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.
This chart shows the average yearly percentage change in net worth of the 100 congressional incumbents whose calculated net worth divided by the number of years studied was the highest. The average increase in net worth in the Top 100 was 114% per year. Of the Top 100, 56 are Republicans, 43 are Democrats and one is an Independent. In total, the study looks at 320 Republicans, 296 Democrats and two Independents.