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.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D) Feinstein, the oldest member of the Senate, is the eighth-wealthiest member of Congress. Her minimum net worth is $52.8 million. The largest portion of her assets lies in investments including Carlton Hotel Properties, which owns the Carlton Hotel in San Francisco, and Elevance Renewable Sciences.