Mass. legislative leaders to get three pay raises starting Friday By Matt Stout Globe Staff,Updated December 31, 2020, 7:07 p.m. Email to a Friend The House chambers at the Massachusetts State House.Jim Davis/Globe Staff State legislative leaders are entitled to three separate pay raises starting Friday, and the salaries of some of the stateâs top elected officials could swell by more than $9,000, thanks, in part, to a controversial law that will help ensure they get a third pay increase in as many legislative sessions. The round of pay hikes land at an economically fragile time across Massachusetts, when restaurants, bars, and other businesses are struggling to stay open amid the coronavirus pandemic and the unemployment rate stands at 6.7 percent â more than double what it was a year ago.