How much does the Idaho governor make? Lawmakers? Search our 2024 state salary database
How much does Idaho Gov. Brad Little make? How about your state senator, or state police troopers?
The Idaho Statesman has compiled the latest data on state workers’ salary from the State Controller’s Office.
State employee salaries have a wide range, from administrative assistants paid an hourly wage of $16, to college sports coaches who make more than $1 million a year.
This database excludes university employees because they use a different operating system. But Boise State University’s head football coach, Spencer Danielson, is the highest-paid state worker with a salary of more than $1.1 million. Boise State’s Leon Rice, the men’s basketball coach, is the second-highest paid with over $1 million.
Boise State President Marlene Tromp and University of Idaho President C. Scott Green top the list of administrators on compensation Tromp makes over $473,000 annually, while Green makes $479,000.
Excluding university employees, the next-highest-paid state employees are executives at the State Insurance Fund—Richard Ferguson and Michael Haxby — who make more than $395,000 a year.
Elected officials make much less. The highest paid, Gov. Brad Little, makes $151,400 a year. Attorney General Raúl Labrador makes $146,730. Meanwhile, state lawmakers made around $20,000 this year, though their pay will increase to $25,000 next year. Idaho State Police troopers — excluding new hires — earned an average of about $84,000 a year.
Search the pay of Idaho’s more than 35,000 employees with the Statesman’s state workers database here.
This story was originally published December 2, 2024 at 4:00 AM.
