Staff Pay, Selected Positions in Senators' Offices, FY2001-FY2025

Updated September 11, 2026 (R44324)
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Introduction
Data Concerns
Data Tables and Visualizations
Senate Member Office Staff Pay Tables

Tables

Table 1. Annual Maximum Pay for Staff in Senators' Offices, 2001-2026
Table 2. FY2025 Median Pay, 2026 dollars, and Changes in Pay for Selected Staff in Senators' Offices, Members of Congress, and Selected General Schedule Employees
Table 3. Administrative Director
Table 4. Caseworker
Table 5. Chief of Staff
Table 6. Communications Director
Table 7. Constituent Services Director
Table 8. Constituent Service Representative
Table 9. Deputy Chief of Staff
Table 10. Deputy Communications Director
Table 11. Deputy Press Secretary
Table 12. Deputy Scheduler
Table 13. Digital Director
Table 14. Field Representative
Table 15. Legislative Aide
Table 16. Legislative Assistant
Table 17. Legislative Correspondent
Table 18. Legislative Director
Table 19. Press Assistant
Table 20. Press Secretary
Table 21. Regional Director
Table 22. Regional Representative
Table 23. Scheduler
Table 24. Scheduling Director
Table 25. Staff Assistant
Table 26. State Director

Summary

Levels of pay for congressional staff are a source of recurring questions among Members of Congress, congressional staff, and the public. There may be interest in congressional pay data from multiple perspectives, including assessment of the costs of congressional operations, guidance in setting pay levels for staff in Member offices, or comparison of congressional staff pay levels with those of other federal government pay systems.

This report provides pay data for 24 staff position titles that are typically found in Senators' offices. The following table provides the positions, and the change in median pay levels between FY2024 and FY2025 for those positions, in 2026 dollars.

FY2025 Median Pay and Percentage Change for Selected Staff Positions in Senators' Offices, 2026 dollars and Percentage Change, FY2024-FY2025

Position	FY25 Pay 2026$	Change FY24-FY25	Position	FY25 Pay 2026$	Change FY24-FY25
Administrative Director	$161,282	1.44%	Legislative Aide	$71,897	-3.45%
Caseworker	$73,704	7.66%	Legislative Assistant	$93,124	0.34%
Chief of Staff	$227,901	0.34%	Legislative Correspondent	$68,551	10.27%
Communications Director	$160,940	-1.52%	Legislative Director	$176,778	2.40%
Constituent Services Dir.	$111,331	4.72%	Press Assistant	$71,012	12.07%
Constituent Services Rep.	$65,261	-0.64%	Press Secretary	$97,311	3.91%
Deputy Chief of Staff	$200,173	5.76%	Regional Director	$87,975	-9.26%
Deputy Comms. Dir.	$108,095	-0.23%	Regional Representative	$74,221	-0.41%
Deputy Press Secretary	$69,855	0.14%	Scheduler	$103,755	5.82%
Deputy Scheduler	$75,663	5.56%	Scheduling Director	$124,504	-1.84%
Digital Director	$90,784	-1.01%	Staff Assistant	$58,173	0.78%
Field Representative	$82,840	13.05%	State Director	$174,419	-1.51%

Source: Report of the Secretary of the Senate, as collated by LegiStorm, various years, and CRS calculations based on Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the first half of 2026.

Report tables provide available aggregate statistics on pay for most staff positions for FY2001, FY2006, FY2011, FY2016, and FY2021-FY2025, including quartiles, the median, and average pay. Available data from 2001 or later are available to congressional clients upon request. Graphic displays are also included, providing representations of pay from the following two perspectives:

a line graph for most positions showing change in median pay, FY2001-FY2025, in nominal (current) and 2026 dollars; and
distributions for all positions of FY2025 pay in 2026 dollars, in $10,000 increments.

The Congressional Research Service provides a number of products on congressional staffing matters. These include CRS Report R44322, House Committee Staff Pay, Selected Positions, 2001-2025; CRS Report R44323, Staff Pay, Selected Positions in House Member Offices, 2001-2025; CRS Report R44325, Senate Committee Staff Pay, Selected Positions, FY2001-FY2025; and CRS Report R46262, Congressional Staff: Duties and Qualifications Identified by Members of Congress for Selected Positions.

Introduction

Levels of pay for congressional staff are a source of recurring questions among Members of Congress, congressional staff, and the public. Senators set the terms and conditions of employment for staff in their offices. These include job titles and descriptions; rates of pay, subject to minimum and maximum levels;¹ and resources available to them to carry out their official duties. There may be interest in congressional pay data from multiple perspectives, including assessment of the costs of congressional operations, guidance in setting pay levels for staff in Senators' offices, or comparison of congressional staff pay levels with those of other federal government pay systems.

Publicly available information sources do not provide aggregated congressional staff pay data in a readily retrievable form. Data in this report are based on official, retrievable Senate reports, which afford the opportunity to use data from a consistent, publicly available, authoritative source. Pay information in this report is based on the Senate's Report of the Secretary of the Senate,² published semiannually, covering periods from April 1 to September 30, and October 1 to March 31,³ as collated by LegiStorm. Annual data allow for observations about the nature of Senators' personal staff compensation over time.

This report provides pay data for 24 staff position titles that are typically found in Senators' offices. The positions include the following:

Administrative Director	Deputy Press Secretary	Press Assistant
Caseworker	Deputy Scheduler	Press Secretary
Chief of Staff	Digital Director	Regional Director
Communications Director	Field Representative	Regional Representative
Constituent Services Director	Legislative Aide	Scheduler
Constituent Services Representative	Legislative Assistant	Scheduling Director
Deputy Chief of Staff	Legislative Correspondent	Staff Assistant
Deputy Communications Director	Legislative Director	State Director

The collection of Senators' staff pay data for FY2001-FY2025 proceeded as follows. For each fiscal year, a random sample of 25 Senators' offices was taken for each position.⁴ Senate staff had to hold a position with the same job title in the Senator's office for the entire fiscal year examined and not receive pay from any other congressional employing authority to be included. Generally, each position has no more than one observation per Senator's office each fiscal year.

Every recorded payment ascribed in the LegiStorm data to those staff for the fiscal year is included in the calculation of a staffer's annual pay. Data collected for this report may differ from an employee's stated annual salary due to the inclusion of overtime, bonuses, or other payments in addition to base salary paid in the course of a year.

For some positions, it was not possible to identify 25 offices that employed staff in some positions for an entire year. This report provides no data on positions with nine or fewer identifiable staff.

Data Concerns

There may be some advantages to relying on official salary expenditure data instead of survey findings, but data presented here are subject to some challenges that could affect findings or their interpretation. Some of the concerns include the following:

Since periods of time covered by the Report of the Secretary of the Senate overlap the end of one Congress and convening of the next, data are not available for staff serving in the offices of first-term Senators during the first nine months of their service.
The Report of the Secretary of the Senate reports monies paid directly by the Senate to staff but does not provide the individual value of other components of compensation, which might include paid leave or employer contributions to various insurance and retirement benefits.
Pay data provide no insight into the education, work experience, position tenure, and full- or part-time status of staff, or other potential explanations for levels of compensation for individuals.
Staff could be based in Washington, DC, state offices, or both.
Potential differences might exist in the job duties of positions with the same title. Aggregation of pay by job title rests on the assumption that staff with the same title carry out the same or similar tasks. Given the wide discretion congressional employing authorities have in setting the terms and conditions of employment, there may be differences in the duties of similarly titled staff that could have effects on their levels of pay. Acknowledging the imprecision inherent in congressional job titles, an older edition of the Senate Handbook states, "Throughout the Senate, individuals with the same job title perform vastly different duties."⁵
Pay data provide no insight into the potential comparability of compensation for similar position titles (e.g., Legislative Aide and Legislative Assistant); potential similarities in the duties of some positions (e.g., Press Secretary, Communications Director, or Digital Director); or apparent similarities of duties between long-standing and more recently emerging position titles (e.g., Scheduler and Scheduling Director).

Data Tables and Visualizations

Tables in this section provide background information on Senate pay practices, comparative data for each position, and detailed data and visualizations for each position. Table 1 provides the maximum payable rates for staff in Senators' offices since 2001 at both nominal (current) and 2026 dollars. Constant dollar calculations throughout the report are based on the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for various years, expressed in 2026 dollars.

Table 2 provides available percentage changes in median pay in 2026 dollars for each of the 24 positions, Members of Congress, and salaries paid under the General Schedule in Washington, DC, and surrounding areas, and in the Rest of the United States (RUS) area. Table 3 through Table 26 provide tabular pay data for each staff position. The tables provide available data for FY2001, FY2006, FY2011, FY2016, and FY2021-FY2025 for most positions, including data by quartile, median pay, and average pay. Staff pay tables also provide a comparison, at various intervals to FY2025, based on data availability, of the cumulative percentage change in median pay for that position, in 2026 dollars.

Graphic displays are also included for each position, providing representations of pay from the following two perspectives:

a line graph for most positions showing change in median pay, FY2001-FY2025, in nominal (current) and 2026 dollars; and
distributions for all positions of FY2025 pay in 2026 dollars, in $10,000 increments.

Table 1. Annual Maximum Pay for Staff in Senators' Offices, 2001-2026

Year	Nominal $	2026 $	Year	Nominal $	2026 $	Year	Nominal $	2026 $
2001	$140,559	$262,486	2010	$169,459	$257,017	2019	$173,900	$224,961
2002	$145,459	$267,408	2011	$169,459	$249,153	2020	$173,900	$222,220
2003	$150,159	$269,898	2012	$169,459	$244,101	2021	$173,900	$212,248
2004	$153,459	$268,674	2013	$169,459	$240,577	2022	$203,700	$230,198
2005	$157,559	$266,813	2014	$169,459	$236,737	2023	$212,100	$230,214
2006	$160,659	$263,560	2015	$169,459	$236,456	2024	$221,900	$233,950
2007	$160,659	$256,262	2016	$169,459	$233,511	2025	$225,700	$231,856
2008	$164,759	$253,084	2017	$169,459	$228,640	2026	$228,000	$228,000
2009	$169,459	$261,233	2018	$169,459	$223,188

Source: 2 U.S.C. 4571 note, 2 U.S.C. 4575, CRS calculations based on the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the first half of 2026.

Senate Member Office Staff Pay Tables

Interpreting Pay Tables: Statistics Describing Pay Data

Minimum & Maximum	The smallest and largest pay level, respectively, for each position.
Average (Mean)	The mean is the average of a list of numbers, in which the sum of all the values is divided by the total number of values. For example, if three salaries, $30,000, $45,000, and $90,000 were identified for a given staff position, the average (mean) would be ($30,000 + $45,000 + $90,000) ÷ 3 = $55,000.
Median	The midpoint at which half of the numbers in a list are higher and the other half lower. For example, if three salaries, $30,000, $45,000, and $90,000 were identified for a given staff position, the midpoint (median) would be $45,000.
Statistical Quartiles	Statistical values that divide data into quarters for more detailed analysis. In a list of numbers, Quartile 1 (Q1) is a number that falls in the middle between the lowest number, or minimum, and the median. For example, if Q1 for a given staff position was $50,000, this would indicate that 25% of employees in that position make $50,000 or less. Quartile 2 (Q2) is also the median. Quartile 3 (Q3) is a number that falls in the middle between the median and the highest number in the list, or maximum. Numbers between Q1 and Q3 compose the interquartile range, the difference between the largest and smallest values in the middle 50% of a list of numbers. Quartiles might also be described as percentiles, as shown below.

Statistical Measures Used in Pay Tables

Minimum	Quartile 1 (Q1)	Quartile 2 (Q2) Median	Quartile 3 (Q3)	Maximum	Average
Lowest number in a list	25^th percentile	50^th percentile	75^th percentile	Highest number in a list	The mean, or number expressing the central value in a set of data
	25% of staff make less than Q1	50% of staff make less than Q2	75% of staff make less than Q3
	Middle number between Minimum and Median	Median—midpoint at which half of the numbers in a list are higher and the other half lower	Middle number between Median and Maximum
	Lower Quartile	Interquartile Range = Q3-Q1	Upper Quartile

Table 2. FY2025 Median Pay, 2026 dollars, and Changes in Pay for Selected Staff in Senators' Offices, Members of Congress, and Selected General Schedule Employees

Position	FY25 Pay, '26$	FY24-FY25	FY21-FY25	FY16-FY25	FY11-FY25	FY06-FY25	FY01-FY25
Administrative Director	$161,282	1.44%	-0.72%	8.62%	2.52%	13.24%	29.79%
Caseworker	$73,704	7.66%	15.00%	12.35%	1.86%	0.35%	24.19%
Chief of Staff	$227,901	0.34%	7.37%	-2.14%	-8.53%	-11.79%	-9.35%
Communications Director	$160,940	-1.52%	-2.53%	0.47%	0.83%	-2.97%	3.60%
Constituent Services Dir.	$111,331	4.72%	—	—	—	—	—
Constituent Services Rep.	$65,261	-0.64%	3.05%	10.52%	11.81%	3.02%	10.55%
Deputy Chief of Staff	$200,173	5.76%	6.57%	—	—	—	—
Deputy Comms Director	$108,095	-0.23%	—	—	—	—	—
Deputy Press Secretary	$69,855	0.14%	5.38%	—	—	—	—
Deputy Scheduler	$75,663	5.56%	—	—	—	—	—
Digital Director	$90,784	-1.01%	—	—	—	—	—
Field Representative	$82,840	13.05%	24.54%	25.68%	3.37%	15.09%	7.31%
Legislative Aide	$71,897	-3.45%	7.13%	—	—	—	—
Legislative Assistant	$93,124	0.34%	-6.57%	-7.42%	-10.03%	-6.37%	-7.71%
Legislative Correspondent	$68,551	10.27%	14.99%	25.66%	26.01%	23.00%	25.50%
Legislative Director	$176,778	2.40%	1.74%	-7.66%	-7.51%	-7.93%	-2.40%
Press Assistant	$71,012	12.07%	12.95%	—	—	—	—
Press Secretary	$97,311	3.91%	-5.31%	1.79%	6.93%	-7.19%	-21.79%
Regional Director	$87,975	-9.26%	-5.16%	—	—	—	—
Regional Representative	$74,221	-0.41%	9.67%	—	—	—	—
Scheduler	$103,755	5.82%	4.28%	9.10%	-2.66%	-2.44%	9.12%
Scheduling Director	$124,504	-1.84%	1.91%	—	—	—	—
Staff Assistant	$58,173	0.78%	6.11%	15.66%	12.78%	-1.37%	7.47%
State Director	$174,419	-1.51%	0.93%	-4.52%	-3.99%	4.93%	17.45%
Congressional Staff Positions Pay Change Summary
Increase		15	15	9	8	6	9
Decrease		9	5	4	5	7	4
Members of Congress, General Schedule Pay Change
	2025 Pay, 2026$	2024-2025	2021-2025	2016-2025	2011-2025	2006-2025	2001-2025
MCs	$178,746	-2.56%	-15.83%	-25.45%	-30.13%	-34.04%	-34.03%
General Schedule, DC	Varies	-0.40%	-2.12%	-2.45%	-5.38%	-2.39%	4.93%
General Schedule, RUS.	Varies	-0.70%	-3.74%	-6.96%	-10.01%	-10.91%	-6.12%

Source: CRS calculations, based on pay data provided Table 3-Table 26 for congressional positions in 2026 dollars (excludes speechwriter for which there are no FY25 data); CRS Report 97-1011, Salaries of Members of Congress: Recent Actions and Historical Tables, for Members of Congress; and the Office of Personnel Management for federal civilian workers in the District of Columbia and surrounding areas and rest of the U.S. localities, various years. Nominal Member pay in 2026 is $174,000. General Schedule pay varies, but percentage changes are consistent within each locality. "—" indicates data are unavailable. 2026 dollars are based on Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the first half of 2026.

Table 3. Administrative Director

Year

Nominal$

2026$

Minimum

Q2 Median

Maximum

Average

Minimum

Q2 Median

Maximum

Average

FY01

$46,340

$61,630

$66,542

$73,599

$76,500

$66,200

$86,537

$115,091

$124,264

$137,442

$142,859

$123,624

FY06

$38,597

$65,829

$86,821

$103,084

$124,264

$84,438

$63,318

$107,992

$142,430

$169,108

$203,855

$138,520

FY11

$54,375

$86,000

$107,000

$120,000

$153,506

$104,195

$79,946

$126,444

$157,320

$176,434

$225,698

$153,196

FY16

$40,625

$82,276

$107,752

$123,750

$154,035

$101,903

$55,980

$113,374

$148,480

$170,525

$212,256

$140,420

Most Recent Five Years

FY21

$87,446

$122,945

$133,096

$149,755

$173,900

$135,154

$106,729

$150,056

$162,446

$182,779

$212,248

$164,958

FY22

$71,898

$119,500

$136,533

$147,524

$185,442

$133,988

$81,250

$135,045

$154,294

$166,714

$209,565

$151,418

FY23

$71,662

$140,000

$149,033

$167,717

$210,000

$151,141

$77,782

$151,956

$161,761

$182,040

$227,934

$164,048

FY24

$123,580

$139,167

$150,798

$163,021

$219,042

$152,022

$130,291

$146,724

$158,987

$171,874

$230,937

$160,278

FY25

$30,833

$140,539

$157,000

$171,526

$224,750

$154,085

$31,674

$144,373

$161,282

$176,204

$230,880

$158,288

Change

FY24-FY25

1.44%

FY21-FY25

-0.72%

FY16-FY25

8.62%

FY11-FY25

2.52%

FY06-FY25

13.24%

FY01-FY25

29.79%

Dollars in figures are in thousands.

Source: Report of the Secretary of the Senate, as collated by LegiStorm, various years, and CRS calculations. Percentage change in pay is based on the change in median pay for the periods noted. In the visualizations, position pay information based on 2026 dollars in thousands of dollars, or change in those levels, are presented in solid red. 2026 dollars are based on Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the first half of 2026.

Table 4. Caseworker

Year

Nominal$

2026$

Minimum

Q2 Median

Maximum

Average

Minimum

Q2 Median

Maximum

Average

FY01

$23,227

$27,873

$31,781

$39,900

$61,039

$34,342

$43,375

$52,050

$59,350

$74,511

$113,987

$64,131

FY06

$27,318

$37,125

$44,771

$49,923

$75,438

$46,457

$44,815

$60,903

$73,446

$81,898

$123,755

$76,212

FY11

$33,828

$41,061

$49,213

$62,820

$85,000

$52,746

$49,737

$60,371

$72,357

$92,363

$124,974

$77,552

FY16

$23,355

$39,583

$47,607

$62,955

$86,458

$50,554

$32,183

$54,545

$65,602

$86,750

$119,137

$69,662

Most Recent Five Years

FY21

$37,000

$43,628

$52,512

$69,079

$96,887

$57,503

$45,159

$53,249

$64,092

$84,312

$118,253

$70,184

FY22

$39,000

$54,053

$65,000

$76,000

$112,756

$65,809

$44,073

$61,084

$73,455

$85,886

$127,423

$74,369

FY23

$41,542

$59,620

$62,977

$73,430

$113,542

$67,361

$45,089

$64,712

$68,355

$79,701

$123,238

$73,114

FY24

$46,125

$59,941

$64,935

$76,634

$102,500

$69,916

$48,630

$63,196

$68,461

$80,795

$108,066

$73,712

FY25

$47,709

$63,500

$71,747

$78,699

$98,000

$72,705

$49,011

$65,232

$73,704

$80,845

$100,673

$74,688

Change

FY24-FY25

7.66%

FY21-FY25

15.00%

FY16-FY25

12.35%

FY11-FY25

1.86%

FY06-FY25

0.35%

FY01-FY25

24.19%

Dollars in figures are in thousands.

Table 5. Chief of Staff

Year

Nominal$

2026$

Minimum

Q2 Median

Maximum

Average

Minimum

Q2 Median

Maximum

Average

FY01

$103,657

$124,270

$134,630

$138,000

$139,609

$130,841

$193,573

$232,067

$251,413

$257,707

$260,712

$244,337

FY06

$130,600

$147,657

$157,486

$159,884

$160,659

$152,445

$214,249

$242,231

$258,355

$262,289

$263,560

$250,086

FY11

$138,500

$165,557

$169,459

$166,692

$203,634

$243,416

$249,153

$245,085

FY16

$154,500

$166,000

$169,000

$169,459

$166,857

$212,897

$228,744

$232,878

$233,510

$229,924

Most Recent Five Years

FY21

$127,000

$173,039

$173,900

$170,145

$155,006

$211,198

$212,248

$207,665

FY22

$135,000

$176,056

$180,245

$184,768

$190,042

$178,949

$152,561

$198,957

$203,691

$208,802

$214,763

$202,227

FY23

$137,750

$186,956

$196,988

$207,200

$210,000

$193,327

$149,514

$202,923

$213,811

$224,895

$227,934

$209,837

FY24

$159,143

$199,408

$215,437

$218,667

$219,450

$207,211

$167,785

$210,237

$227,136

$230,541

$231,367

$218,463

FY25

$163,536

$202,964

$221,850

$223,683

$224,750

$213,084

$167,996

$208,500

$227,901

$229,784

$230,880

$218,896

Change

FY24-FY25

0.34%

FY21-FY25

7.37%

FY16-FY25

-2.14%

FY11-FY25

-8.53%

FY06-FY25

-11.79%

FY01-FY25

-9.35%

Dollars in figures are in thousands.

Table 6. Communications Director

Year

Nominal$

2026$

Minimum

Q2 Median

Maximum

Average

Minimum

Q2 Median

Maximum

Average

FY01

$42,189

$72,441

$83,186

$94,455

$128,974

$83,784

$78,785

$135,280

$155,345

$176,389

$240,852

$156,461

FY06

$74,431

$90,043

$101,108

$112,080

$152,000

$103,309

$122,104

$147,715

$165,867

$183,867

$249,355

$169,478

FY11

$90,000

$100,000

$108,562

$124,750

$168,547

$113,114

$132,325

$147,028

$159,617

$183,418

$247,812

$166,309

FY16

$75,344

$105,871

$116,250

$127,500

$148,750

$116,696

$103,822

$145,888

$160,190

$175,692

$204,974

$160,805

Most Recent Five Years

FY21

$65,968

$121,293

$135,283

$153,742

$173,900

$135,837

$80,516

$148,040

$165,115

$187,645

$212,248

$165,791

FY22

$88,917

$123,637

$133,667

$160,152

$181,677

$138,517

$100,483

$139,720

$151,054

$180,985

$205,310

$156,535

FY23

$113,500

$136,967

$149,535

$176,193

$210,000

$155,828

$123,193

$148,664

$162,305

$191,240

$227,934

$169,135

FY24

$104,958

$140,925

$155,000

$168,102

$219,450

$158,036

$110,658

$148,578

$163,417

$177,231

$231,367

$166,618

FY25

$101,500

$140,498

$156,666

$165,727

$224,750

$155,455

$104,268

$144,330

$160,940

$170,248

$230,880

$159,695

Change

FY24-FY25

-1.52%

FY21-FY25

-2.53%

FY16-FY25

0.47%

FY11-FY25

0.83%

FY06-FY25

-2.97%

FY01-FY25

3.60%

Dollars in figures are in thousands.

Table 7. Constituent Services Director

Year

Nominal$

2026$

Minimum

Q2 Median

Maximum

Average

Minimum

Q2 Median

Maximum

Average

FY22

$48,725

$81,585

$90,312

$102,271

$130,375

$91,685

$55,063

$92,198

$102,060

$115,574

$147,334

$103,611

FY23

$69,688

$84,667

$94,979

$110,409

$168,562

$100,616

$75,639

$91,897

$103,090

$119,838

$182,958

$109,209

FY24

$64,924

$87,267

$100,833

$110,000

$144,483

$103,020

$68,450

$92,006

$106,309

$115,974

$152,329

$108,614

FY25

$87,958

$98,936

$108,375

$121,950

$144,720

$112,144

$90,357

$101,635

$111,331

$125,276

$148,668

$115,202

Change

FY24-FY25

4.72%

Dollars in figures are in thousands.

Table 8. Constituent Service Representative

Year

Nominal$

2026$

Minimum

Q2 Median

Maximum

Average

Minimum

Q2 Median

Maximum

Average

FY01

$23,802

$26,801

$31,611

$37,367

$45,180

$31,778

$44,449

$50,048

$59,031

$69,781

$84,371

$59,344

FY06

$27,459

$34,498

$38,616

$46,125

$58,789

$40,340

$45,047

$56,594

$63,349

$75,668

$96,442

$66,177

FY11

$25,126

$34,567

$39,699

$45,000

$87,450

$42,471

$36,943

$50,823

$58,368

$66,163

$128,576

$62,445

FY16

$26,659

$38,806

$42,852

$46,500

$69,229

$43,881

$36,735

$53,474

$59,050

$64,076

$95,397

$60,467

Most Recent Five Years

FY21

$25,731

$46,547

$51,886

$60,000

$84,866

$54,466

$31,405

$56,811

$63,328

$73,231

$103,581

$66,476

FY22

$24,999

$50,755

$58,250

$63,875

$72,830

$56,381

$28,251

$57,357

$65,827

$72,184

$82,304

$63,715

FY23

$42,385

$51,127

$59,183

$66,880

$87,223

$60,480

$46,005

$55,494

$64,238

$72,592

$94,672

$65,645

FY24

$39,000

$55,468

$62,298

$69,804

$93,663

$63,988

$41,118

$58,480

$65,681

$73,595

$98,749

$67,463

FY25

$49,211

$57,000

$63,528

$74,043

$97,464

$66,957

$50,553

$58,555

$65,261

$76,062

$100,122

$68,783

Change

FY24-FY25

-0.64%

FY21-FY25

3.05%

FY16-FY25

10.52%

FY11-FY25

11.81%

FY06-FY25

3.02%

FY01-FY25

10.55%

Dollars in figures are in thousands.

Table 9. Deputy Chief of Staff

Year

Nominal$

2026$

Minimum

Q2 Median

Maximum

Average

Minimum

Q2 Median

Maximum

Average

FY21

$122,000

$142,631

$153,900

$168,207

$173,900

$154,392

$148,903

$174,084

$187,838

$205,299

$212,248

$188,438

FY22

$123,500

$151,527

$162,583

$172,746

$189,879

$159,880

$139,565

$171,237

$183,732

$195,217

$214,579

$180,678

FY23

$125,625

$170,634

$180,854

$195,262

$208,875

$179,001

$136,354

$185,207

$196,299

$211,937

$226,713

$194,288

FY24

$119,161

$169,193

$179,521

$193,471

$219,450

$181,112

$125,632

$178,381

$189,270

$203,977

$231,367

$190,947

FY25

$61,583

$177,125

$194,858

$203,750

$224,750

$184,852

$63,263

$181,956

$200,173

$209,307

$230,880

$189,893

Change

FY24-FY25

5.76%

FY21-FY25

6.57%

Dollars in figures are in thousands.

Table 10. Deputy Communications Director

Year

Nominal$

2026$

Minimum

Q2 Median

Maximum

Average

Minimum

Q2 Median

Maximum

Average

FY24

$86,196

$97,104

$102,767

$115,102

$129,084

$106,550

$90,877

$102,377

$108,347

$121,353

$136,094

$112,337

FY25

$94,415

$99,541

$105,225

$112,596

$123,670

$106,726

$96,990

$102,256

$108,095

$115,667

$127,044

$109,637

Change

FY24-FY25

-0.23%

Dollars in figures are in thousands.

Table 11. Deputy Press Secretary

Year

Nominal$

2026$

Minimum

Q2 Median

Maximum

Average

Minimum

Q2 Median

Maximum

Average

FY21

$46,875

$50,469

$54,312

$58,809

$64,667

$54,636

$57,212

$61,598

$66,289

$71,778

$78,927

$66,684

FY22

$47,000

$52,697

$58,354

$61,917

$83,750

$59,338

$53,114

$59,552

$65,945

$69,971

$94,644

$67,056

FY23

$48,069

$59,836

$64,741

$68,640

$105,018

$65,444

$52,175

$64,946

$70,270

$74,502

$113,986

$71,033

FY24

$53,667

$62,000

$66,162

$73,125

$95,417

$68,983

$56,581

$65,367

$69,755

$77,096

$100,598

$72,730

FY25

$59,375

$64,889

$68,000

$74,000

$89,435

$70,159

$60,994

$66,659

$69,855

$76,018

$91,874

$72,072

Change

FY24-FY25

0.14%

FY21-FY25

5.38%

Dollars in figures are in thousands.

Table 12. Deputy Scheduler

Year

Nominal$

2026$

Minimum

Q2 Median

Maximum

Average

Minimum

Q2 Median

Maximum

Average

FY23

$43,833

$56,046

$59,027

$61,945

$70,167

$58,888

$47,577

$60,832

$64,068

$67,235

$76,159

$63,918

FY24

$48,750

$60,820

$67,986

$79,883

$100,000

$70,478

$51,397

$64,123

$71,678

$84,221

$105,431

$74,305

FY25

$57,625

$64,376

$73,654

$79,120

$103,542

$75,826

$59,197

$66,132

$75,663

$81,278

$106,366

$77,894

Change

FY24-FY25

5.56%

Dollars in figures are in thousands.

Table 13. Digital Director

Year

Nominal$

2026$

Minimum

Q2 Median

Maximum

Average

Minimum

Q2 Median

Maximum

Average

FY22

$53,768

$61,786

$68,701

$72,771

$97,208

$69,406

$60,762

$69,824

$77,638

$82,237

$109,853

$78,435

FY23

$41,127

$61,566

$73,493

$80,543

$103,625

$72,696

$44,639

$66,823

$79,770

$87,421

$112,475

$78,904

FY24

$49,667

$76,836

$86,988

$93,306

$114,381

$83,753

$52,364

$81,008

$91,711

$98,373

$120,592

$88,302

FY25

$61,052

$79,350

$88,374

$95,476

$105,107

$86,065

$62,717

$81,515

$90,784

$98,080

$107,974

$88,412

Change

FY24-FY25

-1.01%

Dollars in figures are in thousands.

Table 14. Field Representative

Year

Nominal$

2026$

Minimum

Q2 Median

Maximum

Average

Minimum

Q2 Median

Maximum

Average

FY01

$20,519

$35,839

$41,337

$48,744

$70,466

$42,290

$38,318

$66,926

$77,194

$91,027

$131,592

$78,973

FY06

$29,199

$36,312

$43,875

$56,167

$73,075

$47,152

$47,902

$59,570

$71,977

$92,141

$119,879

$77,352

FY11

$32,250

$47,636

$54,504

$61,750

$74,927

$54,968

$47,417

$70,038

$80,136

$90,790

$110,164

$80,819

FY16

$33,476

$41,076

$47,833

$69,750

$98,125

$55,119

$46,129

$56,601

$65,913

$96,114

$135,214

$75,952

Most Recent Five Years

FY21

$21,000

$38,000

$54,499

$69,533

$91,850

$54,368

$25,631

$46,380

$66,517

$84,867

$112,104

$66,357

FY22

$40,642

$53,458

$70,511

$81,167

$116,070

$69,535

$45,929

$60,412

$79,683

$91,725

$131,168

$78,580

FY23

$40,770

$57,333

$67,685

$82,500

$95,500

$69,645

$44,252

$62,230

$73,465

$89,546

$103,656

$75,593

FY24

$35,324

$56,000

$69,505

$80,842

$102,292

$69,186

$37,242

$59,041

$73,280

$85,232

$107,847

$72,943

FY25

$43,582

$64,510

$80,641

$92,204

$107,174

$77,954

$44,771

$66,270

$82,840

$94,719

$110,097

$80,081

Change

FY24-FY25

13.05%

FY21-FY25

24.54%

FY16-FY25

25.68%

FY11-FY25

3.37%

FY06-FY25

15.09%

FY01-FY25

7.31%

Dollars in figures are in thousands.

Table 15. Legislative Aide

Year

Nominal$

2026$

Minimum

Q2 Median

Maximum

Average

Minimum

Q2 Median

Maximum

Average

FY21

$44,872

$49,633

$54,985

$61,412

$74,188

$56,028

$54,767

$60,578

$67,110

$74,955

$90,548

$68,383

FY22

$41,700

$54,250

$59,883

$67,143

$115,125

$64,591

$47,124

$61,307

$67,673

$75,877

$130,101

$72,993

FY23

$51,333

$61,833

$66,583

$72,187

$92,357

$67,742

$55,717

$67,114

$72,270

$78,352

$100,245

$73,527

FY24

$53,667

$65,250

$70,629

$75,422

$90,000

$70,238

$56,581

$68,793

$74,464

$79,517

$94,887

$74,053

FY25

$57,872

$65,949

$69,988

$76,555

$93,454

$70,844

$59,450

$67,748

$71,897

$78,643

$96,003

$72,777

Change

FY24-FY25

-3.45%

FY21-FY25

7.13%

Dollars in figures are in thousands.

Table 16. Legislative Assistant

Year

Nominal$

2026$

Minimum

Q2 Median

Maximum

Average

Minimum

Q2 Median

Maximum

Average

FY01

$31,916

$46,440

$54,032

$65,250

$83,533

$55,641

$59,601

$86,724

$100,901

$121,850

$155,992

$103,907

FY06

$35,376

$53,750

$60,625

$68,000

$129,356

$64,299

$58,034

$88,176

$99,455

$111,553

$212,209

$105,482

FY11

$46,042

$61,333

$70,396

$76,292

$112,078

$70,272

$67,694

$90,177

$103,502

$112,170

$164,786

$103,319

FY16

$50,667

$60,000

$73,000

$79,619

$106,383

$71,792

$69,817

$82,678

$100,592

$109,714

$146,593

$98,928

Most Recent Five Years

FY21

$57,750

$73,129

$81,667

$89,000

$102,185

$81,011

$70,485

$89,255

$99,676

$108,626

$124,719

$98,876

FY22

$61,958

$72,063

$85,000

$101,000

$124,605

$88,307

$70,018

$81,437

$96,057

$114,138

$140,813

$99,795

FY23

$58,750

$77,200

$85,000

$97,916

$134,500

$88,352

$63,767

$83,793

$92,259

$106,278

$145,986

$95,897

FY24

$74,288

$84,027

$88,025

$101,393

$179,224

$94,697

$78,322

$88,590

$92,805

$106,900

$188,957

$99,839

FY25

$70,041

$83,948

$90,651

$96,233

$122,308

$90,908

$71,951

$86,237

$93,124

$98,858

$125,644

$93,388

Change

FY24-FY25

0.34%

FY21-FY25

-6.57%

FY16-FY25

-7.42%

FY11-FY25

-10.03%

FY06-FY25

-6.37%

FY01-FY25

-7.71%

Dollars in figures are in thousands.

Table 17. Legislative Correspondent

Year

Nominal$

2026$

Minimum

Q2 Median

Maximum

Average

Minimum

Q2 Median

Maximum

Average

FY01

$22,344

$27,496

$29,250

$32,500

$41,250

$30,560

$41,725

$51,347

$54,623

$60,692

$77,032

$57,069

FY06

$26,823

$30,500

$33,973

$38,360

$47,070

$34,706

$44,004

$50,035

$55,732

$62,930

$77,218

$56,936

FY11

$31,500

$34,251

$37,000

$39,063

$51,250

$37,460

$46,314

$50,359

$54,401

$57,434

$75,352

$55,078

FY16

$34,265

$37,348

$39,589

$43,650

$45,500

$39,947

$47,216

$51,464

$54,552

$60,148

$62,698

$55,046

Most Recent Five Years

FY21

$33,000

$46,062

$48,845

$51,345

$71,367

$49,819

$40,277

$56,220

$59,616

$62,667

$87,105

$60,805

FY22

$40,750

$51,333

$53,882

$60,001

$83,667

$55,885

$46,051

$58,011

$60,892

$67,806

$94,550

$63,154

FY23

$43,333

$52,481

$57,552

$62,292

$115,181

$59,199

$47,034

$56,963

$62,467

$67,611

$125,018

$64,255

FY24

$45,612

$55,337

$58,966

$65,750

$84,121

$60,599

$48,089

$58,343

$62,168

$69,321

$88,689

$63,890

FY25

$51,077

$60,500

$66,731

$71,833

$84,404

$66,550

$52,471

$62,150

$68,551

$73,792

$86,706

$68,365

Change

FY24-FY25

10.27%

FY21-FY25

14.99%

FY16-FY25

25.66%

FY11-FY25

26.01%

FY06-FY25

23.00%

FY01-FY25

25.50%

Dollars in figures are in thousands.

Table 18. Legislative Director

Year

Nominal$

2026$

Minimum

Q2 Median

Maximum

Average

Minimum

Q2 Median

Maximum

Average

FY01

$70,417

$90,429

$96,988

$106,671

$138,459

$97,697

$131,499

$168,871

$181,120

$199,202

$258,564

$182,444

FY06

$87,083

$102,358

$117,038

$132,000

$152,430

$118,402

$142,860

$167,917

$192,000

$216,545

$250,061

$194,239

FY11

$96,458

$119,167

$130,000

$136,088

$169,459

$129,435

$141,821

$175,209

$191,137

$200,087

$249,153

$190,306

FY16

$101,375

$125,380

$138,923

$151,167

$165,647

$138,102

$139,692

$172,771

$191,433

$208,304

$228,258

$190,302

Most Recent Five Years

FY21

$122,800

$130,000

$142,364

$150,356

$173,900

$141,986

$149,880

$158,667

$173,758

$183,512

$212,248

$173,296

FY22

$110,545

$141,833

$146,292

$162,299

$173,900

$150,153

$124,925

$160,283

$165,321

$183,411

$196,521

$169,685

FY23

$118,125

$154,733

$165,000

$179,571

$202,000

$165,305

$128,213

$167,948

$179,091

$194,906

$219,251

$179,422

FY24

$132,083

$155,375

$163,750

$187,169

$217,779

$171,146

$139,256

$163,813

$172,642

$197,333

$229,606

$180,440

FY25

$140,039

$164,000

$172,084

$182,319

$217,983

$174,008

$143,859

$168,473

$176,778

$187,292

$223,929

$178,754

Change

FY24-FY25

2.40%

FY21-FY25

1.74%

FY16-FY25

-7.66%

FY11-FY25

-7.51%

FY06-FY25

-7.93%

FY01-FY25

-2.40%

Dollars in figures are in thousands.

Table 19. Press Assistant

Year

Nominal$

2026$

Minimum

Q2 Median

Maximum

Average

Minimum

Q2 Median

Maximum

Average

FY21

$36,667

$49,907

$51,511

$56,106

$77,076

$52,836

$44,752

$60,913

$62,870

$68,478

$94,072

$64,487

FY22

$44,958

$49,679

$52,961

$59,349

$66,922

$54,642

$50,807

$56,142

$59,850

$67,069

$75,627

$61,749

FY23

$49,771

$53,567

$57,610

$59,822

$67,453

$57,370

$54,021

$58,142

$62,530

$64,931

$73,214

$62,269

FY24

$46,125

$50,458

$60,100

$64,390

$72,879

$58,532

$48,630

$53,198

$63,364

$67,886

$76,837

$61,711

FY25

$55,024

$62,553

$69,127

$75,625

$81,071

$68,929

$56,525

$64,259

$71,012

$77,688

$83,282

$70,809

Change

FY24-FY25

12.07%

FY21-FY25

12.95%

Dollars in figures are in thousands.

Table 20. Press Secretary

Year

Nominal$

2026$

Minimum

Q2 Median

Maximum

Average

Minimum

Q2 Median

Maximum

Average

FY01

$21,120

$48,125

$66,625

$77,143

$92,242

$64,528

$39,440

$89,871

$124,418

$144,061

$172,257

$120,503

FY06

$38,667

$55,040

$63,917

$69,385

$112,446

$65,042

$63,432

$90,293

$104,855

$113,825

$184,468

$106,702

FY11

$46,808

$54,250

$61,896

$76,507

$110,591

$65,442

$68,821

$79,763

$91,004

$112,486

$162,601

$96,219

FY16

$53,771

$65,937

$69,375

$76,856

$132,125

$75,205

$74,095

$90,860

$95,597

$105,905

$182,065

$103,631

Most Recent Five Years

FY21

$54,583

$63,167

$84,202

$95,000

$147,500

$83,241

$66,620

$77,096

$102,770

$115,949

$180,026

$101,597

FY22

$41,995

$70,067

$80,837

$98,334

$147,750

$85,747

$47,458

$79,182

$91,353

$111,126

$166,969

$96,901

FY23

$65,000

$79,428

$85,953

$90,500

$175,187

$91,515

$70,551

$86,211

$93,294

$98,229

$190,149

$99,331

FY24

$65,638

$81,106

$88,826

$99,889

$188,433

$92,655

$69,203

$85,511

$93,649

$105,314

$198,666

$97,687

FY25

$57,167

$90,418

$94,727

$103,879

$224,750

$100,919

$58,726

$92,884

$97,311

$106,713

$230,880

$103,671

Change

FY24-FY25

3.91%

FY21-FY25

-5.31%

FY16-FY25

1.79%

FY11-FY25

6.93%

FY06-FY25

-7.19%

FY01-FY25

-21.79%

Dollars in figures are in thousands.

Table 21. Regional Director

Year

Nominal$

2026$

Minimum

Q2 Median

Maximum

Average

Minimum

Q2 Median

Maximum

Average

FY21

$51,678

$70,829

$76,000

$87,631

$125,500

$78,983

$63,074

$86,448

$92,759

$106,955

$153,175

$96,401

FY22

$52,500

$69,422

$81,086

$89,922

$138,230

$82,613

$59,329

$78,452

$91,634

$101,619

$156,212

$93,360

FY23

$62,958

$72,701

$78,734

$96,419

$133,556

$85,178

$68,335

$78,910

$85,458

$104,653

$144,962

$92,453

FY24

$49,667

$84,355

$91,958

$105,500

$140,295

$95,909

$52,364

$88,936

$96,951

$111,229

$147,914

$101,118

FY25

$49,058

$81,000

$85,639

$98,917

$126,998

$89,157

$50,396

$83,209

$87,975

$101,615

$130,462

$91,589

Change

FY24-FY25

-9.26%

FY21-FY25

-5.16%

Dollars in figures are in thousands.

Table 22. Regional Representative

Year

Nominal$

2026$

Minimum

Q2 Median

Maximum

Average

Minimum

Q2 Median

Maximum

Average

FY21

$47,500

$53,291

$55,448

$64,268

$100,636

$61,863

$57,974

$65,043

$67,675

$78,440

$122,828

$75,505

FY22

$56,667

$58,316

$62,705

$72,157

$100,318

$68,723

$64,038

$65,901

$70,862

$81,543

$113,367

$77,662

FY23

$37,000

$60,875

$66,027

$70,941

$95,258

$65,945

$40,160

$66,074

$71,666

$76,999

$103,393

$71,577

FY24

$41,167

$63,979

$70,690

$81,750

$111,206

$87,714

$43,402

$67,454

$74,529

$86,189

$117,245

$92,477

FY25

$60,916

$66,375

$72,250

$80,913

$114,000

$76,223

$62,577

$68,185

$74,221

$83,120

$117,109

$78,302

Change

FY24-FY25

-0.41%

FY21-FY25

9.67%

Dollars in figures are in thousands.

Table 23. Scheduler

Year

Nominal$

2026$

Minimum

Q2 Median

Maximum

Average

Minimum

Q2 Median

Maximum

Average

FY01

$29,690

$42,167

$50,917

$54,670

$75,308

$50,705

$55,445

$78,744

$95,084

$102,093

$140,633

$94,689

FY06

$44,026

$51,354

$64,825

$71,792

$102,673

$64,998

$72,225

$84,246

$106,345

$117,774

$168,434

$106,628

FY11

$38,000

$60,000

$72,500

$81,480

$159,333

$76,168

$55,871

$88,217

$106,595

$119,799

$234,265

$111,988

FY16

$39,716

$56,775

$69,017

$88,068

$137,897

$74,235

$54,728

$78,235

$95,103

$121,355

$190,019

$102,294

Most Recent Five Years

FY21

$50,042

$76,625

$81,518

$115,000

$169,563

$94,346

$61,077

$93,522

$99,495

$140,359

$206,955

$115,151

FY22

$64,546

$81,208

$90,642

$112,000

$188,800

$103,448

$72,943

$91,772

$102,432

$126,569

$213,359

$116,905

FY23

$80,750

$83,556

$88,697

$109,625

$206,467

$102,664

$87,646

$90,692

$96,272

$118,987

$224,099

$111,432

FY24

$69,167

$85,000

$93,000

$107,375

$203,700

$99,221

$72,923

$89,616

$98,050

$113,206

$214,762

$104,609

FY25

$67,902

$89,744

$101,000

$113,684

$169,750

$103,984

$69,754

$92,191

$103,755

$116,785

$174,380

$106,820

Change

FY24-FY25

5.82%

FY21-FY25

4.28%

FY16-FY25

9.10%

FY11-FY25

-2.66%

FY06-FY25

-2.44%

FY01-FY25

9.12%

Dollars in figures are in thousands.

Table 24. Scheduling Director

Year

Nominal$

2026$

Minimum

Q2 Median

Maximum

Average

Minimum

Q2 Median

Maximum

Average

FY21

$82,584

$93,583

$100,093

$111,125

$122,917

$102,268

$100,796

$114,220

$122,166

$135,630

$150,022

$124,821

FY22

$62,000

$105,347

$111,017

$116,925

$136,000

$107,798

$70,065

$119,051

$125,458

$132,135

$153,691

$121,820

FY23

$75,750

$101,067

$117,167

$125,068

$141,000

$113,013

$82,219

$109,698

$127,173

$135,749

$153,041

$122,665

FY24

$85,163

$107,882

$120,300

$127,772

$154,400

$115,367

$89,788

$113,741

$126,833

$134,710

$162,785

$121,632

FY25

$82,165

$104,180

$121,199

$129,522

$149,985

$117,548

$84,406

$107,022

$124,504

$133,054

$154,076

$120,754

Change

FY24-FY25

-1.84%

FY21-FY25

1.91%

Dollars in figures are in thousands.

Table 25. Staff Assistant

Year

Nominal$

2026$

Minimum

Q2 Median

Maximum

Average

Minimum

Q2 Median

Maximum

Average

FY01

$22,000

$26,875

$28,985

$33,008

$51,275

$31,205

$41,084

$50,187

$54,128

$61,641

$95,753

$58,274

FY06

$22,781

$29,220

$35,954

$44,558

$84,136

$39,231

$37,373

$47,935

$58,982

$73,097

$138,025

$64,359

FY11

$27,668

$31,509

$35,083

$41,000

$59,300

$37,963

$40,680

$46,327

$51,582

$60,281

$87,188

$55,816

FY16

$24,401

$34,500

$36,500

$43,417

$64,083

$39,479

$33,624

$47,540

$50,296

$59,827

$88,305

$54,401

Most Recent Five Years

FY21

$21,293

$39,833

$44,917

$47,719

$90,000

$44,866

$25,988

$48,617

$54,821

$58,242

$109,847

$54,760

FY22

$31,013

$44,789

$49,000

$52,731

$64,665

$47,411

$35,047

$50,615

$55,374

$59,591

$73,077

$53,578

FY23

$34,250

$45,333

$53,792

$57,820

$70,510

$52,969

$37,175

$49,205

$58,386

$62,758

$76,531

$57,493

FY24

$33,543

$50,625

$54,750

$60,472

$71,688

$54,626

$35,365

$53,374

$57,723

$63,756

$75,581

$57,593

FY25

$34,807

$51,000

$56,629

$62,799

$70,294

$56,269

$35,757

$52,391

$58,173

$64,512

$72,211

$57,803

Change

FY24-FY25

0.78%

FY21-FY25

6.11%

FY16-FY25

15.66%

FY11-FY25

12.78%

FY06-FY25

-1.37%

FY01-FY25

7.47%

Dollars in figures are in thousands.

Table 26. State Director

Year

Nominal$

2026$

Minimum

Q2 Median

Maximum

Average

Minimum

Q2 Median

Maximum

Average

FY01

$56,000

$74,089

$79,521

$91,065

$122,533

$82,660

$104,577

$138,357

$148,500

$170,058

$228,824

$154,364

FY06

$54,398

$89,201

$101,328

$111,236

$159,755

$104,504

$89,240

$146,333

$166,228

$182,482

$262,077

$171,439

FY11

$81,500

$111,250

$123,557

$140,645

$169,459

$126,386

$119,828

$163,569

$181,664

$206,788

$249,153

$185,822

FY16

$77,042

$117,500

$132,563

$144,500

$169,459

$131,694

$106,162

$161,912

$182,669

$199,118

$233,510

$181,471

Most Recent Five Years

FY21

$103,013

$131,322

$141,585

$156,000

$173,900

$144,896

$125,729

$160,281

$172,808

$190,401

$212,248

$176,848

FY22

$101,904

$134,032

$148,458

$162,083

$190,042

$148,348

$115,160

$151,467

$167,770

$183,167

$214,763

$167,645

FY23

$113,333

$138,000

$156,389

$167,418

$210,000

$153,842

$123,012

$149,785

$169,744

$181,716

$227,934

$166,980

FY24

$118,500

$148,916

$167,974

$189,116

$219,450

$168,490

$124,935

$157,003

$177,095

$199,386

$231,367

$177,640

FY25

$133,875

$160,000

$169,788

$192,150

$224,750

$175,285

$137,526

$164,364

$174,419

$197,391

$230,880

$180,065

Change

FY24-FY25

-1.51%

FY21-FY25

0.93%

FY16-FY25

-4.52%

FY11-FY25

-3.99%

FY06-FY25

4.93%

FY01-FY25

17.45%

Dollars in figures are in thousands.

A number of CRS staff made substantial contributions to this report. William T. Egar, former Analyst in American National Government, provided technical assistance and authored a section of the report. Jonathan P. Kardashian, User Support Specialist, and Andrew M. Schaefer, Editor, provided formatting, editorial, and production support.

Previous versions of the report were supported by the following. Tyler L. Wolanin, Raymond T. Williams and Lara Chausow, former Research Assistants, were coauthors and collected some of the data provided. Barbara L. Schwemle, Analyst in American National Government, provided technical assistance. Casey Burgat, former Research Assistant, provided update support. Sandra L. Edwards, User Support Specialist, Jamie V. Lee, User Support Specialist, Michael M. McCarthy, Editor, Claudia Guidi, formerly a User Support Specialist, and Alex Marine, former Editor, provided formatting, editorial, and production support. Jacobo Licona, Brian Hamel, Joe Wisniewski, and Claire Laurence, former CRS interns, collected data for this report.

Footnotes

1.	Since 2026, the minimum level of gross annual pay for staff in Senators' offices has been $3,757. The maximum annual pay for staff in a Senator's personal office has been $228,000; see 2 U.S.C. 4571 note, 2 U.S.C. 4575. Maximum payable rates for staff in a Senator's office since 2001 are available in Table 1.
2.	In this report, pay refers to monies paid by the Senate to staff, and excludes other components of total compensation, which might include paid leave or employer contributions to various insurance and retirement benefits.
3.	The Report of the Secretary of the Senate since April 2011 is available at https://www.senate.gov/legislative/common/generic/report_secsen.htm.
4.	For each year, a different, random sample of Senators' offices was taken for each position. The large random samples of positions in Senators' offices mean that a full accounting would be unlikely to yield significantly different results. At the same time, a study that examines pay data based on different job titles, or which combines pay data from positions of similar titles or duties (e.g., Legislative Assistant and Senior Legislative Assistant, or Executive Assistants, Schedulers, and Executive Assistant/Schedulers), could result in findings that are different from those provided here.
5.	U.S. Senate, Committee on Rules and Administration, Senate Handbook (Washington: 1996), p. I-13.

Staff Pay, Selected Positions in Senators' Offices, FY2001-FY2025

Contents

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Summary

Introduction

Data Concerns

Data Tables and Visualizations

Senate Member Office Staff Pay Tables

Footnotes