What salary depends on and how much governors of different states earn

Governors are high-ranking officials in the state government, effectively acting as leaders. But in different states, the salaries of governors are sometimes very different. Writes about it USA Today.

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Unlike senators, who are also elected at the state level, governors do not have a set salary. While senators earn $174 a year (though most senators are worth much more), governor salaries vary by state, ranging from $000 to $70.

To determine how much American governors are paid in each state, salary information for the 2019 year, provided by the Council of State Governments and the Policies Database, was reviewed.

Although there are no exact patterns of payroll, governors in states with large populations generally have higher salaries. Similarly, states that collect more taxes per capita tend to pay their governors more than states that collect less taxes.

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50. Maine - Janet Mills (Democrat)

• Salary: $ 70 000
• Current date: January 2019 - January 2023
• State tax fees: $ 3 168 per capita
• Living wage in the state: 1,6% less than the national average
• State population: 1 338 404 people

49. Colorado - Jared Polis (Democrat)

• Salary: $ 90 000
• Current date: January 2019 - January 2023
• State tax fees: $ 2 354 per capita
• Living wage in the state: 3,2% more than the national average
• State population: 5 695 564 people

48. Arizona - Doug Dewsy (Republican)

• Salary: $ 95 000
• Current date: January 2019 - January 2023
• State tax fees: $ 1 979 per capita
• Living wage in the state: 3,6% lower than the national average
• State population: 7 171 646 people

47. Oregon - Kate Brown (Democrat)

• Salary: $ 98 600
• Current date: January 2019 - January 2023
• State tax fees: $ 2 876 per capita
• Living wage in the state: 0,5% less than the national average
• State population: 4 190 713 people

46. Kansas - Laura Kelly (Democrat)

• Salary: $ 99 636
• Current date: January 2019 - January 2023
• State tax fees: $ 2 806 per capita
• Living wage in the state: 10,0% less than the national average
• State population: 2 911 510 people

45. Nebraska - Pete Ricketts (Republican)

• Salary: $ 105 000
• Current date: January 2019 - January 2023
• State tax fees: $ 2 658 per capita
• Living wage in the state: 10,4% lower than the national average
• State population: 1 929 268 people

44. Wyoming - Mark Gordon (Republican)

• Salary: $ 105 000
• Current date: January 2019 - January 2023
• State tax fees: $ 2 847 per capita
• Living wage in the state: 4,8% lower than the national average
• State population: 577 737 people

43. South Carolina - Henry McMaster (Republican)

• Salary: $ 106 078
• Current date: January 2019 - January 2023
• State tax fees: $ 1 956 per capita
• State subsistence minimum: 9,6% lower than the national average.
• State population: 5 084 127 people

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42. New Mexico - Lujan Grisham (Democrat)

• Salary: $ 110 000
• Current date: January 2019 - January 2023
• State tax fees: $ 2 766 per capita
• Living wage in the state: 6,7% lower than the national average
• State population: 2 095 428 people

41. South Dakota - Christy Nome (Republican)

• Salary: $ 113 961
• Current date: January 2019 - January 2023
• State tax fees: $ 2 103 per capita
• Living wage in the state: 11,8% lower than the national average
• State population: 882 235 people

40. Montana - Steve Bullock (Democrat)

• Salary: $ 115 505
• Current date: January 2017 - January 2021
• State tax fees: $ 2 527 per capita
• Living wage in the state: 5,4% less than the national average
• State population: 1 062 305 people

39. Alabama - Kay Ivey (Republican)

• Salary: $ 120 395
• Current date: January 2019 - January 2023
• State tax fees: $ 2 137 per capita
• Living wage in the state: 13,3% lower than the national average
• State population: 4 887 871 people

38. Indiana - Eric Holcomb (Republican)

• Salary: $ 121 331
• Current date: January 2017 - January 2021
• State tax fees: $ 2 708 per capita
• Living wage in the state: 10,2% lower than the national average
• State population: 6 691 878 people

37. Mississippi - Phil Bryant (Republican)

• Salary: $ 122 160
• Current date: January 2016 - January 2020
• State tax fees: $ 2 608 per capita
• Living wage in the state: 14,3% lower than the national average
• State population: 2 986 530 people

36. Minnesota - Tim Walls (Democrat)

• Salary: $ 127 629
• Current date: January 2019 - January 2023
• State tax fees: $ 4 590 per capita
• Living wage in the state: 2,5% less than the national average
• State population: 5 611 179 people

35. North Dakota - Douglas Bergam (Republican)

• Salary: $ 129 096
• Current period: December 2016 - December 2020
• State tax fees: $ 4 587 per capita
• Living wage in the state: 9,9% lower than the national average
• State population: 760 077 people

34. Iowa - Kim Reynolds (Republican)

• Salary: $ 130 000
• Current date: January 2019 - January 2023
• State tax fees: $ 3 101 per capita
• Living wage in the state: 10,2% lower than the national average
• State population: 3 156 145 people

33. Louisiana - Bel Edwards (Democrat)

• Salary: $ 130 000
• Current date: January 2016 - January 2020
• State tax fees: $ 2 371 per capita
• Living wage in the state: 9,9% lower than the national average
• State population: 4 659 978 people

32. Florida - Ron Desantis (Republican)

• Salary: $ 130 273
• Current date: January 2019 - January 2023
• State tax fees: $ 1 917 per capita
• Living wage in the state: 0,1% less than the national average
• State population: 21 299 325 people

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31. Missouri - Michael Parson (Republican)

• Salary: $ 133 821
• Current Duration: June 2018 - January 2021
• State tax fees: $ 2 044 per capita
• Living wage in the state: 10,5% lower than the national average
• State population: 6 126 452 people

30. New Hampshire - Chris Sununu (Republican)

• Salary: $ 134 581
• Current date: January 2019 - January 2021
• State tax fees: $ 1 859 per capita
• Living wage in the state: 5,8% more than the national average
• State population: 1 356 458 people

29. Idaho - Brad Little (Republican)

• Salary: $ 138 302
• Current date: January 2019 - January 2023
• State tax fees: $ 2 627 per capita
• Living wage in the state: 7,0% lower than the national average
• State population: 1 754 208 people

28. North Carolina - Roy Cooper (Democrat)

• Salary: $ 144 349
• Current date: January 2017 - January 2021
• State tax fees: $ 2 614 per capita
• Living wage in the state: 8,7% lower than the national average
• State population: 10 383 620 people

27. Alaska - Mike Dunleavy (Republican)

• Salary: $ 145 000
• Current period: December 2018 - December 2022
• State tax fees: $ 1 608 per capita
• Living wage in the state: 4,4% more than the national average
• State population: 737 438 people

26. Rhode Island - Gina Raymondo (Democrat)

• Salary: $ 145 755
• Current date: January 2019 - January 2023
• State tax fees: $ 3 083 per capita
• Living wage in the state: 1,4% lower than the national average
• State population: 1 057 315 people

25. Oklahoma - Kevin Stitt (Republican)

• Salary: $ 147 000
• Current date: January 2019 - January 2023
• State tax fees: $ 2 180 per capita
• Living wage in the state: 11,0% less than the national average
• State population: 3 943 079 people

24. Arkansas - Asa Hutchinson (Republican)

• Salary: $ 148 134
• Current date: January 2019 - January 2023
• State tax fees: $ 3 168 per capita
• Living wage in the state: 13,5% lower than the national average
• State population: 3 013 825 people

23. Kentucky - Matt Bevin (Republican)

• Salary: $ 148 781
• Current period: December 2015 - December 2019
• State tax fees: $ 2 673 per capita
• Living wage in the state: 12,1% lower than the national average
• State population: 4 468 402 people

22. Nevada - Steve Sisolak (Democrat)

• Salary: $ 149 573
• Current date: January 2019 - January 2023
• State tax fees: $ 2 877 per capita
• Living wage in the state: 2,4% lower than the national average
• State population: 3 034 392 people

21. Connecticut - Ned Lamont (Democrat)

• Salary: $ 150 000
• Current date: January 2019 - January 2023
• State tax fees: $ 4 555 per capita
• Living wage in the state: 8,0% more than the national average
• State population: 3 572 665 people

20. Utah - Gary Richard Herbert (Republican)

• Salary: $ 150 000
• Current date: January 2017 - January 2021
• State tax fees: $ 2 525 per capita
• Living wage in the state: 3,0% less than the national average
• State population: 3 161 105 people

19. West Virginia - Jim Justice (Republican)

• Salary: $ 150 000
• Current date: January 2017 - January 2021
• State tax fees: $ 2 804 per capita
• Living wage in the state: 13,0% lower than the national average
• State population: 1 805 832 people

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18. Wisconsin - Tony Ivers (Democrat)

• Salary: $ 152 756
• Current date: January 2019 - January 2023
• State tax fees: $ 3 129 per capita
• Living wage in the state: 7,6% lower than the national average
• State population: 5 813 568

17. Ohio - Mike Devine (Republican)

• Salary: $ 153 650
• Current date: January 2019 - January 2023
• State tax fees: $ 2 599 per capita
• Living wage in the state: 11,1% lower than the national average
• State population: 11 689 442 people

16. Texas - Greg Abbott (Republican)

• Salary: $ 153 750
• Current date: January 2019 - January 2023
• State tax fees: $ 1 894 per capita
• Living wage in the state: 3,0% less than the national average
• State population: 28 701 845 people

15. Hawaii - David Ige (Democrat)

• Salary: $ 158 700
• Current period: December 2018 - December 2022
• State tax fees: $ 4 924 per capita
• Living wage in the state: 18,5% more than the national average
• State population: 1 420 491 people

14. Michigan - Gretchen Whitmer (Democrat)

• Salary: $ 159 300
• Current date: January 2019 - January 2023
• State tax fees: $ 2 874 per capita
• Living wage in the state: 7,0% lower than the national average
• State population: 9 995 915 people

13. Maryland - Larry Hogan (Republican)

• Salary: $ 170 000
• Current date: January 2019 - January 2023
• State tax fees: $ 3 569 per capita
• Living wage in the state: 9,4% more than the national average
• State population: 6 042 718 people

12. Delaware - John Carney (Democrat)

• Salary: $ 171 000
• Current date: January 2017 - January 2021
• State tax fees: $ 3 731 per capita
• Living wage in the state: 0,1% more than the national average
• State population: 967 171 people

11. Georgia - Brian Kemp (Republican)

• Salary: $ 175 000
• Current date: January 2019 - January 2023
• State tax fees: $ 2 150 per capita
• Living wage in the state: 7,5% less than the national average
• State population: 10 519 475 people

10. New Jersey - Phil Murphy (Democrat)

• Salary: $ 175 000
• Current date: January 2018 - January 2022
• State tax fees: $ 3 590 per capita
• Living wage in the state: 12,9% more than the national average
• State population: 8 908 520 people

9. Virginia - Ralph Northam (Democrat)

• Salary: $ 175 000
• Current date: January 2018 - January 2022
• State tax fees: $ 2 623 per capita
• Living wage in the state: 2,1% more than the national average
• State population: 8 517 685 people

8. Illinois - J. B. Pritzker (Democrat)

• Salary: $ 177 412
• Current date: January 2019 - January 2023
• State tax fees: $ 2 967 per capita
• Living wage in the state: 1,5% less than the national average
• State population: 12 741 080 people

7. Vermont - Phil Scott (Republican)

• Salary: $ 178 274
• Current date: January 2019 - January 2021
• State tax fees: $ 5 015 per capita
• Living wage in the state: 2,5% more than the national average
• State population: 626 299 people

6. Washington - Jay Insley (Democrat)

• Salary: $ 183 072
• Current date: January 2017 - January 2021
• State tax fees: $ 3 240 per capita
• Living wage in the state: 6,4% more than the national average
• State population: 7 535 591 people

5. Massachusetts - Charlie Baker (Republican)

• Salary: $ 185 000
• Current date: January 2019 - January 2023
• State tax fees: $ 4 012 per capita
• Living wage in the state: 7,9% more than the national average
• State population: 6 902 149 people

4. Tennessee - Bill Lee (Republican)

• Salary: $ 194 112
• Current date: January 2019 - January 2023
• State tax fees: $ 2 069 per capita
• Living wage in the state: 9,6% lower than the national average
• State population: 6 770 010 people

3. Pennsylvania - Tom Wolf (Democrat)

• Salary: $ 194 850
• Current date: January 2019 - January 2023
• State tax fees: $ 2 956 per capita
• Living wage in the state: 2,1% lower than the national average
• State population: 12 807 060 people

2. New York - Andrew Cuomo (Democrat)

• Salary: $ 200 000
• Current date: January 2019 - January 2023
• State tax fees: $ 4 014 per capita
• Living wage in the state: 15,8% more than the national average
• State population: 19 542 209 people

1. California - Gavin Newsom (Democrat)

• Salary: $ 201 680
• Current date: January 2019 - January 2023
• State tax fees: $ 3 936 per capita
• Living wage in the state: 14,8% more than the national average
• State population: 39 557 045 people

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