Zohran Mamdani's salary puts him among the highest-paid mayors in the US - see the list

"Mayoral salaries range widely across the nation, with some in smaller towns earning as little as a couple of thousand dollars a year, to the six-figure salaries that many major city leaders earn. Since mayors' salaries are set at the local level by city councils and local legislatures, there are no centralized reports on what mayors earn across all cities and towns. And a larger city doesn't always mean a bigger payday for its mayor. Some high-earning enclaves with as few as 1,000 residents pay their mayors higher salaries than those in some of the nation's largest cities."

"It pays big to lead a city - sometimes more than it does to lead the state. Zohran Mamdani, the newly inaugurated mayor of New York City, is joining the exclusive ranks of mayors who outearn their governors' salaries. San Francisco mayor, Daniel Lurie, forgoes his $383,760 salary, the highest in the nation. We compiled recent reports on local mayor salaries to identify mayors who earn more than $200,000 a year."

Mayoral salaries vary widely across the United States, ranging from a few thousand dollars in small towns to six-figure compensation for many major-city leaders. Local city councils and legislatures set mayoral pay, creating no centralized nationwide reporting of mayoral earnings. A larger municipal population does not guarantee a higher mayoral salary; some wealthy enclaves with as few as 1,000 residents pay more than some of the nation's largest cities. Several mayors now earn more than $200,000 annually, and a compiled list identifies 19 of the highest-paid mayors alongside city population estimates from the latest US Census.

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