Oregon pays its statewide officeholders, including Secretary of State Shemia Fagan, a pittance compared to other West Coast states and significantly less than members of local governments including the Portland City Council and the Multnomah County Commission.
Fagan’s modest annual government salary of $77,000 — well below her California and Washington counterparts’ pay of $168,000 and $137,000 respectively — elicited a mix of surprise and mild shock as details about her side job as a consultant for an embattled cannabis company continued to emerge Monday.