New Hampshire · 2025 pay
How much do New Hampshire Legislative Branch employees make?
$200typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$200 – $20,907what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year and seasonal workers. The source doesn't show who worked the full year.
TransparentNH publishes pay by position without employee names, so there is no name search here.
Common jobs: Legislator HouseNonclassified HouseLegislator Senate
✓ Official data from TransparentNHMatches the agency's latest releasetransparentnh.das.nh.gov ↗
How is pay spread across workers?
A year of pay for a lower-paid, typical and higher-paid worker (counting everyone paid), and the top earner, split into regular pay, overtime and extra pay.
$200
$200
$21,084
$190,004
Lower-paid workerearns more than 1 in 4 coworkers
Typical workerright in the middle
Higher-paid workerearns more than 3 in 4 coworkers
Highest paidone person
Regular payOvertimeExtra pay
Is pay going up?
No. Typical pay went from $55,598 in 2016 to $200 in 2025 (−100%).
What changed since 2024
- −99.7%Typical pay went down from $60,834 to $200.
The next update is expected in early 2027.
Pay slip · 2025
A typical worker's year
New Hampshire Legislative Branch
official data
2016–2025
| Regular pay | $200 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $0 |
| Extra pay | $0 |
| Total for the year | $200 |
Average of the 30 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.
Matches the agency's latest release
Pay by job
Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2025.
| Job | People | Typical pay | Most earn | Since 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legislator House | 364 | $200 | $0k – $0k | ▲ 728.8% |
| Nonclassified House | 31 | $200 | $0k – $0k | new |
| Legislator Senate | 20 | $200 | $0k – $0k | new |
| Protective Services Officer | 14 | $40,506 | $15k – $62k | ▼ 24.5% |
| Senate Legislative Aide | 12 | $53,755 | $33k – $56k | ▲ 2.9% |
| Bill Drafter/Attorney | 6 | $80,596 | $33k – $86k | ▼ 3.2% |
| House Doorkeeper | 6 | $1,973 | $2k – $2k | ▼ 23.9% |
| Senior Audit Manager | 5 | $126,103 | $126k – $126k | ▲ 1.1% |
| Financial Auditor | 5 | $63,544 | $55k – $68k | ▲ 9.1% |
How many people earn what
- Under $10k444
- $10k – $30k24
- $30k – $50k17
- $50k – $70k47
- $70k – $90k25
- $90k – $110k17
- $110k – $150k27
- $150k or more10
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Highest paid at Legislative Branch in 2025
- 1Michael W KaneLegislative Budget Assistant$190,004▲ $2,488 vs 2024
- 2Laurie A SortevikPrincipal Legisl Process Systems Coordinator$186,607▲ $87,001 vs 2024
- 3Terence R PfaffChief Operating Officer$171,685▲ $3,219 vs 2024
- 4Christine L YoungLba Director of Audits$168,095▲ $8,914 vs 2024
- 5Aaron GouletteHouse Chief of Staff$160,263▲ $8,172 vs 2024
- 6Jean M MitchellFinancial Audit Supervisor$155,429▲ $1,733 vs 2024
- 7Jay S HenryPerformance Audit Supervisor$154,729▲ $1,733 vs 2024
- 8Christopher M SheaDeputy Legislative Budget Assistant$154,729▲ $1,733 vs 2024
- 9Scott M KelleySenior Information Systems Engineer$154,729▲ $7,785 vs 2024
- 10Harold B ParkerSenate Chief of Staff$150,453▲ $146,327 vs 2024
Common questions
How much does a New Hampshire Legislative Branch employee make?
The typical employee was paid $200 in 2025: half of the 611 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $200 and $20,907.
Why do so many people earn very little?
The list includes everyone who got a paycheck during the year: part-time, seasonal and short-term workers, and people who joined or left partway through. 444 people (72.7%) were paid under $10,000.
Does this include benefits like health insurance or pension?
No. It is the pay people received: regular salary or wages (96.0% of all pay), overtime (0.0%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (4.0%).
Where does this data come from, and when is it updated?
From New Hampshire Department of Administrative Services (TransparentNH) (transparentnh.das.nh.gov). Our figures match the agency's latest release; the next update is expected in early 2027.
"Typical pay" is the median: half earn more, half earn less. "Most earn" is the middle half of workers. Figures are calculated by PublicPayData from the official dataset; 0 records with $0 or negative pay are left out. How we calculate this · Corrections & removals