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.
1 Members of Congress can begin drawing their full pension at age 62 if they have completed five years of service, at age 50 with 20 years' service, or at any age with 25 years' service.2  They can collect a reduced pension with 10 years of service at ages 55 to 57, depending on their birth year. 3  The Thrift Savings Plan. Members of Congress can begin drawing their full pension at age 62 if they have completed five years of service, at age 50 with 20 years' service, or at any age with 25 years' service.