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.
Members of Congress may retire with full benefits at age 62 after five years of service, at age 50 after twenty years of service, and at any age after twenty-five years of service. They may retire with reduced benefits at ages 55 to 59 after five years of service, and age 50 after 20 years of service.