Source:  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/19/AR2008091903756.html

Salary Dipped but Then Rebounded

On the campaign trail, GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin has declared at least four times that she cut her own pay as Alaska governor.

"And, you know, as mayor and as governor, I tried to lead by example," she told a crowd at a Sept. 9 rally in Lebanon, Ohio. "So as mayor, I took a voluntary pay cut, which didn't really thrill my husband."

But just-released records from the Wasilla clerk's office show a slightly more complicated picture. Palin's pay did drop from $64,200 in October 1996 to $61,200 in January 1997. But, six months later, in June 1998, it jumped to $68,000. Palin's pay dipped once more in July 1999 to $66,000, according to the records, but it went back to $68,000 three months later and stayed at that level until Palin left office in October of 2002.

Palin spokeswoman Maria Comella did not have an immediate comment.