How much is a US Senator paid?

Senator, just like any other elected officers or officials do receive salary. The legislative arm of the government has two chambers, the upper chamber known as the Senate and the lower chamber known as the House of representatives. The Senate consists of 100 members and they use 6 years for a single term.

With their population, a single senator would be going home with $174,000 as his/her annual salary and this is also common to the house of representatives who receive the same amount, and their salary has not been increased since 2009. However, the leaders of the Senate tend to earn more than the ordinary members.

The minority leader is receiving the same salary as the majority leader and the two earn 193,400 as their basic salary. A senator also receives additional allowances apart from his basic salary. When a senator ends his first term which is about 6 years successfully, he has right to pension