There were no shockers at the top of the Massachusetts legislative payroll for the last two-year session.

House Speaker Ron Mariano and Senate President Karen Spilka were the lead earners for the two years that made up the 2023-2024 legislative session. Each of the Democrats pulled in more than $400,000 over the course of the two-year term, according to state payroll records.

And the top ten highest earners in each branch featured a lineup of well-known pols who either headed up subject-specific committees or served in Republican or Democratic leadership posts.

Mariano and Spilka each have broad control over their respective chambers because Democrats hold a supermajority in both the House and Senate. The two lawmakers also have a large sway over which bills come up for a vote and eventually head to the governor’s desk.

Mariano, a Quincy Democrat, earned $203,142 in 2023, a sum that includes the $73,511 base pay for a lawmaker that year and $129,631 in “other” pay, state records show.

The former schoolteacher took home $203,286 in 2024 after combining the slightly larger $73,655 base pay for a lawmaker that year and $129,631 in “other” pay, according to publicly available data.

Spilka, an Ashland Democrat, also took home $203,142 in 2023 after combining the 2023 base pay and $129,631 in “other” pay, according to state data. The Senate president earned $203,286 in 2024 after adding the base pay for that year and $129,631 in “other” pay, state payroll records show.

Second to Mariano and Spilka for highest-paid legislators over the 2023-2024 session were the two Democrats responsible for crafting the state budget — Sen. Michael Rodrigues of Westport and Rep. Aaron Michlewitz of the North End.

Michlewitz, who is seen as Mariano’s successor once the speaker heads for the exit, brought in more than $365,000 over the two-year term — $182,674 in 2023 and $182,818 in 2024, payroll records show.

Rodrigues earned slightly more than his counterpart — $196,593 in 2023 and $196,737 in 2024 for a combined two-year take-home of over $393,000, according to state payroll data.

Democrats were not the only ones to cash in on jobs in the Legislature.

The top two Republicans in the House and Senate were among the top ten earners in each branch for the 2023-2024 legislative term.

Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr was the eighth highest paid lawmaker in the Senate, bringing in $175,852 in 2023 and $175,996 in 2024 for a combined two-year total of more than $351,000, according to payroll records.

The Gloucester Republican led a caucus of three other Republicans during the 2023-2024 session, a group that was expanded by one for the 2025-2026 term after the election of Sen. Kelly Dooner of Taunton.

House Minority Leader Brad Jones was the third highest paid lawmaker in the House after Mariano and Michlewitz. The North Reading Republican raked in $175,852 in 2023 and $175,996 in 2024 for a two-year total of more than $351,000, state payroll records show.

Jones led a caucus of more than 20 Republicans — the number fluctuated throughout the two-year term. He now heads up 25 Republicans this session, though two special elections are playing out this year that could change that number.

In the Senate, Spilka’s leadership team made up a majority of the top ten earners in the chamber.

Sen. Cindy Creem of Newton, who served as majority leader or the second highest ranking Democrat last session, was the third highest paid lawmaker, bringing in a two-year total of over $392,000, or $196,320 in 2023 and $196,464 in 2024, payroll records show.

Sen. Joan Lovely of Salem and Sen. Michael Barrett of Lexington were each assistant majority leaders last session, a position that effectively tied them for the fourth highest ranking Democrats in the chamber.

Lovely and Barrett were also the fourth and fifth-highest paid lawmakers in the Senate, with both legislators taking home a two-year total of more than $365,000, state data shows.

Sen. William Brownsberger of Belmont, who was the third highest-ranking Democrat in the Senate as president pro tempore, and Sen. Sal DiDomenico of Everett, who served as another assistant majority leader, were also paid more than $365,000 over the two-year term, according to state data.

Sen. Julian Cyr of Truro served as assistant majority whip, the lowest ranking post in Senate leadership, and came in as the tenth highest-paid lawmaker in the chamber. The Democrat earned over $338,000 over two years — $169,029 in 2023 and $169,173 in 2024.

The top ten highest-paid lawmakers in the House last session featured members of both Democratic and Republican leadership.

Rep. Michael Moran, the majority leader in the House, was the fourth highest paid lawmaker over the two-year term. The Brighton Democrat brought in more than $351,000 after combining his 2023 and 2024 salaries, according to state data.

Rep. Kate Hogan of Stow, the second-ranking Democrat as speaker pro tempore, was the fifth highest-paid pol last session at over $324,000, data shows.

Rep. Kimberley Ferguson, a Holden Republican, came in sixth, followed by Democratic Rep. Antonio Cabral of New Bedford in seventh, former Republican Rep. Jay Barrows of Mansfield in eighth, Democratic Rep. Michael Finn of West Springfield in ninth, and Republican Rep. Paul Frost of Auburn in tenth, according to state data.