Vice President of the United States: Difference between revisions

The vice president's salary in 2019 was $235,100.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Groppe |first1=Maureen |date=February 14, 2019 |title=Vice President Pence's pay bump is not as big as Republicans wanted |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/02/14/vice-president-pences-salary-rising-but-not-much-gop-wanted/2872326002/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415044023/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/02/14/vice-president-pences-salary-rising-but-not-much-gop-wanted/2872326002/ |archive-date=April 15, 2019 |access-date=2019-04-15 |website=USA Today |language=en}}</ref> For 2024, the vice president's salary is $284,600,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/pay-executive-order-2024-adjustments-of-certain-rates-of-pay.pdf |title=Executive Order - Adjustment of Certain Rates of Pay |at=Schedule 6 |date=December 21, 2023 |website=OPM |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240115043850/https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/pay-executive-order-2024-adjustments-of-certain-rates-of-pay.pdf |archive-date= Jan 15, 2024 }}</ref> however, due to a pay freeze in effect since 2019, the actual portion of that salary that is payable remains $235,100.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ahuja |first=Kiran A. |date=December 21, 2023 |title=Continued Pay Freeze for Certain Senior Political Officials |url=https://chcoc.gov/sites/default/files/Continued%20Pay%20Freeze%20for%20Certain%20Senior%20Political%20Officials%20CPM%202023-23.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240115075222/https://chcoc.gov/sites/default/files/Continued%20Pay%20Freeze%20for%20Certain%20Senior%20Political%20Officials%20CPM%202023-23.pdf |archive-date=Jan 15, 2024 |website=OPM}}</ref> The salary was set by the [[Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act of 1990|1989 Government Salary Reform Act]], which also provides an automatic [[cost of living adjustment]] for federal employees. The vice president does not automatically receive a pension based on that office, but instead receives the same pension as other members of Congress based on their position as president of the Senate.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Retirement Benefits for Members of Congress|last=Purcell|first=Patrick J.|date=January 21, 2005|url=https://www.senate.gov/reference/resources/pdf/RL30631.pdf|publisher=Congressional Research Service, The Library of Congress|location=Washington, D.C.|access-date=February 16, 2018|archive-date=January 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103064138/https://www.senate.gov/reference/resources/pdf/RL30631.pdf|url-status=dead }}</ref> The vice president must serve a minimum of two years to qualify for a pension.<ref>{{cite web|first1=Emily|last1=Yoffe|url=http://www.slate.com/id/1006798|title=A Presidential Salary FAQ |website=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|date=January 3, 2001|access-date=August 9, 2009|archive-date=September 14, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090914105912/http://www.slate.com/id/1006798/|url-status=live}}</ref>