Two Florida lawmakers are floating the idea of increasing state legislators’ salaries, claiming the workload has increased in recent years with Florida’s growing population.
The current annual pay rate for Florida’s legislators is $29,697, where it’s remained since 2010. Legislative salaries reached $31,932 in 2007, but these were reduced in 2008 and 2009 (pdf).
Florida Statute 11.13 shows the annual pay rate for members of Florida’s legislature was set at $18,000 on July 1, 1986, with annual adjustments based on the average percentage increase in the salaries of state career service employees for the fiscal year most recently concluded.
Republican state Rep. Spencer Roach said that in 1986, the average Florida legislator represented about 50,000 to 53,000 constituents….