Learn all about Argus in our Patch 7.3 - Week 1 Survival Guide and the Comprehensive Argus Guide. 1  Level: 31. 2  Requires level 27. 3  Loremaster: Desolace. 4  Side: Horde. 5  Start: Ancient Vortex Runestone. 6  End: Cerelia. 7  Not sharable. 8  Difficulty: 27 29 34 39. 9  Added in patch 4.0.3.13277.
So a congressman with 22 years of service and whose average salary for the top three years was $153,900 gets $84,645. A current congressman ending up with six years of service (it's two-year terms, after all) would get at least $16,503 (at age 62, of course). In actuality, the average congressional pension payment ranges between $41,000 and $55,000, based on 2002 data from the Congressional Research Service. Now, a retiring congressman isn't allowed to get more than 80 percent of their salary upon retirement.
Congressional retirement benefits are based on the program for federal employees. All members pay into the federal retirement program and pay Social Security taxes, as well. Unlike other federal employees, however, members of Congress may draw a pension beginning at age 62 with a minimum of only five years of service.alary. The highest paid congressional figure is the Speaker of the House, who, as of 2012, received a salary of $223,500 per year. The Majority and Minority Leaders of the House each received $193,400 per year, as of 2012.