Top state officials to get 1.7% pay raise
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s legislators, judges and top state officials are about to get automatic pay raises of 1.7 percent.
Newly elected and returning legislators will get their raises starting Dec. 1, officials said Monday.
The annual salaries for rank-and-file legislators will increase from $78,315 to $79,623. Salaries for legislative floor leaders will rise from $113,468 to $115,364.
Increases for other top officials, including the governor, state department heads, the statewide row officers and judges will increase on Jan. 1.
Gov.-elect Tom Corbett will be paid $177,888, up from the $174,914 that is currently authorized for the governor.
The raises are based on changes in the federal government’s Consumer Price Index for the mid-Atlantic states.