Presidential Salary Presentation
Transcript: The President's and Vice President's salaries are not changed very often. In 1969, the Presidential salary was $100,000. Presidential Salary By Matthew Casagrande In contrast, the Vice President only gets 208,100 as a salary, which is just over half of the President's salary. The End The President gets $400,000 a year. In 2001, the President's salary was increased to $400,000, where it has stayed until today. The president gets $50,000 for expenses, $100,000 for travel, and $19,000 for entertainment. The framers of the Constitution thought about not paying public servants (like the President and Vice President), but they realized that nobody would run for office. This was increased in 1991, giving President Clinton $200,000. The president gets $150,000 as pension. When you think about it, this is a very small amount of money for what the President does. The Vice President gets $10,000 for expenses. The reason that the President's salary exists is to repay them for the expenses of the campaign.