# @statesman on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/ChcZRNysWoJ
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/15003917-statesman-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2022-08-19T14:01:03.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Austin Statesman (@statesman) — https://gondola.cc/statesman

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Receiving only small salary increases over the past 16 years, Austin City Council members on Thursday played catchup and awarded themselves a significant pay bump that will lift their earnings well into the six-figures.

In a decision that did not go over well when they first proposed it earlier in the week, the council, in one of the final actions in the two-day budget approval meeting, signed off on a 40% pay increase for the 10 district representatives and a 37% pay increase for the mayor.

They mayor's position now pays $134,191 annually. The other council seats pay $116,688.

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