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CRS — President of the United States: Compensation

October 26, 2012

President of the United States: Compensation (PDF)

Source: Congressional Research Service (via Federation of American Scientists)

The Constitution of the United States provides that “The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected…. ” (Constitution of the United States, Article II, Section 1.) The amount of compensation, which is not specified in the Constitution, is set and adjusted by Congress. The President currently receives a salary of $400,000 per annum, which became effective at noon on January 20, 2001, under P.L. 106-58. (P.L. 106-58, Title VI, §644(a); September 29, 1999; 113 Stat. 430, at 478.) An expense allowance, currently set at $50,000, also is provided. This report discusses the President’s compensation and the three most recent increases to the salary enacted in 1949 (81 st Congress), 1969 (91 st Congress), and 1999 (106 th Congress). It will be revised as events dictate.

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