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Team 4: Salaries In Pa. Senators' Offices

POSTED: 1:55 pm EST November 16, 2007
UPDATED: 12:30 pm EST November 27, 2007

Jobs listed by salary level, title and location. Information provided by Senate clerk's office. Cost per constituent amount was calculated by totaling staff salaries and dividing by the number of people residing in that legislative district, according to U.S. Census.
Staff member lists include employees assigned to each lawmaker for district office, caucus and committee assignments.

Costa, Jay (D) - District 43


$34,500 - Constitutency Relations - Pittsburgh
$26,942 - Constitutency Relations - Pittsburgh
$42,000 - Constitutency Relations - Pittsburgh
$42,000 - Constitutency Relations - Pittsburgh
$45,000 - Constitutency Relations - Pittsburgh
$38,000 - Administrative - Harrisburg
$31,000 - Constitutency Relations - Pittsburgh
$88,000 - Policy Development - Harrisburg
$31,000 - Constitutency Relations - Homestead
$34,500 - Constitutency Relations - Pittsburgh
$24,000 - Administrative - Harrisburg
$63,000 - Chief of Staff - Pittsburgh

Total Salaries:
$499,942

Cost per constituent:
$2.04

Ferlo, Jim (D) - District 38


$57,846 - Chief of Staff - Harrisburg
$25,000 - Constitutency Relations - Pittsburgh
$18,205 - Administrative - Pittsburgh
$39,249 - Constitutency Relations - Pittsburgh
$31,140 - Constitutency Relations - Pittsburgh
$27,397 - Administrative - Pittsburgh
$6,958 - Constitutency Relations - Pittsburgh
$42,000 - Constitutency Relations - Pittsburgh
$53,217 - Constitutency Relations - Pittsburgh
$6,692 - Constitutency Relations - Pittsburgh
$42,174 - Administrative - Harrisburg
$41,520 - Constitutency Relations - Pittsburgh
$40,085 - Constitutency Relations - Pittsburgh

Total Salaries:
$431,483

Cost per constituent:
$1.76

Fontana, Wayne (D) - District 42


$16,576 - Constitutency Relations - Pittsburgh
$16,576 - Constitutency Relations - Pittsburgh
$35,000 - Constitutency Relations - Kennedy Twp
$20,721 - Constitutency Relations - Pittsburgh
$68,000 - Chief of Staff - Harrisburg
$15,000 - Constitutency Relations - Kennedy Twp (listed as temp. hourly employee)
$27,972 - Administrative - Harrisburg
$12,000 - Constitutency Relations - Pittsburgh
$32,000 - Constitutency Relations - Pittsburgh
$39,500 - Constitutency Relations - Pittsburgh
$30,000 - Constitutency Relations - Pittsburgh
$31,500 - Constitutency Relations - Pittsburgh
$16,576 - Constitutency Relations - Kennedy Twp

Total Salaries:
$361,421

Cost per constituent:
$1.47

Kasunic, Richard (D) - District 32


$54,196 - Constitutency Relations - Harrisburg
$27,000 - Administrative - Harrisburg
$60,000 - Chief of Staff - Harrisburg
$46,000 - Administrative - Harrisburg
$25,000 - Constitutency Relations - Somerset
$53,000 - Constitutency Relations - Dunbar
$35,768 - Constitutency Relations - Somerset
$55,000 - Constitutency Relations - Dunbar
$30,306 - Constitutency Relations - Dunbar

Total Salaries:
$386,270

Cost per constituent:
$1.57

LaValle, Gerald (D) - District 47


$9.75/hour - Administrative - Rochester
$11/hour - Administrative - Rochester
$139,336 - Policy Development - Harrisburg
$54,750 - Legislative Support - Harrisburg
$35,336 - Constitutency Relations - New Castle
$153,657 - Policy Development - Harrisburg
$97,955 - Policy Development - Harrisburg
$25,000 - Constitutency Relations - New Castle
$71,339 - Constitutency Relations - Harrisburg
$153,943 - Chief of Staff - Harrisburg
$49,251 - Legislative Support - Harrisburg
$41,888 - Administrative - Harrisburg
$55,115 - Legislative Support - Harrisburg
$31,780 - Professional/Managerial - Harrisburg
$33,000 - Constitutency Relations - Rochester
$39,868 - Constitutency Relations - Rochester
$54,195 - Constitutency Relations - Rochester
$42,286 - Administrative - Harrisburg
$38,979 - Administrative - Harrisburg
$97,919 - Policy Development - Harrisburg
$51,665 - Administrative - Harrisburg
$93,451 - Chief of Staff - Harrisburg
$24,380 - Constitutency Relations - Rochester
$31,000 - Administrative - Harrisburg
$84,608 - Legislative Support - Harrisburg
$98,543 - Professional/Managerial - Harrisburg

Total Salaries:
$1,599,244

Cost per constituent:
$6.51

Logan, Sean (D) - District 45


$23,402 - Administrative - Monroeville
$29,000 - Constitutency Relations - McKeesport
$38,476 - Administrative - Monroeville
$37,500 - Administrative - Harrisburg
$57,090 - Chief of Staff - New Kensington
$22,682 - Administrative - McKeesport
$32,000 - Constitutency Relations - Monroeville
$37,456 - Constitutency Relations - McKeesport
$24,726 - Constitutency Relations - Monroeville
$20,872 - Constitutency Relations - Monroeville
$31,140 - Constitutency Relations - Monroeville
$71,000 - Chief of Staff - Monroeville
$20,000 - Constitutency Relations - McKeesport

Total Salaries:
$445,344

Cost per constituent:
$1.81

Orie, Jane (R) - District 40


$40,000 - Constitutency Relations - Pittsburgh
$55,654 - Legislative Support - Harrisburg
$31,035 - Constitutency Relations - Pittsburgh
$17,992 - Constitutency Relations - Cranberry Twp
$13,494 - Constitutency Relations - Pittsburgh
$88,151 - Legislative Support - Harrisburg
$35,292 - Constitutency Relations - Pittsburgh
$65,275 - Constitutency Relations - Harrisburg
$26,000 - Constitutency Relations - Cranberry Twp
$40,054 - Administrative - Harrisburg
$40,000 - Constitutency Relations - Pittsburgh
$72,283 - Chief of Staff - Pittsburgh
$45,000 - Constitutency Relations - Harrisburg
$26,988 - Constitutency Relations - Pittsburgh
$34,793 - Administrative - Harrisburg
$119,140 - Policy Development - Harrisburg

Total Salaries:
$751,151

Cost per constituent:
$3.06

Pippy, John (R) - District 37


$26,754 - Administrative - Harrisburg
$74,151 - Chief of Staff - Pittsburgh
$28,500 - Constitutency Relations - Pittsburgh
$36,509 - Constitutency Relations - Moon Twp
$47,416 - Constitutency Relations - Moon Twp
$71,057 - Legislative Support - Harrisburg
$38,036 - Constitutency Relations - Moon Twp
$29,430 - Administrative - Pittsburgh
$73,040 - Legislative Support - Harrisburg
$23,874 - Administrative - Moon Twp
$34,197 - Constitutency Relations - Pittsburgh
$34,106 - Administrative - Harrisburg

Total Salaries:
$517,070

Cost per constituent:
$2.11

Regola, Bob (R) - District 39


$34,906 - Administrative - Harrisburg
$29,000 - Constitutency Relations - North Huntingdon
$26,754 - Constitutency Relations - Mt. Pleasant
$57,000 - Chief of Staff - Harrisburg
$50,000 - Constitutency Relations - Greensburg
$28,500 - Administrative - Mt. Pleasant
$20,750 - Constitutency Relations - Greensburg
$21,000 - Constitutency Relations - North Huntingdon
$61,000 - Legislative Support - Harrisburg
$29,000 - Constitutency Relations - Latrobe
$29,430 - Administrative - Greensburg
$28,500 - Constitutency Relations - Greensburg

Total Salaries:
$415,840

Cost per constituent:
$1.69

Robbins, Robert (R) - District 50


$58,706 - Constitutency Relations - Greenville
$43,613 - Constitutency Relations - Meadville
$47,553 - Administrative - Harrisburg
$28,449 - Constitutency Relations - Meadville
$75,000 - Chief of Staff - Harrisburg
$40,741 - Legislative Support - Harrisburg
$30,139 - Constitutency Relations - Greenville
$70,000 - Legislative Support - Harrisburg
$39,444 - Constitutency Relations - Greenville
$48,000 - Legislative Support - Harrisburg
$39,533 - Constitutency Relations - Harrisburg

Total Salaries:
$521,178

Cost per constituent:
$2.12

Scarnati, Joseph (R) - District 25


$39,597 - Constitutency Relations - Brockway
$39,597 - Administrative - Warren
$35,000 - Constitutency Relations - Harrisburg
$59,000 - Professional/Managerial - Harrisburg
$26,936 - Constitutency Relations - Brockway
$101,523 - Policy Development - Harrisburg
$16,614 - Constitutency Relations - Wellsboro
$16,614 - Constitutency Relations - Wellsboro
$86,674 - Legislative Support - Harrisburg
$62,000 - Professional/Managerial - Harrisburg
$55,000 - Legislative Support - Harrisburg
$90,000 - Policy Development - Warren
$102,500 - Chief of Staff - Warren
$38,850 - Constitutency Relations - Warren
$51,035 - Administrative - Harrisburg
$100,750 - Legislative Support - Harrisburg
$25,000 - Constitutency Relations - Warren
$101,971 - Chief of Staff - Harrisburg

Total Salaries:
$1,048,661

Cost per constituent:
$4.27

Stout, Barry (D) - District 46


$26,685 - Constitutency Relations - Eighty-Four
$25,000 - Constitutency Relations - Eighty-Four
$94,900 - Chief of Staff - Eighty-Four
$65,680 - Legislative Support - Harrisburg
$42,942 - Constitutency Relations - Harrisburg
$50,062 - Constitutency Relations - Eighty-Four
$73,416 - Constitutency Relations - Eighty-Four
$35,595 - Administrative - Eighty-Four
$51,523 - Constitutency Relations - Eighty-Four

Total Salaries:
$465,803

Cost per constituent:
$1.90

White, Donald (R) - District 41


$49,525 - Constitutency Relations - Harrisburg
$57,790 - Legislative Support - Harrisburg
$31,189 - Administrative - Murrysville
$67,100 - Constitutency Relations - Harrisburg
$39,911 - Constitutency Relations - Kittanning
$46,545 - Constitutency Relations - Indiana
$30,000 - Administrative - Kittanning
$80,000 - Chief of Staff - Indiana
$31,062 - Constitutency Relations - Indiana
$33,626 - Constitutency Relations - Indiana
$30,880 - Administrative - Harrisburg

Total Salaries:
$497,628

Cost per constituent:
$2.03

White, Mary Jo (R) - District 21


$26,489 - Constitutency Relations - Warren
$52,432 - Administrative - Harrisburg
$37,696 - Constitutency Relations - Clarion
$75,000 - Legislative Support - Harrisburg
$54,327 - Constitutency Relations - Franklin
$37,421 - Constitutency Relations - Butler
$30,713 - Constitutency Relations - Butler
$31,044 - Constitutency Relations - Franklin
$85,000 - Chief of Staff - Harrisburg
$18,418 - Constitutency Relations - Butler

Total Salaries:
$448,540

Cost per constituent:
$1.83

Wozniak, John (D) - District 35


$38,355 - Constitutency Relations - Lock Haven
$23,544 - Constitutency Relations - Philipsburg
$25,002 - Legislative Support - Harrisburg
$46,918 - Constitutency Relations - Harrisburg
$66,150 - Chief of Staff - Harrisburg
$53,039 - Constitutency Relations - Johnstown
$34,965 - Constitutency Relations - Johnstown
$44,995 - Constitutency Relations - Philipsburg
$40,000 - Legislative Support - Harrisburg
$55,431 - Constitutency Relations - Johnstown
$56,543 - Constitutency Relations - Johnstown

Total Salaries:
$484,942

Cost per constituent:
$1.97

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