HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s top government officials, including lawmakers, judges, and executive branch leaders, will receive a significant salary increase in 2025, thanks to a state law that ties their pay raises to inflation. These automatic raises are based on federal inflation data for urban areas in the mid-Atlantic region.
Here’s a breakdown of the changes:
Pay Raise Amount: Officials will see a 3.4% pay increase in 2025, higher than the 2.6% average wage growth for private-sector workers in Pennsylvania over the past year. This marks the fourth year in a row that state officials have received bigger percentage increases than most workers in the state.
Governor’s Salary: Governor Josh Shapiro’s salary will increase to nearly $246,000, making him the second-highest-paid governor in the U.S., after New York’s governor.
Other Officials:
Lt. Gov. Austin Davis, Treasurer Stacy Garrity, Auditor General Tim DeFoor, and Attorney General-elect Dave Sunday will all earn over $200,000 for the first time.
Members of Shapiro’s Cabinet will earn between $176,000 and $197,000.
Judges:
Supreme Court Chief Justice Debra Todd’s salary will rise to nearly $270,000, while other Supreme Court justices will earn $262,000.
Common Pleas Court judges will make about $227,000. Pennsylvania’s judicial salaries are among the top five highest in the nation.
Lawmakers:
The top legislative leaders, Senate President Pro Tempore Kim Ward and House Speaker Joanna McClinton, will earn nearly $172,000.
Regular lawmakers’ salaries will increase to just over $110,000, making Pennsylvania’s legislators the third-highest paid in the country.
This year’s 3.4% increase follows a 3.5% raise in 2024 and a 7.8% jump in 2023, the largest since the 1995 law mandating inflation-based raises was enacted.