Salaries of Federal Employees
Here's a list of some federal employees and their current salaries as reported in January 2005:
Executive Branch
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- 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
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