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New Hampshire Lawmakers Push to End $200 Pay Rate

1/22/2026

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New Hampshire lawmakers earn $200 for a two-year term, making them the lowest-paid legislators in the United States.
The pay rate, established in 1889, has led a bipartisan group to seek removal of the pay language from the New Hampshire constitution, with amendments requiring broad support from both chambers and voters.
House Speaker Sherman Packard of the New Hampshire House criticized the current pay as "ludicrous."

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Story summary

New Hampshire lawmakers earn $200 for a two-year term, making them the lowest-paid legislators in the United States.
The pay rate, established in 1889, has led a bipartisan group to seek removal of the pay language from the New Hampshire constitution, with amendments requiring broad support from both chambers and voters.
House Speaker Sherman Packard of the New Hampshire House criticized the current pay as "ludicrous."