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.
Democrats saw their median net worth decline 14.3% from 2012, while Republicans' wealth rose by 10.1%. The typical senator is also far wealthier than the typical representative. The median net worth of the Senate was $2.8 million, while the House was a mere $843,500. Real estate was the most popular investment for lawmakers, worth between $357 million and $1.2 billion.