Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced on May 6 that she is ordering the minimum salary to be paid to congressional aides in the lower chamber of Congress to be increased to $45,000.
“I am pleased to announce that … the House will for the first time ever set the minimum annual pay for staff at $45,000.
The deadline to implement the new pay order is Sept. 1, 2022, Pelosi said in a “Dear Colleague” letter to all 435 Members of the House of Representatives.
“With a competitive minimum salary, the House will better be able to retain and recruit excellent, diverse talent. Doing so will open the doors to public service for those who may not have been able to afford to do so in the past.
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