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Staff

Does a congressman receive public fund for paying their staff? Or they have to spend money from their pockets to hire staff? Thanks --162.114.4.70 (talk) 16:42, 1 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

They're staff gets paid just like any other government worker. Dumaka (talk) 16:30, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Congressmen may have no more than 18+4 staff members - paid out of their MRA, which averages $1,268,520.

~ender 2018-01-15 00:35:AM MST-— Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.167.209.236 (talk) 07:23, 15 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This was archived, but the issue has not been addressed:

This page could use an additional paragraph explaining whether or not the people serving had staff, :and whether or not staff salaries were paid out of these salaries.AbbottDeborah (talk) 15:50, 9 August 2011 (UTC)AbbottDeborah — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.167.209.236 (talk) [reply]

Other Benefits

Do congressmen get benefits above their baseline salary - such as 401K, health, transportation subsidies, etc?Edreynolds (talk) 16:37, 15 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

https://www.senate.gov/CRSpubs/9c14ec69-c4e4-4bd8-8953-f73daa1640e4.pdf

The PDF says the Representatives' MRA averages around $1,268,520, for their other costs, including franked mail, staff, etc. Senators have access to the SOPOEA - FY2017 legislative branch appropriations bill shows a range of $3,043,454 to $4,815,203. The average allowance is $3,306,570.

~ender 2018-01-15 00:22:AM MST-— Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.167.209.236 (talk) 07:36, 15 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Schedule 6

Are Senators considered members of the House of Representatives? As there is no separate salaries listed for baseline Senators in schedule 6, as there are for baseline Representatives.
~ender 2018-01-15 00:22:AM MST-— Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.167.209.236 (talk) 07:23, 15 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

According to the PDF listed above, both Senators and Representatives (if I'm reading correctly), who don't have special job functions, get paid the same.

~ender 2018-01-15 00:36:AM MST-— Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.167.209.236 (talk) 07:36, 15 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Clarification Needed

What do the numbers in parenthesis in the Year column indicate? Example: 1934 (2/1) and 1934 (7/1) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.26.13.151 (talk) 19:51, 6 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It is the date the pay raise took effect, I believe. In other words, 1934 (February 1) and 1934 (July 1). —Salton Finneger (talk) 13:14, 4 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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