Salary History of the State’s Elected Officials 1962-2026

Prior to the establishment of the Commission, the Governor’s Advisory Committee (GAC) on Salaries which in 1970 became the State Committee on Salaries (SCS) made salary recommendations to the Legislature for the elected officials’ positions.

These charts are interactive. You can click the symbol next to the position name under each graph to eliminate each off the graph. You can also hover over any symbol for each position to see the year and amount of salary for that position.

The Washington Citizens’ Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials was established in 1986 by a Constitutional amendment and began setting the state elected officials’ salaries in 1987.  Statute declares that the policy of the state is to base the salaries of the elected officials on realistic standards in order to pay them according to the duties of their office and to attract citizens of the highest quality to public service.

These charts are interactive. You can click the symbol next to the position name under each graph to eliminate each off the graph. You can also hover over any symbol for each position to see the year and amount of salary for that position.

These charts are interactive. You can click the symbol next to the position name under each graph to eliminate each off the graph. You can also hover over any symbol for each position to see the year and amount of salary for that position.