Even Part-Time Lawmakers Collecting Above-Average Pay
General Assembly has not raised base salaries since 1995
RALEIGH (By Jana Benscoter, Carolina Journal Online) — North Carolina’s top-paid legislator in 2009 earned 48 percent more than the average state government employee earned in the same year, and 54 percent more than the average private sector employee. The top-paid legislator was Senate President Pro Tempore Marc Basnight, D-Dare, who collected $86,211.48. The top-paid legislators also hold the highest offices in the state General Assembly. Among the 25 legislators collecting the highest compensation in 2009, the vast majority were Democrats; only six were Republicans.
Legislators’ earnings come from four sources: salary, which varies based on a lawmaker’s position in the General Assembly; per diem, which is paid each day the lawmaker does legislative work; travel, including mileage reimbursement between Raleigh and lawmakers’ homes, along with other travel related to legislative business; and an expense account, which also is tied to individual lawmakers’ positions inside the General Assembly.
In North Carolina, legislative compensation is set by state statute. The highest a legislator can earn yearly is $38,151 and the lowest is $13,951.
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RALEIGH (By Jana Benscoter, Carolina Journal Online) — North Carolina’s top-paid legislator in 2009 earned 48 percent more than the average state government employee earned in the same year, and 54 percent more than the average private sector employee. The top-paid legislator was Senate President Pro Tempore Marc Basnight, D-Dare, who collected $86,211.48. The top-paid legislators also hold the highest offices in the state General Assembly. Among the 25 legislators collecting the highest compensation in 2009, the vast majority were Democrats; only six were Republicans.
Legislators’ earnings come from four sources: salary, which varies based on a lawmaker’s position in the General Assembly; per diem, which is paid each day the lawmaker does legislative work; travel, including mileage reimbursement between Raleigh and lawmakers’ homes, along with other travel related to legislative business; and an expense account, which also is tied to individual lawmakers’ positions inside the General Assembly.
In North Carolina, legislative compensation is set by state statute. The highest a legislator can earn yearly is $38,151 and the lowest is $13,951.
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