Pennsylvania lawmakers get automatic 2% pay raises to $83,802/year

HARRISBURG PATRIOT-NEWS Column:  At a time when private-sector employees’ wages are forecast to remain stagnant, legislators, judges and other top state government officials won’t have that problem.

Their salaries will grow by nearly 2.2 percent.

For legislators, the adjustment — based on the 12-month movement in the Consumer Price Index for urban consumers in the mid-Atlantic states — will raise their base salary to $83,802, starting Dec. 1…  (more)

EDITOR:  We don’t object to the amount of pay.  We object to there being at least twice as many State Representatives as needed.

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