How much does Gov. Little make? Idaho lawmakers? Search our 2025 salary database
How much do Idaho state lawmakers get paid? What about state police, or Gov. Brad Little?
The Idaho Statesman has compiled the latest data on state workers’ salaries from the State Controller’s Office.
State employees’ pay varies widely, from temp workers and tutors paid a $10 per hour to Boise State University coaches making nearly $2 million a year. University leaders are among the state’s highest-paid workers: C. Scott Green, the president of the University of Idaho, earns over $479,000 annually, trailed by Robert Wager, the president of Idaho State University, who earns $420,000.
Excluding university employees, the next-highest-paid state employees work for the state’s insurance fund. Its executives earn about $354,000 annually.
Elected officials make much less. The state’s justices and district judges earn between $170,000 and $190,000 annually. Gov. Brad Little earns about $151,000, while Attorney General Raúl Labrador makes about $147,000.
Most state lawmakers are paid $25,000 annually, a change from last year, when they made $20,000. Leaders in the House and Senate earn slightly more: Speaker of the House Mike Moyle, R-Star, and Senate Pro Tem Kelly Anthon, R-Burley, earn $30,500.
Idaho State Police troopers earned an average of about $79,500.
Search the pay of Idaho’s more than 36,000 employees with the Statesman’s state workers database below. (If your device doesn’t display the search fields, click here.)
Annual salaries for hourly, full-time employees can be calculated by multiplying their hourly rate by 2,080.
BEHIND THE STORY
MOREWhy did we make this public?
Public employees work for taxpayers. Their salaries and wages are public information.
Idaho state employee pay has been publicly available on various websites, including the Idaho Statesman’s, for years. But there hasn’t always been an easy way to see what Treasure Valley local governments pay their employees.
We believe there is value in opening the curtains to show how governments spend taxpayer money. Not only can that sunshine help prevent and catch fraud, waste and abuse, it lets us see how wages differ between, and within, the many offices of our local governments.
Have an idea for another database? Think we should make more information public? Contact us at newsroom@idahostatesman.com or tips@idahostatesman.com.
How did we get the data?
We requested payroll and overtime data from local governments in December 2025.
What’s the fine print?
First, this is a snapshot in time. Employees are hired, fired, promoted and given raises every day.
Second, employees aren’t all paid the same way. For the most part, you can figure out an employee’s annual pay by multiplying their hourly rate by 2,080. But that’s not always true. Some employees are part-time. Some, like council members, are paid a set amount. Others, especially emergency first responders like firefighters and police officers, can work nontraditional hours and/or get overtime. Their annual pay may be higher — in some cases much higher — than their hourly rate would suggest.
Finally, the “hire date” isn’t necessarily the date that person first joined the ranks of public servants. Some employees are seasonal, temporary or took other jobs between stints working for the city or county.
