The Governors of the 50 states have been thrust into the limelight more than ever before during the COVID-19 crisis. Some have bigger jobs than ever. California’s Gavin Newsom governs a state with nearly 40 million people.

Wyoming’s Mark Gordon oversees a state with 578,759 people – Los Angeles County alone has more than 10 million residents.

California is the most populous state in the U.S., and if it were its own country, it would have the fifth-largest economy in the world. Wyoming is the least populous state. As you can imagine, the jobs of the governors of just these two states come with wildly different problems to tackle. And, like most jobs, the pay is commensurate with the size of the job at hand.

Governors in more populous states like California and New York tend to make more than governors in less populous states like Wyoming and Vermont.

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