[UPDATE: January 17, 6:45pm] New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed a bill which provides a salary hike for all 120 members of the Legislature, the governor and all cabinet-level positions in the state.
Beginning in 2026, the annual $49,000 salary for members of the Assembly and Senate will be raised to $82,000, the first salary bump for the Legislature since 2002, when it jumped from $35,000 to $49,000.
The bill also includes a raise for the governor, up from the current $175,000 annually to $210,000 per year. However, it would not benefit Governor Murphy who is term-limited and will be out of office when the new salary goes into effect.
The salary hikes passed by a bi-partisan vote of 48-24 in the Assembly and 27-7 in the Senate.
See the original story below:
Committees in both Legislative chambers approved a newly-introduced bill which would raise the salaries of members of the Legislature, the governor and all cabinet-level positions in the state.
The bill, which is on the fast-track for final approval in the Senate and Assembly next week, would raise the annual salary for all Senators and members of the Assembly from the current $49,000 per year to $82,000 a year, beginning in January, 2026.
According to the bill, the governor’s salary would increase from $175,000 to $210,000, however, it would not benefit Governor Murphy who is term-limited and will be out of office when the new salary goes into effect.
Compared to the Legislative salaries in neighboring states, this increase would still place New Jersey well below Pennsylvania’s $103,000 annual salary and New York’s $142,000.
If the bill is approved, it would be the first pay increase since 2002, when state lawmakers approved a salary hike from $35,000 to the current $49,000.
These legislators turned this state into a sanctuary state and giving illegals free stuff on the tax payer pockets and they have the nerve to want to take our tax money as a reward for a job well done. They have the nerve to give them a $35,000 pay raise……FOR WHAT???!!!
When does the madness stop
Well that’s nice, what about us common folks.
Wow
Where do I apply
Do nothing and get pd
Sign me up
Sign me up too!! Time to leave New Jersey it not the same no more It’s been invaded !!! Time to go to the islands Relax and don’t work better life there than here!!!!
The greedy only get greedier how about giving them a ten cent raise like the rest of us get.
Yay, they do everything to make our lives harder and more expensive, but no worries they will give themselves more taxpayer money, of course they will have to raise our taxes to pay themselves all this money and continue to do everything to make our lives ever so much more inconvenient.
Yup
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