The Vermont Statutes Online

Title 32 : Taxation and Finance

Chapter 015 : Salaries and Fees

Subchapter 001 : State Officers

• § 1003. State officers

  (a) Each elective officer of the Executive Department is entitled to an annual salary as follows:

  	Annual Salary	Annual Salary
  	as of	as of
  	July 3, 2022	July 2, 2023
  (1) Governor	$201,150	$208,995
  (2) Lieutenant Governor	$85,384	$88,714
  (3) Secretary of State	$127,548	$132,522
  (4) State Treasurer	$127,548	$132,522
  (5) Auditor of Accounts	$127,548	$132,522
  (6) Attorney General	$152,725	$158,681

  (b) The Governor may appoint each officer of the Executive Branch listed in this subsection at a starting salary ranging from the base salary stated for that position to a salary that does not exceed the maximum salary unless otherwise authorized by this subsection. The maximum salary for each appointive officer shall be 50 percent above the base salary. Annually, the Governor may grant to each of those officers an annual salary adjustment subject to the maximum salary. The annual salary adjustment granted to officers under this subsection shall not exceed the average rate of adjustment available to classified employees under the collective bargaining agreement then in effect. In addition to the annual salary adjustment specified in this subsection, the Governor may grant a special salary increase subject to the maximum salary, or a bonus, to any officer listed in this subsection whose job duties have significantly increased, or whose contributions to the State in the preceding year are deemed especially significant. Special salary increases or bonuses granted to any individual shall not exceed the average rate of adjustment available to classified employees under the collective bargaining agreement then in effect.

  (1) Heads of the following Departments and Agencies:

  			Base Salary	Base Salary
  			as of	as of
  			July 3, 2022	July 2, 2023
  	(A) Administration		$121,634	$126,378
  	(B) Agriculture,
  		Food and Markets	$121,634	$126,378
  	(C) Financial
  		Regulation	$113,710	$118,145
  	(D) Buildings and
  		General Services	$113,710	$118,145
  	(E) Children and
  		Families	$113,710	$118,145
  	(F) Commerce and
  		Community
  		Development	$121,634	$126,378
  	(G) Corrections		$113,710	$118,145
  	(H) Defender
  		General	$113,710	$118,145
  	(I) Disabilities,
  		Aging, and
  		Independent
  		Living	$113,710	$118,145
  	(J) Economic
  		Development	$103,149	$107,172
  	(K) Education		$121,634	$126,378
  	(L) Environmental
  		Conservation	$113,710	$118,145
  	(M) Finance and
  		Management	$113,710	$118,145
  	(N) Fish and
  		Wildlife	$103,149	$107,172
  	(O) Forests, Parks
  		and Recreation	$103,149	$107,172
  	(P) Health		$113,710	$118,145
  	(Q) Housing and
  		Community
  		Development	$103,149	$107,172
  	(R) Human
  		Resources	$113,710	$118,145
  	(S) Human Services		$121,634	$126,378
  	(T) Digital Services		$121,634	$126,378
  	(U) Labor		$113,710	$118,145
  	(V) Libraries		$103,149	$107,172
  	(W) Liquor and
  		Lottery	$103,149	$107,172
  	(X) [Repealed.]
  	(Y) Mental Health		$113,710	$118,145
  	(Z) Military		$113,710	$118,145
  	(AA) Motor
  		Vehicles	$103,149	$107,172
  	(BB) Natural
  		Resources	$121,634	$126,378
  	(CC) Natural
  		Resources Board
  		Chair	$103,149	$107,172
  	(DD) Public Safety		$113,710	$118,145
  	(EE) Public Service		$113,710	$118,145
  	(FF) Taxes		$113,710	$118,145
  	(GG) Tourism and
  		Marketing	$103,149	$107,172
  	(HH) Transportation		$121,634	$126,378
  	(II) Vermont Health
  		Access	$113,710	$118,145
  	(JJ) Veterans’ Home		$113,710	$118,145

  (2) [Repealed.]

  (3) If the Chair of the Natural Resources Board is employed on less than a full-time basis, the hiring and salary maximums for that position shall be reduced proportionately.

  (4) When a permanent employee is appointed to an exempt position, the Governor may authorize such employee to retain the present salary even though it is in excess of any salary maximum provided in statute.

  (c) The officers of the Judicial Branch named in this subsection shall be entitled to annual salaries as follows:

  			Annual Salary	Annual Salary
  			as of	as of
  			July 3, 2022	July 2, 2023
  	(1) Chief Justice of
  		Supreme Court	$193,600	$201,150
  	(2) Each Associate
  		Justice	$184,771	$191,977
  	(3) Administrative
  		Judge	$184,771	$191,977
  	(4) Each Superior
  		Judge	$175,654	$182,505
  	(5) [Repealed.]
  	(6) Each
  		Magistrate	$132,441	$137,606
  	(7) Each Judicial
  		Bureau hearing
  		officer	$132,441	$137,606

  (d) Notwithstanding the maximum salary established in subsection (b) of this section, the Defender General shall not receive compensation in excess of the compensation established for the Attorney General in this section.

  (e) Notwithstanding the maximum salary established in subsection (b) of this section, the maximum salary for the Commissioner of Health shall not exceed 100 percent above the base salary for this position. (Added 1965, No. 125, § 1, eff. July 2, 1965; amended 1966, No. 53 (Sp. Sess.), § 1, eff. Jan. 5, 1966; 1967, No. 126, § 1, No. 200, § 1, eff. July 1, 1967, § 9, eff. Jan. 1, 1967; 1969, No. 294 (Adj. Sess.), Pt. IV, § 9, eff. at beginning of respective elective terms in 1971, Pt. V, § 10, eff. April 15, 1970; 1971, No. 191 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 14, 16; 1971, No. 242 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1973, No. 117, §§ 1, 2; 1973, No. 159 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 15, 1974; 1973, No. 266 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 18, 19, eff. July 1, 1974; 1975, No. 1 (Sp. Sess.), § 27, eff. Oct. 22, 1975; 1975, No. 196 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 1975, No. 206 (Adj. Sess.), § 1a; 1977, No. 105, § 19, eff. July 1, 1977; 1977, No. 109, § 15, eff. July 3, 1977; 1977, No. 204 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1977, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. July 2, 1978, and Jan. 4, 1979; 1977, No. 232 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 1979, No. 59, § 2, eff. July 1, 1979; 1979, No. 141 (Adj. Sess.), § 10; 1981, No. 91, § 7, eff. July 5, 1981; § 13, eff. upon taking the oath of office in Jan. 1983; § 14, eff. July 5, 1981; 1981, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 8, 8a-8c; 1983, No. 88, § 2, eff. July 3, 1983; 1983, No. 95, § 308; 1983, No. 130 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 1983, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), eff. April 13, 1984; 1983, No. 170 (Adj. Sess.), § 14(b), eff. April 19, 1984; 1983, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 5(a); 1983, No. 243 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 2, 3, 5, 20; 1985, No. 93, §§ 1, 2; 1985, No. 225 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 2, 3, 4, 21; 1987, No. 76, § 18; 1987, No. 121, §§ 2, 3; 1987, No. 183 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 3, 4, 7; 1989, No. 67, §§ 1, 1a, 3; 1989, No. 187 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 1989, No. 219 (Adj. Sess.), § 9(a); 1989, No. 225 (Adj. Sess.), § 25(a); 1989, No. 250 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 1989, No. 256 (Adj. Sess.), § 10(a), eff. Jan. 1, 1991; 1989, No. 277 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 2, 3, 5, eff. July 8, 1990; 1991, No. 189 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 2, 5, eff. May 19, 1992; 1993, No. 227 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 1-3; 1995, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 16, 17, eff. May 6, 1996; 1995, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 1995, No. 177 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1995, No. 180 (Adj. Sess.), § 38; 1995, No. 190 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 1, 11; 1997, No. 28, § 1, eff. May 15, 1997; 1997, No. 121 (Adj. Sess.), § 30; 1999, No. 40, § 1, eff. July 4, 1999; 1999, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2001, No. 66, § 1; 2003, No. 66, § 315; 2003, No. 115 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 116, 117, eff. Jan. 31, 2005; 2003, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 1-3, eff. July 11, 2004; 2005, No. 66, § 1; 2007, No. 47, § 1; 2007, No. 65, § 116; 2007, No. 206 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2011, No. 130 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 4, 5; 2013, No. 50, § E.802.1; 2013, No. 56, § 14, retroactively eff. Jan. 2, 2013; 2013, No. 160 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 3, 4; 2015, No. 58, § B.1110, eff. June 11, 2015; 2015, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.), § F3; 2015, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.), § F4; 2017, No. 191 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 3, 5; 2017, No. 191 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 4, 8, eff. July 1, 2019; 2019, No. 73, § 42; 2021, No. 74, §§ F.104, F.105; 2021, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), §§ F.103, F.104, eff. July 1, 2022; 2023, No. 6, § 372, eff. July 1, 2023.)