislative, and Judicial

ANR0M SALARIES
GOVERNOR

ALABAMA $
JU,ASD
A.JUllilZDOIIISIAAS CALIFORNIA

63,839 81,648 62,500 35,000 49,100

coLOPDO
coRNBCTI~
uBLAWARB
PLORIDA
GZORGIA .

60,000 65,000 70,000 78,757 79,356

DlfAII. . .. ... .
IDAIIO ILLINOIS. IIIDIAIIA lCJIIIA

59,400 . 50,000
58,000 66,000 64,000

U...R-rSoACSJtY . . . . . . . . . . ..
ILIOAUliIiBSIANA llall'II.AIID

65,000 61,200 73,440 35,000 75,000

M&SSACBUS~
IIICBIGAII. KIBMISOTA MISSISSIPPI
IIISSOORI
IIOII'l'AIIA IIIDJilASU JIIIYADA
IIBBNN JBIRASMBYPSBXRB

75,000 81,900 84,560 63,000 75,000
50,452 4C,OOO 65,000 62,880 85,000

IBN MBXICO .
IIBW YORK WORTH CAROLIHA BORTH DAKOTA OBIO
OltLA.BOMA. ORBGOII PIBIISYLVAIIIA IBODB ISLAKD ~ CAROLIHA

60,000 lOC,OOO
93,516 60,862 65,0CC
70,0GO 58,194 75.000* ,9,500 60,000

SOU!B DAKOTA
!ZRBBSSBB TDAS
U'!'AB. VDIIOII'r

55,120 68,220 91,600
60,000 60,000

VIRGIIIIA
NASBIIIGTOII WIS~ VIRGIIIIA WISCOIISIII
WYOMIIIG

75,000 63,000 72,000 75,337 70,000

No. above Georgia
No. Below Georgia Average

7
42
66,348

next office holder $85,000

7

GOVERNOR ($79,3 56) (Plus $40,000 Mansion Allowance)
It is a widespread practice to provide governors with a residence plus a maintenance allowance for upkeep and entertainment. The budgeting and terminology vary from state to state.

ANNUAL SALARIES LT. GOVERNOR

ALABAMA..... . . S 35,385

ALASJtA
ARIZONA ARJtANSAS

76,188
- o-
14, 000

CALIFORNIA 42,500

COLORADO CONNECTICUT DELAWARE FLORIDA GEORGIA

32,500 40,000
28,875 U,415580

HAWAII IDAHO ILLINOIS INDIANA IOWA

53,460 14,000 45,500 51,000 21,900

JtANSAS
JtEH"l''CKY. LOOISIANA MAINB MARYLAND

18,207 52,028 63,367
-o-
62,500

MASSACBOSBTTS
MICHIGAN
MIRHBSO'rA MISSISSIPPI MISSOORI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

60,000 56.175 46.510
34,000 45,000

MOH'l'AHA RBBRASJtA RBVADA HBW BAMPSBIRB
HBW JERSEY

36,141 32,000 10,500
- o-o-

NBW MEXICO
HBW YORK NORTH CAROLINA NORTH DAKOTA OHIO .

38,500 85,000 55,368 50,000 35,000

OJtLABOMA
OREGON
PENNSYLVANIA
RHODE ISLAND
SOUTH CAROLINA

40,000
-o-
57,500* 35,500 35,000

SOUTB DAKOTA
TEHNBSSEE ....
TEXAS
OTAB VERMOH'l'

7,670 + 75 da 12,500 + 4,900
7,200 50,000 25,000

VIRGINIA WASHINGTON WEST VIRGINIA WISCONSIN WYOMING

24,000 28,600
-o-
41,390 -0-

No. above Georgia No. below Georgia Average

14 28 39,920

*next office holder $67,500

8

Lieutenant Governor ($48,150) (Plus same per diem as for members of the General Assembly)

AJJMINIS'l'RA'l':IVE SERVICES

............... ALAJIAIIA $ 58,188 (D)' 48,906 (Pl

~-
UXIOIIA ..

73,620 72,807 56,420

c~aLIPDRIIA. 73,780

61,453 79,407 49,920 59,404 58,500

DIIAll, . IIDLALIIIJOIO IS IIICIDIIAIA.IIA
IIA%8 llla.'II.AIID

34,896 (D)' 28,884 (Pl 48,485 52,000 61,005 48,651 (D)' 40,019 (P)
60,984 53,556 66,492 50,627 47,500 ( p), 31,776 (D)

~-
.XSSISSIPPI IIISSOCJal.
~ ...............
JIDitASU.
avaaa................
... IIAIIPSBIU ... JBRSBY

50,190 to 63,273 62,500 57,500 44,936 (D)' 36,984 (P) 65,000
50,500 41,639 44,111 56,133 60,770

... MIXICO
.., mu..............
IOR!B CAROLINA NDRrB DAK~A
OBJ:O

46,848 (D)' 39,876 (P) 75,900
66,432 (D) 49,584 48,000 (D)' 32,000 (Pl

OKL&IIOIIA. ORBGOB
PBI18!LVAMXA IBODB ISLARD
SOO'rll CAROLINA

42,400 (P)' 40,000 (D) 50,299 ( p), 50,299 (D)
52,726 55,469 (D), 54,994 (P)

SOO'rll DAK~A !ZBIBSSBB
'rBXAS ftAB............. ..
'IIIIIIM)ft.

41,995 28,896 55,200 (P)' 47,400 (D) 52,284 49,770

VDGIJIIA. MISBlHGTOR NBS! VIRGINIA
1fiSCOI8IH W!CIIIBG

65,644 (D) 63,804
45,500
65,421 56,721 (D)' 48,900 (P)

No. No.

above below

Georgia Georgia

Average

17 30 55,936

COMMISSIONER OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
(58,500)
It is difficult to make a meaninqful com94rison of salaries for the Commissioner of Administrative SerVices since the oosition in Georqia is Unique. It is a super-aqency embracinq three biq proqrams: purchasinq, data processinq and qeneral services. Many other states have a department of administration, but what they embrace may be unlike the department in Georqia. All the same, we reoort the salaries paid by the other states because they have some relevance. If a state does not have any umbrella or su98raqency we show what is paid to the head of the purchasing department (P) or data processing (D).

9

ANNUAL SALARIES COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE

ALABAMA $44,687
ALASJtA. . 7 3, 6 20 ARIZONA............... 53,657
ARXANSAS.............. n/a
CALIFORNIA 78,663

COLORADO CONNECTICUT DELAWARE FLORIDA GEORGIA

63,181 48,590 45,000 67,246 60,500

HAWAII IDAHO ILLINOIS INDIANA IOWA
JtANSAS ...........
JtENTUCJtY LOUISIANA MAI.NE
MARYLAND

50,490 49,691 43,000
41,000
56,052 52,028 60,169 48,298 59,200

MASSACHUSETTS MICHIGAN
MINNBSO'l'A MISSISSIPPI MISSOURI

39,063 55,900 50,000 45,000 57,500

MONTANA HEBRASJtA
RBVADA
HEW BAMPSBIRB RBW JERSEY

50,500 37,236 38,785 41,917 68,640

HEW MEXICO HEW YORK NORTH CAROLINA
NORTH DAXO'l'A
OHIO

50,004 72,100 55,368 46,000 49,000

OKLAHOMA ORBGON PENNSYLVANIA RBODB ISLAND SOUTH CAROLINA

45,000 55,415 58,000
55,000

SOUTH DAltO'l'A TEHNBSSBE TEXAS
tJ'l'AB. , VBRMON'l' . .

44,990 49,992 71,100 48,880 37,345

VIRGINIA 60,902 WASHINGTON 63,792 WEST VIRGINIA 46,800 WISCONSIN 58,241
WYOMING 45,405

No. above Georgia No. below Georgia Average

9 38 $52,955

10

COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE ($60,500)

ANNUAL sALARIES ADJU'l'AN'l' GENERAL

ALABAMA

$52,848 73,620

A.LASD. ARIZONA

49,143 43,502

ACRAJLAINFOSARSNIA 68,699

coLORADO CONNECTICUT DELAWARE. FLORIDA. GEORGIA.
BAWAII IIDLALIJNidOIS
INDIANA .
IOWA

54,121 49,379 45,000 68,011 68,011
78,472 61,900 32,500 56,011 54,548

JtAHSAS - JtBJI'l'UCltY LOUISIANA
MALHB
MARYLAND

46,116 55,980 67,530 33,613 47,354

MASSACBOSBTTS
MICBIGAH MINNESOTA
MISSISSIPPI MISSOURI

71,011 63,220 51,929 42,000 44,220

MONTANA RBBRASD IIBVADA
RBN BAMPSBIRB
IIBW JERSEY.

50,500 42,420 35,627 44,167 67,500

RBN MBXICO
liBW YORK
HORTB CAROLIHA NORTH DAKOTA OBIO

44,340 72,100 53,004 69,280 53,000

OJU.ABOIIA. OREGON PEKNSYLVAHIA RBODB ISLAND SOOTH CAROLIHA

57,500 50,299 48,000.
36,546 55,000

SOOTH DAKOTA
TEHNESSBE
TEXAS. O'!'AB VERMONT

48,006 52,500 54,200 47,210 34,965

VIRGINIA WASHINGTON WBS~ VIRGINIA WISCONSIN WYOMING

45,202 68,011 34,000 46,604 51,948

Same No. above Georgia
No. below Georgia Average

2
6 41 $52,744

*next officeholder $58,000

11

ADJUTANT GENERAL
($68,011) (Plus $10,530 for
housing and
~ subsistence)

AHHOAL SALARIES
ATTORNEY GENERAL

ALABAMA $58,000 ALASltA 73,620
ARIZONA 56,250 ARJtAHSAS. . . . 26,500 CALIPORHXA 47,500

COLORADO
COHNBCTICUT DBLAWARB
FLORIDA GBORGXA

40,000 50,000 52,320 67,246 62,000

HAWAII
IllAB-Oe ILLINOIS INDIAHA
IOWA

50,490 42,000 50,500 51,000 54,000

ltANSAS KENTOaY
LOOISIAHA
MAI.NB. MARYLAJID
MASSACBDSBTTS MICHIGAN MIHNBSOTA MISSISSIPPI MISSOOU

57,500 52,028 60,169 45,490 62,500
65,000 75,000 66,060 51,000 62,500

MOH'l'JUIA HBBRASKA
IIBVADA NBW BAMPSBIRB
RBW JBRSBY

46,016 39,500 52,500 56,133 70,000

NBW MBXICO
NBW YORlt NORTH CAROLIHA NORTH DAK~ OHIO

44,000 85,000 55,368 52,000 50,000

OKLAHOMA OREGON PENNSYLVARXA RBODB ISLAND SOUTH CAROLINA

55,000 55,973 65,000 41,875 55,000

SO~ DAKOTA TEHNBSSBB
'l'EXAS
tJTAB. VBIUIOIIT

46,800 65,650 71,100 49,000 45,000

VIRGINXA WASBINGTOH WBS~ VIRGIHXA WISCOHSIH
WYOMIHG

65,500 47,100 50,400 58,139 59,400

No. above Georgia No. below Georgia Average

13
36 $55,203

12

ATTORNEY GENERAL
($62,000)

ARROAL SALARIES STA'I'E AUDITOR

~AL-ASKA

$32,940 68,460

AJtiZOIIIA
JBJANSAS
CALIJ'ORIIIA

68,040 52,933 78,663

ccooLaOwRAzDcOorxC CT -
oPLBOLRIADAN ARI
GBOJlGIA .

66,733 33,960 68,002
S-8, 000

Dlf.AII. . IDABD
ILLIJIOIS IICBJDIIIIAAIIIA
KUBIIifSt'OACSKY
LOUISIAIIIA
JIA,ID. - lllll'ILAIID

33,276 43,971 48,000 46,000 41,000
54,912 52,028 58,774 32,947
si,aoo

RISSACBOSBTTS
IIICBIGAII.
MI~
MISSISSIPPI MISSOUlll
~- ..............
IIDIASD DVAD.A
IBW BAKPSBIRB . . . JBRSBY

60,000 66,100
so, 740
45,000 42,500
33,342 32,000 42,203 41,917 63,000

IBW IIBXICO-
1BW TOU
.ORTB CAROLIHA NORTH DAKO!A
OBIO

38,496
85,000 55,368 46,000 50,000

OILABOIIA
ORBGOB
PBIRSYLVARIA IBODB ISLAND
SOU'l'B CAROLIRA

50,000 50,299 58,000
57,284 55,000

800TB DAKOTA
!ZKRBSSBB 'l'BXAS U'l'AB
VZIUIOII'l'

38,563
66,950 45,000 35,000

VIRGIHIA MASBIHGTOH HBST VIRGIRIA HISCOHSIH
HTOIIIHG

69,674 37,200 46,800 57,524

No. above Georgia No. below Georgia Average

11 34
50,542

13

STATE AUDITOR ($58,000)

AHHOAL SALARIES COMMISSIONER OF BANKING

ALABAMA
ALASltA
~ZONA
ARKANSAS
CALZPORRIA

$52,848 59,532 66,780
37,986 73,780

COLORADO CONNBCTICOT DELAWARE
FLORIDA
GEORGIA

5A_.464 58,049 65,000
67,246 58,500

HAWAII IDAilo ILLINOIS
INDIANA
IOWA

33,276 45,926 42,500 50,685 43,100

KANSAS -. KER'l'OCXY. LOO'ISIANA IIAINB MARYLAND

40,836 52,028 47,495 43,326 46,300

IIASSACBO'SETTS
MICHIGAN MINNBSOTA MISSISSIPPI MISSOO'RI

42,466 52,400 46,750 41,000 42,690

MOR'l'ANA
IIBBRASltA.
RBVADA
JIBW IIAMPSBIRB . JIBW JBRSBY

38,051 48,925 37,537 44,167 70,000

JIBW MEXICO
HEW YORlt
HORTB CAROLINA NORTH DAKOTA OHIO

44,340 72,100 53,256 40,272 42,000

OKLABOJIA.
ORBGOH PENHSYLVAHIA RBODB ISLAND SOO'TB CAROLINA

53,000 50,299 48,000 48,909

SOO'TB DAKOTA
TEHHESSBE
TEXAS . . tJTAB VERMOR'l'

36,358
52,500 77,000 46,709 40,740

VIRGINIA WASBINGTOH WEST VIRGIHIA WISCOHSIH WYOMIHG

71,161 49,488 36,500 57,531 45,405

No. above Georgia No. below Georgia Average

9
39 $50,028

COMMISSIONER OF BANKING AND FINANCE
($58,500)

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AHHOAL SALAIUES

COMMISSIONER OP INSURANCE

ALABAMA $52,848
AI,.A.SJtA
ARIZONA. 66,780
ARKANSAS 43,550
CALIPORHIA 73,780

COLORADO
coNNECTICUT . .
DELAWARE. FLORIDA GEORGIA.

58,464 59,933 33,960 67,246 60,500

HAWAII. IDAHO ILLINOIS IHDIANA.
IOW'A
DJISAS . Jt:DII'DCKY. LOUISXA&A JIAIIIB. . IIARY'I.A:RD

47,520 38,001 43,000
45,081 37,800
50,000 51,984 60,169 39,852 50,700

MASSACHUSETTS

lllCBIGA.B
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..

MISSISSIPPI

IIISSOUJI.I

IIOftAIIA.. aBBRA.SU. IIBVADA
WBW BAMPSBIRB KIN JBRSBY

42,466 to 53,190 52,400 46,750 45,000 42,690
33,342 38,914 37,537 56,133 70,000

RBN MBX%CO
IIBN YORK
'NOR~ CAROLIHA NOR~ DAKOTA OBIO

36,516 72,100 55,368 46,000 52,000

OKLAHOMA
ORBGOH PERNSYLVAHIA RBODB ISLARD
SOUTH CAROLINA

50,000 50,299 58,000 48,909 60,157

SOUTH DAKOTA
TBKHBSSBE 'f'BXAS
U'l'AB VEIUIOII'I'.

31,387
52.500 59,100 47,210 33,550

VIRGIHIA WASBIBGTOH WIS~ VIRGIHIA WISCOHSIH
WYOKIHG

63.337 37,200
35,000
47,249
47,000

COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE ($60,500)
Additional duties of this of this office: --Regulation of small loan companies --State Fire Marshall

No. above Georgia No. below Georgia Average

8 40
49,!173

15

ANNUAL SALARIES COMMISSIONER OF LABOR

ALABAMA ALASU ARIZONA ARltANSAS CALIFORNIA

$ 52,848 73,620 32,744 53,274 78,663

COLORADO
COHNECTICOT DELAWARE FLORIDA GEORGIA

65,565 62,068 50,000 54,529 60,500

HAWAII . IDAHO ILLINOIS
INDIANA
IOWA

50,490 54,787 50,000 47,550 46,000

JtAHSAS. . KENTUCKY
LOUISIANA
MAINE ;
MARYLAND

5 9 , .2 8 0
60,700 53,353 37,960 62,700

MASSACBOSBTTS MICBIGAH MIHNBS01'A MISSISSIPPI MISSOORJ:

54,557 to 69,015 61,000 55,000
43,000 57,500

MONTANA
IIEBRASU
IIBVADA
RBW BAMPSBIRB BBW JERSBY

50,500 36,752 41,908 50,143 70,000

NEW MEXICO .
NEW YOU
NORTB CAROLINA NORTB DAK01'A OBIO

50,004 75,900 55,368 46,000 50,000

OIU.ABOMA
OREGON PEBNSYLVAHIA RBODB ISLAND SOOT& CAROLINA

50,000 47,900 65,000
48,909 49,351

SOOT& DAKar& TERNBSSBB
TBXA.S
OTAB
VERMONT

45,011
52,500 53,900 48,880 37,345

VIRGINIA WASHINGTON WES~ VIRGINIA WISCORSIN
WYOMING

55.005 63,800 34,000 66,459 53,975

No. above Georgia No. below Georgia
Average

12 37 53,526

16

COMMISSIONER OF LABOR
($60,500)

AHHOAL SALARIES COMMISSIONER OF OFFENDER REHABILITATION

ALABAMA $631792 AJ.ASltA 731620
ARIZONA. 761000
ARKANSAS 511000
CALIFORHIA 731780

CooOHLNOERCATIDCOOT
DBLAWARB FLORIDA GEORGIA. .
HAWAII.
IDAHO
ILLINOIS
INDIANA
IOWA
KANSAS
ltBN'l'DaY. LOOISIARA MAINE IIARYLABD

631504 621319 601000 591792 581500
.331276 461176 461000 601727 541600
591820 601699 521243 411808 531000

MASSACHUSETTS
IIICBIGAH IIIHHBSOTA. , MISSISSIPPI IIISSOORI

541557 611000 551000 401000 571500

MONTANA
RBBRASKA IIBVADA RBW BAMPSBIRB RBW JBRSBY

501500 531025 481233 501143 701000

RBW MBXXCO
IIBW YOU
NORTH CAROLIHA NORTH DAKOTA OBIO

551500 811200 55,368 421624 501648

OltLABOMA
OREGON PEHNSYLVAHIA RBODB ISLAND SOOTH CAROLXHA

551000 551415 431012 521726 561461

SOOTH DAKOTA TERHBSSEE
TEXAS . OTAB
VERMONT

451219 521500 661300 461709 401851

VIRGINIA WASBIHGTON WEST VIRGINIA WISCONSIN WYOMING

65,720 66,564 36,000 58,028 56,721

No. above Georgia No. below Georgia Average

17 32 $55,075

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COMMISSIONER OF OFFENDER REHABILITATION
($58,500)

STATE BOARD OF PARDONS AND PAROLES (58,000)

Unlike Georgia, in most states the function of the Pardons and Paroles is a division of a larger entity, usually a Department of Corrections (State Prison System). In Georgia, however, the Board is an independent agency having constitutional status. The task of the board members is particularly large, due substantially to the fact that Georgia has a huge prison population. We rank eighth in the nation in the number of inmates and second on a per capita basis! The Board has extensive powers and general authority. In 1978, it made almost 17,000 decisions affecting inmate cases. In fiscal year 1979, the board members themselves interviewed more than 1,000 inmates, and the staff of the department 5,000 or more.

Below is salary information from our own survey showing salaries in other states where the function is embraced in an independent agency.

MEMBERS

ALABAMA
ARIZONA COLORADO FLORIDA IOWA KANSAS NEBRASKA
NEVADA
OREGON PENNSYLVANIA SOUTH CAROLINA

$48,037 42,000 42,200 48,629 15,900 - Part time 52,000 33,461 13,378 - Part time 27,405 47,905 27,500
Part time board, $150 for day in attendance at meetings This is pay for three days! One day in meeting; two days study prior to meeting.)

SOUTH DAKOTA TENNESSEE TEXAS WASHINGTON WEST VIRGINIA WYOMING

60 per diem
30,228 Sl,.LOO 51,100 27,000 50 per day plus per diem subsistence.

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ANNUAL SALARIES STATE PARDON AND PAROLES

ALABAMA
ALASKA. ARIZONA.
ARKANSAS CALIFORNIA
COLORADO CONNECTICUT
DELAWARE.
FLORIDA GEORGIA
HAWAII IDAHO ILLINOIS lNDIANA
IOWA
KANSAS ItENTUCXY LOUISIANA MAINE
MARYLAND ............
MASSACHUSETTS MICHIGAN MINNESOTA MISSISSIPPI MISSOURI
MONTANA NEBRASKA NEVADA HEW HAMPSHIRE HEW JERSEY
HEW MEXICO
HEW YOR.lt NORTH CAROLINA NORTH DAKOTA OHIO
OKLAHOMA OREGON PENNSYLVANIA RHODE ISLAND SOOTH CAROLINA
SOOTH DAKOTA TEHHBSSEB TEXAS UTAH VERMONT
VIRGINIA WASHINGTON WEST VIRGINIA WISCONSIN WYOMING

(Members, rdon & Parole - .~8,000)

48,037

42,000

59,675

44,000 -0-
-o-
48,629 58,000

17.13 per hr.
-3oo-,ooo
38,000 approx
15,900

30,468 40,924 27,550 -043,200

38,000 48,000 .
-o-
30,000 pt. 48,875

time

50 per day 33,461 27,405
-o-
66,475

29,768 68,700 44,832
30per day 39,000

-047,905 27,500
7,704 150 per day

60 per day 30,228 51,100 48,191 30 per day

49,839 51,100 27,000 45,575 50 per day

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Here are some states in which the function is conducted by departments of a larger administrative agency, usually the department of corrections (prisons):

MEMBERS

CALIFORNIA HAWAII ILLINOIS INDIANA LOUISIANA
MARYLAND
MICHIGAN MISSISSIPPI MISSOURI MONTANA NEW JERSEY NEW MEXICO NEW YORK NORTH CAROLINA NORTH DAKOTA OHIO** SOUTH DAKOTA UTAH VERMONT VIRGINIA WISCONSIN KENTUCKY

$55,000* 17 an hr. - Part time 30,000 32,763 27,550 -Part time 43,200 48,000 30,000 - Part time 45,000 50 per diem - Part time 61,225 29,760 46,300 44,827 30 per diem - Part time 27,643- 38,730 60 per diem - Part time 48,191 30 per diem - Part time 42,671 34,075 - 44,478 40,000 and more

*Plus COLA (actual in 1985, $59,675)

**Pay varies by experience.

Note: It is customary in many states to pay the chairman of the paroles board several thousand dollars more than the other members receive.
In a number of states, no salaries are provided for parole board members: Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Maine, Minnesota, New Hampshire, and Oklahoma.

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ANNUAL SALARIES

PUBLIC SERVICE

ALABAMA
ALASU
ARIZONA
ARltANSAS
CALIFORNIA

$44,000
45,000 41,470 68,355

COLORADO CONNECTICUT DELAWARE FLORIDA
GEORGIA

48,400 67,157 12,600 67,217 58,000

HAWAII IDAHO ILLINOIS .-
INDIANA
IOWA

47,520 36,500 47,500 46,163 47,400

(chmn),

45,00(

'KANSAS
KENTUCKY
LOUISIANA
MAINE
MARYLAND

61,806 50,616 37,800 46,800 51,500

MASSACBOSETTS MICHIGAN MIHNBSOTA MISSISSIPPI MISSOURI

42,467 52,400 40,000 40,000 57,500

MONTANA
HEBRASltA NEVADA
NEW HAMPSHIRE NEW JERSEY

36,141 25,000 46,613 56,133 63,440

NEW MEXICO NEW YORK
NORTH CAROLINA NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO

48,156 65,600 55,368 46,000 62,000

OltLAHOMA
OREGON PENNSYLVANIA ~ RBODB ISLAND . SOOTH CAROLINA

50,000 61,148 40,000 36,928 46,514

SOOTH DAKOTA. TENHBSSEB
TEXAS . OTAB
VERMONT

37,440 52,164 51,000 38,628to 56,418 46,000

VIRGINIA .. WASHINGTON WEST VIRGINIA. WISCONSIN . WYOMING
Same No. above Georgia No. below Georgia Average

71,161 54,400 39,240 58,000 50,127
1 8 38
4R,!!Il5

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
($58,000)

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ANNUAL SALARIES cOMMISSIONER 01" REVENUE

ALABAMA $52,848

AALRAIZSOltNAA
ARKANSAS
CALIFORNIA

73,620 71,907 43,602 73,780

cCOoNLNOBCRTIACODTO
oBLAWARB
FLORIDA. GEORGIA.

64,373 54,154 51,500 63,089 58,500

HIoA.\WBoAI.I.. ..
ILLINOIS INDIANA IOWA
JtAHSAS . . . . . . . . .
JtEH'l'OCltY LOUISIANA
MAINE MARYLAND

50,490 34,500 46,000 50,000
50,600

(Approx)

59,820
60,699 52,366 37,544 48,081

IIASSACBOS~S
MICHIGAN MIHHBSOTA MISSISSIPPI MISSOURI

54,557 to 69,015
57,500 50,000 65,000

MOH'rARA
IIBBRASltA. IIBVADA
IBN BAMPSBIRB
IIBW JERSEY.

50,500 47,126 41,908 56,133 70,000

HBW MEXICO
HBW YORK
NORTH CAROLINA NORTH DAKOTA OHIO

50,004
75,900 55.368 46,000 49,100

OKLAHOMA
OREGON PENNSYLVANIA RBODB ISLAND SOOTH CAROLINA

47,500 55,415
60,748 49,171

SOOTH DAKOTA
TEHMBsSEE TEXAs U'l'AB VERMON'r

44,990 . 52,500 71,100
61,069 41,160

VIRGINIA WASHINGTON WIST VIRGINIA WISCONSIN
WYOMING

65,578 63,800 47,500 60,228 52,665

No. above Georgia No. below Georgia Average

16 31 55,000

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COt~MISSIONER OF
STATE REVENUE
($58,500)

---

AHHOAL SALARIES SECRETARY OF STATE

ALABAMA . .
ALASKA
ARIZONA
ARXANSAS
CALIPORNXA

$ 32,940
35 , 000 22,500 42,500

COLORADO
CONNECTICUT DELAWARE FLORIDA
GEORGXA

32,500 35 , 000 50,000 67,246 60,500

SAWAll IDAHO ILLINOIS
INDIANA
IOWA

37,500 50,500 46,000 41,000

KANSAS KENTUCKY
LOUISIANA MAINE MARYLAND

50,000 52,028 60,169 39,915 46,800

MASSACHUSETTS
MICHIGAN MINNESOTA MISSISSIPPI .
MISSOURI

60,000 75,000 46,510 45,000 62,500

MONTANA
NEBRASKA
NEVADA
REW BAMPSHIRB NEW JBRSBY

33,342 32,000 42,500 44,157 68,640

NBW MEXICO NBW YOU NORTH CAROLINA NORTH DAKOTA OHIO

38,496
72 , 100 55,368
. 4so6,,000000

OltLABOMA
OREGON PEHNSYLVANXA RBODB ISLAND SOUTH CAROLINA

37,500 47,900 48,000 35,500 55,000

SOUTH DAKOTA TENNBSSEE
TEXAS
UTAH
VERMONT

37,440 59,496 63,000
35,000

VIRGINIA
WASHINGTON WEST VIRGINXA
WISCONSIN
WYOMING

45,959 31,000 43,200 37,334 52,500

No . above Georgia
No. below Georgia Average

6 40
46,863

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SECRETARY OF STATE
($60 ,500)

ANNUAL SALARIES SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS

ALABAMA $66,350

,ALASltA 73,620

AARRJAINZSOANS A

45,000 55,614

CALIFORNIA 42,500

coLORADO cI)BoLWAWNABREC TICUT
pr,oRIDA GIORGIA.

71,349 71,114 75,400 67,246
62,000

pIDWAJAIOII. ILLINOIS INDIANA
IOWA

50,490 37,500
-o5o,ooo
54,600

KUZNIIS'l'AUCSltY
LOUISIANA
.JIIIAARINYELARD

52,028 60,169 50,627 64,500

IIASSACBOSE'l"l'S JIICBIGAH
KIRNBSOTA
JIISSISSIPPI JIISSOURI

54,557 65,625 60,625 60,000 65,000

IIOR'l'ANA.
DBRASitA
DVADA
KIN BAMPSBIRB
IBN JBRSBY

39,672 63,000 44,406 56,133 70,000

IBN MEXICO
IIZW YOIUt
IORTB CAROLINA BORTH DAKOTA OBIO

55,000
81,200 55.3613 47,000 75,000

OILABOMA OREGON PBRRSYLVAHIA IBODB ISLAND 80UTB CAROLINA

55,000 47,900 65,000 63,000 55,000

~DAKOTA 46,862

:'fZOXAiSr.rS.E....E.........................................

58,992 65,400 65,542 47,341

:::IHIA
WIS IHGTON
WI~ VIRGINIA
. . WY~=IH . . . . . . .......

75,759 42,800 70,008 58,139 52,500

No. above Georgia No. below Georgia Average

20 28 58,479

STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS ($62,000)*

SELECTED SALARIES PAID SUPERINTENDENTS OF LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN GEORGIA
(as of November, 1984)

Chatham Clayton DeKalb Fulton Glynn Muscogee Atlanta La Grange

$60,750 70,466 74,103 64,000 65,000 59,679 73,262 60,489

~P~us 8\ factor in lieu of pension pickup: a payment to the n ividual and does not adhere to the office.
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AHROAL SALARIES COMMISSIONER Of' VETERANS SERVICE

AI.A.BAMA
AI.A.SitA Cl
ARIZONA ARDHSAS CALIPORBIA

$48,672
39,169 34,580 65,100

COLORADO
CO~I~
DELAWARE
FLORIDA GBORGIA

45,000 CApprox.) 58,500

IIA.WAII IDAS"O ILLIROIS
IIIDIARA
IOWA

29,403 43,000 26,422 30,555

UIISAS Jt:Biri'IJCJ[Y. .
LOUISIAHA
IIA.ID. liAR.~
MASSACBUSBTTS.;
IIICBIGAB MX~ . . .
MISSISSIPPI
IIISSOIJa.l

44,124 29,723 30,751
33,569
43,125
40,000

JIM)~
BBBRASKA
BBVADA.
RBN BAKPSBIRB BBN JBRSBY

35,947 24.297
52,580

IIBW MDICO ~
RBN YORK BORTH CAROLIHA
HORTa DAK~ oazo . .

39,376
60,700 53,004 32,532

.Olti.ABCJIIIA
ORBGOR PERRSYLVARIA RBODB ISLARD SOOTH CAROLIRA

37,500 55,415
41,618 47,968

SOUTH DAK~
T~ ER- RBSS.B.B..............
O'l'AB
VERMOII'l'

28,246 49,992 44,300

VIRGIRIA WASBIBGTOR WBS~ VIRGIHIA WISCOHSIH
WYOIIIHG

32,689 to 44,643 53,800 30,500 55,852

No. above Georgia No. below Georgia Average

2
31 41,706

COMMISSIONER OF VETERANS SERVICE
($58,500)*
(see comment next page)

Plua 8\ factor in lieu of penaion pickup: a payment to the individual and does not adhere to the office.
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It is very difficult to make meaningful comparisons with other states when considering our office, the Commissioner of the Department of Veterans Service. In a majority of states, the programs are spread among various other departments, and the agency itself is a division within a larger administrative entity.
In approximately 15 states, there are agencies with department status; yet, few are comparable in program extent with the department in Georgia. There are about 12 states where the services are embraced in an independent agency and which are headed by an official carrying a title comparable to our own. Of the 12, only two (Illinois and Oklahoma) have the same activities as the Georgia office. Of the remaining ten, five operate veterans' homes but not the educational assistance programs. Five administer the educational programs but not the veteran~ homes.
Following are salaries in other states for those heading up the program for veterans where the activity is embraced in an independent department. (Data from our own survey, July, 1985)

ALABAMA
ARKANSAS ILLINOIS IOWA MINNESOTA NEBRASKA NORTH DAKOTA INDIANA

$48,672 34,580 43,000 30,550 43,125 35,947 32,532 26,422

CALIFORNIA OKLAHOMA OREGON SOUTH CAROLINA TENNESSEE WASHINGTON WISCONSIN

$65,100 37,500 55,415 47,968 50,000 53,800 55,852

Average: $44,030

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CBAillMAN, BOARD OF WORKMAH Is COMPENSA'l'ION

ALABAMA $ 36,500
ALASD 63,636 ARIZONA 28 , 250 ARDHSAS 41 , 526 ~PORHIA. 63,267

COLORADO
COHHBC'l'ICtJ'l'
DELAWARE
FLORJ:DA
GEORGIA ......

65,000 51,000
8,000 63,000
SS,OJO

HAWAII
IDAHO . ILLINOIS INDIANA.. .. . .
IOWA

50,000 34,500 42,500 39,000 30,400

KANSAS KEH'l'OCXY
LOUISIANA . .
JIIAIHB MARYLAND

39,180 27,420 45,000 45,000 56,600

MASSACBOS2'l"l'S,
IIICBl:GAH
IIIHHBSO'l'A MISSISSIPPI MISSOURI .

4'1:1,444 41,900 46,000 45.000 48,000

IIOH'l'AHA HBBRASXA
IIBVADA
RBN BAMPSBIRB
HBN JERSEY

35, Hi 47,541 54,000 31,375 48,982

HEN MEXICO
HBN YORK
HOR'l'B CAROLINA HOR'l'B DAKO'l'A OHIO

36,500 59,800 47,500
34,500 45,000

OKLAHOMA ~ OREGON .
PENNSYLVANIA . . . . . . . . . RBODB ISLAND . SOO'l'B CAROLINA.

49,280
so, 748
33,193 43,600 58,486

SOO'l'B DAKO'l'A .
'l'EHHBSSEE 'l'EXAS UTAH VERIION'l'

33,000 29,000 46,600 46,821 37,000

Vl:RGINIA . WASBIHG'l'ON .... WES'l' VIRGINIA .. WISCONSIN ... WYOMING ......

43,000 47,100 36,500 38,000 48,000

Chairman- Workman's Compensation (58,000)
r:ambers of Board - S56 ,000

Number above Georgia Number below Georgia Average

6 43
43,801

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COMPARED WITH OTK!R STATES

LEGISLATIVE BRANCR

ANNUAL COMPENSATION FOR LEGISLATORS tmid l9ss)
(Does not include per di.. to cover lodqinq, meals, taxi, etc.
when session or in committee work durinq interim.)

Extra Session Salary

Alaska New York Michiqan Pennsylvania California Illinois Massachusetts Ohio Wisconsin New Jersey Florida Oklah0111a Kentucky(1) Delaware Minnesota Louisiana Maryland Hawaii Missouri Colorado Alabama
Indiana Connecticut Tennessee Arizona I ova Virqinia washinqton
Mi.ui.ssi~pi
-ore<Jon Texas North Carolina South Carolina Vermont Maine Kansas Arkansas Georqia WAst Virainia Nevada -
North Dakota Nebraska New Mexico

No
No
No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No Yea No No No Yea
Yes
Yes No No No Yes(i) No No
Yes No Yes(aa) No Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes
NYoes
Yea

Montana

Yes

Idaho

Yes

South Dakota Yes

Yes

Yes

Rhode Island No New Rampahire Yea

Salary

Unvouchered Allowance ~

$48,000 43,000

$ 4,000

34,860

6,200

3S,OOO(x)

33,732

32,500

30,000

2,400

30,152

27,202

450

25,000 12,000 20,000

12,000 3,330

14,650. est. 8,550

20,000

2,500

21,140 4,500

600 16,800

21,000

15,600

2,500

l8 ,078

17,500

9,975 11,600

7,200 4,680

13,000 '

3.. 500

l2,sOO

3,000

15,000

L4, 600

11,000 13,750

3,000

10,000

1,990

8,820

2,850

7,200(aat

4,200(&&)

8,400

2,508

lO,OOO(yl

400

9., 500

7,500

200

4,050 est. 3,600

7,500(b)

7,200

6,500 6,240

4,000

2,l60

4,900

200

4,500-odd yrs

2,250-even yrs

4,429

4,200(hl

3,200-odd yrs(z)

2,800-even vrsCzl

1,500-odd yrs sao-even yrs

1,200-odd yrs

600-even yrs 300 LOO(s)

$52,000 43,000 41,060
35,000 ' 33,732 32,500 32,400 30,152 27,652 25,000 24,000 23,330 23,200 ' 22,500 21,740 :!1,300 21,000 18,100 l8 ,078
u.soo -
17,175 '
1 , , .2 8 0
16,500 ' 15,500 15,000
L4,600 L4,000 ' L3, 750 Ll,B90 LL, 670 Ll,400 10.908 10,400
9,500 . 7,700
7,650 eat.
7, 500
7. 200
6,500
6, 240
6,160
s.ooo .
4. 500 '
12,250) 4, 429 ' 4.200 l. 200 ' 12.800) 1,500
1500)
L. 200 ' 1600t
]00
100

Avera(Jel $16 ,-504 (50 states I ~16 ,694 (Georttia excluded)

Sources

0Vn survey and data !rom National Council of State Leqislators

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Note: In many states, legislators who receive an annual salary or per diem salary also receive an addi
dian a100unt for living expenses. Consult appropriate cohmns for a more c:cq>lete picture of legislative
sation during sessions. For info:nna.tion on interilll ccmpensation a.rxi other direct payments a.rxi services to legislators, see table on Legislative ~ation: Interim Ccmpensation and Other Direct Payments.

Key:

C - Calendar day L - Legislative day U - Unvouchered V - Voucherei d- day
m - DDnth y - year

(a) Legislators are reimblrsed !or whatever expenses are incurred in oaning to and fran the capitol one

This includes any moving expenses. (V)



(b) In addition to the annual salary of $7,500, legislators ~:eceive per diem salary of $20/L.

(c) Legislators are provided a le:JSed state car up to $265/m and gasoline credit card.

(d) Legislators are ccmpensated for one I'O\Ini trip per two-year session if using other than

(e) Paid only to tbose who do not live in the Denver metro area.

(f) Unless special session is extended by 3/5 vote of each house a.rxi approved by governor.

(g) Travel allowance to neighbor islands during a session on official legislative business, (excluding

at a legislative session for neighbor island legislaton~) to be equal to the max.ilmJn allowance for

payable to any public officer or employee. Presently, this equals $45/d inter-island, $60/d out-o

(h) Legislators are paid $800/m !or January, February and March; $200/ID !or April through December;

for interim business.

(i) In addition, legislators receive $40/L during special sessions.

(j) Member's organizational session per dian and expense allowance are identical to such canpensation for
or extraordinary sessions, except payment is based on meeting days rather than calendar days. An !!>"'".....""'.1.111

session may continue !or not DDre than ten legislative, or meeting, days.

(k) While regular sessions are Umited to 6CL every other year, per dian SIIDWlt is paid for every calendar

the session.

(1) Per diem amount is paid !or every calendar day of the session, which is unlimited in duration.

(m) In addition, the legislators receive a monthly expense allowance totaling $16,800/y .

(n) $6,500 first year of biennial session, $3,500 serond year.

(o) Legislators autanatically receive one rowri trip mileage per week. They may claim additional trips

max:iJnUD of one per dny) in lieu of lodging for eacb session day.

(p) The travel allowance is available only to outstate legislators who must move to St. Paul.

(q) While there is no limitation on the mmber of days the legisla.tur~ may be in session, the constitutions

the niJilber of day5 for which legislators may receive c::aq>ensation. Beyond the 60th day of the regular

the 20th day of the special session, salaries cease a.rxi legislators may only draw upon their expense

(r) Legislators have a supplementp travel allowance of up to $3,500 for a regular session and $1,000 for a

session. (V)

.. .

(s) In addition to the annual salary of $100, a legislator receives $3/d for up to 15 legislative days of the

special session.

(t) Plus $2,064/y mcpense allowance.

(u) Legislators wbose tax baDe is in Bisnarck receive $90/d and no expenses. Others receive

e:'Cpenses. (U)

(v) There is a constitutional limit on legislative sessions of 80 natural days during a biennim.

payable each calendar day during a session.

(w) Legislators may elect mileage in lieu of per dian, limited to !our round trips per week and

(K) Effective Decenber 1, 1984.



(y) Legislators are also paid $35/d on a non-session day for a cannittee meeting.

(z) When the legislator is unable to attend a session, his salary is reduced accordingly.

( aa) In addition to an arurual salary of $7 ,200/y, the legislators receive a. per dian salary of

regular session and 30C of the special session.

( bb) Tra.vel mileage re:imblrsement is 23 cents per mile in personally-owned autan::>biles, 40 cents per highway

when traveling in a personally-owned or leased single engine aircraft, and 65 per highway mile when

personally-owned or leased twin engine aircraft. Reimbursenent for ccmnercial air transportation may not

the next lowest airline fare below first class unless such is not available.

(cc) Senators are reimbursed for all rowri trips heme to capitol during session frc::m fur.ds a.ppropriated for

purpose. Representatives are re:imblrsed for their first four trips per month frc::m funds a.ppropriated for that

purpose; thereafter, re:imblrsement for I'O\Ini trips is taken from member's operating account.

(dd) The 25-day limit includes each day the legislator attends veto-override and special sessions and autoorizllll

legislative meetings.

(eel Legislators may receive a IIIIIXilruD of $9,500 during the regular session, and $2,000 during the special

(!!) ln addition to the annual salary of $5,136, legislators receive $35/d in special sessions.
(gg) As a.n alternative, any legislator may use any public transportation and be re:imb.lrsed not more than one raM

trip weekly.

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VOUCHERED PAYMENTS* TO LEGISLATORS - ANNUAL (per diem allowance when in session not included)
(July 1983)

Texas
New York Illinois New Jersey Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia Missouri Georgia Arkansas Louisiana Nevada Washington Oregon

$156,000 (Senate) est.* 72,000 (House) est.* 25,000 22,000 20,000 7,050 plus secretary-Senate 10,850 House 10,000 plus district of~Lce expense 9,000 5,400 4,800 4,200 3,900 3,250 approx. 2,000 1,320 approx.

*Mainly, these are payments for staff salaries; secondly, they cover miscellaneous office expenses like rent for local office.

29

LEGISlATIVE OOt.f>ENSATIOO: Rmli.Ail ANn SPOCIAI. SESSI<I'IS
(1983)

Salaries

Regular sessions

S~ial sessions

Travel allowance

Per

Limit

Per

Lirni t

Cents

Round tdps

diEfll

on

Annual

diEfll

on

per

hane to

State

salary

days

salaries

salary

days

mile

capitol

during session

!'er dian living m<tlf'IISe!l.'------

Alnb!flla

s 4,800

20

One

$65/d for ]Of Of r<>J-'1..11111' SI'SSion

nnd ~ of spccinl__!lessl~m. __ _ _

Alaska Arizona

$48,000 $15,000

0 20.5

Oiie (a) Unllmlted

None S40 ($20 for t.hose living IIL'~hi~-

Marloopa <:Alunty) for rJr-st 12cx;

of t'E>h'U Iar ruJd n I I of spnd nl

session; $20 ( S10 for th(Jse II v-

lnl{ insltiP counl y) ofl.m 12fC of

Arkansas

(b)

Cali forrtia

Colorado

(b)

f 7,500 (b)

$28,110

$14,000

23

= regular session. (U)
-----W~kly-=._-:__:_-- _ - _ _llp LQ-$~8/\-(V>

(c)

One (d) ~-- - - - $ 6 2

2(l(24/4-,wheel drive) Weekly (P.)

$40 for those wiKl cto not:

I lvP.--Ti1

Connecticut

w

Delaware

0

Florida

$10,500

20

Sl2, 255

15

$12,000 - -~-- ---- - - - - - - - - 20

UnlLilltCd
Un 1irnited
- Weekly-

Demcr metm mea. (U)

None

---

None $5()/C- f()I~-60C ofllie t"C(..,'lllnr

ses<>lon ruJd 1111 of the special

Ge01gia

S 7,200

session. ( U)

20

Weekly

---$59ft., liml tN!-lo-IO dnys of

regula SPsslnn nnd 40 days of

"llo-w-'a I"I----------------S:.-:-:13:<-,--=6==5'""0,---------------(.,...g....,):---------,-,U,.--n-.-l.,...lm-l'"'t,-(>d-r--------..;S;!2;;0~sfp!e!c)i.a:_lr snee~isisXWiTosln-n.-n<(..f-)l-,l,.---1?:..,1.slnlms.

Idaho
Illinois Indiana Iowa

$ 4,200 (h)

18

$~000

20

9,600

24

$13,700 (1) ({)

(i)

22

Five
Weekly Weekly Weekly

(U)
$44 out-nf-1!~~~~ lllflni~P.rs; s:J!l Msl!
monllers. ( U)
$36 (U) $65 (U) $30/C for 120 days In 1dl-nunl~n'(l yeaus nnd 100 <lays In evl'n-nunthPred
yea1s.

Kansas
Kentucky (j) I..OOJsiana

$47
$100 S75(m)

None
(k) ~ ~-- (m)

$47
$Joo $75(m)

mNone
None

2220.5

WWeeeekkllly__ _ __ ----;$r.$;75~05/(CU)(U)

21 or coach air fare Weekly

(m)

--- - -- -

if lives more than 100

Maine

miles away fran capitol.

(n)

$35 -~--None~-

22

One (o)

$45 for mc>als aiKflOif~ln!{ m-l21

Maryland

$21,000

,. 19

One pew dian if no

cvr-- - for n~euls only. (U)
$oR for lod~ln~ nnd mPals.

lodglng expense was

incurred that day.

Mnssadmset ts

$3o,()(jQ_____

tncllrded in living See living expense

Aimunt rov.=;r-ln~ itilll~ul{l!, niPals ar1

expense allowance. nllo.Yance

lodging rnngc>s rrcm $5 to $50,

depending on ct I storwe legis I nl<H"' s

Michi'_g_a_n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ____ _ _ district is A$~33~,~2~00~-------------~29~.~5~---~urn~11~m~i~t-ed~------~$r.6~,~7oo~/~y~(V) frun Uoston.

Minnes~ta Mississippi Missouri Montana

$18,500

$ 8,100

$50

Sl5,000.
149.21___ OOL - - - - -- - ~149.21

None None

26 (p) 20 17 20.5

Weekly Weekly Weekly Four

$36 outstate; $23 melm. (U) $44 actual daily utle nclrurce. (U) $35
45 (U)

Nebraska Neviida

. - THll -~ cqr--_-_-$ _4,800

$104

<q>

21
~

bne
(r)

None $56 (VJ

Ne ll::llltlShire

.w.....

New Jersey

$ 100 (s) (s) $25,000

(s) 38/first 45 miles; Unlimlted 1~ thereafter 0

Nea Mexico

$75

~(odd)

$75

30C

25

One

JIX(even)

Nea York--~---

$32,960

0

North Carolina

- - S 6~936 ~t)

25

Weekly

North Dakota

(u)

(v)

(u)

None

20

Weekly

Ohio

$22,500

20

Weekly

Okluhona

~--- $20,000

22

Weekly (w)

None
None None
$55 (V) $50/C (U) (u) None $3.') for c>ac:h night mvay fnm tun~ on slalP 1-u-;;iness durtng rpt..'lrlnr and special SP.ssions . Lc-gislatom are on Iy ecmpPnsntf'<l for 901. tlurlng regulnr session, nnd ns JlPI' gnvPrnor's rail ordPr for spPdal Sc>Sslon

Oregon
~lvania

I 8,400
$35 000 (x)

Rhode Island

$5/L

60L

0

20

Weekly

8

Unlimited

(w)

$44/C (UJ

Up to S757dlur----

None

--~-------

South Carolina South Dakota

$10,000 (y) I 3,200/odd(z)

23

Weekly

$50/L (V)

21

Each weekend legis In- 150/1. (U) fm up l.n 35 dnys Tii -

S 2,800/even(z)

lure is in ses.<ilnn.

even-nunllP.r('() yeni'S nnd UJI l.o 10

days in odd-ntlnb!ITd Yl!lli'S. Afl.e1

=T-en-n-e-ss-e-e------------,.---,=-==~I =8-,-30-8-.-0-8 -------:r=--==-----__,1,9..9-6-,,_.,..W--ee-k-ly----...:;J;.;:a16n6~..4~7lL'(,.U.;)1~98:::~

-

$75/1 . --

rm -

t.hc

s1rne.

Texas

(aa)

(aa)

S 7,200 (aa) (aa)

(aa)

Ut8h 0981) S25/C

60C(odd)

$25/C

30C

20C(even)

(bl>)
23

(cc)

---None

One--- ------ - - S25 sul~lsl.encn. F.v{!~one who TfvPS

outRide of Snit 14tkf' or UnviR n-

( 1985) $65/C

60C(odd)

$65/C

25(dd)

c.elves $35 or ml hmgn hut not lut.h .

Venoont

20C(even) $55/L(ee) (ee)

$55/L(ee) (ee)

20.5

Weekly if roon t~ntfil $27 . 50 for ro1.m liiifS22 .50 7(,-., -

in Montpelier or

IIIPals H entlng rocm in tolml.t~t'ltm

vicinity; otherwi se or vicinity; $18.75 lf Jtvlng .In

~nla

------ $11,000

20.5

per dian. Weekly

Montpelier ot viclnHy. (U) I75C (U)_ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

Washington West Virginia

ern 113,750
I 5,136 (ff)

(fr)

10 17

One Weekly

144 (U)
S20/d for IMnlR (U); $3nld loclgll~g

Wisoonsin

$22,631.04

. 2'1.5 (gg)

Weekly

lfy<inlng - - - ,3-0 ---~r :t,!r!n ~>~------~~~

None

20

One

w

N

(V)
$41.63/1. when leglslal.or iiinst esfnh1ish t~rary tesldencn ot sl:nte capitol. Othetwisc, $20.81. (U)
$60 (U)

/})

State

LEXJISLATIVE (J)WlENSATION: llfi'DliM PAYMFNI'S ANU amER DIRIr PAYMENTS
(1983)
Ccilpensation for cxmnittee or official rosiness during interim

- - - - --- - --- ---------

Per dian o::npensatton for cxmnittee or official business

Travel allONance
(cents per mile)

J>er dian living expenses

OLhet d II'Hcl pa)'lllPnts m services to let.:lsl ators

Alabama

20

$65 per meeting day

Alaska

0

Actual expenses if



legislator travels. (V)

Arizona

$20 --

20.5

Arkansas

$50

23

Mnx. $420/m for "lune orrtce" CXIJenSP.S dul'ing

California OJ lorado

(a)-- -l62

to max-:- - -- l50!d

20(24f4..:whee1 Cfrive) Actua-l rud riecessRry (V)

intedm (V)

w w

Cbnnecticut

Delaware

$2,500

20
15--------

$2,500/y ex}lerise--allo.Ynnce (U) $2,500/y expense allotment (U)

Florida

20

$50 (V)

- - - $1 ,000/m For dlstr1ct office expenses

Georgia

20

$59

14,800/y expense allc~nm:e limited In i:he

foiJovJng (lUI'(lQSes: rents, dlstrJd offi<'f'I.H)

office supplies and materials, ofrtcP.

P.Quhmrnt, secretarla I asslslnnce, utili tl~. poRtll!l;e (which shall not he rm n political

new!'! letter), clllmunlcntlor~c;, stationery, lu1t~-

tng,meals, trnvel rud pm d lm dl rrenmtl al <V)

lfnwaii

0

$10 on islalld or residence; $45

S2,5<XJ/y allowance for incldPntal f'XIlenses (iJ>

inter-islanO travel; $60 out-of-

state.

Idaho

$35

lllioois

I !diana

0 20

Actual expenses (V) (b)

24

$65 <V>

---------$15/d, six days a week, for posln~e nnd

misceii.!UIOOUS Hom ,year-ro!J!td i_U_)____ __

Iowa ------------------ l40

22

Actual expenses (V) _ _ _ __

'

Kansas

$47

22

$50 (U)

$4()(l/m Aprt 1 lhJ'I.mgh llt>ctlniiPI" to defny

Kentucky

l75 -

- -- -~-20.5-

ActiJal (V)

expenses
$50/session stntlonf'I"Y nlllliiYRIIet>; smoiln ___ _

interJm expense allowance -=-10-U--.,.-is-i,.-an-a-----------r$-=7=5--------=2-:-1-o_r_oo_a_ch.,---a.,-i-r-=f-ar-e-------------------':Alla.vrulr.P. for I"P.Imbursnnent

0 f

ll"l\VI" 1 f'XJ"IPI~f'S

if lives rrore than 100 miles hun Capitol

for ni.Lendanr.e nl con h~rl"nces, so ml nnrs :111ct othm orftdal husinPSS appmv~t hy the p1esicling officer, including $111/ct, mlmh.n-sPIIIP.nt of lodging at single occupnnc-y ntf', relmhm-sanent for airlifl(! t h'ket nl nmd1 fan~, nnd reimhurs611P.nt for rpglslrnl.lon fl"t-s

(V). $:125/m nlla.vance to t"OVf'r ent, nlllttlf'S and/or exllf)nses for n dlslrid offleP. (V) Also, $1,000 Initial furnl tnn~ nlla.v:UJce, phl"i

an additional $250 for t'Rch fom-}enr tt'lm

lrfaine

l35 -- -~~

(title to furniture rffill\ins wll.h stale).

22

$45 for meals arid 10dg[ng or

lrfaryland

w

~

Massachusetts

$21 for meals only (V)

19

$68 for lodging RJld meals (V)

Included in living koount for mileage, meals and expense allowance lodging, ranging fran $5 to

Senators receivP. $7 ,050/y, de legntl-s $10 ,R.'"lflly ns district office expense account f01 main-
taining ()ffices in legislnlive dist.-lcls $2, 400/y genera1 expense nt Iowa nee

$50 depending on distance

legislator's district is frnn

Michigan Minnesota

l48____

Boston

0 26

Max. T45/ri1ght -for 10dgtng,

lnte.-lm distriCt lrnv-P.l nlTOiRrni!;- hn.CiC'rl on

and actual single roles out-

size of district: mllenge relmh.n-sffilf'nl is

Mississippi

S4o

of-state

$.15/sq mile, wl th n $45/m hnse at.e ond

$250/m maximum (V)

20

Actual expenses: roam, regis-

$210/m for rrnnths wl1en le1~lsloture is lkll In

tration fee rrust be vouchen~d;

session over 15 days

Missouri

- ---~

17

meals, tips, etc. unvoucl1ered (c)
lodging afil ineals (V)

Montana

l49.21 - - ~--

20.5

$38.50 (V)

Nevacla

101

24

$47.50 in state: $21 plus

$1 ,000 te leptlOne a llc"M"ance/rf'h'lllnr session,

"reasonnbl e roan rate" out-ofstate (V)

$200/spedal sessl.on (U); postnw' allowmwe of $60/regular session ~<~U~> _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

Nehraska

21

Actual and necessary eX}lenses (V)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

New ll!lllpshJ re

38 first 45 miles, Actual and necessary (V)

19 thereafter

New Jersey

0

NI?N Lfexioo

$75

25

Statloner~nge,___l~lephone l telcgt~'lllh ~!!_)

Ne.v York North Carol ina

0

25

$50 (U)

----l2,0<H!Y-e~'<pcnSc iilllivnnce.Use OT lelt![~Ullll!

in state legislative offi<:e for local calls

North DakOta

$62.50

20

$30 lodgillt (V); $17 meals (U)

$180/m for uncanpensaled expetl-.PS, pahf <vmy

sh m.mlhs (U)
n0Lhir0~--------------------------------------~(~dr-)-------,~r.)T)-f;:~~S7ta~t~e--and-r,$O.)n8-0U~l--S~t~a~t-e-----=~~ ~~~-------------

meal allownnce.(U); other actual

and necessary traveling eKJlense.s.

(V) (d)

Oklahana

l25

22(e)

$GOO t.ele[lhone credl.t cnt'll nl iuvmu:e; rtve

rolls of 1st class postage strmps.

Oregon

20

$44. Actual and necessary out-

$:100/m interim eKJiettSes (U); wltetC.:.e--;-le-,':1;-tt--,ll;-1-:a'lly

of-state expci\Ses (V)

rossliJle, state centrex llne-rnnlnl nol lo

exceed $70/m; S10/m fot loll duuge en lis ln

max. $180 (V). Where centrex would mst motc

than $70/m, receives a phone ctP<tlt cntd and

w
U1

Pennsylvania

20

lola}(. $75-[Uj

may charg(l up to $75/m ( V). $10,000/y expense allo.vance (V) nt1 dlsl.-1<:1: office allowance.

Rhode Is1and South Carolina

$35 - - -

0
- - - - - 2 3 - - - ----ssofor ernmt ttee suh31stence (V) Data and _word proces.~lilg;T.Jooly pnslngn

South Dakota TennesSee

allo.vance (V)

21 $5o------------~--

ustntihTt"or roan cV>; St4.5o/d

/(;

for meals.

--D

19.96

$66:41 (U)____ -- --- -- --

$250/m hone office altO-vance (U)

Texas

(C)

Mnx . $55 lOdg-ing and actual cost Senate: nll reasonable nt1 necessary office

of meals (V)

expenses during lntnrlm; $13,500/m max. starr

payroll in session, $12,500/m max stnrr pny-

rol 1 during interim. llmL-.e: $f>,5(X)/m

opcratin~ account Jn s ession, $[1,500/m du.-lng

~ll~tru~,------------------~Sr6~~~(-~7)------------------2~3~-------Sr2~5~s-u~bs-i~s~t-e_n_ce-.~Ev~e-ry_o_n_e-~~~------ interi~m~.----------------

lives outside of Salt Lake or
Davis receives $35 lodging
allCN/ance or mileage .rut not ooth.

Venoont Virginia Washington
West Virginia Wisconsin
Wyoming

----------------

$55

20~5

$27.50 for lodging; $22.50 fot

meals if renting roan in Montpelier

or vicinity; SIR. 75 for meals

lloo - -----~- - 20.5

- AotchtieiarwT iesexp(eUn)ses.- - - - - - - - - -- -s:f,OOO/y ilir office suppllffinllfl P:'<Jif'IL<:;I!So

$9 000/y for n.ldes

20.5

$50 (V)

Woo/m for nctunl expcl\<ieS, lrnvt>l, suh;Js-

tence, use of private matnrials, fndlitles

and personnel, in (lClrfo.mnnee of dul.lt>S not

otherwise entitlro to rnimlllu"Sf'IJIP.nl thn111~

tnterJm (V)

$35

J7

$20 meals (U) i $30 lodging (V>

20.5 (h) $41.63 when legislator rrust

l25 (roi representatives). l75 (for Sf'nalnrs)

establish temporary residence at state capitol

---soo $30--- - - ------~ -

{U) or actual expenses for

out-of-state travel (V)

for interim postage and clertcal expetL<>cs for full calendar months in which lf'gislatun~ Is in actual session three dnys or IP.SS Telephone ctedtt ca.n:L"', sl.atlonf"ty

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Note: For more 1nfonnation on legislative compensation, see Legislative Compensation: Rewtlar and Special Snsslor~.

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Key: U - Unvouchered

V - Vouchererl

d - day

m - month

card. y - yenr
(a) Legist a tors are provided a leased state car up to $265 per month and gasoline credit

(b) When not In session (i.e. not any day in a calendar week) legislators are pennttted twp round trips a nnnl.h with one $36/d nlluvancP for 11nch trlp(V :

(c) Legislative Mannganent Carmittee has authority to set limits.

(d) Business trips must be approved by the Speaker of the llouse or the President of the Senate. To be reimhursed for expcl\c:;cs othet than mcnls, thE~

legislators m~~t fill out an expense report and provide receipts.

(e) netmbursanents limited to 20 round trips during interim.

(f) Ttavel mllenge reiml:ursanent Is 23C per mlJe In personally ctNned autaoobiles, 40C per highway mile tn a twin engine nircrnft. Rc>imh.rrsml(>nt for

carmercial air transportation may not exceed the next lctNest airline fare bclCMI first clnss unless such is not avn.llnllle.

(g) Legislators recelve this MrJunt each day they attend veto-override aiJfi special sessions and nuthorized leglslallve inte.-Jm .mP.ellni.'R, not to

exceed 25 dnys per calendar year.

(h) Legislators are entitled to a transportation allOoYance of one round trip weekly to the capt tol.

AIDITIOOAL OC&!PmSATIOO FOR SENATE LEAI>EllB (1981-1982)

State or

President Majority Minority

-If

other jurisdiction

President(a) pro tern

leader

leader

Other

Alabama ..

$2/d(a)

Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado . Connecticut .

.$.....5...00/y ...$50/d(b)

$..2....,500/y
$4,000/b

$50/d(b) $3,000/b

$50/d(b) $3,000/b

Dep. l(aj, Ldr., Dept. Yin. Ldr.: $2,000/b Asst.

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-....,J

Delaware

...

$180.80/m $150.70/m $150.70/m

Maj. Ldrs. (5), Asst. Yin. Ldrs. (2): $1,000/b ctmn., V-ctmn., Finance ante.: $150. 70/m Maj. Whip, Min. Whip: $120.50/m

Ybrs. Joint Finance Onte.: $60.30/m

Florida Georgia

.$.2.5,000/y

$2,800/y

$2,400/y(c) $2,400/y(c)

Admin. Flr. Ldr. $2,400/y(c)

Asst. Admin. Flr. Ldr. $1,200/y(c)

Hawaii. .

Idaho . Illinois ...

$10,000/y

...

...

$10,000/y

Asst. Maj . Ldrs. (4), Asst. Min. Ldrs. (3):

Indiana

...

$3,000/y

$1,500/y $2,000/y

$6,000/y Asst. Min. Flr. Ldr., Maj. Caucus ctmn., Yin

Io.va ......

... $6,800/y(a,d)

$2,300/y $2,300/y

Caucus Ovm. , Finance Onte. Cbm .: $1,500/y

Kansas ......

$1,~0/y

$1,800/y

$3,240/y $3,240/y

Ways &Means Onte. Chmn.: $3,240/y; Asst. Pres.

Pro Tern., Caucus Chmn., Whips: $15/d

I.ouisiana
Maine .. Maryland . Massachusetts .

$32,000/y(e)
$3,500/b(f) $5,000/y $38,000/y

.........

$..1., 750/b
$32,000/y

$..1.,750/b
$32,000/y

Asst. Uaj. Ldr., Asst. Min. Ldr.: $875/b
Chmn. Ways &Ueans Onte.: $34,000/y; Asst. Maj.

Flr. Ldrs. (2), Asst. Min. Flr. Ldrs . (3), Olmn.,

Post Audit &Oversight Onte.: $28,000/y

Chmn., Jt. Standing Ontes., Chmn., Bills in

Third Reading Onte., V--Ovm., fust Audit &

Oversight Onte., Asst. V-Clmn., Ways and Means

Onte.: $24,000/y

AIDITIOOAL a:J(pENSATIOO R.ll SENATE LEADEIIS (Continued) (1981-1982)

State or other jurisdiction

President(a)

President pro tern

Majority leader

Minority leader

Other

Michigan

$14,000/y $8,000/y

Chmn. Appropriations cmte., $1,000/y

Minnesota

$7 ,400/y( f)

$7,400/y(f) $7,400/y(f)

Senate Rules cmte. designates up to 3 leadership

positions to receive up to 140% of compensation

ot other members

Mississippi.

$34,000(a,g)

Missouri.

$2,500/y

$1,500/y $1,500/y

Llontana

$5(h)

Nebra~ka

Nevada

$2/d(a,f)

(f)

(t)

(t)

Onte. <lvnn.: (f)

New llarrpshire

$50/b

New Jersey

$6,000/y

cw o

New Mexico New York

$30,000/y

$25,000/

Dep. Maj. Ldr.: $24,500/y; Maj. Conf. Olnn.:

$18,000/y; Min. Conf. Chmn.: $10,500/y; Maj. Cont.

Secy.: $7,000/y; Min . Conf. Secy.: $3,000/y

Onte. Ovnn. l Ranking Min. ldbrs.:

Education, Finance: $13,000/y l $24,500/y

Judiciary; Codes: $13,000/y

Banks, Health, Cities, Corp.: $11,000/y

North Carolina..

$8,664/y(f)

$8,664/y( f)

All other Ontes.: $9,000 l $6,500/y

North Dakota..

$5/d(i)

$5/d(i)

Maj . Flr. Ldr., Min. Flr. Ldr.: $5/d(i)

Ohio.

U2,50U/y

$9,500/y

$8,500/y

All Standing Onte. Chmo.: S3/d(i) Asst. Pres. Pro Tern.: $7,500/y, Asst. Min. Ldr.: $6,500/y, Min. Whip: $4 ,500/y, Chnn. Standing

Ontes.: $1,500/y, Ctmn. Standing Sub-Ontes. :

$750/y

Oklahana .

$8,400/y

$5,800/y $5,800/y

Oregon ..

$700/m

Pennsylvania ..

$14,000/y(d) $11,200/y(d) $11,200/y(d)

Maj. Whip, Min. Whip: $5,300/y(d) l $3,000/y(f)

$20,000/y(f) $6,000/y(f) $6,000/y(f)

Maj. Caucua Omn. , Min . Caucus Olnn.: $4 ,600/y{d),

$3 ,000/y( f)

Maj . Caucus Secy., Min. Caucus Secy.: $2,700/y(d),

$3,000/y(f)

AIDITIOOAL cntPmSATirn Rl BmATE LF.AilmS* (Concluded) (1981-1982)

State or other jurisdiction

President(a)

President pro tan

Majority leader

Minority leader

Other

Pennsylvania (Continued)

Uaj. Caucus Mnin., Yin. Caucus Mnin., Uaj. Policy

Ctmn., Yin. Policy ctmn.: $2,700/y(d), $2,000/y(f)

Rhode Island ...

...

...

Uaj. 1 Yin. Appropriations Chmn.: $6,000/y(f)

South Carolina. South Dakota. Tennessee.. ...

...$30,000 (a,g)
$4,154/y(j)

......$3,600/y

......

......

......

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Texas .....

Utah ......

Vennont ...

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Virginia ....

Washington .. West Virginia

$35/d(h,k)

...

$15/d(h)

$15/d(h)

Wisconsin .

Wyoming ...

$3/d

*This table reflects the amounts paid the leadership in

addition to their regular legislative compensation.

Key:

d - day

y - year

b - biennim

m - month

(a) Lt. Governor.

.

(b) During the interim up to $5,000/year.

(c) Up to $2,800/y provided by resolution.

(d) Additional salary. Iowa: $20/diem salary for special

sessions and interim business.

(e) Reini>ursanent for actual expenses not to exceed

$10,000/year.

(f) Plus additional expenses. Uaine: paid at discretion of president as liiiiP sun at end of session; Neveda: $300/regular session, $40/special session for postage, phone, and other camJ.Ulications; North Carolina: $230/m.
(g) In lieu of all per dian Slllary and monthly expense allowance. (h) While in session. West Virginia: paid each day of actual floor sessions. (i) Expenses only.
(j) Upon request, the Speaker may also receive $750 ex officio
payment, $2,400 annual office allowance, $3,000 county office allowance, $300 supplies.
(k) During interim when cannittees are not meeting, up to maxinun of 80 days in capitol offices.

AIDITIONAL cn.PENSATION Ftll IDWE LEADERS* (1981-1982)

State or other jurisdiction

Speaker

Speaker pro tan

Majority leader

Minority leader

Other

Alabama

$2/d

Alaska Arizona

$.5..00/y

Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut

$..2.,500/y
$50/d(a) $4,000/b

......

$50/d(a) $3,000/b

$50/d(a) $3,000/b

Dep. Spkr.: $3,000/b

Dep. Uaj. l.dr., Dep. Uin. Ulr.: $2,000/b

Delaware

$180.80/m

...

$150.70/m $150.70/m

Asst. Uaj. l.dr., Asst . Uin. Ulr. : $1,000/b
a.m., V-Ornn. Finance Onte.: $150. 70/m

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Uaj. Whip, Uin. Whip: $120.50/m

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Florida

$25,000/y

...

...

...

...Uenbers, Joint Finance Onte.: $60.30/m

Georgia

$17,tl00/y

$2,800/y

$2,400/y(b) $2,400/y(b)

Admin. Fir. l.dr. $2,400/y(b)

Hawaii

Idaho .. Illinois .

$10,000/y

. ..

$7,500/y $10,000/y

Asst. Uaj. Ldrs. (4), Asst. Uin. l.drs. (4):$6,000/y

Uaj. Whips (2), Uin. Whips (2): $5,000/y

Indiana

$3,000/y

$1,500/y

$1,500/y $2,000/y

Uaj. Whip, Asst. Uin. Flr. l.dr., Uaj . Caucus Otnn.,

Uin. Caucus Otnn., Ways and Ueans Onte. Olm.:

lava .

$6,800/y(c)

...

$2,300/y $2,300/y

...$1,500/y

Kansas

$4,200/y

$1,800/y

$3,240/y $3,240/y

Ways and Yeans Onte. Ovnn. $3,240/y

Kentucky Louisiana
Maine .

$25/d $32,000/y(d) $3,500/b(e)

$....1..5/d

...$20/d
$1,750/b

$..2.0/d
$1,750/b

...Uaj. ~ Uin. Caucus Chmn., Uaj. ~ Uin. Whips: $15/d
Asst. Maj. l.dr., Asst. Uin. l.dr . : $875/b

- Maryland

$5,000/y

AOOITIONAL cntPENSATIOO FOO lDUSE lEADERS* (Continued) (1981-1982)

State or other jurisdiction

Speaker

Speaker pro tan

Majority leader

Minority leader

Other

Massachusetts

$38,000/y

$32,000/y $32,000/y

Olnn. , Ways and Means Onte.: $34 ,000/y

Asst. Maj . Flr. Ldrs.(2); Asst . Min. Flor. Ldrs.(3);

<linn., Post Atdit l Oversight Onte.: $28,000/y

<linn., Jt. Standing Ontes.; ctmn., Bills in Third

Reading Onte.; V-Gbnn., Post Atdit l Oversight Onte.;

Michigan

$16,000/y

$8,000/y

Asst. V-<bnn., Ways l Means Onte.: $24,000/y Chmn , Appropriations Onte.; $1,000/y

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Minnesota

$7,400/y(e)

$7,400/y(e) $7,400/y(e)

House Rules Onte. designates up to 3 leadership

positions to receive up to 140% of canpensation

of other marbers

~

Mississippi.

$34,000(f)

~

Missouri.

$2,500/y

$1,500/y

$1,500/y $1,500/y

Montana

$5/d(g)

Nebr~ka

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Nevada

$2/d(e)

(e)

(e)

(e)

Onte. Chmn. (e)

New Hanpshire

$50/b

New Jersey .

$6,000/y

New Mexico

New York

$30,000/y

$18,000/y $25,000/y $25,000/y

ctmn., Onte. on Ontes.: $18,000/y

Dep. Maj . Ldr., Asst. Maj . Ldr., $14,000/y

Asst. Min . Ldr., Dep. Min. Ldr., Ranking Min. Member,

Onte. on Ontes.: $13,000/y

Maj . Whip: $13,000/y; Min. Whip: $12,000/y

Maj. Cont. Chmn.: $12,000/y, Min. Cont. Ovm.: $11,000/y

Maj. Cont. V-CtJnn.: $9,000/y, Min . Cont. <hm.: $8,000/y

Onte. Chmn. l Ranking Min. Members:

Ways l Means: $24,500/y l $15,000/y

Education, Judiciary, Codes: $13,000/y l $8,000/y

Banks, Cities, Health, local

Gov.: $11,000/y l $7,000/y

All other Ontes.: $9,000/y l $6 , 500/y

AIDITIONAL CDIPm.<JATIOO Rlt 1om: LEADERS (Continued) (1981-1982)

State or other jurisdiction

Speaker

Speaker pro tan

Majority leader

Uioority leader

Other

North Carolina North Dakota

$13 ,860/y(e) $5/d(h)

... $8,664/y(e)
... $5/d(h)

$8,664/y(e) $5/d(h)

All standing Omte. Chmn.: $3/d(h)

Ohio

$12,500/y

$9,500/y

$9,500/y $8,500/y

Asst. Yin . Flr. Ldr. : $6 , 500/y

Asst . Uaj. Flr. Ldr.& $4,500/y

Uaj. Whip., Yin. Whip: $2,500/y

Cbnn., Standing Omtes.: $1,500/y

Oim. , Standing Sub-Ontes. 1 $750/y

Oklahana

$8,400/y

$5,800/y $5,800/y

Oregon .

$700/m

"N"'"

Pennsylvania .

$14 ,000/y(c) $::fl,OOO/y(e)

$11,200/y(c) $11,200/y(c) $6,000/y(e) $6,000/y(e)

Uaj . Whip, Yin. Whip: $5,300/y(c), $3,000/y(e)
Maj . Caucus Qml., Min. Caucus a.m.: $4,600/y(c),

$3,000/y(e)

Maj. Caucus Secy., Uin. Caucus Secy.: $2,700/y(c),

$3,000/y(e)

Maj . Caucus Amlin. , Min . Caucus Aanin . , Uaj.

Policy Cbnn . , Yin . Policy <hnn.: $2, 700/y(c)

$2,000/y(e)

Chmn. Maj . l Yin. Appropriations Omte: $6,000/y(e)

Rhode Island....

$5/d

South Carolina..

$11,000/y

$3,600/y

Spkr. Emeritus: $1,500/y

South Dakota ..

Tennessee .

$4,154/y{i)

Texas

Utah

Vennont

$200/l:P.v(e)

Virginia

$12,000/y

Washington

West Virginia Wisconsin

$35/d(j) $25/m

$15/d(g) $15/d(g)

Wyaning

$3/d

AIDITIOOAL CDIPENSATIOO RlR IDrnE LEADEl\S* (Concluded) (1981-1982)

*This table reflects the amounts paid the leadership in

addition to their regular legislative compensation.

Key:
d- day
y - year b - bienniun m- month b.v - biweekly
(a) Per day during the interim up to $5,000/year. (b) Up to $2,800/yr. provided by resolution. (c) Additional salary. Iowa: $20/diem for special sessions and interim business. (d) Reimbursement for actual expenses not to exceed

(f) In lieu of all per diem salary and 10011thly expense allowances. (g) While in session. West Virginia: tor each day of actual floor sessions. (h) Expenses only. (i) Upon request, the speaker may alec receive $750 ex officio payment, $2,400 annual office allowance, $3,000 oounty office allowance, $300 supplies. (j) While in session: paid each day of actual floor session. During interim: up to a maximun of 80 days in capitol when ccmnittees are not meeting.

$10,000/y.

(e) Plus additional eXpenses. Maine: paid at discretion

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of president as a lump sun at end of session. Nevada:

$300/regular session $40/special session for postage, phone

and other communications; North Carolina: speaker--$345/m,

speaker pro tem and minority leader--$230/m; Venoont:

$275/week plus expenses when general assembly in session.

REI'IRaiFNI' m:xlRAJdS FOR BrATE LmiSLATORS (1981-1982)

State or other jurisdiction

Retirement system type

Membership
t~

Legislat or's oontribution
as percent of ooopensation

St ate goverrment oontribution

Uininun years

legislative .Age oomally

service tor required for

retiranent

retiranent

Alabama .

----------------------------No program-------------------------------------

Alaska

Public enployee

Optional( a)

4.25(b)

Yes

5

55

Arizona. . ..........

Public enployee

Canpulsory

5.0

Yes

5

60

Arkansas

Public employee(c)

Canp.Jlsory

6.0

Yes

10

60

California

Special legislative

Optional

8.0

Yes

4

60

Colorado .. Connecticut

Public Hnployee Special legislative

Optional Optional

8.0 10.0

YNeos

5 10

65 55

Delaware .

Public enployee

Canp.Jlsory

O. O(d)

Yes

5

60

-1:>

Florida ............

Public employee/

Canpulsory/

8.0

Yes

8

62

-1:>

Special legislative(e)

Optional(e)

Georgia

Public enployee/

(f)

5.5

Yes

10

60

Special legislative

(f)

8.0

Yes

8

62

Hawaii.

Public employee

Optional

6.0

Yes

10

55

Idaho

Public employee

Canpulsory

4. 84

Yes

0

65

Illinois

Spec ial legislative

Optional

10.0

Yes

4

62

Indiana

Public employee

Optional

3.0

Yes

10

65

Io.va

Public employee

Optiona l

3.75

Yes

4

65

Kansas

Public t:nployee

Optional

4.0

Yes

10

65

Kentucky

Public employee/

Canpulsory

4.0

Yes

8

65

Special legislative

Optional

5.0

Yes

5

65

louisiana

Public empl oyee

Optional

11.0

Yes

lO(g)

60(g)

Maine ,

Public employee

Optional

6.5

Yes

10

60

Maryland

Special legislative

Optional

5.0

Yes

8

60

Massachusetts

Public Hnployee

Optional

7.0

Yes

6

55

Michigan .

Special legislative

Optional

7.0

Yes

8(h)

55

Mi nnesota Mi ssissippi .

~ec ial l e~J s lative
bl ic enp oyee

Canpu}sory Canj>u soryu >

9.0 6.0

Yes Yes

lB

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REI'IRafENI' PFO:JRALIS FOR SfATE LIDISLA'IDRS (Continued) (1981-1982)

State or other jurisdiction

Retirement system type

ldanbership type

Legislator's contribution as percent of cnnpensation

State goverrment contribution

Uininun years legislative service for
retirement

Age nonnally required for 'tetinment

Missouri. ...

Special legislative

CanpulS>ry

0.0

Yes

6

60

Montana ......

Public employee

Optional

6.0

Yes

5(j)

60(j)

Nebraska ..

----------------------------No program------------------------------------

Nevada ........... .

Special legislative

Cmp.JlS>ry

15.0

Yes

8

60

New Hrunpshire....

------------------------------No progr~---------------------------------------

New Jersey .....

Public employee(c)

CanpulS>ry

5.0

Yes

8

60

New Mexico .....

Public employee

Optional

$125/year

Yes

5

65

New York .....

Public anployee

Optional/

5.0

Yes

0

55

Canpulsory(k)

3.0

Yes

10

62

.p.

North Carolina

------------------------------No program----------------------------------------

(.11

North Dakota..... .

Public employee(!)

Ohio........ . ...

Public employee

Optional(e)

8.5

Yes

5

55

Oklahoma .

PubHc anployee

Optional

10.0

Yes

6

60(m)

Oregon........... .

Public employee

Optional

0.0

Yes

6 roo.

70

Pennsylvania ....

Public employee

Optional

5.0

Yes

lO(n)

50(o)

Rhode Island ..

Public enployee(c)

Optional

30.0

Yes

8

55

South Carolina...

Special legislative

Canpuloory

10.0

Yes

8

60

South Dakota..

-----------------------------------No program---------------~-----------------------------

Tennessee ..

Public employee

Optional

O.O(p)

Yes

4

55

Texas ...........

Public employee

Optional

8.0

Yes

12

55

Utah............. . Venmnt.

Special legislative

Optional

3.95

Yes

8

65

----------------------------~---No program-------------------------------------------------

Virginia ...

Public employee

CanpulS>ry

5.0

Yes

5

65

Washington .

Public employee(c)

Optional

7.5/5.51

Yes

5

60

West Virginia.

Public EJillloyee

Optional

3.5/4.5

Yes

5

62

Wisconsin

Public anployee

Calpllsory

5.5

Yes

0

62

Wyaning.......... .

-------------- ------------------No program--------------------------------------------

REI'IREMENI' PFOJRALtS FOR STATE UXJISLA'TORS (Concluded) (1981-1982)

(a) If the legislator was serving in 1975-1976 he is covered under a special elected public officers retiranent system.

(b) If the legislator had qualified under the separate Teachers Retirement Act before election, he may elect coverage under

that Act. Legislator contribution is 8.0%.

(c) Special provisions for legislators.

(d) Up to $6,000. 5% on all above.

(e) legislators may chcose to join the canpulsory statewide public mployee pension systern or the optional (elected officers

class) special legislative retirement systern. Florida: If assumed office after July 1, 1972, participation is compulsory.

(f) legislator must join one or the other.

(g) 12 years legislative service, age 55; 16 years legislative service, any age; 20 years public service, at least 12 of which

is legislative, age 50.

(h) Not less than 6 years service 1f elected to at least 4 full or partial house tenns, or 2 full or partial senate tenns.

(i) Unless over age 64.

(j) Eligible for full retirement at age 65 regardless of years of service as a legislator, or after 30 years of service as a

legislator regardle~s of age.

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(k) Oampulsary for members elected after July 1, 1976. (1) legislative authority for a retirement program exists. Implementation has never taken place.

(m) Age 55 with reduced benefits.

(n) NLJllber of years of total state service 1f under superannuation age.

(o) With three years of legislative service.

(p) litigation is pending which could adjust legislators' contribution to 5% of earnings until Novanber 1982 when the

noncontributory plan would go into effect.

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INSURANCE PROGRAMS FOR STATE LEGISLATORS

S'J'l\'l'E NAME
Alabama Alaska Arizona
Arkansas California Colorado
Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia
Hawaii Idaho

Hculth Insurance

Legislative ncmbership

Percentage of state contrib.ltion

Legislative rrembership

Life Insurance

Maximum
coverage

% of state contribution

Sane benefits as dther
state eJnployecs

No programs

***

yes

100%

yes

Annual salary

0

yes

yes

90% 1; 62% F

yes

Annual salary 1st $5,000 - lQO% yes

above $5,000 - 0

yes

(a)

yes

$20,000

(b)

yes

yes

0

No program

***

yes

$42.12

yes

3,800

$0. 88/mo.;

yes

addtl. optional

$25,000

addtl. 0

yes

100% 1; 70% F

No program

***

yes(c)

100%

yes(d)

Annual salary

0

yes

yes

75%

yes

$18,000

66.6%

yes

yes

70%

yes

18 x monthly

75%

yes

reported salary

yes

$14.88 1;$47.34 F yes

$15,000

100%

yes

yes

100%

yes

$10,000

100%

***

STATE NAME

Health Insurance

Legislative Irembership

Percentage of state contribution

Legislative Jrembership

Life Insurance

Maximum coverage

% of state contribution

Scure benefits as other
state employees

Illinois

yes

100%

yes

50% annual

100%

yes

salary (e) ;

addtl. optional

addtl. 0

Indiana

yes

97% !;73% F

yes

$13,000

71%

yes

$10,000-20,000

addtl. optional

addtl. 0

Iowa

No program

.

***

Kansas

c-Poo

Kentucky

yes

100%

yes

$15,624

yes

100% !;40% F(f)

yes

$5,000

over $5,000

up to $36,000

100%

yes

100%

yes

addtl. 0

Louisiana

yes

50%

yes

$40,000

50%

yes

Maine

yes

100%

yes

Annual salary

0

***

Maryland

yes

90% average

No program

***

Massachusetts yes

90%

yes

$2,000 basic

90%

yes

addtl. optional

addtl. 0

to annual salary

Michigan

yes

100%

yes

1~ x annual salary

(g)

***

STATE NAME

Health Insurance

Legislative membershiE._

Percentage
of state contribution

Legislative rrernbership

Life Insurance

Maximum
coverC~ge

% of state contribution

Sarre benefits as other
state employees

Minnesota

yes

up to 56.06/mo.I yes

$20,000

100%

yes

up to 76.94/mo.F

up to $100,000

addtl. optional

addtl. 0

Mississippi

yes

100%

yes

$15,000 max.

50%

yes

Missouri

yes

(h)

yes

$5,000

100%

yes

Montana

yes

( i)

yes

$10,000

"(b)

yes

addtl. optional

U """)'

Nebraska

yes

0

yes

$10,000

0

***

Nevada

No program

(j )

( j)

( j)

***

New Hampshire

No program

***

New Jersey

yes

100%

yes 3 x annual salary

50%

yes

New Mexico

No program

***

New York

yes

(a)

yes

3 x annual salary

0

yes

salary up to $150,000

North Carolina yes

0

No program

yes

STATE NAME

Health Insurance

Legislative membership

Percentage of state contribution

Legislative membership

Life Insurance

Maximum
coverage

%of state contribution

Same benefits as other
state employees

North Dakota

yes

100% I & F for

yes

Nearest 1st $1,000 - 100%

yes

$300 deduct.

$1,000 above

$27.87/mo. for

annual salary

$50 deduct.

to max. $3,000

Ohio

yes

Oklahoma

yes

Oregon

yes

70% 100% 100%

yes

(c, k)

100%

***

yes

$18,000

100%

yes

addtl. 0

yes

annual salary (k)

100%

yes

U'1
0

Pennsylvania

yes

100%

yes

$20,000

100%

yes

Rhode Island

yes

0

yes

$1,000

0

***

South Carolina yes

36.22/mo.

yes

$3,000

$0.67/mo.

yes

South Dakota

No program

***

Tennessee

yes

60%

yes

$12,000

60%

yes

Texas

yes

( i)

yes(i)

2 x annual

(i)

yes

salary

Utah

yes

80% I & F

yes

$18,000

56%

yes

addtl. $30,000

Vermont

No program

***

STATE NAME

Health Insurance

Legislative nembership

Percentage of state contril::lltion

Legislative rrembership

Life Insurance

Maximum coverage

% of state contribution

Sarre benefits as other
state employees

Virginia

No program

yes

up to $1,000

27%

yes

above annual

compensation

X 2(1)

Washington

yes

100%

yes

$100,000

1st $5,000 -

yes

100%; above - 0

Wisconsin

yes

90%

yes

Nearest $1,000

75%

yes

above annual

salary;

U.....1..

addtl. optional up to 2 x

annual salary

addtl. 0

Wyoming West Virginia yes

No program

0%

yes

$10,000;

0

optional to

$20,000

***
yps(rn)

Key: see next page

-

STATE NAME

Health Insurance

Legislative membership

Percentage
of state contril::A.Jtion

,
Legislative rrernbe.rship

Life Insurance

Maximum coverage

\ of state contribution

Same benefits as other
state employees

Key:

I -- Individual coverage

F -- Family coverage

(a) Varies; 100 on some individual plans depending on plan and coverage.

(b) Included with health coverage.

(c) After 1 year.

(d) After 3 months.

(e) Reduces by 5% a year from age 56 on.

(J1

(f) HMO offered as optional health coverage.

N

(g) State contributes balance after actuarial evaluation.

(h) Members pay $10.70/mo; remainder of cost paid by state.

( i) Per month - Hontana: $70.00 fiscal 1982; Texas: combined for health and life;

not more than $48.00 fiscal 1982.

( j) Covered with survivors benefits under retirement plan.

(k) Salary rounded to next higher thousand. Ohio: leaders and committee chairmen

receive additional coverage equal to their compensation for the leadership and/or

chair positions held.

(1) Creditable compensation (which includes salary, travel expense per diem, office

allowance)is used in computing benefits for legislators.

(m) Legislators pay full premium.

~erne Court,

Chief Justice

Judges

criminal Appeals,

Presiding Judge

Associate Judge

civil Appeals,

Presiding Judge

Associate Judge

circuit Court Judges

District Court Judges

pr.ORIDA

Supreme Court
District Court Circuit Courts

GEORGIA Supreme Court,
Court of Appeals Sup~rior Court

Chief Justice Associate Justice

KENTUCKY
Supreme Court,
Court of Appeals
Circuit Courts District Courts

Chief Associate Chief Associate

LOUISIANA
Supreme Court Court of Appeals District Courts

MISSISSIPPI
Supreme Court,
Chancery Courts Circuit Courts

Chief Justice Presiding Justice Associate Justice

NORTH CAROLINA

Supreme Court,

Chief Justice

Associate Justice

Court of Appeals,

Chief Justice

Judges

Superior Court Judges, Senior

Judges

District Court

Chief

Judges

JUDICIAL BRANCH

Salaries in July 1984
$58,500 58,000 57,500 57,000 57,500 57,000 48,000 38,400

Salaries July 1985
$64,350 63,800 63,250 62,700 63,250 62,700 52,800 42,240

67,588 60,994 58,247
66,248 66,248 65,738 54,500
58,977 57,797 56,028 55,438 53,079 45,412
66,566 63,367 60,169
60,000 59,500 59,000 51,000 51,000
67,248 65,856 63,744 62,352 57,192 55,368 46,620 44,832

74,374 67,093 64,072
70,886 70,886 70,340 58,320
60,745 59,718 57,708 57,101 54,671 46,774
66,566 63,367 60,169
60,000 59,500 59,000 51,000 51,000
70,608 69,144 66,936 65,472 60,048 58,140 48,948 47,076

53

SOUTH CAROLINA Supreme Court,
Circuit Court

Chief Justice Associate Justice

TENNESSEE Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Trial Level Judges

Chief Justice Associate Justices Presiding Judge Associate Judges

WEST VIRGINIA Supreme Court Circuit Courts

VIRGINIA

Supreme Court,

Chief Justice

Associate Justice

*Includes $4,000 travel allowance annual

Circuit Courts

District Courts

Court of Appeals

Chief Judge

Judges

Current Salaries in
July 1984
$76,240 72,428 68,807
68,175 65,650 64,135 63,125 60,600
55,000 50,000
72,006 67,540
62,700 56,430 65,163 64,163

$80,814 76,773 72,935
68,175 65,650 64,135 63,125 60,600
62,700 56,430 65,163 64,163

SOURCE: Our own survey conducted in July, 1985

54

Judicial Salaries in Appellate
and Trial Courts

From: SURVEY OF JUDICIA~ SALARIES, National Center for State Courts, May 1985.

This table lists salaries paid to as5()Ciate justices for the highest court and intennediate appellate court, and state-paid salaries of general trial court judges. In states where localities may supplement state-paid salaries, these supplements added to the basic salary are shown in parentheses immediately below the first figure. Salary rang~. based on cost-of-living differences, length of service, or other factors, are also indicated. The boldface figures in parentheses immediately following salaries indicate the state's ranking (high to low) in salaries paid to judges at each level.
The last column indicates the date of the last salary change for highest, intennediate appellate, or general trial court judges for each state court system.
The mean average, median, and range for each level of court is shown following Wyoming. For the highest and the general trial courts these averages are based on figures for the SO states. For intermediate appellate courts the average is that of the 36 states that have such courts. All averages and rankings are based on the lowest salary of the range or on salaries without supplements.
Salary information on special and limited jurisdiction state courts is available by contacting:
Jeanne A. Ito Director, Survey of Judicial Salaries National Center for State Courts 300 Newport Avenue Williamsburg, VA 23187-8798 804/253-2000

Alabama
Alaska
Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut DelawareFlorida Georgia
Ha-11 Idaho Illinois
Indiana
I~
Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Muyland Mauachusetts Michigan
Minnesota Mlsalsalppl Mlsaourl Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio
Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island
South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vennont VIrginia Washington West VIrginia Wisconsin Wyoming Mean Allerage Median Range
District of Columbia
Federal System American Samoa Guam Puerto Rico
VIrgin Island
Tie rank

lntennedlate

General

Highest Court Appellate Court Trial Court

Date of Last Salary Change

63,800 (25)

81,648 (3)
to 93.084 67.500 (19) 54,410 (41) 88,818 (2) 63,000 (27) 61,800 (28) 74,640 (9) 74,347 (10) 66,248 (21)

53,460 (43) 47.300 (50) 75,000 (8)

60,000 (31) (63,000)
60,900 (30)
59.143 (33) 57,797 (37) 66,566 (20) 51,096 (47) 68.200 (15) 71.600 (13) 77,700 (5)

68.400 58,000 72,500 48,923 58,726
61.500 54,896 78,000 57,500
92.500 65.856
53.900 68.000

(14) (36) (11) (49) (35) (29) (40)
(4) (38)
(1) (23) (42) (16)*

59.136 (34)
53.308 (44) 76.500 (6)* 59.607 (32) to 71,529
72.428 (12) 52.677 (46) 65.650 (24) 76.500 (6)* 53.000 (45) 49.000 (48)
67.540 (18) 66.000 (22) 55.000 (39)
68.000 (16)* 63,500 (26) 64,430 63,650 47,300 to 92,500

72.360
100.600 70.026

44.000

62,700 (23)
76,188 (3)
65,500 (14) 52.557 (33) 83.268 (2) 58.500 (26) 59,000 (25)
67.093 (11) 65,738 (13)
51,975 (35) 46,300 (36) 70,000 (7)
55,000 (31) (58,000) 57,800 (27) 57,032 (28) 55.438 (30) 63,367 (19)
65,400 (15) 66.250 (12) 74,592 (5)
63,100 (21)
67,500 (10)

75,000 54,600 87.500 62,352
64,000
55.440 52.039 74.500

(4) (32)
(1) (24)
(17)*
(29) (34)
(6)

68,807 (9)
63.125 (20) 68.850 (8)

64,163 (16) 63,000 (22)
64,000 (17)*
63,935 63,683 46,300 to 87,500

80.400

52,800 (33) (73,920) 73,620 (2) to 86,504 62,500 (12)* 50,703 (37) 72.763 (3) 54,000 (29)* 56,200 (21) 70,320 (4) 64,072 (8) 54,500 (26)* (73.552) 50,490 (39) 45,300 (49) 60,500 (16)* to 65,500 47,000 (47) to 50.000 54,000 (29)* 51,417 (35) 53,079 (32) 60,169 (18) 50,245 (40) 63,300 (10) 63.600 (9) 42,735 (50) (71.484)
60.500 (16)* 51 ,000 (36) 62,500 (12)* 47,693 (46) 54,322 (28) 56,000 (22) 53,460 (31) 70,000 (5) 51 ,765 (34) 82.000 (1) 55,368 (24) 50,600 (38) 55,500 (23) to 60,500 49,280 (42) 48.356 (44) 65.000 (7) 54.860 (25) to 65.832 68,807 (6) 49.140 (43) 60.600 (15) 54.500 (26)* 48.000 (45) 46,600 (48) 62.700 (11) 60.000 (19)* 50,000 (41) 60,000 (19)* 61.000 (14) 56,977 54,680 42.735 to 82,000
68,400 76.000
44.338 32.000 to 38,000 57,200

10-1-84
1-1 -8 3
1-1-85 7-1-84 7-1-84 7-1-84 7-1-84 2-1 -85 1-1-85 7-1-84
7-1-82 7-1-82 7-1-83
1-1-85
7-1-84 8-1-84 7-1-84 9-1-81 12-1-84 7-1-84 7-1-84 1-1-85
1-1-85 1-1-84 8-13-84 7-1-84 1-1-85 1-1-83 6-7-84 1-19-82 7-2-84 1-1-85 7-1-84 7-1-82 1-1-84
7-1 -82 1-1-83 12-1-83 7-8-84
6-17-84 7-1-84 7-1-83 9-1-84 7-1-84 7-1-84 7-1-84 7-1-84 7-1-84 8-1-84 1-1-82
1-8-84 1-1-84 7-15-81 10-1-83
10-1-83 10-1-82

55

Federal Government Salaries

FEDERAL SALARIES
The salary situation for the highest officials in our Federal government is confused in that there is a large gap between what is "authorized" (scheduled) and what is legally "payable." However, due to legal action taken by Members of the Federal Judiciary, culminating
in a u. s. Supreme Court decision in December 1980, the
gap for judges has been closed. Following is the background.
In February 1977 substantial salary increases were put into effect for Federal officials in all three branches of government. {Continued on page 60)

SALARIES OF MAJOR FEDERAL OFFICIALS, 1975 TO PRESENT "EXECUTIVE SCHEDULE"

POSITIONS

1975

Chief Justice.

,$65,600

Executive Level I.

63,000

Associate Justice.

63,000

Executive Level II

44,600

Senators and Representatives

44,600

Comptroller General

44,600

Judges, Circuit Courts of Appeals. 44,600

Judges, Court of Claims 44,600

Judges, Court of International Trade 44,600

Executive Level III ~

42,000

Judges, U. S. District Courts.

42,000

Judges, Bankruptcy Court

District Attorney, Federal

Executive Level IV

39,900

Executive Level V

37,800

1977
$79,125 69,630 75,960 60,663 60,663 60,663 60,663 60,663 60,663 55,388 57,498
52,750 50,113

1981
$92,400 69,630 88,700 60,663 60,663 60,663 70,900 70,900 70,900 55,388 67,100
52,750 50,113

1982 $96,800 69,630 93,000 60,663 60,663 60,663
74,300 74,300 74,300 59,500 70,300
58,500 57,500

1983
$100,000 80,000 96,700 69,800 69,800 69,800 77,300 77,300 77,300 68,400 73,100
67,200 63,800

1984
$100,700 83,300 96,700 72,600 72,600 72,600 77,300 67,800 73,100 71,100 73,100 66,100 66,400 69,900 66,400

1985
$104,700 86,200 100,600 75,100 75,100 75,100 80,400 90,200 76,000 73,600 76,000 68,400 70,500 72,300 68,700

Examples of Executive Level Positions

Level I Level II --
Level III Level IV --
Level V ---

Cabinet officers. Deputy Secretaries of major departments, Secretaries of military departments and heads of major agencies. Deputy Secretaries of minor departments, heads of middle level agencies. Assistant Secretaries and General Counsels of departments, heads of minor agencies, members of certain Boards and Commissions. Administrators, Commissioners, Directors, and Members of Boards, Commissions, or units of agencies.

57

EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL SALARIES

Position

Salary rate payable
January 1, 19SS

President of the United States $200,000

Vice President of the United States. 97,900

Members of Congress, including the Resident Commis-

sioner from Puerto Rico and the Delegates from the

District of Columbia, Guam, and the Virgin Islands

75,100

Speaker of the House of Representatives 97,900

President pro tempore of the Senate. 85,000

Majority and minority leaders of the Senate 85,000

Majority and minority leaders of the House of Repre-

sentatives

85,000

Other offices in the legislative branch:

Comptroller General of the United States 75,100

Deputy Comptroller General of the United States 73,600

General Counsel of the United States General Ac-

counting Office



72,300

Librarian of Congress



72,300

Public Printer.

72,300

Architect of the Capitol.

73,600

Chief Justice of the United States



104,700

Associate Justices of the Supreme Court.

100,600

Judges, Circuit Court of Appeals

80,400

Judges, Court of Claims.



70,200

Judges, Court of International Trade 76,000

Judges, district courts.

76,000

Judges, Bankruptcy Court

68,400

Offices and positions under the Federal executive

salary scheduled in subch. II of ch. 53 of title 5

of the United States Code:

Level I



86,200

Level II.

75,100

Level III

73,600

Level IV.

72,300

Level V

68,700

58

SALARIES OF MAJOR FEDERAL OFFICIALS, 1975 TO PRESENT "EXECUTIVE SCHEDULE"

POSITIONS

1975

1977

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

Chief Justice $65,600 $79.125 $92,400 $96,800 $100,000 $100,700 $104,700

Executive Level I . 63,000 69,630 69,630 69,630 80,000 83,300 86,200

Associate Justice 63,000 75,960 88,700 93,000 96,700 96,700 100,600

Executive Level II 44,600 60,663 60,663 60,663 69,800 72,600 75,100

Senators and Representatives 44,600 60,663 60,663 60,663 69,800 72,600 75.100

Comptroller General 44,600 60,663 60,663 60,663 69,800 72,600 75.100

Judges, Circuit Courts of Appeals 44,600 60,663 70,900 74,300
U1
1..0 Judges, Court of Claims 44,600 60,663 70,900 74,300

77,300 77,300

77,300 67,800

80,400 90,200

Judges, Court of International Trade . 44,600 60,663 70,900 74,300 77,300 73,100 76,000

Executive Level III 42,000 55,388 55,388 59,500 68,400 71,100 73,600

Judges, U. S. District Courts 42,000 57,498 67,100 70,300 73' 100 73,100 76,000

Judges, Bankruptcy Court

66,100 68,400

District Attorney, Federal

66,400 70,500

Executive Level IV 39,900 52,750 52,750 58,500 67,200 69,900 72,300

Executive Level V 37,800 50.113 50,113 57,500 63,800 66,400 68,700

Under existing Federal law, annual increases (akin to cost-ofadjustments, but not actually such) are authorized. However series of appropriations bills in late 1977 and to the present Congress has effectually denied such increases from taking p Instead, it has provided for much smaller boosts in pay. The latest chapter in this story is as follows. In August, 1984
officials responsible under the Federal Pay Comparability Act of
reported to the President that it would require an increase of to bring salaries of those whose compensation is set by statute level equivalent with private industry. Instead, the President ornmended a 3.5% increase, and this increase did become a reali However, as stated above, Federal judges were successful in legal action to bring the "payable" up to the "authorized". held that denying them their increases was unconstitutional, ing to a reduction of pay while in office. It seems that for brief period, a couple of years ago, the authorized schedule effect, and it was nullified by a subsequent appropriations bi However, beyond that specific action, it seems agreed now that judges must give the full authorized salary schedule presently in the future.
The General Schedule (Civil Service) Effective January 1, 1984 a pay increase of 4% went into effect all Federal employees covered under the General Schedule. On J 1, 1985 a 3 1/2% boost was provided.
Salary Outlook (as of Summer, 1985) With all the emphasis on reducing the Federal deficite by c expenditures, it seems unlikely now that there will be any s increases this year for those under the General Schedule or under the Executive Schedule.
60

SCHEDULE 1--THE GENERAL SCHEDULE To be effective the first pay period in January 1985

Grade

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

1

9339 9650 9961 10271 10582 10764 11071 11380 11393 11686

2

10501 10750 11097 11393 11521 11860 12199 12538 12877 13216

3

11458 11840 12222 12604 12986 13368 13750 14132 . 14514 14896

4

12862 13291 13720 14149 14578 15007 15436 15865 16294 16723

5

14390 14870 15350 15830 16310 16790 17270 17750 18230 18710

())
.......

6

16040 16575 17110 17645 18180 18715 19250 19785 20320 20855

7

17824 18418 19012 19606 20200 20794 21388 21982 22576 23170

8

19740 20398 21056 21714 22372 23030 23688 24346 25004 25662

9

21804 22531 23258 23985 24712 25439 26166 26893 27620 28347

10

24011 24811 25611 26411 27211 28011 28811 29611 30411 31211

11

26381 27260 28139 29018 29897 30776 31655 32534 33413 34292

12

31619 32673 33727 34781 35835 36889 37943 38997 40051 41105

13

37599 38852 40105 41358 42611 43684 45117 46370 47623 48876

14

44430 45911 47392 48873 50354 51835 53316 54797 56278 57759

15

52262 54004 55746 57488 59230 60972 62714 64456 66198 67940

16

61296 63339 65382 67425 69468* 71511* 73554* 75597* 77640*

17

71804* 74197* 76590* 78983* 81376*

18

84157*

* The rate of basic pay payable to employees at these rates is limited to the rate payable for level V of the Executive Schedule, which would be $68,700.

Salaries in Business:
Top Executive

SALARIES 'FOR THE 11SENIOR LEVEL11 MANAGEMENT GROUP

en we speak of compensation levels for managerial and

lfbofessional personnel in the private sector, it is important to prte at the outset that the picture is complex. Fi~~t, there are

n~o)rebe odn ui sst,

inct and

strands in compensation, namely: (l) salary, (3) long-term income (chiefly, various types

of

tack-option plans) . Thus, it is necessary to know which are

tscluded when we speak of managerial compensation.

Next, note different valid ways to measure increa~e~: (1) 11 ~vrage salary level"--reflects the amount to a pos~t~on and ~n ~ludes new people; and (2) "average salary increase"-- includes onlY "old" people and reflects "merit" increases. Increases under (2} will always be greater than under (1). In this book ~e boosts shown (pg. ) are of the (1) type.
J
Thirdly, executive salaries differ widely for people with the same title and general responsibilities depending on the size of enterprise. Yet all are truly top level executives.

rourthly, salaries vary by type of industry. For example, salaries are lower for top management in the public utilities than is true
in manufacturing.

Also, salaries for business managers vary somewhat by the region of the nation in which they are located. In the Southeast they are about 7 percent below the national average.

Finally, salaries for managers vary according to the function performed by the individual and the level of authority at which he functions. Yet all clearly fall in the "managerial" category.

~ the following pages, all of these factors will be treated, and their significance will be made clear in a factual manner. All
information and quoted sentences are drawn from the most recent
survey of executive compensation performed by Sibson and Company.*

SUMMARY FOR LATEST FULL YEAR (1984) ~Salaries for executives rebounded sharply in 1984. For those at
e very top, the chairman and the president, the increase in cornoenaation (salary and bonus) averaged 17 percent! For the management CJroup as_~ whole, referred to as "the senior executive group", the

----------------------------------------------85;~ ib son &Company Inc., EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION: 20th Edition,
(Factual data from 1984)

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increase was somewhat less, namely 12.6 percent. These were r ably large boosts! With inflation running at such a low level ( 4. percent) , for business executives 1984 was likely the best Yea
record for real increases. Those closest to the salary picture r
that there is a large demand for qualified top executives to uc ~n large business organizations, and this is said to explain the
tinued large increases men at these high levels have been in recent years. Until 1981 salaries for senior executives inc almost at the same pace as the Consumer Price Index. Since that hm-1ever, salaries have been rising much more rapidly than prices. (See figure below) .
Executive Salary Increases Vs. Consumer Price Index

380%

340%

300%

260% 220%

- - CPI

180%

140%

100%

1967

'70

'75

'80

The indexes measure changes from a designated reference date-1967-which equals 100.0.

SOURCE: 1984 Sibson & Company Survey Bureau of Labor Statistics

'83 '85

Of course, the risinq profitability of American business in
made it easier to reward the top management group liberally. group ..,.,as said to be responsible for the improved financial cona;..,.
of their respective organizations and, therefore, they deserved rewarded.

Outlook
It is believed that compensation for the executive group increased, on the average, in 1985 about the same as it was namely 12 percent.

63

MORE FACTS: Historial Perspective
Here we see the record of increases since 1980 for the "senior executive groups" in American business. (The difference between "total compensation" and "base salary" is the inclusion of bonus in the forner.) These increases far exceed those awarded state officials in Georgia---or in other states.

Comparison of Annual Percent Changes in Compensation

BASE SAlARY AND TOTAL CASH COMPENSATION

Due Salary

Total Compensation

14~---------------------------------------------------------------------

12I~ .--
- - 10%_ ~

,.-M
N

..--~

- -= 8%_

r--

6 %_

r~ ..:

,.--
~
QQ

.--
r~ ..:

- - - = ,...- .--

OC1 1-
N

M 1-"'M"
N

~ r-

,.-- .--

- - ~ 1-
N

~ ~
N

1-

~

1-

1-

1-

.--

1-

~

4 %_

1-

1-

~

~

'--

ll'5

F-

~

2 %_

-

-

r-

1-

0

1980 '81 '82 '83 '84 '85
Projected

1980 '81 '82 '83 '84 '85
Projected

"Compensation Change: The percentage by which average pay levels for a give n group exceed the average pay leve;s for the same positions in previous years.

SOURCE: 1984 Sibson & Company Survey

The above graph does not include the income from the exercise of stock options. Over the years the extra income from such options is typically larqe.
n4

Year
1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985

TRENDS IN MANAGEMENT SALARY CHANGES

Increase in position averaqe salary level

Average salary for all

4% 4
5 5 6 5 5 5 6 9 8 8 8 10 11 12 11 7 8.4 7.5*

(est.)

6% 7 7 7 9 7 7 7 8 10 9 9 9 10 12 13 11 8 9.1
8.1 (est.)

SOURCE: Sibson & Company Surveys

*This figure is for salary alone. When combined with a bonus the increase will likely amount to ~2%.
**These numbers run higher because only "old" (experienced in job) managers are included, and the salary includes merit increases.

65

SOME' 'FACTS ON THE WIDE VARIATION IN MANAGEMENT SALARIES
salaries for positions carryinq the same title vary widely in American business, dependinq chiefly on the size of the enterprise. One finds that in the larqest firms (sales in the billions) salaries are four or five times as large as they are in small ones. (By "small" we mean a business with annual sales of $25 million.)
Competitive Salary and Total Annual Compensation Levels

ChiefExecutive..
om-cer

SALES IN $MILLIONS Salary Total

25

$128 $160

50

153 194

General Industry
C:ompeusatioa in $ Thousands*

Chief
Oopemraatinr g.

Chief flnancfal
Executive .

Top.
Legal Executive-

Salary Total Salary Total. Salary Total

$ 99 $119 $ 70 $ 82 $ 50 $ 54

117 144

81 96

59 65

100

184 236 139 174

94 113

69 78

250

233 .J06 174 224 113 140

85 100

500

279 372 206 271 131 165 100 120

750

310. 417 227 303 143 181 110 134

1,000 1 '500

333 452 370 507

244 328 269 366

151 193 165 213

117 145 129 162

3,000 10,000

443 617 605 867

319 443 429 615

191 250 245 330

151 195 200 269

Top. Huuian.
Resolli"Ce$.
Executiv~
Salary Total
$ 47 $ 52 54 62
63 73 77 91
89 108 98 120
104 128 114 142
132 168 172 225

"General industry" includes durable and nondurable goods manufacturing
companies.

Compensation varies somewhat accordinq to the type of business. Salaries are lower in retail sales, service enterprises and in utilities, yet the differentials are not really large.

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WHAT THIS MEANS TO THE STATE COMMISSION ON COMPENSATION:
This Commission is required by law to consider the salaries prevailing in industry and commerce as a preliminary to the recommending of compensation for Georgia officials. It is apparent that salary levels in business far exceed those available to our state officials.
Heads of our large agencies in Georgia, whose salaries are set by statute, now get paid in the $58,000 to $60,000 range. In contrast, in a business with sales of $200 million annually (which is not a large firm) the top man will be paid about $220,000 and the sales manager $100,000 per annum. The chief legal advisor will be paid about $80,000. (In large firms the salary would be $100,000). In contrast, in our state
government, the Attorney General gets $62,000. His responsibility is very large, and he heads a biq staff of professionals.
In the discussion above, we are not considering the giant firms like General Motors, IBM, General Electric, Coca -Cola, and AT&T. Salaries run even higher in the top echelons of those enterprises. Heads of the very large corporations get about $400,000 to $1,000,000 in salary annually plus bonus1 in addition, they receive occasional large income from stock options.
In contrast, our Governor gets $79,359 salary plus a mansion and a $40,000 mansion allowance. He gets other minor
perquisites of the office . When it is all put together, his compensation falls far short of that ~revailing for those who head large business organizations in America today.
67

GROUP MANAGERS
Below the chief exeeutives of a large enterpise are the "group executives." Their compensation varies widely depending on the scale of operations and degree of independent autonomy. To qualify in the category of "group executive" a manager must have two or more "divisions" reporting to him.

Compensation Levels for Group Executives
(Compensation in $1bouaands)

SALES
{! Mllliooa}
12.5 25

25m PERCENT1LE

Sue

Total

$69 $83

77

96

501lf PERCEN'Tll

Rue

Total

-$85 $105 97 121

50

88 Ill

Ill 140

75

95 121

120 153

100

100 128

127 162

250

120 156

151 197

500

137 180

173 228

750 1,000 3,000

148 196 157 208 194 262

188 248 198 263 246 331

5,000 10,000

214 292 245 337

271 369 310 426

751ll PERONJllE
Sue !!!!!

$100 $128

117 147

134 170

145

185

153

196

183

238

. .210 .. 275

227

300

240 318

297

401

328

446

375 516

68

DIVISION MANAGERS

Beneath the group managers are the "division managers." The

compensation varies greatly depending on sales volume and deir

of independent decision making autonomy.

rr

Compensation Levels for Type A (More Autonomous) Division Managers

(Compensation in S Thousands)

SA.U'.S (S Mllllona)

251lf PERCE."mU:

Rue

Total

5011i PERCEN11LE

Rue

Total

12.5

S60 S68

$73 $88

25

70

80

84 103

50

81

94

98 121

75

88 104

106 133

100

93 Ill

113 142

250

113 137

137 176

500

131 161

158 207

750

142 117

172 228

1,000 3,000

151

189

190 245

183 244 231 315

5,000 10,000

212 216 245 324

257 355 297 417

s 86 s 107

99

126

115

148

125

163

133

174

161

216

186

254

203

279

215

298

271

385

302

434

349

510

Compensation Levels for Type 8 (Less Autonomous) Division Managers

(Compensation inS Thousands)

SA.U'.S ($MW1ona)

251lf PERCE.'"Ill

Balle

TotaJ

sarn PERCEJimLE

Rue

Total

s 12.5

S58 $65

$ 71 s 81

25

65

74

79

92

50

73

84

89 105

75

79

90

95 113

100

82

95

100 119

250

96

113

117 142

500

108 128

131 161

750

115 139

140 174

1,000

121 146

147 183

3,000

145 179

176 225

5,000

158 197

192 247

10,000

178 224

215 281

751lf PERCENTIU:

Sa..!

Total

$ 83 $ 98

93

Ill

105

126

112

136

118

144

137

170

154

194

164

209

173

220

201

270

226

297_

253

338

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-tong-Term Income
In addition to salary and bonus it is a very widespread practice to provide various forms of long-term income for the top management group; chiefly, the vehicle is some form of stock-option plan. Depending on the health of the parent company and the swings in the stock market, this income is received irregularly. Yet, over a long period of time it is very important indeed. sibson & Company estimates that the average annual income gain from these plans runs from 30 percent (in small fir.ms) to 60 percent (in the largest) of the salaries for top executives. Executive Benefits and Perquisites Typically these benefits -- retirement allowances, insurance, medical services, paid club dues, first class air travel, tax counselling, estate and investment planz4ing and a company car represent 25 to 30 percent of an executive's salary. They are not included in the salary figures reported above.
70

COMPENSATION FOR TOP MANAGEMENT OF VERY LARGE CORPORATIONS
Highlights of BUSINESS WEEK'S "Annual Survey of Executive Compensation for 1985"

1.

Managers' salaries and annual bonuses

went up 12.7% in 1984, on the average.

2. As in previous years, the highest paid Executives derived the majority of their income from the exercise of stock options. (However, four in the group of the 25 highest paid in 1984 qualified on their salaries/ bonuses alone.)

3. Of 259 of the largest companies we find:

A. The average salary/bonus for top managers in 1984 was $653,000.

B. Average total compensation--including the exercise of stock options--was $1.1 million (up 22% from last year).

In contrast to the large increases for top Executives last year in these very large firms, consider the following:
1. The cost-of-living index went up only 4%.
2. Wages of white-collar workers went up 6.5%.

(This survey, published in May 1985, is for 1984.)

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THB 25 HIGHIUn'-PAID BXIICUTIVSB

ANNUAL TOTAL COMPENSATION

LONG-TERM COMPENSATION Thousands-of Dollars

TOTAL COMPENSATION

1. T. Boone Pickens, Jr., chmn. ' pres.

Mesa Petroleum

$4,223

$18,600

$Jl,8ll

2. David A. Jones, chmn.

Human a

722

17,394

18. 116

l. Bdson D. deCastro, chmn. ' pres .

Data General

436

7,529

7,'11>'>

4. Herbert J. Richaan, exec. v-p

Data General

336

6,962

7,298

S. Lee A. Iacocca, chmn.

Chrysler

1,195

4 ,ll 5

'>,'>10

6. Sidney J. Sheinberg, pres.

MCA

500

4. l 38

4 ,61H

1. An Wang, chmn .

Wang Labs

606

3,814

4, 4 /II

8. Phillip Caldwell, chmn.

Ford Motor

1, 575

2, 485

,Ill> II

9. Thoaas D. O'Malley, vice-chmn.

Phibro-Salomon

2,514

I, 395

J,'J09

10. John R. Opel, chmn.

IBM

1,034

2,807

3, 841

11. Anthony R. Hailton, chmn.

Avnet

1,049

2,173

) ,822

12. Gerald Greenwald, vice-chmn.

Chrysler

""-1

N

ll. Prank D. Tranadel Jr . , senior v - p

Comdisco

817 1,602

2,419 1,561

), 296
3' 16)

14. Paul J. Riaao, vice-chmn.

IBM

767

2,120

2,887

lS. Harold K. Sperlich, pres.

Chrysler

828

2,040

2,868

16. Barry Diller, senior exec. v-p

Gulf ' Western

2,866

0

2,866

17. Kenneth N. Pontikes, chmn. ' pres.

Comdisco

1,239

1,591

2,8)2

18 . Oliver C. Boileau, pres.

General Dynamics

643

2,127

2,170

19. John G. Breen, chmn . ' pres.

Sherwin-Williams

172

1. 849

2,621

20. Clifton c. Garvin, Jr . chmn. 21. Howard H. Kehri, vice-chmn . 22. Harrington Drake, chmn. 23. Donald B. Petersen, pres. 24. John H. Gutfreund, chmn. 2S. John P. Burlinga.a, vice-chmn.

Exxon General Motors Dun ' Bradstreet Ford Motor Phibro-Salomon General Blectric

1,350 1,269
975 1,229 2,379
932

1,236 1,253 1,459 1,184
0 1,408

2,586 2,522
2, o4
2, 413 2,379 2,340

SAMPLE COMPENSATION FOR TOP EXECUTIVES

Long Term

Total Salary

Income*

and Bonus

1984

1984

1983

--rfn thousands of dorr--

COMPANY

Lockheed Corp.Aerospace
Chairman President

787

698

24

603

541

Delta Air Lines-

Airlines

Chairman & CEO

391

President & COO

199

United Airlines-

Airlines

Chairman, President & CEO

425

Hoover Company-

Appliances

Chairman, President & CEO

Executive Vice President

14

424

429

323

328

Zenith Radio Corp.-

Appliances

Chairman, President

6

Chairman

461

350

320

333

Ford Motor Co.Automotive
Chairman & CEO President & COO

2485 1184

1575 1229

1400 1140

General Motors Corp.Automotive
Chairman & CEO President & COO

1592 1373

1490 1330

Security Pacific Corp.-

Banking

Chairman & CEO

613

President & COO

266

896

787

636

530

*"Long-term income" refers to income from such things as cise of stock options. In fact, this income tends to infrequently for any given executive, and it hinges g level of the stock market.

73

Long Term

Total Salary

Income*

and Bonus

1984

1984 1983 1982

--rin thousands of dollars)

COMPANY

Coca-Cola Co.Beverages
Chairman & CEO President & COO

462

1275

1158

1045

352

965

808

718

G. Heileman Brewing Co.Beverages
Chairman, President & CEO Executive Vice President

506

587

537

227

243

223

U.S. GypsonBuilding Materials
Chairman & CEO President & COO

802

575

514

374

American Cyanamid Co.Chemicals
Chairman, President & CEO 24 Vice Chairman

788

633

475

470

628

431

Fuqua Industries, Inc.-

Conglomerates

Chairman

President

62

1500 487

1500 429

1113 363

Anchor Hocking Corp.-

Containers

President & CEO

373

Sr. Vice President

124

329

413

247

184

Baxter Travenol Lab.Drugs
President & CEO Exec. V. President & COO 121

465

645

579

330

National Semiconductor Corp.-

Electronics

President

Vice President

739

397

219

192

262

195

158

Holiday Inns, Inc.Food and Lodging
Chairman & CEO President & COO

80

342

521

347

293

250

561

362

Marriott Corp.Food and Lodging
President & CEO Executive Vice President

1275

723

637

519

468

425

360

74

I

l
I

Long Term Income* 1984

COMPANY

Dart & Kraft-Food Processing

Chairman & CEO

120

President and COO

Caterpillar Tractor Co.General Machinery
Chairman President

Bausch and Lomb, Inc.-

Instruments

Chairman, President, CEO 541

Senior Vice President

8

Reynolds Metals Co.Metals
Chairman & CEO Vice Chairman

Armstrong World Ind., Inc.-

Miscellaneous Manufacturing

President, Chairman, CEO

8

Executive Vice President

98

Black and Decker Mfg. Co.-

Miscellaneous Mfg.

President & CEO

225

Executive Vice President

Standard Oil of Indiana-

Petroleum

Chairman & CEO

207

Vice Chairman

212

CNA Fin. Corp. -Nonbank Financial
Chairman, President, CEO Vice President

Burroughs Corp.-

Office Equip., computers

Chairman & CEO

42

President and COO

180

Digital Equip. Corp.-

Computers

President

Vice President

750

890 ---
700

647

590

467

404

533 325

544

390

243

350

362

292

266

220

595

326

321

383

748 559

559

534

280

255

950

687

700

609

655 309

75

COMPANY

Long Term

Total Salary

Income*

and Bonus

1984

1984 1983 1982

--rfn thousands of dollars)

Dresser Industries, Inc.-

Oil Service and Supply

Chairman

President

15

WeyerhaeuserPaper and Forest Products
Chairman & CEO
Executive Vice President

253

253

403

251

251

365

672 420

Georgia Pacific Corp.Paper and Forest Products
Chairman, President, CEO 189 Executive Vice President

659

446

350

453

Avon-Personal Care Products

Chairman, President & CEO

797

Executive Vice President

465

Proctor and Gamble-

Personal Care Products

Chairman

96

President and CEO

37

858

650

627

685

750

702

CSX Corporation-Railroads

Chairman and CEO

President

327

Kroger Company-Retailing Food

Chairman & CEO

347

President

151

Inland Steel-Steel Chairman and CEO Executive Vice President

973

485

440

759

385

333

563

522

596

429

382

390

423 257

Levi Straus-Apparel

President and CEO

360

Chairman

258

Uniroyal, Inc.-Tire and Rubber President and CEO Vice President

470

430

388

244

217

207

Philip Morris, Inc.-Tobacco

Chairman and CEO

364

Chairman, Executive Comm.

875 1115

991

880

759

720

76

Long Term

Total Salary

Income*

and Bonus

1984

1984

1983

~n thousands of dollars)

COMPANY

Consolidated Freightways-

Trucking

Chairman, President, CEO

390

636

Executive Vice President

80

350

Consolidated Gas Sys., Inc.Utilities
Chairman and CEO Executive Vice President

325

533

220

260

Bell South-Utilities Chairman and CEO Vice Chairman

10

538

15

328

f

77

Salaries in Business (continued):
Administrative Managers

SALARIES OF ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN 1934*
salaries for this group of managers varies considerably, according to level of authority and scale of operations, but the variation is not as large as is that for the higher levels. Salaries run $50,000 to $150,000, generally speaking, with an additional 15 to 20 percent for bonus.

Salary Levels for Selected Division Positions

-General Industry-
(Bonus-Paying Company Salaries iD Slbousanda)

POSmON
Chief Executive Officer

ATS200MM
SALES
$131

ATS400MM SALES
$151

Sales & Marketing

85

95

Manufacturing

80

89

Legal

74

84

Sales

77

87

Engineering/Technical

72

80

Marketing

75

84

Controller Human Resources

66

73

62

,-?...

MIS/EDP

59

66

Purchasing

51

58

Labor Relations

50

58

AVFRAGE

$ 73

$ 83

PfRQNT
DIFFERENCE
16% 12
II
14 13 12 12 -10 16 12 14 16
13%

*From EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION, 20th Edition, 1985 prepared by Sibson and Company, Inc., Pages 27,29.
78

-cecutive Salaries

Relationship Between Salary Levels of Top Division Executives and Selected Division Positions

POSmON
Chief Executive Officer

SAlARY AS A PERCE.l\ff OF DIVISION CEO SAL\Ry

S50-500MM Sales
Volume

S500MM-S5B Sales
Volume

$58-508 Sales
Volume

Average

100%

100% 100% 100%

Sales & Marketing

64

57

51 57

Manufacturing

60

55

49 55

Legal

56

53

51 53

Sales

59

56

53 56

',,

Engineering/Technical

54

48

42 48

Marketing

56

50

44 50

Human Resources

47

47

46 47

Controller

50

43

36 43

MIS/ EDP

44

40

36 40

Purchasing

39

35

31 35

Labor Relations

39

37

36 37

~oL; RCE: 1984 Sibson & Co mpany Survey

79

Salaries in Business (continued):
Professional, TechnicaL
and Middle Management

DATA FROM THE NATIONAL SURVEY OF PROFESSIONAL, ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND CLERICAL PAY (ANNUAL)
o. s. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics

In private industry the trend of salaries in recent years for
"professional, administrative and technical support" personnel
has been:

Percentage increases

1967-1968

5. 5

1968-1969

5.8

196 9-197 0

6 2

1970-1971

6. 7

1971-1972

5. 5

1972-1973

5. 4

1973-1974

6. 3

1974-1975

8. 3

1975-1976

6. 7

1976-1977

7.1

1977-1978

8. 3

1978-1979

7. 7

1979-1980

9. 3

1980-1981

10.0

1981-1982

9. 3

1982-1983

7.1

1983-1984

~.a

1984-1985

4.6

The most recent survey revealed the following average salaries

of employees in selected occupations in private establishments

as of March, 1985.

Accountants I II III IV
v
VI
Auditors I II III IV
Chief Accountants I II III IV
Attorneys I II III IV
v
VI

20,577 25,349 30,037 37,609 46,879 59,519
21,128 25,854 31,246 39,249
37,557 46,517 60,466 74,735
29,886 37,256 47,742 59,087 73,805 91,609

80

WHITE-COLLAR SALARIES, MARCH 1985
Professional, administrative and technical suooort occupations
Average salaries for selected occupations in the professional,
administrative and technical support groups increased 4.6 percent
during the year ending March 1985, according to preliminary data
from the latest nation-wide salary survey conducted by the U. s.
Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is less than the increase for last year. For two groups which are of particular interest to this Cqmmission, chief accountants and attorneys, increases
averaged around 6.1 per cent. For det&il .'.,; on the increas,.;s for
specific groups, see the information bel ow.

OCCUPATION

1970 to
1980

Annual Average

1981 1982 1983

to

to

to

1982 1983 1984

1984 to
1985

Professional, administrative and technical support:

Percent Increase

Accountants e e e G e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
. ....... . ..... Chief accountants ....................... Auditors

7.3 7.9 6.6

9.6 11.4
9.4

6.9 4.2 6.1

4.7 5.7 8. 0

4.8 6.2 3.8

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Public accountants Ill

Job analysts

7.0

h. 6 9.2

7.1 6.7

2.3 5.3

4.3 5.8

Directors Attorneys

o..f .p..e.rs.o.n..n.e.l ............ ........

7.8 7.0

9. 6 11.4

8.3 7.6

5.3 4.8

6.5 5.9

Buyers ......................... 7.0

9. 4

6.2

5.3

3.8

Chemists ........................ 7.2 10 .4

5.8

5.3

5.6

Engineers .............

. . E n g i n e e r i n g
Drafters

.t.e.c.h. n. .i c. i.a.n. s.

.
.

..................

......

CPPrhoomogtproaugmtremarpsehroseprs.e.r..a..to....rs........................................

7.0 7.2 7.3

10 .2 9 .4 8. 4 8.9 9 . 7

7.1 5.9 7.6 6. 8 8 .1 6.5

5.2 4.9 3.6
6.9

4.9 3.7 3.7 4.2 2.3 4.5

Clerical:

M FAKeiceylcseoseeuCnnntgltreieynrrkgs os c.pl..ee..rr..ak..tso.. ..r s.............................. .... .... .... .... .... ....

6.7 6.9 7.3 6.7

8.9 7.2 9.4 6.4

TPSSetyeercpnsrioosengttsnar aerpi.l eh.cs.el.res..r..k...s.../...a... ...s...s...i s...t...a...n... ...t s... ............ .... ....

8.4 7.1

10.2 9.7-
13.8 10.1

8.1 6.4 7.3 9.2 9.7 7.1 8. 6 6. 8

3.8 2.1 3.4 2.9 5.4 5.0 5.5 2.0

4.8 3.7 3.6 4.1 2.7 4.7 4.9 s.9

81

Ill

Salaries of I,
Professionals

in Private

Ill

Practice

II

I
:I
II

I

THE EARNINGS OF ATTORNEYS
Leading Findings from the 1985 Survey by Management Consulting Firm, Altman & Weil, Inc., (Ardmore, Pennsylvania).
Altman & Weil found that their survey results were more meaningful if separated into two main categories: (1) average lawyer income in law firms, and (2) corporate law department salaries. Also, they found wide variation in the compensation of attorneys, according to position held and by years of experience in the legal profession.

LAW FIRMS

The median total compensation (cash plus benefits) of attorneys in law firms:

BY REGION

West California West Central Southwest South Northeast East Central

Partners/ Shareholders
98,286 115,180 105,475 123,122 105,633 107,563 110,609

Associates* 43,187 44,160 39,700 47,343 40,000 44,537 43,490

Compensation showed an inclination to vary by the size of the firm

No. of Lawyers 2 to 6 9 to 20 21 to 40 41 to 74 75 or over

Partners/ Shareholders
79,600 100,480 107,812 114,989 139,768

Associates* 34,227 39,130 41,017 44,141 47,385

... and by the population of the metro area in which the firm was located.

METRO POPULATION

Under 100,000 100,000 to 250,000 250,000 to 500,000 500,000 to 1,000,000 over 1,000,000

Partners/ Shareholders
86,793 99,898 112,024 107,657 120,554

Associates* 35,923 36,692 40,803 43,309 46,361

*About 40 percent of attorneys in law firms are "associates".

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(1) Year Admitted to Practice of Law
Even among full partners in a law firm, earnings vary widely, especially by years of experience (and, no doubt, by individual ability and effort). Altman and Weil's Survey finds, year after year, that total compe ~ sation of partners tends to rise, on the average, with experience up to 30 years, then a decline sets in. However, remember we speak of average results for a host of individuals. There is wide variation in each age group. (Note the details i n the table below.) You will find many full partners in law firms with compensation of around $60,000--which is considerably below the top echelon.
TOTAL COMPENSATION - BY YEAR ADMITTED

PARTNERS/SHAREHOLDERS

YEAR ADMITTED
BEFORE 1935 1935 - 1939 1940 - 1944 1945 - 1949 1950 - 1954 1955 - 1959 1960 - 1964 1965 - 1969 1970 - 1974
1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981

NO. OF LAWYERS
47 48 57 149 258 319 459 740 968 244 206 190 145 61 23
6

MEDIAN
60,000 105,724 116,709 130,000 147,822 143,252 136,145 130,975 102,804
90,900 77,878 68,229 61,714 51,402 53,399 42,750

( 2 ) Many Attorneys in Law Firms Are Not Partners
It is also important to keep in mind that a very large proportion of the lawyers serving in law firms are not partners, but rather associates, and their earnings are a level far below that for partners . Taking all law firms as a whole surveyed by Altman and Weil, we find that the number of associates is 80 percent of the number of partners; that is, they are also most as numerous as partners, especially in large firms.
Earnings of associates vary somewhat by years of experience, but not as dramatically as that for partners However, the chief point to note from the detailed figures on the next page is that the median compensation of associates runs at a modest level--around $41,000.
83

TOTAL COMPENSATION - BY YEAR ADMITTED

ASSOCIATES

YEAR ADMITTED
1955 - 1959 1960 - 1964 1965 - 1969 1970 - 1974
1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984

NO. OF LAWYERS
5 10 15 72 43 80 112 203 274 35 .9 397 388 418 62

MEDIAN
71,502 63,041 53,820 54,590 52,26G 50,564 53,383 50,835 49,101 45,710 41,071 38,771 35, 7 40 34,071

We conclude this section with a warning that one must not think of the compensation of attorneys in law firms in terms of the most experienced partners. One might say that they are the "cream" at the top. A large proportion of the lawyers in such firms get less than half that of the top level.
Also, see findings of Bureau of Labor Statistics on earnings of attorneys shown on page 8 0. (These earnings are not quite as high as those found by Altman & Weil, perhaps, this is because of a somewhat different "universe" surveyed.)

84

CORPORATE LAW DEPARTMENTS*

When we inquire into the salary levels for lawyers who work in corporate law departments (banks, insurance companies, manufacturing concerns, etc.) one finds a wide variation in their earnings. Mainly, this diversity is explained by the level of authority and responsibility and the degree of experience enjoyed by each attorney. Also, salaries generally vary according to the size of the corporate law department being surveyed.
Median Compensation of Chief Legal and Deputy Chief Officer by size of Law Department, 1984

Size of DeEartment

Chief Legal

Deputy

2-10 lawyers 11-25 26 or more

$117,800 179,500 145,000

$100,211 109,000 118,107

(1) attorneys non-supervisory

Managing Attorney
$72,010 83,000 81,793

(1) Attorne:t
$49,740 52,800 50,394

Salaries by Level of Responsibility
The data immediately following gives a concise picture of the situation. The compensation figures shown include salary and cash bonus. Whereas the average compensation shown seems to be a bit lower than that for law firms, keep in mind that the difference is partly due to omissions; left out are pensions, fringe benefits and deferred compensation. These omissions can be significant indeed!

POSITION
Chief legal Deputy Chief Managing attorney Attorney Para-legal New graduate Legal administrator

MEDIAN 1984 COMPENSATION
$130,000 109,280 86,000 53,000 21,903 30,000 35,529

As stated above, we find that incomes vary widely by position

held within the legal departments. For the purposes of the

State Commission on Compensation the relevant positions are

surely the highest one or two since the caliber of men wanted

for the bench should be such that they would qualify in the top

ca in

t

egories Georgia

.

a

One re p

wi aid

ll find $30,000

t

hat to

the $40,0

members 00 unde

r

of the that

State receive

Ju d

dic by

ilaaiWY1~5

in the highest levels of authority in corporate law departments.

Actually the differential is greater than that because the above _

figures pertain to 1984, and we have reason to believe that compen

sation levels for attorneys have risen about six percent in the

past year.

85

How much does compensation vary with years of experience? The pattern is significantly different from that for law firms. Earnings do rise with experience for about 13 years, after which the earnings' curve is virtually flat (See table below). Remember, too, some very significant elements of compensation for the top echelons -- stock options, pensions, and numerous other corporate fringe benefits -- are not included.
*Information from Altman & Weil, The 1985 Survey of Corporate Law Department Salaries. Data as of October, 1984.

TOTAL COMPENSATION, "ATTORNEY", BY YEAR FIRST ADMITTED

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YEAR FIRST ADMITTED TO PRACTICE

25th PERCENTILE---
MEDIAN
75th PERCENTILE ----

The 1985 Survey of Corporate
Law Department Salaries ALTMAN & WEIL, INC., Ardmore, PA

86

I I
Local Salary Supplements:
1
Judges of the Superior Courts 1
and District Attorneys ,

'

uOCAL SUPPLEMENTS FOR SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES IN GEORGIA: Ranked in descending order, 1985

Atlanta Augusta Eastern Brunswick Gwinnett Cobb Dublin Houston Macon Ocmulgee conasauga Chattachoochee Griffin Western Stone Mountain Mountain Alcovy Southern Clayton Waycross Dougherty Douglas Cherokee South Georgia Rome Flint Tallapoosa Atlantic Northeastern Appalachian Blue Ridge Northern Coweta Others
Of those receving any supplement the median amount is:
% getting supplenents

$19,052.00 17,781.00 17,000.00 12,600.00 12,500.00 12,000.00 12,000.00 12,000.00 12,000.00 11,400.00 10,733.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 9,800.00 9,000.00 8,980.00 8,877.00 8,400.00 8,200.00 8,175.00
s,ooo.oo
8,000.00 7,500.00 7,200.00 7,000.00 6,000.00 6,000.00 5,300.00 5,000.00 4,500.00 4,500.00 2,700.00 2,604.00
0.00
Superior Court Judges
$10,000
82%

12
4
4 3 4 6 2 2 4 3 3 4 2 2
7
2 2 3 4 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 1 2 2 3 23
127
District _Attornei:S
s 6.838
39%

87

JUDICIAL COURT
ALAPAHA Atkinson Berrien Clinch Cook Lanier
TOTAL
ALCOVY Newton Walton
TOTAL
APPALACHIAN Fannin Gilmer Pickens
TOTAL
ATLANT~
Fulton
TOTAL
ATLANTIC Bryan Evans Liberty Long Mcintosh Tattnall
TOTAL
AUGUSTA Burke Columbia Richmond
TOTAL

NO. OF JUDGES
2 2 1
12
3 4

SUPPLEMENT
$ 0 0 0 0 0 0
4,375.80 4,500.84 8,876.64
1,769.40 1,332.84 1,397.76 4,500 . 00
1 9,051.92 19,051.92
600.00 600.00 1,200.00 600.00 1,100.00 1,200.00 5,300.00
3,000.00 3,000.00 11,781.00 17,781.00

88

(1980) D A.
- SUPPLEMENT
0 0 0 0 0 0
4,375.80 4,500.80 8,876.60
4,000.00
25,552.00 25,552.00
6.0 0. 00 600.00 2,400.00 600.00 1,100.00 1,800.00 7,100.00
1,020.00 0
8,700.00 9,720.00

JUDICIAL COURT
BLUE RIDGE cherokee Forsyth
TOTAL
BRUNSWICK Appling camden Glynn Jeff Davis Wayne
TOTAL
CHATTAHOOCHEE Chattahoochee Harris Marion Muscogee Talbot Taylor
TOTAL
CHEROKEE Bartow Gordon
TOTAL
CLAYTON Clayton
TOTAL
-COBB
Cobb
TOTAL

NO. OF JUDGES
2
3
4 2 4 6

SUPPLEMENT
$ 2,920.50 1,579.50 4,500.00
565.44 3,256.32 7,899.36
217.80 660.60 12,599.52
0 0 0 10,000.00 .0 0 10,000.00
7,500.00
8,200.00 8,200.00
12,000.00 12,000.00

(1980) D. A. SUPPLEMENT
0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 900.00 600.00 7,000.00 600.00 900.00 11,000.00
0
0
0
0 0
7,500.00 7,500.00

89

JUDICIAL COURT
CONASAUGA Murray Whitfield
TOTAL
CORDELE Ben Hill Crisp Dooly Wilcox
TOTAL
COWETA Carroll Coweta Heard Meriwether Troup
TOTAL
DOUGHERTY Dougherty
TOTAL
DOUGLAS Douglas
TOTAL
DUBLIN Johnson Laurens Treutlen Twiggs
TOTAL

NO. OF JUDGES
3
2
3 2 2

SUPPLEMENT
$ 3,193.00 7,539.96
10,732.96
0 0 0 0 0
636.00 504.00
93.60 343.20 1,027.38 2,064.38
8,000.00 8,000.00
8,000.00 8,000.00

2

12,000.00

* No supplement to the D.A.
Figure represents operating expense of office 90

(1980) D-. A.
- SUPPLEMENT
0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
3,996.42 2,777.18
677.36 2,140.46 3,955.78 *13,547.20
4,000.00 4,000.00
0 0
0 0 0 0 0

JUDICIAL COURT
EASTERN Chatham
TOTAL
FLINT Butts Henry Lamar Monroe
TOTAL
GRIFFIN Fayette Pike Spalding Upson
TOTAL
GWINNETT Gwinnett
TOTAL
HOUSTON Houston
TOTAL
LOOKOUT MOUNTAINb C;:;.:::oosa Chatt o oga Dade Walker
TOTAL

NO. OF JUDGES
4
2
2 4 2
3

SUPPLEMENT
$17,000.00 17,000.00
1,200.00 2,400.00 1,200 . 00 1,200.00 6,000.00
2,600.00 800.00
4,300.00 2,300.00 10,000.00
12,500.00 12,500.00
12,000.00 12,000.00
0 0 0 0 0

(1980) D. A.
SUPPLEMENT
6,480.00 6,480.00
1,200.00 2,400.00 1,200.00 1,200.00 6,000.00
549.96 500.00 2,349.96 1,599.96 "4,999.92
7,500.00 7,500.00
3,191.24 3,191.24
0 0 0 0 0

91

JUDICIAL COURT
MACON Bibb Crawford Peach
TOTAL
MIDDLE Candler Emanuel Jefferson Toombs Washington
TOTAL
MOUNTAIN Habersham Rabun Stephens Towns Union
TOTAL
NORTHEASTERN Dawson Hall Lumpkin White
TOTAL
NORTHERN Elbert Franklin Hart Madison Oglethorpe
TOTAL

NO. OF JUDGES
4
2
2 2
2

SUPPLEMENT
$ 8,000.00 1,000.00 3,000.00
12,000.00
0 0 0 0 0
0
3,100.00 1,260.00 2,700.00
720.00 1,200.00
8,980.00
250.00 3,750.00
500.00 500.00
5,000.00
600.00 600.00 600.00 600.00 300.00
2,700.00

(1980)
- D. A.
SUPP:J:.EMENT
3,426.48 6oo. 00
1,2oo. 00 5,226.48
0
0 0 0 0
0
0
0
0 0
0
0
0 0 0 0
0
0 0 0 0 0
0

92

JUDICIAL COURT
OCMULGEE Baldwi n Greene Hancock Jasper Jones Morgan Putnam Wilkinson
TOTAL
OCONEE Bleckley Dodge Montgomery Pulaski Telfair Wheeler
TOTAL
OGEECHEE Bulloch Effingham Je n kins Screven
TOTAL
PATAULA Clay Early Mi l l e r Qu itman Rand olph Se minole Terrell
TOTAL

NO. OF JUDGES
3 2 2
2

SUPPLEMENT
$ 1, 8 00.00 1,200.00 1,200.00 1,200.00 1,800.00 1, 200.00 1, 8 00.00 1,200.00
11,400.00
0 0 0 0 0 0
0
0 0 0 0
0
0
0 0 0 0
0 0
0

(1980) D. A.
SUPPLEMENT
0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0
0 0 0 0
0
0 0
0
0 0 0 0
0

93

JUDICIAL COURT
PIEDMONTc Banks Ba-rrow Jackson
TOTAL
ROC' KDALE Rockdale
TOTAL
ROME Floyd
TOTAL
SOUTH GEORGIA Baker Calhoun Decatur Grady Mitchell
TOTAL
SOUTHERN Brooks Colquitt Echols Lowndes Thomas
TOTAL
SOUTHWESTERN Lee Macon Schley Stewart Sumter Webster
TOTAL

NO : OF JUDGES
1

SUPPLEMENT
$ 0 0 0
0

0

1

0

7,000.00

3

7,000.00

360.00 504.00 2,448.00 1,872.00 2,016.00

2

7,200.00

840.00 1,848.00
84.00 3,612.00 2,016.00

3

8,400.00

0 0 0 0 0 0

2

0

94

<l98Q)
D. A.
- SUPPL~T
0 0 0 0
0 0
0
0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0

JUDICIAL COURT
STONE MOUNTAIN oeKalb
TOTAL
TALLAPOOSA Haralson Polk Paulding
TOTAL
TIFTON Irwin Tift Turner Worth
TOTAL
TOOMBS Glascock Lincoln McDuffie Taliaferro Warren Wi l k e s
TOTAL
WAYCROSS Bacon Brantley Charlton Coffee Pierce Ware
TOTAL

NO. OF JUDGES
7 2 2
2
3

SUPPLEMENT
$ 9,000.00 9,000.00
1,440.00 2,040.00 2,520.00 6,000.00
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8,175.00

(1980) D. A.
SUPPLEMENT
12,095.00
12,095.00
1,440.00 2,040.00 2,520.00
6,000.00
0 0 0 0
0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0

95

JUDICIAL COURT
WESTERN a Clarke Oconee
TOTAL

NO. OF JUDGES
2

SUPPLEMENT
$ 8,600.00 1,200.00 9,800.00

(1980) D. A.
SUPPL~
5,638.8: 1,2oo.c: 6,838.8:

KEY:
aOne judge in each of the three designated circuits does not participat: in the State Retirement System, and received a salary increase in 1980 in lieu of the additional retirement contribution granted then to the superior court judges. This 8% factor continues.
bThese judges do not receive a county salary supplement, but do recieve a contingent expense allowance of $6,000 annually.
cThis judge receives no county salary supplement for superior court dut~es but does receive a county salary supplement of $6,000 annually for juv:~i court duties.

Source: Judicial Salary Supplements from Salary Survey of Georgia Tria: Courts, Judicial Council of Georgia, Adminsitrative Office of the Courts.

96

GEORGIA SUPEIUOR OOURT CIRUJITS

Name of Number of

Circuit

Judges

l. Alapaha

2

2o Alcovy

2

3o Appalachian 1

4o Atlanta

12

5o Atlantic

3

6o Augusta

4

7 o B1 ue Ridge

2

8 o BrunSYick

3

I.D

9o Chattahochee 4

---J

10 o 01erokee

2

1l. Clayton

4

12o Cobb

6

13o Conasauga

3

14o Cordele

2

l5o Cb.Yeta

3

l6o Dougherty

2

l7o Douglas

2

18o Dublin

2

19o Eastern

4

20o FUnt

2

21. Griffin

2

22o G.Yinnett

4

23o Houston

2

Name of Circuit

Nunber of Judges

24o Lookout Mountain

3

25o Macon

4

26o Middle 1 27 o Mountain

2 2

28o Northeastern

2

29o Northern

2

30 o Ocinu1gee

3

31. Oconee

2

32 o Ogeechee

2

33o Pataula

2

34o Piedroont

1

35o Rockdale

1

36o Heme

3

37o South Georgia

2

38o Southern

3

39o Southwestern

2

40o Stone Mountain

7

4lo Tallapoosa

2

42o Tifton

2

43o Tcxxnbs

2

44o Waycross

3

45o Western

2

I

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JUOICIAL COUNCIL 01 QIOIIGU
GEORGIA JUDICIAL CIRCUITS
CUitCU&T .auHOAIIlY
cou IOw .. oa

I I
Boards and Commissions
I
I.

BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
"Section 4. Each member of the boards and commissions listed hereinafter shall receive the same expense allowance per day as that received by a member of the General Assembly for each day such member of a board or commission is in attendance at a meeting of such board or commission, plus reimbursement for actual transportation costs while traveling by public carrier, or the legal mileage ra~e for the use of a personal automobile in connection with such attendance. The above shall be paid in lieu of any per diem, allowance or other remuneration now received by any such member for such attendance. The existing law relative to any limitation on the number of meeting days and remuneration for service on committees or subcommittees of any such board or commissi.on shall remain in effect. The boards and commissions to which this Section shall be applicable are as follows:
State Board of Education State Medical Education Board Board of Regents of the University
System of Georgia State Personnel Board Board of Offender Rehabilitation Board of Industry and Trade Board of Natural Resources State Transportation Beard Dental Education Board State Scholarship Commission Veterans Service Board."
Currently legislative per diem is $59 per day.
H.B. 262
19 78 Session
98

Appendix

GENERAL PAY SCHEDULE

l-!ONTHLY AMOUNTS

COVERING POSITIONS UNDER THE GEORGIA STATE MERIT SYSTEf.t

EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 1985

EO

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

L1

L2

L3

L4

11 851.00 868.so 888.00 909.50 933.00 958.00 984.50 1014.50 1046.00 1080.50 1116.00 1155.5[

12 868.so 888.oo 909.50 933.00 958.00 984.50 1014.50 1046.00 1080.50 1116.00 1155.50 1200.0

13 888.00 909.50 933.00 958.00 984.50 1014.50 1046.00 1080.50 1116.00 1155.50 1200.00 1244.5[

14 909.50 933.00 958.00 984.50 1014.50 1046.00 1080.50 1116.00 1155.50 1200.00 1244.50 1292.5(

15 933.00 9s8.oo 984.50 1014.50 1046.00 1080.50 1116.00 1155.50 1200.00 1244.50 1292.50 1340.5[

16 9S8.oo 984.50 1014.50 1046.00 1080.50 1116.00 1155.50 1200.00 . 1244.50 1292.50 1340.50 1395.0(

17 984.50 1014.50 1046.00 1080.50 1116.00 1155.50 1200.00 1244.50 1292.50 1340.50 1395.00 1454.5(

18 1014.50 1046.00 1080.50 1116.00 1155.50 1200.00 1244.50 1292.50 1340.50 1395.00 1454.50 1510.5(

19 1046.00 1080.50 1116.00 1155.50 1200.00 1244.50 1292.50 1340.50 1395.00 1454.50 1510.50 1573.0(

20 1080.50 1116.00 1155.50 1200.00 1244.50 1292.50 1340.50 1395.00 1454.50 1510.50 1573.00 1636.5(

21 1116.00 1155.50 1200.00 1244.50 1292.50 1340.50 1395.00 1454.50 1510.50 1573.00 1638.50 1705.50

22 1155.50 1200.00 1244.50 1292.50 1340.50 1395.00 1454.50 1510.50 1573.00 1636.50 1705.50 1776.0C

23 1200.00 1244.50 1292.50 1340.50 1395.00 1454.50 1510.50 1573.00 1636.50 1705.50 1776.00 1850.5(

24 1244.50 1292.50 1340.50 1395.00 1454.50 1510.50 1573.00 1636.50 1705.50 1776.00 1850.50 1930.00

25 1292.50 1340.50 1395.00 1454.50 1510.50 1573.00 1636.50 1705.50 1776.00 1850.50 1930.00 2013.50

26 1340.50 1395.00 1454.50 1510.50 1573.00 1636.50 1705.50 1776.00 1850.50 1930.00 2013.50 2099.00

27 1395.00 1454.50 1510.50 1573.00 1636.50 1705.50 1776.00 1850.50 1930.00 2013.50 2099.00 2188.00

28 1454.50 1510.50 1573.00 1636.50 1705.50 1776.00 1850.50 1930.00 2013.50 2099.00 2188.00 2284.50

29 1510.50 1573.00 1636.50 1705.50 1776.00 1650.50 1930.00 2013.50 2099.00 2188.00 2284.50 2385.00

30 1573.00 1636.50 1705.50 1776.00 1650.50 1930.00 2013.50 2099.00 2188.00 2284.50 2385.00 2489.50

31 1636.50 1705.50 1776.00 1850.50 1930.00 2013.50 2099.00 2188.00 2284.50 2385.00 2489.50 2596.50

32 1705.50 1778.00 1850.50 1930.00 2013.50 2099.00 2188.00 2284.50 2385.00 2489.50 2596.50 2711.50

33 1776.00 1850.50 1930.00 2013.50 2099.00 2188.00 2284.50 2385.00 2489.50 2596.50 2711.50 2828.50

34 1850.50 1930.00 2013.50 2099.00 2188.00 2284.50 2385.00 2489.50 2596.50 2711.50 2828.50 2952.00

35 1930.00 2013.50 2099.00 2188.00 2284.50 2385.00 2489.50 2596.50 2711.50 2828.50 2952.00 3078.50

36 2013.50 2099.00 2188.00 2284.50 2385.00 2489.50 2596.50 2711.50 2828.50 2952.00 3078.50 3215.00

37 2099.00 2188.00 2284.50 2385.00 2489.50 2596.50 2711.50 2828.50 2952.00 3078.50 3215.00 3356.50 38 2188.00 2284.50 2385.00 2489.50 2596.50 2711.50 2828.50 2952.00 3078~50 3215.00 3356.50 3507.00

39 2284.50 2385.00 2489.50 2596.50 2711.50 2828.50 2952.00 3078.50 3215.00 3356.50 3507.00 3666.50

40 2385.00 2489.50 2596.50 2711.50 2828.50 2952.00 3078.50 3215.00 3356.50 3507.00 3666.50 3831.50

41 2489.50 2596.50 2711.50 2828.50 2952.00 3078.50 3215.00 3356.50 3507.00 3666.50 3831.50 3991.50

42 2596.50 2711.50 2828.50 2952.00 3078.50 3215.00 3356.50 3507.1.10 3666.50 3tl31.50 3991.50 4175.00

43 2711.50 2828.50 2952.00 3078.50 3215.00 3356.50 3507.00 3666.50 3831.50 3991.50 4175.00 4367.50

44 2828.50 2952.00 3078.50 3215.00 3356.50 3507.00 3666.50 3831.50 3991.50 4175.00 4367.50 4567.50

45 2952.00 3078.50 3215.00 3356.50 3507.00 3666.50 3831.50 3991.50 4175.00 4367.50 4567 .so 4776.50

46 3078.50 3215.00 3356.50 3507.00 3666.50 3831.50 3991.50 4175.00 4367.50 4567 .so 4776.50 4997.50

47 3215.00 3356.50 3507.00 3666.50 3831.50 3991.50 4175.00 4367.50 4567.50 4776.50 4997.50 5232.50

48 3356.50 3507.00 3666.50 3831.50 3991.50 4175.00 4367.50 4567.50 4776.50 4997.50 5232.50 5477.50

49 3507.oo 3666.50 3831.50 3991.50 4175.00 4367.50 4567.50 4776.50 4997.50 5232.50 5477.50 5734.50

so 3666.50 51 3831.50 52 3991.50

3831.50 3991.50 4175.00

3991.50 4175.00 4367.50

4175.00 4367.50 4567.50

4367.50 4567.50 4776.50

4567.50 4776.50 4997.50

4776.50 4997.50 5232.50

4997.50 5232.50 5477.50

5232.50 5477.50 5734.50

5477.50 5734.50 6004.00

5734.50 6004.00 6273.50

6004.00 6273.50

53 4175.00 4367.50 4567.50 4776.50 4997.50 5232.50 5477.50 5734.50 6004.00 6273.50

54 4367 .SO 4567.50 4776.50 4997.50 ;j232.SO 5477.50 5734.50 6004.00 6273.50

This schedule covers employees who are contributing members of the Employees' Retirement System.

99

GENERAL PAY SCHEDULE

ANNUAL AMOUNTS

COVERING POSITIONS UNDER THE GEORGIA STATE MERIT SYSTEH

EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 1985

E
11 10,212 12 10,422 13 10,656 14 10,914 15 11,196 16 11,496 17 11,814 18 12,174 19 12,552 20 12,966 21 13,392 22 13,866 23 14,400 24 14,934 25 15,510 26 16,086 27 16,740 28 17,454 29 18,126 30 18,876 31 19,638 32 20,466 33 21,312 34 22,206 35 23,160 36 24,162 37 25,188 38 26,256 39 27,414 40 28,620 41 29,874 42 31,153 43 32,538 44 33,942 45 35,424 46 36,942 47 38,580 48 40,278 49 42,084 50 43,998 51 45,978 52 47,898 53 '50.100 54 52,410

1 10,422 10,656 10,914 11,196 11,496 11,814 12,174 12,552 12,966 13,392 13,866 14,400 14,934 15,510 16,086 16,740 17,454 18,126 18,876 19,638 20,466 21,312 22,206 23,160 24,162 25,188 26,256 27,414 28,620 29,874 31,158 32,538 33,942 35,424 36,942 38,580 40,278 42,084 43,998 45,978 47,898 50,100 52,410 54,810

2 10,656 10,914 11,196 11,496 11,814 12,174 12,552 12,966 13,392 13,866 14,400 14,934 15,510 16,086 16,740 17,454 18,126 18',876 19,638 20,466 21,312 22,206 23,160 24,162 25,188 26,256 27,414 28,620 29,874 31,158 32,538 33,942 35,424 36,942 38,580 40,278 42,084 43,998 45,978 47,898 50,100 52,410 54,810 57,318

3 10,914 11,196 11,496 11,814 12,174 12,552 12,966 13,392 13,866 14,400 14,934 15,510 16,086 16,740 17,454 18,126 18,876 19,638 20,466 21,312 22,206 23,160 24,162 25,188 26,256 27,414 28,620 29,874 31,158 32,538 33,942 35,424 36,942 38,580 40,278 42,084 43,998 45,978 47,898 50,100 52,410 54,810 57,318 59,970

4
11 '196 11,496 11,814 12,174 12,552 12,966 13,392 13,866 14,400 14,934 15,510 16,086 16,740 17,454 18,126 18,876 19,638 20,466 21,312 22,206 23,160 24,162 25,188 26,256 27,414 28,620 29,874 31,158 32,538 33,942 35,424 36,942 38,580 40,278 42,084 43,998 45,978 47,898 50,100 52,410 54,810 57,318 59,970 62,790

5 11,496 11,814 12,174 12,552 12,966 13,392 13,866 14,400 14,934 15,510 16,086 16,740 17,454 18,126 18,876 19,638 20,466 21,312 22,206 23,160 24,162 25,188 26,256 27,414 28,620 29,874 31,158 32,538 33,942 35,424 36,942 38,580 40,278 42,084 43,998 45,978 47,898 50,100 52,410 54,810 57,318 59,970 62,790 65,730

6 11,814 12,174 12,552 12,966 13,392 13,866 14,400 14,934 15,510 16,086 16,740 17,454 18,126 18,876 19,638 20,466 21,312 22,206 23,160 24,162 25,188 26,256 27,414 28,620 29,874 31,158 32,538 33,942 35,424 36,942 38,580 4D,278 42,084 43,998 45,978 47,898 50,100 52,410 54,810 57,318 59,970 62,790 65,730 68,814

7 12,174 12,552 12,966 13,392 13,866 14,400 14,934 15,510 16,086 16,74{] 17,454 18,126 18,876 19,638 20,466 21,312 22,206 23,160 24,162 25,188 26,256 27,414 28,620 29,874 31,158 32,538 33,942 35,424 36,942 38,580 4D,278 42,084 43,998 45,978 47,898 50,100 52,410 54,810 57,318 59,970 62,790 65,730 68,814 72,048

L1
12,552 12,966 13,392 13,866 14,4DO 14,934 15,510 16,086 16,74D 17,454 18,126 18,876 19,638 20,466 21,312 22,206 . 23,160 24,162 25,188 26,256 27,414 28,620 29,874 . 31,158 32,538 33,942 35,424 36,942 38,580 40,278 42,084 43,998 45,978
47 ,ass
50,100 52,410 54,810 57,318 59,970 62,790 65,730 68,814 72,048 75,282

L2
12,966 13,392 13,866 14,400 14,934 15,510 16,086 16,740 17,454 18,126 18,876 19,638 20,466 21,312 22,206 23,160 24,162 25,188 26,256 27,414 28,620 29,874 31,158 32,538 33,942 35,424 36,942 38,580 4D,278 42,084 4.'3,998 45,978 47,898 50,100 52,410 54,810 57,318 59,970 62,790 65,730 68,814 72,048 75,282

L3
13,392 13,866 14,400 14,934 15,510 16,086 16,740 17,454 18,126 18,876 19,638 20,466 21,312 22,206 23,160 24,162 25,188 26,256 27,414 28,620 29,874 31,158 32,538 33,942 35,424 36,942 38,580 40,278 42,084 43,998 45:878 47,898 50,100 52,410 54,810 57,318 59,970 62,790 65,730 68,814 72,048 75,282

L4 13,866 14,400 14,934 15,510 16,086 16,740 17,454 18,126 18,876 19,638 20,466 21,312 22,206 23,160 24,162 25,188 26,256 27,414 28,620 29,874 31,158 32,538 33,942 35,424 36,942 38,580 40,278 42,084 43,998 45,978 47,898 50,100 52,410 54,810 57,318 59,970 62,790 65,730 68,814 72,048 75,282

This schedule cove~s employees who are contributing membe~s of the Employees' Retirement System.
100

SPECIAL PAY SCHEDULE

MONTHLY AMOUNTS

COVERING POSITIONS ONDER THE GEORGIA STATE MERIT SYSTEM

COMPENSATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SPECIAL PAY REGULATION X

EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 1985

E

1

2

a

8

7

L1

U!

u

L4

11 881.00 12 900.150 13 823.00 14 947.00 15 872.00 18 1002.00 17 1032.00 18 10815.150 19 1098.150 20 1138.150 21 1174.50 22 1218.!50 23 1284.150 24 1312.!50 215 18BI5.SO 28 1418.00 27 14715.150 28 1538.150 29 1801.150 30 1688.50 81 1737.50 32 1811.150 33 1689.00 34 1869.50 35 21158.50 38 2148.50 37 2240.50 38 2338.00 89 2444.00 40 215153.00 41 2687.50 42 2788.00 43 2910.50 44 8038.150 ~ 3173.50 48 3314.150 47 ~.oo 48 381!5.150 49 3778.50
so 3&eo.oo
51 4128.00 52 4301.00 158 44&8.50 154 4708.00

900.150 923.00

923.00
M7.oo

9.c7.00 972.00

972.00 1002.00

1002.00 1032.00

1032.00 10BI5.SO

1088.50 1081.50

1088.!50 1138.150

1188.150 1174.150

1174.150 1218.150

1218.!50 1284.150

1284.150 1312.150

1312.150 . 1888.150

13BI5.SO 1418.00

1418.00 14715.50

14711.150 1538.50

1!589.50 1801.50

1801.150 1688.150

1888.150 1737.50

1737.150 1811.50

1811.150 1888.00

1689.00 1988.50

1988.50 20fi8.150

21158.150 2148.50

2148.150 2240.150

2240.150 2338.00

2338.00 2444.00

2444.00 215153.00

2558.00 2887.!50

2887.150 27815.00

271115.00 2910.50

2910.150 3038.!50

3038.150 3173.150

3173.150 3314.50

3314.50 8483.00

8483.00 38115.150

38115.50 3778.50

3778.150 31150.00

31150.00 4128.00

4128.00 4301.00

4301.00 4488.50

44&8.150 4708.00

4708.00 4821.150

4821.150 15147.00

947.00 972.00 1002.00 1032.00 10BI5.SO 1088.150 1138.!50 1174.150 1218.50 1284.!50 1312.!10 18BI5.!10 1418.00 14715.150 1!138.50 1801.150 1888.9 1737.150 1811.150 1881.00 1881.150 20158.150 2148.50 2240.150 2331.00 2444.00 83.00 2887.150 27815.00 2810.150 3038.50 3173.!10 3314..150 8483.00 381!1.50 3778.!10 81150.00 4128.00 4301.00 4488.150
.Q'D8.DO
4821.150 15147.00 15381.00

872.00 1002.00 1032.00 10815.150 1098.50 113S.!IO 1174.150 1218.!10 1284.150 1112.150 13815.150 1418.00 14715.!10 1!138.!10 11101.150 1888.150 1737.150 1811.150 1689.00 1988.150 20158.50 2148.150 2240.!50 2838.00 2444.00 215151.00 2887.150 27815.00 2810.50
aoas.so
8173.150 3314.150 8483.00 3815.50 3778.50 38150.00 4128.00 4301.00 4488.150 470S.OO G21.150 15147.00 15388.00 15838.00

1002.00 1032.00 1088.!50 1098.150 1138.150 1174.150 1218.!50 1284.150 1112.50 13BI5.5D 1418.00 14711.50 11588.!50 1801.!10 1888.50 1737.50 1811.150 1881.00 1888.150 20158.50 2148.50 2240.50 2838.00 2444.00 215158.00 2887.150 27815.00 2910.50 3038.150 8171.50 3314.50 3483.00 38115.!50 3778.50 39150.00 4128.00 4301.00 4418.150 4708.00 4121.150 !5147.00 !5388.00 5838.00 15803.00

1032.00 10815.50 1088.!50 1118.50 1174.150 1218.150 1284.150 1312.150 18BI5.50 1418.00 14715.!10 1531.150 11101.!50 1881.150 1737.!50 1811.150 1888.00 1888.150 20158.150 2148.!50 2240.!50 2338.00 2444.00 2!5153.00 2887.!50 27915.00 2810.150 3038.!50 3173.50 3814.150 8483.00 38115.150 3778.150 31150.00 4121.00 4301.00 4498.150 4708.00 4821.150 15147.00 15388.00 15838.00 !5803.00 8181.150

1088.50 1088.80 1188.150
1174.~0
1218.150 1284.150 1312.50 13BI5.150 1418.00 14711.150 1!188.150 1801.150 1!88.150 1737.150 1811.150 1888.00 1188.150 20158.50 2148.50 2240.150 2338.00 2444.00 21m3.00 2887.150 27315.00 2810.50 3038.150 3173.50 3314.50 3483.00 381!5.50 3778.150 31150.00 4128.00 -4301.00 4488.150 4708.00 4821.150 5147.00 5388.00 5838.00 15803.00 8181.50 8470.50

1098.!50 1188.!50 1174.!50 1218.!10 1284.50 1312.150 181!15.80 1418.00 14715.50 11538.50 11101.!10 1888.!10 1737.!10 1811.150 1888.00 1988.80 21118.50 2148.80 2240.!50 2338.00 2444.00 21m3.00 2887.50 2785.00 2810.!50 3038.80 8173.150 3314.80 3483.00 38115.!50 3778.80 39!50.00 4128.00 4301.00 4488.50 4708.00 4821.80 15147.00 5881.00 15838.00 15803.00 8181.!50 8470.80 8782.50

1188.!50 1174.150 1218.!50 1284.150 1112.!50 131!15.150 1418.00 14711.150 11518.150 1801.150 1888.150 1737.!50 1811.150 1188.00 1888.!10 21118.150 2148.50 2240.50 2338.00 2444.00 215!18.00 2887.50 278&.00 2810.80 8038.80 8173.150 3314.150
~.oo
881!5.50 3778.50 3950.00 4128.00 4301.00 4488.50 4708.00 4821.50 !5147.00 15888.00 !5838.00
saoa.oo
8181.50 8470.80 87112.80

1174.150 1218.150 1284.!50 1312.!50 13BI5.150 1418.00 14715.50 1!538.150 1801.150 1888.150 1737.!50 1811.!10
1.aa
1988.!10 20158.!50 214a.50 2240.50 2338.00 2444.00 2583.00 2687.50 27815.00 2810.50
aoaa.8o
8173.150 3314.80 3483.00 881!5.80 3778.150
aaso.oo
4128.00 4301.00 4498.150 4708.00 4a21.50 51.c7.oo 15388.00 !5838.00 5803.00
8111.!10 8470.!10 87112.!10

1218.~0
1284.!50 1312.!50 13115.!50 1418.00 14711.ro 1!538.!50 1801.50 1888.!5.0 1737.50 1811.!50 1888.00 1181.!0 20118.e:D
2148.!~
2240.50 2138.00
2444.00 2lmi.OO 2687.50 27115.00 2910.50
8038.e:o a1n.e:o
811~!0
8483.0C 3815.!SlJ 3778.&1 38150.00 4128..00 G01.CC 4G8-"'t 4701.00 4821.&l 5147.00 15881.00 15881.00 5101.00
8111.~
M711.&1 87112.sl

Th1a achedule ca.ere IIPlay who were -ontr1butare ta the &ploy' Ret1.....,.t Syata prior u
July 1, 1881 or IIPLoyeee who ere nat ...Oere of the Eeploy' Ret1~nt Syata..
10 1

SPECIAL PAY SCHEDULE

ANNUAL AMOUNTS

COVERING POSITIONS UNDER THE GEORGIA STATE MERIT SYSTEM

COMPENSATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SPECIAL PAY REGULATION X

EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 1985

E

1

2

3

4

15

8

1

L1

L2

L3

L4

11 10,1572 10,808 11,076 11,364 11,884 12,024 12,384 12,788 13,194' 13,839 14,094 14,1598

12 10,808 11,078 11,384 11,684 12,024 12,384 12,788 13,194 13,638 14,094 14,598 115,174

13 11,078 11,384. 11,884 12,024 12,384 12,788 13,194 13,838 14,094 14,598 18,174 18,7150

14 11,384 11,884 12,024 12,384 12,798 13,194 13,838 14,084 14,1598 15,174 115,7150 18,388

115 11,884 12,024 12,384 12,798 13,194 13,838 14,094 14,588 15,174 15,7!50 18,388 17,018

18 12,024 12,384 12,788 13,194 13,838 14,084 14,1598 15,174 15,7150 18,388 17,018 17,708

17 12,384 12,788 13,194 13,638 14,094 1-4,598 115,174 15,7l50 18,388 17,018 17,708 18,474

18 12,788 13,184 13,838 14,094 14,1598 15,174 1!5,7!50 18,388 17,018 17,708 19,474 18,218

18 13,184 13,838 1.4,094 14,598 115,174 115,7!50 18,388 17,018 17,708 18,474 19,218 20,022

20 13,838 14,094 14,598 15,174 115,7150 18,388 17,018 17,708 18,474 19,218 20,022 20,850

21 14,094 14,598 115,174 115,750 18,388 17,018 17,708 18,474 19,218 20,022 20,850 21,738

22 1491598 1!5,174 15,7150 18,398 17,018 17,708 18,474 19,218 20,022 20,8!50 21,738 22,888

23 115,174 115,7150 18,398 17,018 17,708 18,474 19,218 20,022 20,8!50 21,738 22,668 23,834

24 115,7!50 18,388 17,018 17,708 18,474 18,218 20,022 20,8!50 21,738 22,888 23,634 24,878

215 18,388 17,018 17,708 18,474 19,218 20,022 20,8!50 21,738 22,688 23,834 24,678 2!,7!58

28 17,018 17,708 18,474 19,218 20,022 20,8!50 21,738 22,888 23,834 24,878 25,759 28,888

'D 17,708 18,474 19,218 20,022 20,BSO 21,738 22,888 23,834 24,878 215,758 28,886 28,'088

29 18,474 18,218 20,022 20,8150 21,738 22,888 23,834 249878 215,7158 28,888 28,068 29,328

29 19,218 20,022 20,BSO 21,738 22,888 23,834 24,878 2!5,7158 28,888 29,088 28,328 30,838

30 20,022 20,BSO 21,738 22,688 23,834 24,878 2!5,7158 28,888 28,088 29,328 30,638 32,010

31 20,BSO 21,738 22,869 23,834 24,878 2!5,7!58 28,888 28,088 29,328 30,838 32,010 33,.c20

32 21,738 22,888 23,834 24,878 2!5,7158 28,888 28,088 29,328 30,838 32,010 33,420 34,928

33 22,688 23,834 24,878 2!5,7!58 28,988 28,088 29,328 30,838 32,010 33,420 34,928 as.~

34 23,634 249878 215,7l58 28,888 28,088 29,328 30,638 32,010 33,420 34,928 36,462 38,082

38 24,878 2!5,7l58 28,888 29,088 28,328 30,838 32,010 33,420 34,828 38,~ 38,092 ss,n4

38 2!5,758 28,888 28,088 29,328 30,838. 32,010 33,420 34,828 38,462 38,082 38,n4 41,15!8

37 28,888 28,088 29,328 30,838 32,010 33,420 34,928 38,482 38,092 38,n4 41,556 43,388

38 28,088 29,328 30,838 32,010 a3,.c20 34,828 38,482 38,082 39,n4 41,558 43,398 415,342

39 29,328 30,838 32,010 33,420 34,828 38,482 38,082 39,n4 41,558 43,386 48,342 47,400

4G 30,638 32,010 33,420 34,928 38,482 38,082 39,n4 41,1558 43,398 48,342 47,400 49,838

41 32,010 33,420 34,928 38,482 38,092 s8,n4 41,15158 43,388 415,342 47,4'10 48,538 151,812

42 33,420 U.928 38,462 38,092 aa,n4 41.!5158 43,388 415,342 47,4'10 48,538 51,812 153,&92

43 34,828 38,462 38,082 39,n4 41,15&8 43,388 415,342 47,400 49,536 51,612 53,892 58,472

44 3&,462 38,082 38,n4 41,5158 43,388 415,342 47,400 48,538 51,612 53,882 58,472 5&,0158

415 38,082 3&,n4 41,5158 43,388 415,342 47,400 49,538 51,612 53,882 58,472 59,058 81,784

48 3B,n4 41,1558 43,388 415,342 47,400 48,538 51,812 153,882 56,472 58,058 81,784 64,832

47 41,558 43,388 415,342 47,400 49,1538 151,812 153,982 58,472 58,058 81,764 64,632 !7,. .

-48 43,388 415,342 47,400 48,1538 151,812 53,982 58,472 59,DI58 81,784 84,832 87,888 70,131

48 415,342 47,4'10 48,538 51,812 153,982 158,472 59,0158 81,784 84,632 67,688 70,838 74,178
150 47,400 48,538 151,812 153,982 158,472 58,0!58 81,784 84,832 87,668 70,838 74,178 n,841

151 49,1538 51,812 153,982 58,472 158,058 61,784 S.C,832 87,888 70,838 74,179 77,848 81,150

52 51,812 58,982 158,472 59,0158 81,784 84,832 87,888 70,838 74,178 77,848 91,150

53 53,982 58,472 158,1158 81,784 S.C,832 87,888 1tJ,881 74,178 n,648 81,150
54 15&,472 59,0158 81,784 84,832 87,,888 70,888 74,178 n,848 81,150

Thia ach.dule ccrta ... .-play who ..... 11en-contrfbuto... ca the Ellplay' AUf raent; Syat prfor \0
July 1, 1881 or &Ill) loy who .... not . . - , . , . . of the Ellploy' Ret:t rn<Jnt: Syat:n.

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