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$608/hr. Not bad for part time work [View all]
By Alexander Bolton - 09/22/14 08:36 PM EDT
Congress will be in session for only eight days during a 102-day span between Aug. 1 and Nov. 12, when lawmakers are set to return for a lame-duck session after the elections.
Because the annual salary for members of the House is $174,000, their hourly wage for those eight days amounts to $608 per hour, presuming 10-hour workdays.
That’s several times the hourly compensation of anesthesiologists, one of the highest-earning professions, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, at $113 an hour on average.
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http://thehill.com/homenews/news/218579-time-in-dc-for-lawmakers-works-out-to-608-per-hour
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