If the legislature met year round, that would push the annual salary up to $49,000. That is $625.00 for a five day work week. Per diems are a popular way to hide a wage increase, at least in the south: If we do a salary comparison with the Peach State, we find that Georgia State Senators and Representatives also earn a small annual salary of $16,524, but they also earn a per diem of $128 per day.
However, the legislature only meets about 14 weeks a year this is definitely not a high paying part-time job. Adding all the per diems together, the pay is about $150 + 7*($76 + $10) = $752/week, or $39,100 for an annual salary, if the legislature met year round. Strangely, Alabama lawmakers also earn $50 a day for the three days during each week of a legislative session that the legislature meets (confusing?). Huh? is it not pay if it is called a per diem in Alabama? By the way, do they realize that “per diem” is Latin for “per day”? What’s with the monthly “per diem”? There is more interesting data in the 2005 salary survey by the National Conference of State Legislatures (now, sadly, apparently inaccessible online): Alabama State Senators and Representatives earn a measly annual salary of $10 per calendar day ($3,650/year), but the Crimson Tide lawmakers also get a monthly per diem of $2,280, or $76/day. Is your salary closer to an Arkansas or California state senator? Find out with our exclusive PayScale salary survey. If the work lawmakers do is proportional to the number of citizens, the Californians are getting a deal: each state senator in California costs each citizen 0.3 cents, while the price is 0.5 cents per lawmaker per citizen in Arkansas 🙂 In Arkansas, a lawmaker’s annual salary is a paltry $14,067 while in California, state senators and representatives are paid an annual salary of $110,880. Let’s take a look at how the state senators’ pay scale varies between Arkansas and California. So if you’re thinking of running for office, you might want to do a salary comparison before taking the plunge. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures and their 2005 annual salary survey of lawmakers (in each of the 50 states), the pay rate for state senators and representatives differs from state to state. However, that consistency does not exist on the state level. The recent election certainly changed the political landscape while congressional power has shifted to the Democrats, all Senators and Congressmen are paid equally in Washington D.C., regardless of which state they represent.
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