Legislators is in the Business, Management, and Finance Career Cluster. Wages Earnings of legislators vary widely. Pay depends on whether the job is year round and full time. Some legislators receive money for daily lodging and meals when they travel. Most governors and the President receive transportation, benefits, and an official residence.
Some state legislators receive daily expense allowances while the legislature is in session.
Only 40 states pay their legislators an annual salary. In most states, legislators do not work all twelve months. In six states, legislators receive a daily salary plus an allowance for expenses while the legislature is in session. Two states pay only small daily salaries. Two other states pay only a daily expense allowance.