Who's Making the Money?

Who's making the money?

Under The Influence

Part II 

 

Have you ever wondered how much Senators and Representatives make in their term?

The current salary for a senate member is $174,000 per year. So, $696,000 per term. Senate Leadership gets paid $193,400 per year. Speaker of the House makes $223,500 per year. The average salary of a teacher in New York is $43,839. The people teaching the next generation gets paid a third of an average senate member. Not to even mention the speaker and minority representatives.  

Who is the richest member of Congress?

The richest member is from California. He is a republican.

Rep. Darrell Issa:

The second richest is another Representative, Michael McCual.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net worth is the total assets minus total outside liabilities of an individual or a company. The difference in their net worth is 239,710,000. That is a huge gap between number one and number two.

 

 

 

Senate salary figures gathered from: http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/uscongress/a/congresspay.htm

Teacher salary figures gathered from: http://www.nea.org/home/2012-2013-average-starting-teacher-salary.html

Graph and table information gathered from: http://media.cq.com/50Richest/