While UW professors’ salaries lag at the bottom of their peer group, it’s at least a little bit comforting to know that the state legislators aren’t underpaying professors while overpaying themselves. They’re at the bottom of their peer group (full time legislators) too.
Not surprisingly, full-time lawmakers in nine states earn the most. The highest paid are in California, where the session runs all year and legislators earn $110,880 annually. The lowest salary in that group is in Wisconsin, where elected representatives earn $45,569 a year. The median income for the nine full-time legislatures is $57,619.
