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 From 1789 to 1855, members of Congress received only a per diem (daily payment) of $6.00 while in session, except for a period from December 1815 to March 1817, when they received $1,500 a year. 2  Members began receiving an annual salary in 1855, when they were paid $3,000 per year.hat, too, is wrong. Salaries and benefits of members of the U.S. Congress have been the source of taxpayer unhappiness and myths over the years. Here are some facts for your consideration. As of 2015, the base salary for all rank-and-file members of the U.S. House and Senate is $174,000 per year, plus benefits.