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If legislators want raises to “full-time” pay, then they should tie their pay to the median income of the wage earners in Hawaii. That’s the only way they can appreciate what their constituents make for a living.
According to ZipRecruiter, the average salary in 2020 was $52,228 per year.
Their constituents can’t give themselves raises.
Cyrus Won
Wilhelmina Rise
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