Congress: The Price Tag

Name: US Congress Members — Salaries & Service (119th Congress)
Creator: United States Congress
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

$93.6M

Total annual salary for 538 Congress members

That's before staff budgets, travel, office costs, pensions, and healthcare

538

Total Members

$174K

Base Salary

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Avg Years Serving

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Longest Serving

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Average Age

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Women in Congress

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Data: @unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain) · Photos from bioguide.congress.gov
Base salary: $174,000 (rank-and-file). Speaker: $223,500. Majority/Minority Leaders: $193,400. 119th Congress (2025-2027).