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HRS §26-52

How top state officials get paid

This law sets how much certain state leaders are paid. The education and university boards set those salaries. Other department heads get pay recommended by a special commission, and the adjutant general has a set salary unless federal rules say otherwise.

state agencies

The statute, as written — Department heads and executive officers

The salaries of the following state officers shall be as follows: (1) The salary of the superintendent of education shall be set by the board of education. The superintendent shall be subject to an annual performance evaluation that is in alignment with other employee evaluations within the department of education and are based on outcomes determined by the board of education; provided that nothing shall prohibit the board of education from conditioning a portion of the salary on performance; (2) The salary of the president of the university of Hawaii shall be set by the board of regents; (3) Effective July 1, 2004, the salaries of all department heads or executive officers of the departments of accounting and general services; agriculture and biosecurity; attorney general; budget and finance; business, economic development, and tourism; commerce and consumer affairs; corrections and rehabilitation; Hawaiian home lands; health; human resources development; human services; labor and industrial relations; land and natural resources; law enforcement; taxation; and transportation shall be as last recommended by the executive salary commission. Effective July 1, 2007, and every six years thereafter, the salaries shall be as last recommended by the commission on salaries pursuant to section 26-56, unless rejected by the legislature; and (4) The salary of the adjutant general shall be $85,302 a year. Effective July 1, 2007, and every six years thereafter, the salary of the adjutant general shall be as last recommended by the commission on salaries pursuant to section 26-56, unless rejected by the legislature, except that if the state salary is in conflict with the pay and allowance fixed by the tables of the regular Army or Air Force of the United States, the latter shall prevail.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

Sections this one refers to

§26-56 Who sets salaries for top state officials

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