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Executive Branch | |
President of the United States |
$400,000 |
Executive Schedule | |
Level 1: Cabinet-level officials |
$196,700 |
Level II: Deputy secretaries of departments, secretaries of military departments, & heads of major agencies |
$177,000 |
Level III: Under secretaries of departments & heads of middlelevel agencies |
$162,900 |
Level IV: Assistant secretaries & general counsels of departments, heads of minor agencies, members of certain boards & commissions |
$153,200 |
Level V: Administrators, commissioners, directors, & members of boards, commissions, or units of agencies |
$143,500 |
Legislative Branch | |
Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate) |
$230,700 |
Speaker of the House of Representatives |
$223,500 |
President Pro Tempore of the Senate |
$193,400 |
Majority and Minority Leaders - House and Senate |
$193,400 |
Senators, Representatives, Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico, and Delegates |
$174,000 |
Comptroller General of the United States |
$168,000 |
Deputy Comptroller General |
$154,600 |
Librarian of Congress |
$168,000 |
Judicial Branch | |
Chief Justice of the United States |
$255,500 |
Associate Justices of the Supreme Court |
$244,400 |
Judges, U.S. Courts of Appeal |
$211,200 |
Judges, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces |
$211,200 |
Judges, U.S. District Courts |
$199,100 |
Judges, United States Claims Court |
$199,100 |
Judges, Court of International Trade |
$199,100 |
Judges, Tax Court of the United States |
$199,100 |
Bankruptcy Judges |
$183,172 |
Magistrate Judges |
$183,172 |
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