The plan also includes pay hikes for the lieutenant governor, comptroller, treasurer, attorney general and secretary of state. The governor earns $205,700, although JB Pritzker does not take it.
But the Democratic governor said he originally requested that the General Assembly increase pay for his administration's agency directors to recruit and retain top talent. Pritzker said he wouldn't presume to tell the General Assembly what its members should be paid. "The Legislature is a coequal branch of government," Pritzker said Saturday at a preinaugural community service event at Central Illinois Foodbank.
"We don't want a Legislature that's only made up of the wealthy," said House Majority Leader Greg Harris, the legislation's Chicago Democratic sponsor who retires Tuesday. "We want people who can run for office, serve their community, but also be able to pay for their family and kids." Pritzker, a multibillionaire equity investor and philanthropist, began his tenure as governor in 2019 by supplementing salaries of key staff members out of his own checking account.
The raises for most are in the 10% range. The lieutenant governor, comptroller and treasurer, for example, would see 10% increases to $160,900. The attorney general and secretary of state will see 9% more in their paychecks, to $183,300. The governor earns $205,700, although Pritzker does not take it.
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