Here is what a member of the House of Representatives receives each year: 🔸Pay: $174,000 House majority and minority leader: $193,400 Speaker of the House: $223,500 🔸Average Annual Office Budget: $1.93 million This covers non-DC office rent and utilities, travel, supplies, equipment, and more. Over 70% goes to paying staff. Staff salary is capped at $228,000 per person per year. 🔸Healthcare: 75% covered by taxpayers Members are required to get gold-tier health insurance. Taxpayers pay up to 75% of premiums, or $8,400 for an individual and $20,200 for a family, each year. 🔸Lodging and food reimbursement: $192-$295 and $92 per eligible day When members are officially working in DC, they can claim a lodging reimbursement for each day to cover rent or hotel costs for where they're staying in DC (does not apply to mortgages). The rate depends on the month and ranges from $192- $295 per day. They can also claim a daily food allowance for those days and some official travel days. The maximum is $92 per day, and no receipt is required to claim it. They can also use that $92 to cover incidentals like tips. These reimbursements are pulled from the member’s office budget. So if a member claims $25,000 in a year, they have $25,000 less to spend on office/staff/equipment. 2025 saw nearly $7 million worth of these reimbursements. The average amount claimed was ~$18,600. 140 members claimed over $20,000. 26 claimed over $30,000. The highest claim was $39,789. 🔸Retirement Savings: maximum of $8,700 annually Members of the House receive retirement savings contributions paid by taxpayers. The amount is based on how much they contribute. 🔸Pension: based on years served Members who have served at least five years are eligible for a pension. The amount and when it can be claimed depend on years served. That is a substantial pay and benefits package for members of Congress. It would be justified if they worked hard to improve our lives and the nation. But the House has worked fewer than 90 days in DC this year, and they've accomplished nothing. Most Americans can easily say they've worked far more and been paid much less. We need to vote out the members of Congress who take advantage of these perks while not doing their jobs, and replace them with those who will take the job seriously.