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By Sam Douglass
Information for In Committee news reports are sourced from GoldenDomeVt.com and the General Assembly website. Generative AI has not been used in the writing of this story.
Salary increases for Vermont’s statewide elected officials are moving forward as part of a broader biennial bill that adjusts state employee wages based on collective bargaining agreements (CBAs). Statewide officers—including the governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general—are included alongside other state employees in receiving wage increases tied to those agreements.
The biennial legislation, also known as the Pay Act, was passed unanimously out of the House Committee on Government Operations on Friday. The committee-approved version sets in law a four percent and three percent wage increase for state employees and state troopers for fiscal years 2027 and 2028, respectively. This increase is in addition to a 1.9 percent increase statewide, marking a total of 5.9 percent in FY2027 and 4.9 percent in FY2028. Under the CBA, Vermont’s elected statewide officers are set to receive the same increases.
According to Business Insider, the Governor of Vermont receives the fourth highest salary in the nation behind New York, Pennsylvania, and California. As of July 12, 2026, the Governor’s salary will be increased to $243,520 and the Lieutenant Governor’s salary will be raised to $103,369.
The Secretary of State, Treasurer, and Auditor receive the same wage, which will rise to $154,413 on July 12, 2026. The Attorney General’s salary is set to rise to $184,894.
Below are the salaries of all state employees earning $180,000 or more as of February 25, 2026. Source: State of Vermont:
| Bundock,Elizabeth A | Chief Medical Examiner | Health | Classified | 332,571.20 |
| McCubbin,Kathleen R. | Deputy Chief Medical Examiner | Health | Classified | 266,385.60 |
| Rapaport,Michael E | Medicaid Medical Director | Vermont Health Access | Exempt | 255,756.80 |
| Amoresano,Elaine R | Deputy Chief Medical Examiner | Health | Classified | 251,596.80 |
| Saroyan,John Meran | Director, Blueprint for Health | Vermont Health Access | Exempt | 235,331.20 |
| Scott,Philip B | Governor | Executive Office | Exempt | 226,012.80 |
| Reiber,Paul L | Chief Justice | Judiciary | Exempt | 225,576.00 |
| Corsones,Therese M | State Court Administrator | Judiciary | Exempt | 215,280.00 |
| Drescher,Michael | Associate Justice | Judiciary | Exempt | 215,280.00 |
| Eaton Jr.,Harold E | Associate Justice | Judiciary | Exempt | 215,280.00 |
| Nolan,Christina | Associate Justice | Judiciary | Exempt | 215,280.00 |
| Waples,Nancy | Associate Justice | Judiciary | Exempt | 215,280.00 |
| Zonay,Thomas A | Chief Superior Judge | Judiciary | Exempt | 215,280.00 |
| Shapiro,Wendy | Chief Executive Officer | Mental Health | Exempt | 213,096.00 |
| Arms,Alison S | Superior Judge | Judiciary | Exempt | 204,651.20 |
| Badgewick,Bonnie | Superior Judge | Judiciary | Exempt | 204,651.20 |
| Barra,David A | Superior Judge | Judiciary | Exempt | 204,651.20 |
| Barrett,Jennifer L | Superior Judge | Judiciary | Exempt | 204,651.20 |
| Battles,Benjamin | Superior Judge | Judiciary | Exempt | 204,651.20 |
| Burke,Alexander N | Superior Judge | Judiciary | Exempt | 204,651.20 |
| Corbett IV,Henry D | Superior Judge | Judiciary | Exempt | 204,651.20 |
| Corsones,Cortland T | Superior Judge | Judiciary | Exempt | 204,651.20 |
| DiSano,Dana | Superior Judge | Judiciary | Exempt | 204,651.20 |
| Doherty,Timothy | Superior Judge | Judiciary | Exempt | 204,651.20 |
| Fenster,David R | Superior Judge | Judiciary | Exempt | 204,651.20 |
| Foster,Owen | Chair, Green Mtn Care Board | Green Mountain Care Board | Exempt | 204,651.20 |
| Gallagher,Kate | Superior Judge | Judiciary | Exempt | 204,651.20 |
| Gray,Heather J | Superior Judge | Judiciary | Exempt | 204,651.20 |
| Griffin,Kevin W | Superior Judge | Judiciary | Exempt | 204,651.20 |
| Harris,Michael J | Superior Judge | Judiciary | Exempt | 204,651.20 |
| Jiron,Justin | Superior Judge | Judiciary | Exempt | 204,651.20 |
| Kainen,Michael R | Superior Judge | Judiciary | Exempt | 204,651.20 |
| Kalfus,Howard A | Superior Judge | Judiciary | Exempt | 204,651.20 |
| Katims,Robert W | Superior Judge | Judiciary | Exempt | 204,651.20 |
| Malone,Rachel M | Superior Judge | Judiciary | Exempt | 204,651.20 |
| Mann,Elizabeth | Superior Judge | Judiciary | Exempt | 204,651.20 |
| McDonald-Cady,Kerry | Superior Judge | Judiciary | Exempt | 204,651.20 |
| McLean,Joseph S | Environmental Judge | Judiciary | Exempt | 204,651.20 |
| McManus,Susan A | Superior Judge | Judiciary | Exempt | 204,651.20 |
| Mcnamara,Ed | Public Utility Comm Chair | Public Utility Commission | Exempt | 204,651.20 |
| Morrissey,Mary L | Superior Judge | Judiciary | Exempt | 204,651.20 |
| Novotny,Elizabeth | Superior Judge | Judiciary | Exempt | 204,651.20 |
| Owyang,Colin George | Superior Judge | Judiciary | Exempt | 204,651.20 |
| Pacht,John L | Superior Judge | Judiciary | Exempt | 204,651.20 |
| Richardson,Daniel P | Superior Judge | Judiciary | Exempt | 204,651.20 |
| Rowntree,Laura C | Superior Judge | Judiciary | Exempt | 204,651.20 |
| Schoonover,Kirstin | Superior Judge | Judiciary | Exempt | 204,651.20 |
| Shafritz,Megan | Superior Judge | Judiciary | Exempt | 204,651.20 |
| Spero,Navah | Superior Judge | Judiciary | Exempt | 204,651.20 |
| Thibault,Rory | Superior Judge | Judiciary | Exempt | 204,651.20 |
| Tomasi,Timothy B | Superior Judge | Judiciary | Exempt | 204,651.20 |
| Treadwell,John R | Superior Judge | Judiciary | Exempt | 204,651.20 |
| Valente,John W | Superior Judge | Judiciary | Exempt | 204,651.20 |
| Walsh,Thomas G | Environmental Judge | Judiciary | Exempt | 204,651.20 |
| Warren,Lisa A | Superior Judge | Judiciary | Exempt | 204,651.20 |
| Hildebrant,Rick | Commissioner | Health | Exempt | 197,516.80 |
| Henry,Eric | Principal Assistant | Vermont Pension Investment Com | Exempt | 196,060.80 |
| Morehouse,Tanya Elizabeth | Chief Auditor | Auditor of Accounts’ Office | Classified | 184,995.20 |
| Birmingham,Matthew T | Colonel, VSP | Public Safety | Exempt | 184,360.80 |
| Clark,Sarah | Agency Secretary | Administration Agency | Exempt | 182,083.20 |
| Farnham Jr.,Douglas | Chief Recovery Officer | Administration Agency | Exempt | 182,083.20 |
| Flynn,Joseph | Agency Secretary | Transportation Agency | Exempt | 182,083.20 |
| Gibbs,Jason G | Chief of Staff | Executive Office | Exempt | 182,083.20 |
| Kurrle,Lindsay H | Agency Secretary | Commerce & Community Dev Agenc | Exempt | 182,083.20 |
| Samuelson,Jenney L | Agency Secretary | Human Services Agency | Exempt | 182,083.20 |
| Reilly-Hughes,Denise | Agency Secretary | Digital Services Agency | Exempt | 181,729.60 |
| Saunders,Zoie | Agency Secretary | Education Agency | Exempt | 181,729.60 |
| Knight,Gregory C | Adjutant General | Military | Exempt | 181,688.00 |
| Moore,Julia S | Agency Secretary | Natural Resources Agency | Exempt | 181,688.00 |
| Tebbetts,Anson B | Agency Secretary | Agriculture, Food & Mrkts Agen | Exempt | 181,688.00 |
| Kennedy,Michael E | Bar Counsel | Judiciary | Exempt | 180,003.20 |
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Guess working for the devil, whoops, government is a pretty lucrative proposition! Wish I had the ability to do a mediocre job, and vote to give myself a raise. 4th highest state paid Governor? What is Scott doing that is so special? Man this pisses me off, as it should every Vermonter.
You know the old saying, Those who can, do. Those that can’t, become bureaucrats/politician
Josh, I agree with you 100%!!! Scott, the 4th highest state paid governor, REALLY!!!!! and yet we are one of the highest states for drugs, crime, etc. and one of the lowest in education.
He earns every penny by playing defense against the demoprog majority, who would have Vermont competing in a contest for leftiest, luniest state against California, Oregon and New York. Rock on, Governor, you are appreciated.
You are right Rich. Think of where Vermont would be if Governor Scott wasn’t at least trying to slow down the progressive takeover of the state.
They could give everyone some property tax relief if they refused to take a raise this year. Bring yourselves down to our level, where an extra $100 left at the end of the month from Social Security, is something special. Retirees got 2.8% raise this year. WOW!!!
Where’s my raise?… people that contribute to your salary would like know. Montpelier has no shame.
Retirees got only fifty percent of the increase, and the other went to Medicare. Wait until the gas prices go up and see how much tax that will be required to fund this crime operation.
Just think, gas prices may actually reach the ‘ideal’ level the Democrats have proposed for years since the idea of their ‘floating tax’ to keep the minimum per gallon price for Regular at $4.00 a gallon regardless of the price of oil, they should be happy
Here we have the summary of what’s wrong in Vermont — government destroying the economy while rewarding itself for the act.
“Collective bargaining” is also what permits teachers and superintendents to receive steady raises and few firings despite utter failure to serve the students (who are not unionized). Vermont has lost nearly 30% of its student body in recent decades, but it hasn’t lost a single school superintendent, and hires yet more teachers and aids while test scores drop. The state’s progressive bureaucrats continue to fail upwards, spending ever more money to achieve ever more “inequitable” results. It will teeter along until it kills the host.
Absolutely.
The rico is amazing. Plan a demic, experiment with a known carcinogenic intervention, coerce and demand its acceptance, crash the economy, send it all to the deep elite, raise taxes while inflating the money supply, resulting in a hidden increase of taxes what 50%? +/-, and go along with treason on multiple levels, a war on behalf of another country that collapses our economy, and VIOLA, you have conditions to roll out the control grid gulag. Which according to these, the state has no authority to refuse. Let’s apply the constitution shall we? They certainly will not.
PUBLIC NOTICE. Looks like we have a problem in the St. Albans City water department with their new water meters. Bills coming out show a much larger use in gallons that are being used. We shut down our water system and looked for leaks and found none. During the shut down i checked the meter and it showed gallons being used. Now if you have this problem, you may want to call St. Albans City.
interesting, look forward to an update regarding why water gallons are being recorded as used when the water is turned off….hmmmmm
I’ve got an idea where the SOV should start cutting the budget . Guess the first place I’d start . How about cutting the salary of everybody on this list by 10% for a start . Next, How is it that a doctor who’s patients are allready dead probably makes more $$$ than the ones that actually save lives ? (The average salary for a physician is $248,361 per year in Vermont. 50 salaries taken from job postings on Indeed in the past 36 months (updated March 13, 2026).
The governors of California, New York, and Pennsylvania rank #s 1, 4, and 5 in population whereas Vermont ranks 51st . . . how can it be justified that Scott is the FOURTH highest paid governor? Looking at that list it is abundantly apparent that cuts need to be made there in addition to education.
Wonder who is making all the money in St. Albans City Vermont, with all of the inflated water bills that are being talked about on other websites. Comment from Richard Day with humble apology to the city.
This proposed increase to $243,520 is more than the US Congress at $174,000, I think. They just had a raise. They’ll get what they wish for. Adding this to the incomes of the population, it shows that VT is a wealthy state and the super majority owns the land in total., more should want to buy and live here. More for new people in taxpelier. The GREEN DOLLAR MOUNTAIN STATE. Sorry peons.
Just don’t buy rural property, because you’ll never be allowed to build anything on it if the transplants get their way.
in a real job, you would only get a raise if you did a great job. These politicians don’t deserve races. They have done nothing but screw the Americans and every person in Vermont. Maybe you should be paying the difference of the Taxes that you have been adding to the Vermont citizens. None of you deserve a raise. Democrats are domestic terrorists.
They must increase and we must decrease that is what the difference is between their raises and ours.
37 superior court judges?
The total amount of raises noted in the article is $15,719,129.40 for 77 people thus far. Voting for their own salaries. AND more to come as noted. VT wants to rank highest in Government salaries and the worse in education for the kids (what’s left for enrollments). The legislators just received a pay raise. The title in this articele mentions EARNED. What crap terminology, they EARN nothing, just parasites and seek government to exist. Just like in a septic tank, all the crap floats to the top and they get paid for just floating around. Taxpelier has a people problem, not the residents.
Regarding the residents, forgot to add that there is a resident problem due to the people that vote these characters to office, suspect mostly Flatlanders.. Noted as Wayne says, 37 judges, These lawyers have sought VT government to make a living, couldn’t do it in private practice. Indicates they don’t have the intelligence to survive or make correct decisions, mostly liberal.
Another government circle jerk. Since their pay is tied to government union negotiations, they have no incentive to clamp down on union pay, as a great deal for the unions will benefit them. On a side note, what the hell is a Chief Recovery Officer?
OMG! Those salaries are obscene. Almost a quarter of a million dollars to be the govie. Not to mention all the bureaucrats whose salaries are more than a quarter million. Please excuse me while I go throw up.
If all the Republicans refuse these raises, maybe the Dem/Progs might feel stupid and refuse the raise also. One could hope.
Let us return to the City of St. Albans water meters. Spent some time looking at my old bills from the old meter and something is not looking normal with these bills on gallons being used. Comment from Richard Day hoping this is being looked at.
Are your meters read by someone each month or have they gone remote digital meters, similar to the electric smart meters?
help me out…
I did all my schooling here and
I’m a little slow on the up take…..
Vermont has the lowest GDP out of any state in the union
and the 5th highest tax burden per capita
and everyone is getting a raise ????
Dan Alar Yes, i believe these new meters are digital and that is why i would not let them put a electric smart meter on my house.
If you were to somehow stop them from working, you can bet your ass they would be there in twenty minutes to find out why. Richard, I find this interesting, please keep us informed. Thanks for your military service.
And we wonder why taxes are so high !
The inflated water bills will cost you more if you are on the St. Albans waste water treatment operation as it is based on the amount of water you use. My gallons increase was about four thousand more gallons for a three month period with the new meter and there no way that could have happened. We are not on there waste water system and we do not get a bill for that.