MORGANTOWN — With a slight pay raise on the horizon for legislators in 2025, we offer a look today on what local legislators made in 2022, the last full year for which figures are available.
Current compensation includes their base pay of $20,000, plus $150 per day for extended or special sessions and for interims and committee meetings outside of interims. Presiding officers, majority and minority leaders and certain committee chairs are also entitled to additional compensation.
Members also receive expense reimbursements: for those who do not commute to meetings, $131 per day; for those who commute, $55 per day plus mileage or transportation fees, not to exceed $131 per day.
SB 740, the pay raise bill, passed the Senate 26-7 (with all the votes against from Republicans) and the House 54-43 with bipartisan opposition. After negotiations and tweaking, the Senate re-passed it, 25-7.
Under the bill, beginning in 2025, base pay will be 75% of the state per capita income rounded down to the nearest $1,000; that means legislative base pay in 2025 would be $21,000.
Per diem pay for extended or special sessions and for interims and committee meetings outside of interims will go from $150 to $200. Reimbursements for non-commuters will increase from $131 to $175; and for commuters from $55 to $75, up to a maximum $175 including mileage or transportation fees.
The 2022 pay figures are based on the legislative districts in effect at that time. According to the state auditor’s office, figures do not include the reimbursements, which are reported separately.
House of Delegates
District 51
Barbara Evans Fleischauer, D, $23,089.50
Evan Hansen, D, $23,249
Joe Statler, R, $23,466
Danielle Walker, D, $22,639
John Williams, D, $21,650
District 50
Joey Garcia, D, $22,633
Phil Mallow, R, $22,782.48
Guy Ward, R, $22,347.91
District 5
Dave Pethtel, D, $23,443.11
District 48
Amy Summers, R, $26,440.94 (Summers served as House majority leader)
District 52
Terri Sypolt, R, $23,402.75
District 53
Buck Jennings, R, $23,083
Senate
District 13
Bob Beach, D, $22,866
Mike Caputo, D, $22,937.16
District 14
Randy Smith, R, $22,716
Dave Sypolt, R, $24,043.48
District 2
Charles Clements, R, $23,619.75
Mike Maroney, R, $20,466
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