What was george washington's presidential salary?

On September 24, 1789, Congress voted to pay the president a salary of $25,000 a year, and the vice president an annual salary of $5,000. Washington's salary was equal to two percent of the total federal budget in 1789. read more

George Washington's Salary as President When George Washington took the oath of office as president on April 30, 1789, technically he had no salary. The House and Senate had not assembled sufficient members to form quorums until April 1 and April 6, respectively, and had passed no law setting the president’s salary. read more

There is no mechanism to automatically adjust the president's salary; Congress must pass legislation authorizing it. In 1789, George Washington got paid $25,000 a year. In 1873, that went up to $50,000 for the second term of Ulysses S. Grant. read more

President George W. Bush delivers the 2007 State of the Union address. Pool / Getty Images News President George W. Bush, who took office in January of 2001, became the first president to earn the current pay rate of $400,000. The president's $400,000 salary took effect in 2001 and remains the current pay rate for president. read more

George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was an American statesman and soldier who served as the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797. read more

Grant had four years at each salary. Rutherford Hayes: $50,000 : James Garfield: $50,000 : Chester Arthur: $50,000 : Grover Cleveland: $50,000 : Benjamin Harrison: $50,000 : William McKinley: $50,000 : Theodore Roosevelt: $50,000 : William Taft: $75,000 : Woodrow Wilson: $75,000 : Warren Harding: $75,000 : Calvin Coolidge: $75,000 : Herbert Hoover: $75,000: Did not accept the salary. read more