Salaries of members of the United States Congress

This chart shows historical information on the salaries that members of the United States Congress have been paid. The Government Ethics Reform Act of 1989 provides for an automatic increase in salary each year as a cost of living adjustment that reflects the employment cost index. Since 2010 Congress has annually voted not to accept the increase, keeping it at the same nominal amount since 2009. The Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1992, prohibits any law affecting compensation from taking effect until after the next election.

Year	Salary	per diem/annum	Percent Adjustment	In 2014 dollars
1789	50¢	per diem
1795	$1	per diem only Representatives
	$7	per diem only Senators
1796	$6	per diem
1815	$1,500	per annum		$19,084
1817	$6	per diem only Representatives
	$7	per diem only Senators
1818	$8	per diem
1855	$3,000	per annum		$75,109
1865	$5,000	per annum		$76,244
1871	$7,500	per annum		$146,107
1874	$5,000	per annum		$103,183
1907	$7,500	per annum		$187,663
1925	$10,000	per annum		$133,587
1932	$9,000	per annum		$154,137
1933	$8,500	per annum		$153,397
1934 (2/1)	$9,000	per annum		$157,080
1934 (7/1)	$9,500	per annum		$165,807
1935	$10,000	per annum		$170,276
1947	$12,500	per annum		$130,741
1955	$22,500	per annum		$196,223
1965	$30,000	per annum		$222,206
1969	$42,500	per annum		$270,697
1975	$44,600	per annum		$193,587
1977	$57,500	per annum		$221,500
1979	$60,662.50	per annum		$194,778
1982	$69,800	per annum only Representatives		$168,569
1983	$69,800	per annum only Senators		$163,343
1984	$72,600	per annum		$162,891
1985	$75,100	per annum		$162,645
1987 (1/1)	$77,400	per annum		$158,784
1987 (2/4)	$89,500	per annum		$183,606
1990 (2/1)	$96,600	per annum only Representatives		$172,342
1990 (2/1)	$98,400	per annum only Senators		$175,553
1991 (1/1)	$125,100	per annum only Representatives		$214,192
1991 (1/1)	$101,900	per annum only Senators		$174,470
1991 (8/14)	$125,100	per annum only Senators		$214,192
1992	$129,500	per annum	3.5%	$215,267
1993	$133,600	per annum	3.2%	$215,614
1998	$136,700	per annum	2.3%	$197,114
2000	$141,300	per annum	3.4%	$191,866
2001	$145,100	per annum	2.7%	$193,924
2002	$150,000	per annum	3.4%	$195,774
2003	$154,700	per annum	3.1%	$198,143
2004	$158,100	per annum	2.2%	$196,029
2005	$162,100	per annum	2.5%	$194,380
2006	$165,200	per annum	1.9%	$193,266
2008	$169,300	per annum	2.5%	$185,614
2009–2017	$174,000	per annum	2.8%	$191,533 – 174,000

Salaries, shown for US Senators and US Representatives. Also shown: salaries adjusted to 2014 US Dollars.

Additional pay schedule for the Senate and House positions:

SCHEDULE 6—VICE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF CONGRESS

Position	Salary
Vice President	$233,000
Senators and House Representatives	$174,000
Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico	$174,000
President pro tempore of the Senate	$193,400
Majority leader and minority leader of the Senate	$193,400
Majority leader and minority leader of the House of Representatives	$193,900
Speaker of the House of Representatives	$223,500