How much do poll workers get paid in the US in 2021?

It is Election Day 2021 in the US, with three gubernatorial elections and numerous other political races taking place on November 2. Given the prevalence of conversations about employment – or lack thereof – in the covid era, and the squeeze many have felt over the last year and a half, curiosity about how much poll workers earn is understandable. So, how much can you get paid as an election worker in the US in 2021?

How much do poll workers get paid in the US?

How much you can earn during Election Day depends on which state you live in. Some states pay poll workers by the hour, others by the day.

Some counties, like Alameda County, California, offer election day workers a (modest) bonus for serving all of the days requested.

A poll worker’s daily pay rate also depends on their duties and responsibilities, which depend, in turn, on their level of experience. Age is also a factor.

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For example, in San Diego, Technical Inspectors earn $14.25 per hour. For those who have previous poll worker experience, the role of Precinct Inspector pays $17.61 per hour.

In Los Angeles County, election workers can earn between $140 and $240 for working on Election Day. Meanwhile, according to the California Secretary of State website, student poll workers can expect to receive a stipend of between $65 and $150, depending on the county.

How has poll worker pay changed over time to 2021?

Per a Money.com write-up on how much poll workers tend to make, US states hired over 730,000 people for the 2014 midterms.

“But they’re not easy to find.”

In order to limit the potential for worker shortages, several states have raised election worker wages in recent years.

West Virginia eliminated a statewide cap of $175; New York City raised its daily pay by $50, and Philadelphia by $20.

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Money encourages those wanting to become a poll worker to contact their local elections office. As there’s no centralised database containing all the information on how much each state, county and precinct pays its poll workers, that’s the surest way to find out how much you can expect to earn.

How does Election Day worker pay compare to minimum wage?

In the top 20 most populous US counties, poll worker daily pay ranges from $75 (the minimum in San Diego) to $269.09 (the maximum in Miami–Date County, Florida) per day, or $8 to $16.95 per hour.

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The federal minimum wage in the US is $7.25 per hour. However, many states – not all – have their own minimum wages.

Georgia’s minimum wage is just $5.15 per hour; Louisiana has no minimum wage law; and Washington State tops the list with a minimum wage of $13.69.

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Bruno Cooke

Bruno is a novelist, amateur screenwriter and journalist with interests in digital media, storytelling, film and politics. He’s lived in France, China, Sri Lanka and the Philippines, but returned to the UK for a degree (and because of the pandemic) in 2020. His articles have appeared in Groundviews, Forge Press and The Friday Poem, and most are readable on Medium or onurbicycle.com.

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