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Legislative Membership, Salaries, and Permanent Staff, 2008
  Legislators Salary ($) Permanent Staff1
Texas 181 7,2002 1,745
Other States (median)2 143 17,671 303
Congress4 535 169,300 29,525
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Source: Book of the States 2007; National Council of State Legislators; Congressional Research Service; U.S. Office of Personnel Management (full source, footnotes 1, 2, 3, and 4)