Have you ever wondered what is the yearly salary of the president of the United States of America? Well – you don’t have to look any further.
President Barack Obama’s Yearly Salary:
In 2009 the presidential salary for Barack Obama is 400 000 dollars per year.
In other words the president makes 33 333 dollars a month or 8 333 dollars a week.
The president of the United States has always been the highest paid member of the government – that means that no one working for the government has a larger income than the president.
Up until 2001 the yearly salary for president was $200 000 but thanks to a decision approved by the congress and former president Bill Clinton it was raised to 400 000 dollars.
The presidential salary had been 200 000 dollars since 1969. If adjusted for inflation it is actually the equivalent of 1,175,000 today’s dollars.
This means that the president makes about 3 times less in 2009 than he made 40 years ago in 1969.
Additional Money The President Gets to Spend:
In addition to the 400 000 dollars that the president of USA makes yearly he also has a whopping 169 000 dollars to spend on the things he likes.
$ 100 000 – The presidents non-taxable travel account.
This is the money Barack Obama can use if he wishes to travel or make purchases while outside of the United States.
In reality all the presidents travels and visits are paid by the government. The president always uses a private plane or an helicopter that flies wherever the president wants to go. The operating cost of the president’s plane Air Force One is over $56,000 per hour! With that rate it would about 2 hours to go over Obama’s travel budget.
$ 50 000 – Annual Expenses account
In addition to the 400 000 dollar salary and the 100 000 dollar travel account the president has a 50 000 dollar annual expenses account that he can use for pretty much everything he needs to help him be a good president. Obama can use this money if he wants to buy a new tie or even an apple if he is hungry but just like with the travel account – he rarely has to use this money. The president gets everything for free.
$ 19 000 – Entertainment Account
In addition to everything else there is a 19 000 dollar entertainment account that the president can tap into if he wishes. The necessities of life are however covered – the White House has its own movie theater, bowling alley, pool room, tennis court, jogging track and putting greens for practicing golf. Needless to say – the $19 000 will only be spent if the president wants to do something not already present in the White House.
Full Amount the President Can Spend Every Year:
What Else Does The President Get
The president sure does get paid a lot when you compare him with the average American but you could also say with a degree of certainty that there is no one who wants to be a president for the presidential salary.
Getting elected as a president usually means a decrease in the income of the person elected.
That being said – in addition to the US presidential salary and the presidential pay compensation – there are a lot of things that the presidents get for free.
He gets to live in a mansion with 132 rooms, 32 bathrooms, its own staff and the world’s best cooks. In addition, he gets to travel around the world wherever he wants with his private plane.
On top of all of that, the President gets to use all the White House employees and services as he wishes. This includes cooks, housekeeping, doctors, barbers, security and taking the Presidential limousines for a spin 
Retirement
After a president leaves office he gets a life time pension. Today the pension is set to the level of the current administration’s cabinet secretaries or 191,300 dollars per year.
Additionally the ex presidents get travel accounts and free mailing privileges.
The Vice President
No one really cares about how much the vice president makes but nevertheless it is an interesting fact to know 
The salary for the vice president of United States is 208,100 dollars. He also gets to spend $10,000 for expenses.
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I think he should earn more salary because as we know, the president of US is always tied with non-stop meeting, traveling and under high pressure. Not many people can sustain such a pressure job.
I agree, but he actually doesn’t need any money – he can do whatever he likes without money.
i als think his salary is a bit low..when you think about it top lawyers make nearly 400k a year…
The lawyers need their money – the president doesn’t need anything as long as he is the president.
I don’t think they should pay him anything – If you really care about America, then all of these politicians should vow not to be paid until they have paid back the debt., which of course was created by none other than THE POLITICIANS – Stop being so greedy Mr. President – take the first step and give up your pay for the good of the people.
You’ve got to be trolling.
I seem to recall that many presidents, including Obama donate their presidential salaries to charity.
The reason that they originally payed Washington (he refused the $) is so that you don’t need to be rich to be president. I’m Canadian and I know this, they really shouldn’t pay your school teachers…
That’s not something you should say. Our school teachers work very hard at what they do. They need to be paid more.
No!! Thats like saying shouldn’t get paid cause your in debt.
You know, Ron Paul is only taking the average American worker’s salary if he becomes President of the USA. Something somewhere just under 40k a year. GO RON!
Adam: You’re a complete idiot if you believe that. But again… your political leanings might lead one to that conclusion anyway.
hi i whant that much money
That’s easy – just become the president and you’ll start making the same amount!
The powered elites ensure their lackey figureheads are well-rewarded and legally after their lackey lap-dog departs office.
Positions on corporate boards of directors.
$200,000 yearly is typical, along with life-long free health insurance, for appearing at the once-yearly board of directors meeting where the members are kept at the finest hotels, eat the best foods, are chauffeured in stately limousines, eat the finest foods prepared by world-class chefs and listen to a few speeches.
Not bad for $200,000… for one days’ “work.”
How about the “speech circuit”?
Ronald Reagen set the record, I believe. Two-million dollars for one speech with all expenses paid. Hotel, transportation, fine dining, etc.
Many MILLIONS of dollars from the speaking circuit.
Many job positions in corporate America to the ex-politicians AND their families.
And at the highest wages to ensure their Social Security is maxed out AND, despite you “common folks” often having trouble finding jobs with any type of pension rest assured the ex-politicians will receive guaranteed pensions of the best kind with built-in cost of living raises and protected in a manner that common folks’ pensions are NOT guaranteed.
The mass media owned by the wealthy ruling class assists their buddies by not informing the masses of commoners about REALITY.
The facts are out there but few Americans take time away from their sales shopping or TV sports and look into the many ways the “better class” uses the “systems” to their advantage while making you commoners pay the costs.
How do you like being skimmed and scammed?
Do you know an entire class of people at the peak of the pyramid-shaped socio-economic hierarchy are laughing AT you?
Just obey your masters little sheep. It is your patriotic duty.
Impeach Obama and try him for High Treason, He is not an American, and definately not Christian.
Would it matter if he’s Christian or not?
People should leave religion out of politics. So what if he’s Jewish, or Atheist. Or a free mason! The choices he makes aren’t because of his religion, he makes his choices because he thinks they’re good for the General public. Or press:P
I can’t believe someone would bring up religion & not being American. PEOPLE CAN CHOOSE WHAT THEY WANT TO BELIEVE IN & HE HAS A BIRTH CERTIFICATE ! please, before you start posting your opinion , get a clue !
Uh-oh. Looks like we have another idiot in David B. Sweetie, learn how to spell definitely. You make me embarrassed to be a U.S. citizen… I wonder what your definition of “American” is? Would South or Central America count in that? Do women or non-whites count? I would have to guess that the “Americans” you count yourself among are not people with a ton of education. Sound ’bout right?
hahaha let me tell you that $400,000 is nothing compared to presidents that live in corrupt governments…. they make at least a couple millions per year…
but, of course we are talking about us president..
U.S.A. has as president the is most powerful man in the world. And he gains 400,00$ /year. I live in Portugal and, a former remodelled president, gains more than 480,000 € /year. The American people complain!?
How many people have ever given speeches and been publicly ridiculed by CNN or the public, because you sneezed or chose the wrong words which in essence was correct but was easily twisted. how many people have people hunting them day in and day out because of their position and has guarded for the rest of their life because they pretty much put a gigantic target on their chest, did you see what bill clinton looked like before office and after.. it looked like he gained 30 years. Also rest assured if you save a dolphin you probably put some fisherman out of business (or vice versa ) so guaranteed no matter what you do alot of people will despise you when your done. Nobody here is whining that celebrities make MILLIONS and put up with less crap and also are spoiled rotten. but a bunch of you want to throw a fit because the LEADER OF OUR ENTIRE COUNTRY makes maybe a 1/4 of as much if that as half those assholes at Enron who made so many suffer or maybe as much as 1 major league quarterback in maybe 2 weeks of a season (lets not even mention endorsements). I didnt approve of many of the past presidents decisions and I by regulation will not speak good or negative about our current one, but with just the money factor alone and not putting any emphasis on job performance, I wouldnt take that job on a bet for the salary and all the people bitching really need to get their head out of the sand and look around at where your money is really being wasted. I bet half the people who whine about the salary are the same people who spend $200 plus on a coach purse or some maybelline because the celebrity that you are overpaying endorsed it. Stop buying designer crap for its label stop buying overpriced season tickets, stop buying into this he said she said reality show crap, like Palin has gone rogue or obama says that putting air in the tires of your car will fix the gas shortage…. a few popular misquotes that was put on the tv all the time and actually force the media to ask some difficult questions to figure out who is leading our like explain how u plan to fix the deficit and stop letting them dance around questions. Find out who leads our country before he leads our country and maybe we will get somewhere.
The political parties rule our county. It is just like a game to them the red scores by getting your our votes, then blue gets our votes. When one side or another say the blue get all of their players in offices, they get to make up new rules for their own benefit, money or regulations that feed their own self interest. Democrats and Republicans should be replaced by altruistic Americans, but the people don’t care to see beyond the state of their own belly and genitals.
Affordable Health Care should be recognized as making access to Health Care Professionals. Would not our time and money return greater returns creating doctors and nurses, and not on the businesses that make a profit interceding between those in need and those who help? A good amount of resources are spent on education, steer them towards creating an abundance of health care professionals and let the supply of care givers overwhelm those in need of medical consideration.
Of note contrary to common belief, our country was not founded on Judeo-Christian-Muslim doctrine, but by the Deist acceptance that there is god.
1 major league quarterback ….either you are referring to a Major League Pitcher or an NFL Quarterback…
I think the money that the president makes in one day should be donated to people that need cause as long as he is president he don’t need it it is people like me that does we have nothing but yet our country help other country that need it. We need to first help ourselfs.
The president is an American too. Your saying that we should take from him to give to others ? Would you, personally, like it if all your money was taken to support the people who don’t go to college & don’t have as much determination & education as you ? I doubt Obama would go online to complain about how “unfair” things are. If you don’t like how things are going, do what you can to change it. & I doubt that complaining about it online is going to help you any ((:
Lol, and that’s where things are going, aren’t they? There wont be much incentive for people to work hard.
that is a lot of mouey that he spend every year!!!!!!!!!($569,000)is that is a lot of mouey!!!!!!!:)
Honestly, the president should not be making that much. How about taking that money and giving it to our troops. They at the most make 19,000 a year. They risk their lives for our country while the president sits on his ass.
yes, waging war (socially-sanctioned murder) is a great answer to world problems…
No one asked them to risk their lives, they chose to risk their lives they knew what they were getting into and how much the pay was… do not bitch an whine about someone running our country getting half a million dollars a year. like half a million dollars would help pay for the troops anyway we already spend 20% of our tax payer money on them, when in world war II we spent 10% of our tax payers money. Don’t give me the BS that the troops aren’t getting compensated enough… they are.
i think that all presidents and cabinet members should make
15.00 hour . see if they could live on that salary.
Well said Gary. That was the most coherent comment of all. Although you went a little overboard because they were the ones setting wages as low as $8. per hour. So they should try to live on that much.
come on people you think he should make more, how dumb can you be, he makes 400000 a year, he does not pay for travel, he does not pay for food, for eletric, water, he suits are paid for, they are cleaned and press on the tax payer doller, he houses is cleaned up for him on hte tax payer doller, he gets every tv station in the world on tax payer doller, he should not make a doller, when someone runs for president hey are running to be a servant of the people, do our soliders get this, hell know they make less than 40000 (thats less than 10% of eagle 1) and have ot pay for everything. soliders put there life on the line everyday, the president has over 60 body guards (also paid for on the tax payers dime) you really think your life would be stressed out if that were you, heck remeber the name casue when i run every bit of my salery will go to something worth a damb, mabey a childerns hospitla have not figured that part out yet but really, out country if dieing becasue of this crap and we have people that support it.
For one you sound like a burger flipper that has no ambition in life and want things handed to you. Becoming president and running the country isn’t an easy thing. Being a soldier isn’t hard either but most of them don’t risk their lives as much as you think, most know the consequences of being a soldier, most know what the pay is. And when you run I won’t vote for you and I will not stand for your BS.
I believe that while all are complaining about his salary, all should either put that hats in the ring and run for president or possibly vote to make some changes. We always complain about what the president is not doing; but we fail to realize that after he leaves office, he still has a wife and two girls to care for. put yourself in his position and truly answer this question; would you leave office with a family and no money saved up to support your family? If you would truly do this, then question your own morals. i am prior military and take great offense to the statements about giving his pay to the troops, espically when alot of people speaking on this page, most likely never severd a day defending this country: shame on you. God Bless you all!
i thinc he is a bad president becuse
he doesent care about me
@pissed off american:
You might at least want to learn how to spell before running for president.
Robert knows what’s up! Seems like the kind of military personnel that I like and would get along very well with. That doesn’t happen often.
Shut up about the military not making enough, it’s their choice to serve and they know what they’re getting into. They could go to college and make efforts to get a higher paying job. MOST of the military people I know are cocky ass meatheads that love to kill innocent people overseas.
(My friend’s brother just died two days ago when a road-side bomb blew up. I have all the respect in the world for him, I’m not at all saying that all of the people in the military are dickheads. Just lots. And I don’t like them.)
Do you honestly think for 2 seconds that the president is spending all his time bowling downstairs, or playing mini-golf in his office? His travel is paid because his job requires it. You think he doesn’t deserve a few luxuries?
Have you seen the guy’s hair lately? Yeah, I’m sure he’s sitting on a beach in Maui drinking martinis as I type this.
It does make you wonder why people spend millions to get the job though
Mike, they spend millions yes but it is not their money they are spending, it is all donated by big corporations, unions, etc. Not one cent comes from their own account.
Its pretty funny how the gov is so bankrupt but yet he is paid this much money BUT WAIT!!!! lets lower the militarys pay. Even though I work my ass off just to earn maybe 30 grand a year. BLOW ME!!!!!!
i am sure the president gets a extra ´´ bonus ´´ .
All is well but all this money are they swallowing it? please Mr president help the needy all over. may God be with your soul….
TOTAL WEALTH-2003,300,000.00 2011- 10-15 MILLION ,REALLY
As long as there are voters, and smart people like Obama to run our country down, there will always be aggitation and aggrivation in the USA. So Vote on Elect your Illinois Type Presidents, you idiots deserve what you got.
And look at what Texas has given us Two bushes and Perry (Thank Something that he dropped the race) , Hell the republicans are the main reason we are in this mess. The Regan Tax Cuts, Daddy bushes war + more Tax Cuts, Jr.s Tax Cuts + Glass-Steagall act being repealed + 2 wars + what the Glass-Steagall act did = just the top layer of what these men have done to this country, these republican idiots or masterminds… still gets to me every time someone stands up for them or bitches about the current president.