Gov.-elect Jay Inslee's transition team says his senior staff will receive annual salaries about 3 percent less than their predecessors because of a salary cut in the state budget.

Salaries reported Monday by The Daily Herald ( http://bit.ly/SzHQ82):

Mary Alice Heuschel, chief of staff, $166,000

David Schumacher, director of the Office of Financial Management, $158,160

Kevin Quigley, secretary of the Department of Social and Health Services, $158, 160

Dale Peinecke, director of the Employment Security Department, $147,153

Joby Shimomura, senior adviser, $140,650

Joel Sacks, commissioner of the Department of Labor and Industries, $140,650

Ted Sturdevant, executive director for legislative affairs and policy, $137,304

David Postman, executive director of communications, $131,040

Marcie Frost, director of the Department of Retirement Systems, $126,964

Alfie Alvarado-Ramos, director of the Department of Veterans Affairs, $116,964

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Information from: The Daily Herald, http://www.heraldnet.com