Real pay during each state or provincial leader's tenure, worldwide
103 states, provinces and nations in 5 countries, ranked against one another by how real pay changed from each office-holder's first day in office, each on its own country's figures, next to its own country over the same months. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.
| # | Office-holder | Place | In office | Total | vs country | Per year | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PSD Marcos Rocha | Rondônia Governor · Brazil | 1 Jan 2019 – now | +32.1% Q4 2018 → Q2 2026 | +20.2 pts Brazil +11.9% | +3.8%/yr | |
| 2 | PT Elmano de Freitas | Ceará Governor · Brazil | 1 Jan 2023 – now | +30.3% Q4 2022 → Q2 2026 | +17.6 pts Brazil +12.7% | +7.9%/yr | |
| 3 | PSD Fábio Mitidieri | Sergipe Governor · Brazil | 1 Jan 2023 – now | +29.2% Q4 2022 → Q2 2026 | +16.6 pts Brazil +12.7% | +7.6%/yr | |
| 4 | ALP Jon Stanhope | Australian Capital Territory Chief Minister · Australia | 12 Nov 2001 – 16 May 2011 | +25.4% 2001 → 2011 | +10.1 pts Australia +15.4% | +2.3%/yr | |
| 5 | PT Jerônimo Rodrigues | Bahia Governor · Brazil | 1 Jan 2023 – now | +22.9% Q4 2022 → Q2 2026 | +10.2 pts Brazil +12.7% | +6.1%/yr | |
| 6 | NOVO Romeu Zema | Minas Gerais Governor · Brazil | 1 Jan 2019 – 22 Mar 2026 | +22.6% Q4 2018 → Q4 2025 | +10.5 pts Brazil +12.1% | +3.0%/yr | |
| 7 | UNIÃO Ronaldo Caiado | Goiás Governor · Brazil | 1 Jan 2019 – 31 Mar 2026 | +22.3% Q4 2018 → Q4 2025 | +10.3 pts Brazil +12.1% | +2.9%/yr | |
| 8 | PSB João Azevêdo | Paraíba Governor · Brazil | 1 Jan 2023 – 2 Apr 2026 | +22.0% Q4 2022 → Q1 2026 | +7.5 pts Brazil +14.5% | +6.3%/yr | |
| 9 | ALP Paul Henderson | Northern Territory Chief Minister · Australia | 26 Nov 2007 – 29 Aug 2012 | +19.4% 2007 → 2012 | +12.2 pts Australia +7.1% | +3.6%/yr | |
| 10 | PL Jorginho Melo | Santa Catarina Governor · Brazil | 1 Jan 2023 – now | +19.3% Q4 2022 → Q2 2026 | +6.6 pts Brazil +12.7% | +5.2%/yr |
Showing 10 of 293 tenures.
Sorted by total, highest first. Rows measure average or median pay in today's money, hourly, weekly or monthly as each country measures it; each place is read from its own statistics office's series (the row's chart names it), so a change is set against the place's own first day, never against another country's level. Every row is indexed to the last month, quarter or count complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period had no data, or because the period cut it); each place's own country is measured over the same months. Changes are per cent; "per year" compounds them. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. Data as of Sep 2026.