AWOL status, or other dishonorable status while on active military service is not eligible for Differential Pay. PERF means the Public Employees' Retirement Fund. SPD means the State Personnel Department. State Pay means the employee's current wages. TRF means the Teachers' Retirement Fund.
And while Americans' median wealth is down 43% since 2007, Congress members' net worth has jumped 28%. (Some of the lawmakers in Congress change from year to year. Congress also has some uber-wealthy members. Representative Darrell Issa once again topped the charts with a net worth of $448.4 million in 2013.
Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice makes $172,200 in her current role as Assistant to the President and National Security Adviser. White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest, left, and White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough, right, also make $172,200 a year. The White House has been required by law to disclose the names, titles and salaries of every one of its employees to Congress since 1995. 'Consistent with President Obama's commitment to transparency,' Obama's administration has also opted to make the data available to the public each year in an easily searchable chart.