Friday, December 26, 2014

The highest and lowest of Governor salaries

Eight governors did not accept their salaries or accepted reduced salaries in 2014:

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley,a Republican, bypassed his salary in 2013 and 2014, noting that he would not accept a salary until his state achieved full employment. Florida Republican Gov. Rick Scott only accepted 12 cents of his salary, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, also a Republican, collected $1 of his salary, and Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Haslam returned his 2014 salary to the state.

Click here... to see the salaries in the rest of the country.

And a little trivia from the Council of States Government Knowledge Center, the average salary for a governor in the 48 states was $7,823 in 1937. When adjusted for inflation, the average salary for a governor in 1937 becomes $129,313—just 4 percent shy of the average salary in 2014.

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