Our congressional staff salary data comes from the official records of the House and Senate. We currently have House salary data for the period covering October 1, 2000 to December 31, 2008 and Senate data from October 1, 2000 to March 31, 2009.

The amounts shown are not annual salaries but gross salary payments made during the periods shown. Read more about congressional staff salaries.

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