Twenty-Five Largest U.S. Cities by Population: Legislative ...

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Twenty-Five Largest U.S. Cities by Population: Legislative Salaries

Legislative Salary (excluding allowances)

$112,500 $184,610 $117,333

$62,409 $127,085

$61,600 $45,722 $75,386 $60,000 $81,000 $70,075 $44,100 $108,049 $11,400 $52,585 $25,000 $18,396 $76,840 $30,450 $119,517 $83,332 $132,990 $29,070 $87,500 $15,000

Year

2015 2015 2015 2014 2014 2015 2015 2016 2016 2015 2015 2014 2014 2014 2015 2015 2014 2015 2015 2014 2015 2015 2014 2014 2014

Legislature Size

51 15 50 16 17

8 10

9 14 10 10 19 11 29

7 9 11 9 8 9 13 13 13 13 40

Average Number of People

Represented

166,492 261,924

54,448 139,972

91,782 192,132 143,670 153,452

91,503 101,579

91,279 44,915 77,497 29,269 119,422 90,249 73,633 75,583 84,880 74,260 51,066 50,684 50,528 50,453 16,100

C2ER Cost of Living Index, Third Quarter 2015

236.1 171.4 Manhattan Brooklyn

Legislative Salary, Legislative Salary, Adjusted (Manhattan) + Adjusted (Brooklyn) +

$302,893.82

$219,889.88

$233,774.86

$169,712.04

$152,691.86

$110,848.73

$253,418.65

$183,972.71

$149,013.93

$108,178.69

$125,668.97

$91,231.09

$119,293.80

$86,602.95

$147,408.95

$107,013.53

No Cost of Living Data

$173,243.01

$125,768.12

$107,009.35

$77,684.89

$143,236.21

$103,984.27

$29,480.18

$21,401.53

$137,034.42

$99,482.00

$57,697.95

$41,886.61

$44,776.24

$32,505.92

$188,194.23

$136,622.16

$78,915.97

$57,290.12

$193,937.89

$140,791.85

$178,536.16

$129,610.75

$210,307.70

$152,675.73

$82,791.64

$60,103.72

$141,789.64

$102,934.11

$36,623.58

$26,587.38

+ The Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) does not collect data for Bronx, Queens, or Staten Island.

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Note on Cost of Living Index and Adjustments

Adjustments to annual salaries are based on Cost of Living Index: Comparative Data for 265 Urban Areas for the third quarter of 2015, published by the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER). The Cost of Living Index measures relative price levels for consumer goods and services, weighted to reflect costs for professional and executive households in the top income quartile. The "adjusted" salary values are the base salaries elected officials would need to make in Manhattan and Brooklyn in order to maintain the same lifestyle as enjoyed in their cities. C2ER does not collect data for Bronx, Queens, or Staten Island.

Index numbers for individual cities are copyrighted by C2ER and not reprinted herein.

Sources for Legislative Salary

New York City Charter Ch. 2, ? 26 Los Angeles City Controller City of Chicago Transparency Data Sets Houston: The Texas Tribune (citing City of Philadelphia, Department of Finance) Phoenix City Charter Ch. III ? 12 note San Antonio City Charter Art. II, ? 6 San Diego FY 2016 Proposed Budget Dallas City Charter Ch. III, ? 4(a) San Jose Council Salary Setting Commission Austin: The Texas Tribune Data provided by City of Jacksonville City and County of San Francisco Civil Service Commission Indianapolis: USA Today City of Columbus Fort Worth City Charter Ch. III, ? 3 Data provided by City of Charlotte Detroit: USA Today El Paso: USA Today Seattle: The News Tribune City and County of Denver Department of Law D.C. Department of Human Resources City of Memphis City of Boston: Data Boston Nashville Business Journal

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$350,000.00 $300,000.00 $250,000.00 $200,000.00 $150,000.00 $100,000.00

$50,000.00 $0.00

Legislative Base Salaries in the Twenty-Five* Largest U.S. Cities by Population Adjusted to Cost of Living in New York City +

Adjusted to Manhattan Adjusted to Brooklyn Unadjusted

* San Jose does not appear because the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) does not collect cost of living information there. + C2ER does not collect data for Bronx, Queens, or Staten Island.

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Note on Cost of Living Index and Adjustments Adjustments to annual salaries are based on Cost of Living Index: Comparative Data for 265 Urban Areas for the third quarter of 2015, published by the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER). The Cost of Living Index measures relative price levels for consumer goods and services, weighted to reflect costs for professional and executive households in the top income quartile. The "adjusted" salary values are the base salaries elected officials would need to make in Manhattan and Brooklyn in order to maintain the same lifestyle as enjoyed in their cities. C2ER does not collect data for Bronx, Queens, or Staten Island.

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Legislative Salaries and Median Household Income in the Twenty-Five Largest U.S. Cities by Population

Legislative Salary

$200,000 $190,000 $180,000 $170,000 $160,000 $150,000 $140,000 $130,000 $120,000 $110,000 $100,000

$90,000 $80,000 $70,000 $60,000 $50,000 $40,000 $30,000 $20,000 $10,000

$0 $0

Los Angeles

Philadelphia

Chicago New York

Washington Seattle

R? = 0.1183 San Francisco

$10,000

Detroit

Boston Denver

Houston

Austin

Dallas

Phoenix

Columbus

Jacksonville San Antonio

San Diego

El Paso Memphis

Fort Worth

Nashville Charlotte Indianapolis

$20,000

$30,000

$40,000

$50,000

$60,000

Median Household Income

$70,000

San Jose

$80,000

$90,000

$100,000

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