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September 27, 2006 4:21 PM   Subscribe

Legistorm --find out what our employees' staffers make in Congress. Here are Frist's 50 staff members and their salaries -- the site's searchable by Senator, Rep, office, and State.
posted by amberglow (10 comments total)

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Holy crap no wonder they're all on the take. Beggars make more.
posted by damn dirty ape at 4:26 PM on September 27, 2006


What is this "our", USA-being?
posted by Hogshead at 4:33 PM on September 27, 2006


Read the fine print. "Displaying salaries for time period: 10/01/05 - 03/31/06." That's six months, not their annual salary. And it surely doesn't include all the perks, honoraria, emoluments, and other stuff that they get under the table.
posted by blucevalo at 4:34 PM on September 27, 2006


I second damn dirty ape's sentiment. Heck, I make more than nearly all of them and I'm allegedly lower class.
posted by Joey Michaels at 4:34 PM on September 27, 2006


Oh, well, now that blucevalo has clarified this, I now make less than most of them. Carry on!
posted by Joey Michaels at 4:35 PM on September 27, 2006


I saw this a couple of weeks ago, and sent a link to a congressional staffer I know...her response was, the data is "woefully out of date", that she had received two promotions and a raise since those figures. She also noted that it was a bit odd to have all her income information out there on the net.
posted by HuronBob at 4:50 PM on September 27, 2006


Is there some reason for the regularity of the salaries?

Every Senator I checked had the Chief of Staff as the highest paid, making between $140-160k a year.
posted by smackfu at 4:57 PM on September 27, 2006


Do staffers get the same health care benefits that congress people get? They have the best health coverage in the nation. But can't pass a healh bill for those who pay for their coverage
posted by Postroad at 5:11 PM on September 27, 2006


Uhh, double up, uhh uhh
posted by sdrawkcab at 5:45 PM on September 27, 2006


With exception of party heads/whips/etc., I'd guess most Congressmen get the same standard salary and budget for their office.

Senate office budgets depend on state population.

I could ask friends who work for the House one way or another, but I'd wager that it's just a market price that's been set over time. Chiefs of Staff just cost about $150 is all, same as there are basic salary ranges for Windows sysadmins.

Do staffers get the same health care benefits that congress people get? They have the best health coverage in the nation.

I don't know where this myth comes from. Members of Congress get the same health care benefits that federal civil-service employees do. They get the same as the grunts in the local Social Security office.

Whether Congressional staffers are part of that system, I dunno.
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 6:21 PM on September 27, 2006


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