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Senate salaries House of Representatives salaries. This chart shows historical information on the salaries that members of the United States Congress have been paid. [1] The Government Ethics Reform Act of 1989 provides for an automatic increase in salary each year as a cost of living adjustment that reflects the employment cost index. [2]
The FERS program takes into account the years served and the average pay for the top three years in terms of payment. For example, a member elected before 1984 and thus qualifying under the CSRS plan, who worked for 22 years and who had a top three-year average salary of $154,267 would be eligible for a pension payment of $84,847 per year. [4]
House No 46.5* 24 Ralph Norman: Republican South Carolina: House Yes 43.4* 25 Kenny Marchant: Republican Texas House No 33.7* 26 Lloyd Doggett: Democratic Texas House Yes 29.7* 27 Brad Schneider: Democratic Illinois: House Yes 27.2* 28 Nita Lowey: Democratic New York: House No 24.8* 29 Jim Sensenbrenner: Republican Wisconsin House No 21.8* 30 ...
As of 2006, rank and file members of Congress received a yearly salary of $165,200. [14] Congressional leaders are paid $183,500 per year. The Speaker of the House of Representatives earns $212,100 per annum. The salary of the President pro tempore for 2006 is $183,500, equal to that of the majority and minority leader of the House and Senate. [15]
House of Representatives Chamber ... the annual salary of each representative is $174,000, [39] ... a pension system also used for federal civil servants, ...
By law, the starting amount of a member's retirement annuity may not exceed 80% of their final salary. In 2018, the average annual pension for retired senators and representatives under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) was $75,528, while those who retired under FERS, or in combination with CSRS, was $41,208. [199]
This chart shows the historical composition of the United States House of Representatives, from the 1st Congress to the present day. United States House of Representatives, 1789 to present AA
[15] [17] By 1986, the average Senate race cost $3 million; average House races cost $350,000. [8] By 1994, the cost to run for a congressional seat was about $500,000 on average; in 2004, a decade later, the cost was significantly higher.