| State | Rank | Average Spending Per Member |
| US | – | $347,667 |
| California | 1 | $2,469,708 |
| Pennsylvania | 2 | $1,130,517 |
| Florida | 3 | $1,010,250 |
| New York | 4 | $973,900 |
| Texas | 5 | $669,895 |
| Michigan | 6 | $653,750 |
| New Jersey | 7 | $604,791 |
| Nevada | 8 | $572,015 |
| Alaska | 9 | $525,866 |
| Washington | 10 | $476,904 |
| Illinois | 11 | $420,508 |
| Wisconsin | 12 | $400,878 |
| Oregon | 13 | $324,755 |
| Arkansas | 14 | $324,303 |
| Ohio | 15 | $320,795 |
| Maryland | 16 | $304,180 |
| Connecticut | 17 | $296,850 |
| South Carolina | 18 | $289,464 |
| Nebraska | 19 | $285,897 |
| Louisiana | 20 | $281,847 |
| Hawaii | 21 | $281,263 |
| North Carolina | 22 | $275,382 |
| Kentucky | 23 | $274,311 |
| Massachusetts | 24 | $267,785 |
| Arizona | 25 | $265,100 |
| Minnesota | 26 | $253,213 |
| Virginia | 27 | $243,907 |
| Oklahoma | 28 | $229,651 |
| Rhode Island | 29 | $227,159 |
| Tennessee | 30 | $220,196 |
| Colorado | 31 | $211,310 |
| Indiana | 32 | $210,866 |
| West Virginia | 33 | $195,955 |
| New Mexico | 34 | $193,151 |
| Alabama | 35 | $190,992 |
| Iowa | 36 | $175,793 |
| Delaware | 37 | $171,790 |
| Missouri | 38 | $151,532 |
| Maine | 39 | $128,284 |
| Georgia | 40 | $123,809 |
| Mississippi | 41 | $115,068 |
| Idaho | 42 | $100,304 |
| Utah | 43 | $97,557 |
| Montana | 44 | $97,553 |
| Kansas | 45 | $95,890 |
| Wyoming | 46 | $69,911 |
| North Dakota | 47 | $65,794 |
| Vermont | 48 | $44,300 |
| South Dakota | 49 | $41,276 |
| New Hampshire | 50 | $27,183 |
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Source: National Conference of State Legislatures, based on the U.S. Bureau of the Census state government finance data series for FY 2005, released 2007, and the NCSL count of the number of Legislators as of March 2007.
Calculations: The Empire Center for Public Policy |
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