MPs salaries

Derek Cheng at NZ Herald reports:

Twenty-five new members of Parliament will pick up a pay packet of at least $141,800 – a huge pay rise for some of the newcomers.

It is not a universal rule, but for those from the centre-left an MPs pay packet is the highest salary they have ever had in their lives. While for many from the centre-right, it is a considerable drop in income.

Here’s what the salaries will be for the various MPs.

• PM – $411,500
• Deputy PM – $291,800
• Cabinet Ministers – $257,800
• Speaker – $257,800
• Leader of the Opposition – $257,800
• Ministers outside Cabinet – $217,200
• Government Chief Whip – $192,370
• Members of Executive Council not a full Minister – $189,000
• Labour Deputy Leader – $184,790
• Labour Senior Whip – $183,940
• Deputy Speaker – $181,200
• Green Party Leader – $174,790
• NZ First Party Leader – $168,640
• Under-Secretaries $168,600
• Green Whip – $164,310
• Maori Party Leader – $161,250
• NZ First Whip – $158,160
• Mana Party Leader – $157,550
• Assistant Speakers – $155,700
• National and Labour Junior Whips – $155,700
• Select Committee Chairs – $155,700
• Select Committee Deputy Chairs – $146,200
• Member of Parliament – $141,800

If a leadership position is shared, my understanding is that the difference between the Leader’s salary and a normal MPs salary is shared between them – they don’t both get the full leader salary.