How Much Do They Make

[eye123]

As of January 2019

President $400,000
Vice President $243,500*
Speaker of the House $223,500
House Majority & Minority Leaders $193,400
House/Senate Members & Delegates $174,000
Chief Justice, Supreme Court $267,000*
Associate Justices, Supreme Court $255,300*

* A December 2018 Executive Order set these rates of pay for 2019, but a proposal to implement a further pay freeze on senior-level Executive Branch employees may overide the increase set for the Vice President, and pending FY 2019 appropriations may allow for a requested increase in salaries for Supreme Court Justices.


.....with a little history going back to 1789.....(starting at $6 per day)...nice spike from 1990-1991 for house members $96,000 to $125,000.



pressgallery.house.gov/member-data/salaries

[mattcoll]

So you need to raise $2 million every two years to campaign and win a House job worth $174K?  What could possibly go wrong with a system like that?  Seems like you'd have lots of time to respond to your constituents and you'd never owe favors to outside influences with deep pockets.