BY DR. LASHONDA BRENSON July 15, 2022, Washington, D.C. — This week, LegiStorm, a web-based platform that identifies congressional staff and monitors activity on Capitol Hill, shed light on one key issue in congressional staff diversity and inclusion staff salaries. On July 11, LegiStorm published a blog that compared the projected salary of the median white Senate staffer ($63,507) to the average Black congressional staffer ($55,151). This equates to a 15.2 percent (or $8,356) difference. LegiStorm’s data also reveals that disparities also exist among other staffers of color. State staffers of color across Democratic and Republican offices make 91 percent compared to white…
