Full list of MPs Salaries

Parliament now has the Remuneration Authority determination on line. These salaries are backdated to 1 July 2008 so Helen gets a golden handshake 🙂

Salary levels are:

1. $393,000 – Prime Minister (1)
2. $276,700 – Deputy Prime Minister (1)
3. $243,700 – Cabinet Ministers, Speaker, Opposition Leader (20)
4. $204,300 – Non Cabinet Ministers (8)
5. $180,400 – Senior Government Whip (1)
6. $176,900 – Minister without portfolios (0)
7. $176,170 – Labour Deputy Leader (1)
8. $176,100 – Labour Senior Whip (1)
9. $169,900 – Deputy Speaker (1)
10. $157,000 – Parliamentary Under Secretaries (0)
11. $155,900 – Green Party Leader – Eight MPs (1)
12. $146,900 – Green Party Whip (1)
13. $144,500 – Assistant Speakers, Progressive Party Leader, Maori Party Whip, ACT Whip, National and Labour Junior Whips (7)
14. $144,500 – Select Committee Chairs (14)
15. $135,300 – Select Committee Deputy Chairs (14)
16. $131,000 – All other MPs (51)

For those interested, the total annual salary bill will be $19,793,170 and the average salary is 162,239. The median salary however is $135,300.