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List of current members of the United States Congress by wealth

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This list of members of the United States Congress by wealth includes the fifty richest members of Congress as of 2018. It displays the net worth (the difference between assets and liabilities) for the member and their immediate family, such as a spouse or dependent children. These figures offer only an estimation of wealth, as the Congressional financial disclosure rules use value ranges instead of exact amounts.[1] As an upper range is not specified for values over $50 million (or over $1 million for a spouse), large assets are not represented accurately. Additionally, government salaries and personal residences are not typically included in disclosures.[2] Furthermore, several members of Congress do not use a standardized electronic format, instead filing reports that range from vague to indecipherable.[3] As of 2020, over half of the members of Congress were millionaires and the median net worth of members was approximately $1 million.[4]

The original documents for each member's disclosure are publicly available on database websites.[5]

Since 2009, the salaries per annum of members of the United States Congress have been as follows:[6]

Position Salary
Speaker of the House of Representatives $223,500
Majority leader and minority leader of the House of Representatives $193,400
President pro tempore of the Senate $193,400
Senators and representatives $174,000
Non-voting members of the United States House of Representatives $174,000

As of July 2024, the top 50 wealthiest members of the United States Congress were as follows:

Source: Quiver Quantitative (July 2024)[7]
Rank Name Party State Chamber Serving in the
118th Congress?
Net worth ($ million)
1 Rick Scott Republican Florida Senate Yes 327.3
2 Vernon Buchanan Republican Florida House Yes 249.3
3 Nancy Pelosi Democratic California House Yes 248.0
4 Mitt Romney Republican Utah Senate Yes 245.0
5 Darrell Issa Republican California House Yes 215.3
6 Mark Warner Democratic Virginia Senate Yes 195.2
7 Daniel Goldman Democratic New York House Yes 178.0
8 Pete Ricketts Republican Nebraska Senate Yes 162.6
9 Suzan DelBene Democratic Washington House Yes 125.6
10 Don Beyer Democratic Virginia House Yes 113.6
11 Jay Obernolte Republican California House Yes 97.9
12 Mark Green Republican Tennessee House Yes 80.4
13 David Trone Democratic Maryland House Yes 77.4
14 Kevin Hern Republican Oklahoma House Yes 77.0
15 Roger Williams Republican Texas House Yes 75.3
16 Sara Jacobs Democratic California House Yes 73.0
17 Markwayne Mullin Republican Oklahoma Senate Yes 63.8
18 John Rose Republican Tennessee House Yes 61.7
19 Ralph Norman Republican South Carolina House Yes 60.1
20 John Hoeven Republican North Dakota Senate Yes 59.6
21 Scott Peters Democratic California House Yes 56.0
22 Bill Hagerty Republican Tennessee Senate Yes 55.7
23 Jim Risch Republican Idaho Senate Yes 54.1
24 Ron Johnson Republican Wisconsin Senate Yes 54.0
25 Jamaal Bowman Democratic New York House Yes 50.0
26 Mitch McConnell Republican Kentucky Senate Yes 48.2
27 Kathy Manning Democratic North Carolina House Yes 48.0
28 Josh Gottheimer Democratic New York House Yes 46.1
29 Dean Phillips Democratic Minnesota House Yes 46.0
30 Jim Baird Republican Indiana House Yes 45.9
31 Shri Thanedar Democratic Michigan House Yes 39.7
32 Dan Meuser Republican Pennsylvania House Yes 39.5
33 Buddy Carter Republican Georgia House Yes 31.3
34 Lloyd Doggett Democratic Texas House Yes 31.2
35 Matt Rosendale Republican Montana House Yes 30.1
36 Lori Trahan Democratic Massachusetts House Yes 29.8
37 Scott Franklin Republican Florida House Yes 26.9
38 John Hickenlooper Democratic Colorado Senate Yes 25.6
39 Dale Strong Republican Alabama House Yes 25.1
40 Victoria Spartz Republican Indiana House Yes 25.0
41 Ryan Zinke Republican Montana House Yes 24.1
42 Ken Calvert Republican California House Yes 22.9
43 Pat Fallon Republican Texas House Yes 22.2
44 Marjorie Taylor Greene Republican Georgia House Yes 22.2
45 Sheldon Whitehouse Democratic Rhode Island House Yes 21.8
46 Greg Murphy Republican North Carolina House Yes 21.5
47 Thomas Kean Jr. Republican New Jersey House Yes 21.5
48 Mark Kelly Democratic Arizona Senate Yes 21.3
49 Cory Mills Republican Florida House Yes 21.2
50 Ann Wagner Republican Missouri House Yes 21.2

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Wealth of Congress". Roll Call. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  2. ^ "About the Personal Finances Data & CRP's Methodology". OpenSecrets. OpenSecrets. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
  3. ^ Marquette, Chris (October 1, 2020). "Several lawmakers disclose opaque financial records". Roll Call.
  4. ^ Evers-Hillstrom, Karl (April 23, 2020). "Majority of lawmakers in 116th Congress are millionaires". OpenSecrets.
  5. ^ "House Financial Disclosure Database". Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. Clerk_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  6. ^ Brudnick, Ida A. (April 11, 2018). "Congressional Salaries and Allowances: In Brief" (PDF). Congressional Research Service. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
  7. ^ "Congress Live Net Worth Tracker". Quiver Quantitative. Quiver Quantitative. Retrieved July 26, 2024.