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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 2008.

 Position

Salary
 Executive Branch  
President of the United States

$400,000

 Executive Schedule
 Level 1: Cabinet-level officials

$191,300

 Level II: Deputy secretaries of departments, secretaries of military departments, & heads of major agencies

 $172,200

 Level III: Under secretaries of departments & heads of middlelevel agencies

$158,500

 Level IV: Assistant secretaries & general counsels of departments, heads of minor agencies, members of certain boards & commissions

$149,000

 Level V: Administrators, commissioners, directors, & members of boards, commissions, or units of agencies

 $139,600

Legislative Branch  
Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate)

$221,100

Speaker of the House of Representatives

$217,400

President Pro Tempore of the Senate

$183,500

Majority and Minority Leaders - House and Senate

 $188,100

Senators, Representatives, Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico, and Delegates

$169,300

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 

$217,400

 Associate Justices of the Supreme Court

$208,100

 Judges, U.S. Courts of Appeal

$175,100

 Judges, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces

$175,100

 Judges, U.S. District Courts

$165,200

 Judges, United States Claims Court

$165,200

 Judges, Court of International Trade

$165,200

 Judges, Tax Court of the United States

$165,200

 Bankruptcy Judges

$151,984

 Magistrate Judges

$151,984

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