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Salaries for Members of Congress, Supreme Court Justices, and the President

 

As of January 2024

 
President$400,000
Vice President$235,100*
Speaker of the House$223,500
House and Senate Majority & Minority Leaders/Senate President Pro Tempore$193,400
House/Senate Members & Delegates$174,000
Chief Justice, Supreme Court$312,200
Associate Justices, Supreme Court$298,500
* Notwithstanding the Vice President salary of $284,600 for 2024 listed by the Office of Personnel Management, the amount payable to the Vice President has been frozen since 2019. 
 
  

As of January 2023

 
President$400,000
Vice President$235,100
Speaker of the House$223,500
House and Senate Majority & Minority Leaders/Senate President Pro Tempore$193,400
House/Senate Members & Delegates$174,000
Chief Justice, Supreme Court$298,500
Associate Justices, Supreme Court$285,400
  

As of January 2022

 
President$400,000
Vice President$235,100
Speaker of the House$223,500
House and Senate Majority & Minority Leaders/Senate President Pro Tempore$193,400
House/Senate Members & Delegates$174,000
Chief Justice, Supreme Court$286,700
Associate Justices, Supreme Court$274,200
  

As of January 2021

 
President$400,000
Vice President$235,100
Speaker of the House$223,500
House and Senate Majority & Minority Leaders/Senate President Pro Tempore$193,400
House/Senate Members & Delegates$174,000
Chief Justice, Supreme Court$280,500
Associate Justices, Supreme Court$268,300
  

As of January 2020

 
President$400,000
Vice President$235,100
Speaker of the House$223,500
House and Senate Majority & Minority Leaders/Senate President Pro Tempore$193,400
House/Senate Members & Delegates$174,000
Chief Justice, Supreme Court$277,700
Associate Justices, Supreme Court$265,600
  

As of January 2019

 
President$400,000
Vice President$235,100*
Speaker of the House$223,500
House and Senate Majority & Minority Leaders/Senate President Pro Tempore$193,400
House/Senate Members & Delegates$174,000
Chief Justice, Supreme Court$267,000*
Associate Justices, Supreme Court$255,300*
 
* The payable salary of the Vice President has been subject to a pay freeze since 2014 but was increased this year by an act of Congress. The official 2019 Vice President salary in the Executive Schedule ($246,900) is higher than the payable amount. This amount is annually adjusted as a ceiling on the salary of certain federal employees. A pending FY 2019 appropriations may allow for a requested increase in salaries for Supreme Court Justices.
 
 

As of January 2018

 
President$400,000
Vice President$230,700
Speaker of the House$223,500
House and Senate Majority & Minority Leaders/Senate President Pro Tempore$193,400
House/Senate Members & Delegates$174,000
Chief Justice, Supreme Court$267,000
Associate Justices, Supreme Court$255,300
 
 
 
 

As of January 2017

 
President$400,000
Vice President$230,700
Speaker of the House$223,500
House and Senate Majority & Minority Leaders/Senate President Pro Tempore$193,400
House/Senate Members & Delegates$174,000
Chief Justice, Supreme Court$263,300
Associate Justices, Supreme Court$251,800
  

As of January 2016

 
President$400,000
Vice President$230,700
Speaker of the House$223,500
House and Senate Majority & Minority Leaders/Senate President Pro Tempore$193,400
House/Senate Members & Delegates$174,000
Chief Justice, Supreme Court$260,700
Associate Justices, Supreme Court$249,300
  

As of January 2015

 
President$400,000
Vice President$230,700
Speaker of the House$223,500
House and Senate Majority & Minority Leaders/Senate President Pro Tempore$193,400
House/Senate Members & Delegates$174,000
Chief Justice, Supreme Court$258,100
Associate Justices, Supreme Court$246,800
  

As of January 2014

 
President$400,000
Vice President$230,700
Speaker of the House$223,500
House and Senate Majority & Minority Leaders/Senate President Pro Tempore$193,400
House/Senate Members & Delegates$174,000
Chief Justice, Supreme Court$255,500
Associate Justices, Supreme Court$244,400
  

As of January 2013

 
President$400,000
Vice President$230,700
Speaker of the House$223,500
House and Senate Majority & Minority Leaders/Senate President Pro Tempore$193,400
House/Senate Members & Delegates$174,000
Chief Justice, Supreme Court$223,500
Associate Justices, Supreme Court$213,900
  

As of January 2012

 
President$400,000
Vice President$223,500
Speaker of the House$223,500
House and Senate Majority & Minority Leaders/Senate President Pro Tempore$193,400
House/Senate Members & Delegates$174,000
Chief Justice, Supreme Court$223,500
Associate Justices, Supreme Court$213,900
  

As of January 2011

 
President$400,000
Vice President$223,500
Speaker of the House$223,500
House and Senate Majority & Minority Leaders/Senate President Pro Tempore$193,400
House/Senate Members & Delegates$174,000
Chief Justice, Supreme Court$223,500
Associate Justices, Supreme Court$213,900
  

As of January 2010

 
President$400,000
Vice President$223,500
Speaker of the House$223,500
House and Senate Majority & Minority Leaders/Senate President Pro Tempore$193,400
House/Senate Members & Delegates$174,000
Chief Justice, Supreme Court$223,500
Associate Justices, Supreme Court$213,900
  

As of January 2009

 
President$400,000
Vice President$227,300
Speaker of the House$223,500
House and Senate Majority & Minority Leaders/Senate President Pro Tempore$193,400
House/Senate Members & Delegates$174,000
Chief Justice, Supreme Court$223,500
Associate Justices, Supreme Court$213,900
  

As of January 2008

 
President$400,000
Vice President$221,100
Speaker of the House$217,400
House and Senate Majority & Minority Leaders/Senate President Pro Tempore$188,100
House/Senate Members & Delegates$169,300
Chief Justice, Supreme Court$217,400
Associate Justices, Supreme Court$208,100
  

As of January 2007

 
President$400,000
Vice President$215,700
Speaker of the House$212,100
House and Senate Majority & Minority Leaders/Senate President Pro Tempore$183,500
House/Senate Members & Delegates$165,200
Chief Justice, Supreme Court$212,100
Associate Justices, Supreme Court$203,000
  

As of January 2006

 
President$400,000
Vice President$212,100
Speaker of the House$212,100
House and Senate Majority & Minority Leaders/Senate President Pro Tempore$183,500
House/Senate Members & Delegates$165,200
Chief Justice, Supreme Court$212,100
Associate Justices, Supreme Court$203,000
  

As of January 2005

 
President$400,000
Vice President$208,100
Speaker of the House$208,100
House and Senate Majority & Minority Leaders/Senate President Pro Tempore$180,100
House/Senate Members & Delegates$162,100
Chief Justice, Supreme Court$208,100
Associate Justices, Supreme Court$199,200
  

As of January 2004

 
President$400,000
Vice President$203,000
Speaker of the House$203,000
House and Senate Majority & Minority Leaders/Senate President Pro Tempore$175,700
House/Senate Members & Delegates$158,100
Chief Justice, Supreme Court$203,000
Associate Justices, Supreme Court$194,300
  

As of January 2003

 
President$400,000
Vice President$198,600
Speaker of the House$198,600
House and Senate Majority & Minority Leaders/Senate President Pro Tempore$171,900
House/Senate Members & Delegates$154,700
Chief Justice, Supreme Court$198,600
Associate Justices, Supreme Court$190,100
  

As of January 2002

 
President$400,000
Vice President$192,600
Speaker of the House$192,600
House and Senate Majority & Minority Leaders/Senate President Pro Tempore$166,700
House/Senate Members & Delegates$150,000
Chief Justice, Supreme Court $192,600
Associate Justices, Supreme Court$184,400
  

As of January 2001

 
President$400,000
Vice President$186,300
Speaker of the House$186,300
House and Senate Majority & Minority Leaders/Senate President Pro Tempore$161,200
House/Senate Members & Delegates$145,100
Chief Justice, Supreme Court$186,300
Associate Justices, Supreme Court$178,300

Sources:

https://pressgallery.house.gov/member-data/salaries

https://www.uscourts.gov/JudgesAndJudgeships/JudicialCompensation/judicial-salaries-since-1968.aspx

https://www.uscourts.gov/judges-judgeships/judicial-compensation