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This page describes the compensation, salaries, and benefits that Virginia's public employees receive from state and local government.

The Bristol Herald Courier performed a salary survey of Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee, and published the results here.

Every year the Mace and Crown, the student newspaper at Old Dominion University, publishes salaries of administrative and faculty employees at ODU. As of October 2008, the latest set of data (March 2008) is available at this website in PDF, Excel, and Text format. Typically when the Mace comes out with new figures, it is posted on the Mace website at maceandcrown.com.

State Government Employee Salaries[1]
Office'07 SalaryCurrent Official
Governor $175,000 Tim Kaine
Lieutenant Governor $36,321 William Bolling
Secretary of State $146,916 Katherine Hanley
Attorney General $150,000 Bill Mims
Treasurer $128,371 Manju Ganeriwala


The salary of Virginia's governor ranks 4th among U.S. governors' salaries. The average salary earned by U.S. governors is $128,735. The median salary earned by U.S. governors is $129,962.


Virginia Judicial Salaries[2]
Position'08 SalaryCurrent Justice
Chief Justice $178,043 Leroy Hassell
Associate Justice $183,839 Barbara Keenan
Associate Justice $183,839 Lawrence Koontz
Associate Justice $183,839 Cynthia Kinser
Associate Justice $183,839 Donald Lemons
Associate Justice $183,839 Bernard Goodwyn
Associate Justice $183,839 Leroy Millette


The salary of Virginia's chief justice ranks 10th among U.S. chief justices' salaries. The average salary earned by U.S. chief justices is $154,707. The median salary earned by U.S. chief justices is $151,284.

The salary of Virginia's associate justices ranks 6th among U.S. associate justices' salaries. The average salary earned by U.S. associate justices is $149,687. The median salary earned by U.S. associate justices is $145,983.

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  1. ‘‘The Council of State Governments,’’ “The Book of the States: 2008”
  2. The National Center for State Courts, "Judicial Salary Resource Center"