Table XII
Salaries Paid to High Ranking Officials
1933 to 1965

Table VII (Chapter 10) shows the steady increase in total sums paid to officials as well as the limitation on the salaries that could be given to other officials in state government. For example, a maximum and minimum salary for the commissioner of taxes was established by statute.

 
Year/Acct. #
Governor
Chief Justice
Treasurer
Auditor of Accts.
Commr. of Taxes
1933   153
$   4,500
$   5,750
$   3,500
$   3,250
$   3,500
1945   184
     7,000
     7,000
     4,500
     4,500
$ 4,000-5,000
1947   176
     8,000
     7,500
     5,000
     5,000
   4,500-5,500
1949   255
     8,500
     8,000
          6,000 
     5,000
   5,000-6,000
1951   226
   10,000
   10,000
     6,500
     6,000
   5,500-6,500
           223
1953   253
   11,000
   10,500
     7,500
     6,500
6,000-7,000
1955   165
   11,500
   10,500
     7,500
     7,500
   7,500
           277
1957   298
   12,500
   11,000
     8,500
     8,500
   9,000
1961   285
   13,750
   12,100
     9,350
     9,350
7,500-9,650
1965   125
   20,000
   18,000
   12,000
   12,000
15,000

Current information about salaries paid to high ranking officials can be found in V.S.A. Title 32 Section 1003, available through Vermont Satutes Online.

Table XIII

Nuquist Index

Comments to: crs@uvm.edu Reviewed on 6/23/97