Vt. Stat. tit. 32 § 1003

Current through L. 2024, c. 185.

Section 1003 - State officers

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

	Annual	Annual
	Salary	Salary
	as of	as of
	July 14,	July 13,
	2024	2025
(1) Governor	$222,371	$234,379
(2) Lieutenant Governor	$94,392	$99,489
(3) Secretary of State	$141,003	$148,617
(4) State Treasurer	$141,003	$148,617
(5) Auditor of Accounts	$141,003	$148,617
(6) Attorney General	$168,837	$177,954

(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 most 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 most classified employees under the collective bargaining agreement then in effect.

(1) Heads of the following Departments and Agencies:

	Base	Base
	Salary	Salary
	as of	as of
	July 14,	July 13,
	2024	2025
(A) Administration	$134,466	$141,727
(B) Agriculture,
Food and
Markets	$134,466	$141,727
(C) Financial
Regulation	$125,706	$132,494
(D) Buildings and
General Services	$125,706	$132,494
(E) Children and
Families	$125,706	$132,494
(F) Commerce and
Community
Development	$134,466	$141,727
(G) Corrections	$125,706	$132,494
(H) Defender
General	$125,706	$132,494
(I) Disabilities,
Aging, and
Independent
Living	$125,706	$132,494
(J) Economic
Development	$114,031	$120,189
(K) Education	$134,466	$141,727
(L) Environmental
Conservation	$125,706	$132,494
(M) Finance and
Management	$125,706	$132,494
(N) Fish and
Wildlife	$114,031	$120,189
(O) Forests, Parks
and Recreation	$114,031	$120,189
(P) Health	$125,706	$132,494
(Q) Housing and
Community
Development	$114,031	$120,189
(R) Human
Resources	$125,706	$132,494
(S) Human Services	$134,466	$141,727
(T) Digital Services	$134,466	$141,727
(U) Labor	$125,706	$132,494
(V) Libraries	$114,031	$120,189
(W) Liquor and
Lottery	$114,031	$120,189
(X) [Repealed.]
(Y) Mental Health	$125,706	$132,494
(Z) Military	$125,706	$132,494
(AA) Motor
Vehicles	$114,031	$120,189
(BB) Natural
Resources	$134,466	$141,727
(CC) Natural
Resources
Board Chair	$114,031	$120,189
(DD) Public Safety	$125,706	$132,494
(EE) Public Service	$125,706	$132,494
(FF) Taxes	$125,706	$132,494
(GG) Tourism and
Marketing	$114,031	$120,189
(HH) Transportation	$134,466	$141,727
(II) Vermont Health
Access	$125,706	$132,494
(JJ) Veterans' Home	$125,706	$132,494

(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	Annual
	Salary	Salary
	as of	as of
	July 14,	July 13,
	2024	2025
(1) Chief Justice of
Supreme Court	$214,024	$225,581
(2) Each Associate
Justice	$204,264	$215,294
(3) Administrative
Judge	$204,264	$215,294
(4) Each Superior
Judge	$194,185	$204,671
(5) [Repealed.]
(6) Each
Magistrate	$146,413	$154,319
(7) Each Judicial
Bureau hearing
officer	$146,413	$154,319

(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.

32 V.S.A. § 1003

Amended by 2024, No. 113,§ G.104, eff. 7/1/2024.

Amended by 2024, No. 113,§ G.103, eff. 7/1/2024.

Amended by 2023 , No. 6, § 372, eff. 7/1/2023.

Amended by 2022 , No. 185, § F.104, eff. 7/1/2023.

Amended by 2022 , No. 185, § F.103, eff. 7/1/2023.

Amended by 2021 , No. 74, § F.105, eff. 7/1/2021.

Amended by 2021 , No. 74, § F.104, eff. 7/1/2021.

Added 1965, No. 125, § 1, eff. 7/2/1965; amended 1966, No. 53 (Sp. Sess.), § 1, eff. 1/5/1966; 1967, No. 126, § 1, No. 200, § 1, eff. 7/1/1967, § 9, eff. 1/1/1967; 1969, No. 294 (Adj. Sess.), Pt. IV, § 9, eff. at beginning of respective elective terms in 1971, Pt. V, § 10, eff. 4/15/1970; 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. 3/15/1974; 1973, No. 266 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 18, 19, eff. 7/1/1974; 1975, No. 1 (Sp. Sess.), § 27, eff. 10/22/1975; 1975, No. 196 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 1975, No. 206 (Adj. Sess.), § 1a; 1977, No. 105, § 19, eff. 7/1/1977; 1977, No. 109, § 15, eff. 7/3/1977; 1977, No. 204 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1977, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. 7/2/1978, and Jan. 4, 1979; 1977, No. 232 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 1979, No. 59, § 2, eff. 7/1/1979; 1979, No. 141 (Adj. Sess.), § 10; 1981, No. 91, § 7, eff. 7/5/1981; § 13, eff. upon taking the oath of office in Jan. 1983; § 14, eff. 7/5/1981; 1981, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 8, 8a-8c; 1983, No. 88, § 2, eff. 7/3/1983; 1983, No. 95, § 308; 1983, No. 130 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 1983, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), eff. 4/13/1984; 1983, No. 170 (Adj. Sess.), § 14(b), eff. 4/19/1984; 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. 1/1/1991; 1989, No. 277 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 2, 3, 5, eff. 7/8/1990; 1991, No. 189 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 2, 5, eff. 5/19/1992; 1993, No. 227 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 1 - 3; 1995, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 16, 17, eff. 5/6/1996; 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. 5/15/1997; 1997, No. 121 (Adj. Sess.), § 30; 1999, No. 40, § 1, eff. 7/4/1999; 1999, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2001, No. 66, § 1; 2003, No. 66, § 315; 2003, No. 115 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 116, 117, eff. 1/31/2005; 2003, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 1 - 3, eff. 7/11/2004; 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. 1/2/2013; 2013, No. 160 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 3, 4; 2015 , No. 58, B. § 1110, eff. 6/11/2015; 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. 7/1/2019; 2019 , No. 73, § 42.