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Secretary of State William Galvin turns down 20 percent pay bump; here is what other officials will make
By Sam Drysdale
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, JAN. 31, 2023…..Secretary of State William Galvin is the only constitutional officer not accepting a 20 percent pay raise this year.
The 20 percent increase stems from a controversial law passed in 2017 that ties officials’ salaries to changes in state wages over the past eight quarters.
The state treasury calculated in December that the statute entitles the state’s six constitutional officers to a 20.1 percent increase in 2023.
Gov. Maura Healey, Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll, Attorney General Andrea Campbell and Auditor Diana DiZoglio all said in December that they would accept the raise.
A spokesperson for State Treasurer Deborah Goldberg told the News Service on Friday that the treasurer would be accepting the raise this year, which brings her salary from $189,560 last year up to $227,662.
In December, Goldberg chief of staff Lizandra Gomes said Goldberg had not taken a pay increase during the COVID-19 pandemic and planned to review the available raise before deciding whether or not to accept it.
With Goldberg agreeing to the increase, Galvin is the only constitutional officer not planning to accept a bigger check.
“No, not at this time,” Galvin spokesperson Debra O’Malley said when asked if he would accept the raise from the $179,367 he made in 2022.
For Healey, the raise means she will make $37,185 more than former Gov. Charlie Baker’s $185,000 salary.
Baker declined pay raises during his first term, but accepted the increased salary of $185,000 going into his second term.
The lieutenant governor’s pay will increase from $165,000 to $198,165.
Campbell will bring in $222,639 and DiZoglio will take home $229,377.
MortisMaximus
January 31, 2023 at 2:37 pm
I can only imagine how much he is paid by Dominion?
Up to here! 💁🏿♀️
January 31, 2023 at 2:53 pm
Noble but it isn’t enough. They ALL should not get a pay raise. Those “constitutional” officers.
Fed Up
January 31, 2023 at 2:55 pm
I’m actually shocked! All of them are overpaid anyway. It’s just astounding in this economy that these leeches took a 20% raise. Absolutely disgusting. Massachusetts is in the top 5 states deepest in debt and to take a 20% pay raise knowing this is absolutely disgusting.
Fed Up
January 31, 2023 at 3:43 pm
Wow I’m actually shocked. truth be told they’re all overpaid as it is but what a slap in a face for these people to voted themselves a 20% pay increase in record inflation. Massachusetts is top 5 in states deepest in debt. We’re not going to get out of it by giving record salaries.
I love Massachusetts
January 31, 2023 at 6:52 pm
QAnon MAGAt’s 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️ think we can get quality leadership for 🥜🥜🥜🥜🥜🥜🥜🥜🥜.
https://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=President_and_CEO/Salary/fa30bec9/Boston-MA
Up to here 💁🏿♀️
January 31, 2023 at 8:05 pm
Quality. Lol
AntifaCatPiss
January 31, 2023 at 10:17 pm
Why do you Antifa Maggots always follow this Q nonsense.
Fed Up
February 1, 2023 at 8:40 am
That’s the problem in a nutshell. None of them are quality. We’re paying a premium for people who think it’s prudent to borrow more money when we’re already $68.43 billion dollars in debt. Taking that into consideration they gave themselves a 20% raise in one of the worst economies in decades. Looking for more money to cater to people who are here illegally. If you think that’s quality, you’re just as stupid as they are.
HuntersCrackPipe
February 1, 2023 at 11:16 am
Galvin doesn’t want any extra attention on himself.