A 67% pay raise for Alaska lawmakers and a roughly 20% salary increase for the governor and his cabinet are set to go into effect after the Legislature failed to block them.
JUNEAU — Alaska state legislators failed to block a 67% pay raise for themselves, and a roughly 20% salary increase for the governor and his cabinet.agreed
Under state law, legislators had until May 15 to pass a bill to block the pay raises — but one did not advance for a final vote. The pay raises are set to go into effect July 1 for Dunleavy and his cabinet, and in January for the Legislature.in March that legislators’ salaries should increase from $50,400 to $84,000 per year, matching half the new salaries proposed for heads of state agencies at $168,000 per year. That will be the first pay raise for legislators since 2010.
Lawmakers are also eligible for per diem expense payments, which allow them to collect $307 tax-free per legislative day. Per diem payments add another roughly $37,000 per year for legislators who claim them during an entire 121-day legislative session — special sessions can boost that further.pay raises for the governor and his cabinet in March after the state’s salary commission made no pay recommendations for the Legislature itself.
There is no way for state legislators to decline the pay increases, said Jessica Geary, executive director of the Legislative Affairs Agency.
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