State legislators are paid meager salaries. Senators and representatives alike earn only $7,200 per year, or $14,400 for a two-year legislative period. Some may consider this salary generous, since after all legislators work only for 140 days over two years. However, this salary equals just slightly over $100 per day. Even if our legislators worked only eight hours per day, this would equal only $12.86 per hour for the people who make our state laws and conduct oversight of executive branch offices.
The truth is that legislators work for many days leading up to the legislative session, and then work very long hours, seven days a week, once the session begins. Furthermore, legislators spend a lot of time campaigning for office and subsequently servicing constituents. This reduces hourly compensation to well below minimum wage.
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Ohio state legislators receive a salary of $60,584 per year
It looks a PA state representative makes a little over $60,000 a year
A state senator makes $12,000 for a 2 year term
It has been reported that Senator Traut is currently making an annual salary of $192,000.
The president get about $400,000 per year plus a house. The base pay for a Senator is $174,000. Leaders get more.
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Base salary does not vary from state to state, but rather goes along the standardized grade levels of the federal government. There are cost of living adjustments, but these are a fraction of the total salary. For a table of these two see: http://www.fbijobs.gov/61.asp#4
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Your gross annual income is your base salary.
You should research the salary for your position. Find a state wide average, and ask for about that amount. Then start negotiating.
Paramedics make between $35,000 and 38,000 annually in Texas. Things like overtime, cost of living, and the area where a paramedic works in Texas could result in a higher or lower salary than the average. When looking for jobs, it is important to base the decision on many factors, not just the salary. Sometimes excellent benefits, or low cost of living could compensate for the lower salary.
Base salary would be the basic minimum amount promised. Gross salary would include overtime, bonuses, etc.