section_path: Office and status/Salary
section_name: Salary
paragraph_text: Salary
  
  The vice president's salary in 2019 was $235,100. For 2024, the vice president's salary is $284,600, however, due to a pay freeze in effect since 2019, the actual portion of that salary that is payable remains $235,100. The salary was set by the 1989 Government Salary Reform Act, which also provides an automatic cost of living adjustment for federal employees. The vice president does not automatically receive a pension based on that office, but instead receives the same pension as other members of Congress based on their position as president of the Senate. The vice president must serve a minimum of two years to qualify for a pension.