Salaries of Federal Employees

Here's a list of some federal employees and their current salaries as reported in January 2005:

Executive Branch

  • President: $400,000; $50,000 expense account; $100,000 nontaxable for travel; $19,000 official entertainment account; free housing
  • Retired president: $150,000 pension; plus $150,000 to maintain staff
  • Former first lady: $20,000
  • Vice president: $208,100; $10,000 expense account; free housing
  • Presidential Cabinet member (i.e. secretary of defense, attorney general, etc.): $157,000

U.S. President George W. Bush (from left) and former presidents Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter arrive for the dedication and opening of the William J. Clinton Center and Park in Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 18, 2004.
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U.S. President George W. Bush (from left) and former presidents Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter and George H.W. Bush arrive for the dedication and opening of the William J. Clinton Center and Park in Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 18, 2004.
Legislative Branch

  • Speaker of the House of Representatives: $208,100
  • Senate president pro tempore: $180,100
  • Senate and House majority and minority leaders: $180,100
  • Other senators and representatives: $162,100
Judicial Branch
  • Supreme Court chief justice: $208,100
  • Supreme Court associate justices: $199,200
  • Circuit judges: $171,800
  • District judges: $162,100