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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 
 
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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. 
 
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DECEMBER 1985 
 
  cOMMISSIONERS 
 
VID PADGETT. CHAIRMAN 
W~. ~D~Ac:.PLRAISCVEILALEV.EGNAUE30134 
 
404 5888881 ALAN S. GAYNOR. VICE CHAIRMAN 
 
P S 
 
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. 
 
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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) 
 
14 
 
 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  
~~ 
 
. 
 
 
 
 . 
 
. 
 
 
 
.. 
 
. 
 
. 
 
.. 
 
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 
 
17 
 
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. 
 
18 
 
 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 
 
18a 
 
  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. 
 
19 
 
 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) 
 
20 
 
 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 
 
21 
 
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 
 
22 
 
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. 
23 
 
 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. 
24 
 
 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 
 
25 
 
 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 
 
26 
 
 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 
 
27 
 
 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. 
 
28 
 
 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 
 
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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 
 
w 
 
Note: For more 1nfonnation on legislative compensation, see Legislative Compensation: Rewtlar and Special Snsslor~. 
 
0'1 
 
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 
 
...... 
 
...... 
 
...... 
 
'\ 
<:; 
 
Texas ..... 
 
Utah ...... 
 
Vennont ... 
 
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1..0 
 
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 
 
~ 
 
Uaj. Whip, Uin. Whip: $120.50/m 
 
0 
 
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 
 
~ 
 
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  
 
----------- --------------------Unicameral------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 
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 
 
~ 
w 
 
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 
 
f\2 
65 
 
 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. 
 
~ 
0\ 
 
(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. 
 
 ~ -....,J 
i)J 
 
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 
 
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 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) 
 
62 
 
 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. 
 
66 
 
 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 
 
69 
 
 -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.) 
 
71 
 
 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". 
 
82 
 
 (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 
 
$90 
 
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$80 
 
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...0::::: $70 
 
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1-i 
 
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$50 
 
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- 
 
$30 
 
$20 
 
82 
 
77 
 
72 
 
67 
 
62 
 
57 
 
52 
 
47 
 
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 
 
- 
 
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 
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881!5.50 3778.50 3950.00 4128.00 4301.00 4488.50 4708.00 4821.50 !5147.00 15888.00 !5838.00 
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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 
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1988.!10 20158.!50 214a.50 2240.50 2338.00 2444.00 2583.00 2687.50 27815.00 2810.50 
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8173.150 3314.80 3483.00 881!5.80 3778.150 
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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 
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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 
 
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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 
 
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July 1, 1881 or &Ill) loy who .... not . . - , . , . . of the Ellploy' Ret:t rn<Jnt: Syat:n. 
 
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