FY2023 Median Pay and Percentage Change for Selected Staff Positions in Senate Committees, 2024 Dollars and Percentage Change, FY2022-FY2023 Position FY23 Pay, 2024 $ Change, FY22-FY23 Position FY23 Pay, 2024 $ Change, FY22-FY23 Archivist — — Minority Staff Director — — Chief Clerk $180,176 4.40% Professional Staff Member $132,727 18.51% Chief Counsel $177,896 3.70% Research Assistant $67,015 10.21% Communications Director $160,949 -1.41% Senior Counsel $147,389 1.61% Counsel $120,103 -8.19% Senior Professional Staff Member $131,403 -14.96% Deputy Chief Clerk $118,049 -7.25% Staff Assistant $57,089 8.14% Deputy Staff Director $190,795 2.22% Staff Director $212,978 6.17% General Counsel $180,127 -2.82% Systems Administrator $101,610 18.86% Legislative Aide $85,830 21.82% Source: Report of the Secretary of the Senate, as collated by LegiStorm, various years, and CRS calculations based on based the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the first half of 2024. “—” indicates no data available. Report tables provide aggregate statistics on pay for each staff position for FY2001, FY2004, FY2009, FY2014, and FY2019-FY2023, including quartiles, median pay, and average pay, based on available data. Graphic displays are also included, providing representations of pay from the following two perspectives: a line graph showing change in median pay, FY2001-FY2023, in nominal (current) and constant 2024 dollars; and distributions of FY2023 pay in 2024 dollars, in $10,000 increments. Other data, which may not represent the entire FY2001-FY2023 period, are available to congressional staff upon request. The Congressional Research Service provides a number of products on staffing issues. These can be found in CRS Report R44688, Congressional Staff: CRS Products.
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