The highest-paid governor, of those who accept governor salaries, is New York’s Elliot Spitzer, who earns $179,000.
Over in New Jersey, Governor Jon Corzine accepts an annual salary of $1. If Corzine took home the entire salary of the governor for this state, he would earn $175,000. Don’t worry about Corzine though, before entering the governor’s mansion, he was the chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs.