Legislative pay varies widely from state to state.

Some state lawmakers are part-time, others are full-time. Some receive daily allowances while others don't.

As MoneyTalksNews found in its analysis of legislative pay, there are as many ways to pay legislators as there are states. MoneyTalkNews used 2017 data from the National Conference of State Legislatures to determine lawmaker pay in each state. Here's what they found, ranked from lowest to highest. One note: Some states pay additional money to legislative leaders. The amount shown is for non-officers.

States that pay legislators by the day of session

New Mexico

No base pay

Plus $164 per diem during session

Kansas

$88.66 per day of session

Plus $142 per diem during session

Montana

$90.64 per day of session

Plus $114.39 per diem during session

Wyoming

$150 per day of session

Plus $109 per diem during session

Nevada

$150.71 per day. Pay is for a maximum of 60 days in session.

Plus $142 per diem during session

North Dakota

$177 per day of session.

Plus lodging reimbursement of up to $1,682 per month

Kentucky

$188.22 a day of session

Plus $154 per diem during session

Utah

$273 per day of session

Plus up to $100 per day of lodging and up to $41 per day for meals during session

State that pays legislators by week

Vermont

$707.36 per week during legislative session

Plus up to $115 per day for lodging or $74 per day for meals during session

State that pays legislators flat sum for two-year term

New Hampshire

$200 per two-year term

Plus $3 per day payment for up to 15 days of special session.

States that pay annual salaries to legislators

South Dakota

$6,000

Plus $142 per day for interim committees and $142 per legislative days

Texas

$7,000

Plus $190 per day during session

Mississippi

$10,000

Plus $142 per day of session

South Carolina

$10,400

Plus $193.53 per session day plus weekly round-trip mileage of 53.5 cents per mile; up to $193.53 per day and $35 per diem for committee meeting days; $1,000 per month expense allowance.

Nebraska

$12,000

Plus up to $142 per day per diem based on location and mileage of 53.5 cents per mile.

North Carolina

$13,951

$104 per diem plus mileage reimbursement of 29 cents per mile; monthly expense allowance of $559.

Rhode Island

$15,429

Plus mileage reimbursement

Louisiana

$16,800

Plus $6,000 annual expense allowance and $156 per diem during session

Idaho

$17,017

Up to $129 a day during session, based on home location

Georgia

$17,342

Plus $173 per day in session

Virginia

$17,640 for House; $18,000 for Senate

Plus $190 per day of session

West Virginia

$20,000

Plus $131 per day of session

Tennessee

$22,667

Plus up to $220 per diem during session

Arizona

$24,000

Up to $60 per day for the first 120 regular session days; $20 per day after that.

Oregon

$24,216

$142 per diem during session

Maine

Up to $24,429 ($14,271 for first regular session, $10,158 for second)

Plus constituent service allowance of up to $200 and $70 per diem during session

Iowa

$25,000

Plus up to $166 per diem based on residence during session

Indiana

$25,435

Plus up to $175 per diem during session

Connecticut

$28,000

Florida

$29,697

Plus $152 per session day

Colorado

$30,000

Plus up to $178 per diem rate during session

Minnesota

$31,140

Plus per diem of up to $86 during session

Missouri

$35,915

Plus $113.30 per diem during session

Oklahoma

$38,400

Plus $156 per day in session

Arkansas

$39,400

Plus $153 per day plus mileage reimbursement during session

Alabama

$44,765

In-state travel reimbursement; out-of-district travel must be for official business and approved.

Delaware

$45,291

Washington

$46,839

Plus $120 per day during session

Maryland

$47,769

Plus $148 per diem and mileage reimbursement of 53.5 cents per mile during session.

New Jersey

$49,000

Alaska

$50,400

Plus up to $247 per session day

Wisconsin

$50,950

Plus up to $157 per day during session, depending on location

Ohio

$60,584

Hawaii

$61,380

Plus up to $225 per diem (based on location) during session

Massachusetts

$62,547

Illinois

$67,836

Plus $111 per session day

Michigan

$71,685

Plus $10,800 expense allowance per year

New York

$79,500

Plus $175 per full day of session

Pennsylvania

$86,478

Plus $179 per session day

California