7) Jerry Brown, Governor of California ($173,987)

Edmund ‘Jerry’ G. Brown is a member of the Democratic Party. His was sworn in as the Governor of California on January 3 2011. His salary is 30 percent higher than the average for all governors and 49 percent higher than average for governors from the West. He was previously elected governor in 1974 and served two terms, during which time he established the first agricultural labor relations law in the country.