Illinois lawmakers now earn the fourth highest pay rate in the country at $128,000 annually, or more than double the national average.
With their latest pay hike, base salaries jumped to $98,000, with per diem and bonuses for leadership and committee positions accounting for the rest of their earnings.
Wirepoints President Ted Dabrowski is quick to add the growing windfall comes at a time when lawmakers are in session for roughly just 70 days a year.
“I just think it’s fascinating that these lawmakers keep giving themselves raises when they’ve made such a mess for Illinois,” Dabrowski told The Center Square. “We got some of the highest taxes in the country; the highest property taxes in the country and the second highest gas taxes in the country. People are leaving in record numbers and Illinois is in really tough shape and our lawmakers have done so much negative they don’t deserve raises.”
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Author: Ray Hilbrich
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