PAY INCREASE BUMPS PA. LAWMAKERS’ SALARIES TO SIX FIGURES

All Pennsylvania lawmakers will be making six-figure salaries after a pay increase takes effect December 1st.  The nearly eight-percent raise is the largest in more than 25 years.  Some lawmakers expressed concern over public perception of state legislators receiving such a pay increase.  The lawmakers’ pay raise is four percentage points higher than that of Pennsylvania private-sector workers since 2021.