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Salaries of the President and His Cabinet
The President of the United States has the most demanding job in the world. How much does he earn in salary? $400,000 per year.
While this amount pales in comparison to chief executives of major companies, the President serves the public and so does his cabinet. No one in the federal government is allowed to earn more in salary than the President.
Despite the lesser pay, jobs in politics offer prestige and stature that can't be matched anywhere else. Cabinet members who leave their jobs can enjoy lucrative opportunities in the private world from eager companies looking to hire them for their name and contacts.
Below are the salaries for the President, top federal judges and cabinet members for 2014.
Click here to see salaries for White House staff.
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Position
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Salary
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| Executive Branch |
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| President of the United States |
$400,000
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| Executive Schedule |
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| Level 1: Cabinet-level officials |
$226,300
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| Level II: Deputy secretaries of departments, secretaries of military departments, & heads of major agencies |
$203,700
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| Level III: Under secretaries of departments & heads of middlelevel agencies |
$187,300
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| Level IV: Assistant secretaries & general counsels of departments, heads of minor agencies, members of certain boards & commissions |
$176,300
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| Level V: Administrators, commissioners, directors, & members of boards, commissions, or units of agencies |
$165,300
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| Legislative Branch |
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| Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate) |
$235,100
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| Speaker of the House of Representatives |
$223,500
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| President Pro Tempore of the Senate |
$193,400
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| Majority and Minority Leaders - House and Senate |
$193,400
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| Senators, Representatives, Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico, and Delegates |
$174,000
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| Comptroller General of the United States |
$168,000
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| Deputy Comptroller General |
$154,600
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| Librarian of Congress |
$168,000
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| Judicial Branch |
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| Chief Justice of the United States |
$286,700
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| Associate Justices of the Supreme Court |
$274,200
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| Judges, U.S. Courts of Appeal |
$236,900
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| Judges, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces |
$211,200
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| Judges, U.S. District Courts |
$223,400
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| Judges, United States Claims Court |
$199,100
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| Judges, Court of International Trade |
$199,100
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| Judges, Tax Court of the United States |
$199,100
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| Bankruptcy Judges |
$183,172
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| Magistrate Judges |
$183,172
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