• Legislators receive several types of compensation and reimbursement and a district office allowance

• Virginia legislators report spending substantial time on their job throughout the year

• When considered on an annual basis, legislative responsibilities equate to almost a traditional full-time job

• Virginia legislative salaries tend to be less than legislative salaries in other states

• Virginia legislative salaries are less than salaries of Boards of Supervisors in large Virginia counties

• Virginia’s legislative salaries have not increased since 1988

• Legislators express concern about salaries in context of time and effort required

• Salaries of Virginia Senators and Delegates should be increased

• Virginia’s ad hoc process to determine legislative salaries has been inadequate