As the 2022 General Assembly session — and the terms of all state elected officials — winds down, a series of pay raises has quietly gone into effect.
Pay increase recommendations for the state’s judges and top elected officials automatically become law in Maryland if the General Assembly doesn’t act on them, a deadline that passed in mid-March. And with a few days left in the 90-day legislative session, it’s also likely that the state’s next set of legislators will have higher pay.
Delegates and senators will likely see a pay increase of about $6,306 — an increase of more than 12% — during the next term, assuming the General Assembly doesn’t act on a compensation commission’s report.
According to the Maryland Constitution, the General Assembly can reduce or reject, but not increase, the final pay recommendations from the compensation commission. The committee’s finalized recommendations take effect when the next term of office in the General Assembly begins.
The General Assembly Compensation Commission recommended pay increases for lawmakers of 4% in 2023 and 2024 and 2% in 2025 and 2026. That would bring lawmakers’ salaries up to $56,636 in the fourth year of the next term. The current annual salary is $50,330.
The House speaker and Senate president would also see the same percentage salary increase under the commission’s proposal, bringing their pay from the current $65,371 to $73,562.
They don’t deserve / earn the $50,000 they are getting for the 3 months work they do now. What do they need a raise for to be DICTATORS? SSI should be getting the same for SENIORS.
How about a decent raise for Social Security??
See moving out of MD is your BEST OPTION!!!