WA lawmakers and governor are getting big raises. Here's how much
Washington’s governor, attorney general and state lawmakers are in line for hefty pay raises in the next two years.
And salaries for the state’s seven other executives and hundreds of judges will climb as well — though not as fast — as a result of decisions Wednesday by the independent citizen commission that sets pay scales for the state’s legislative, executive and judicial branches.
Legislators will get a 16% wage hike and the governor and attorney general will receive a 14% raise under the new salaries approved at a meeting in Tumwater by the Washington Citizens Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials.
Commissioners agreed every position should receive a cost-of-living adjustment of 3% on July 1 and 2% a year later. Then they tacked on extra for lawmakers and the two executive posts.
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