It's official: Members of Congress won't get a pay bump this year

Source: Business Insider

Nov 15, 2025, 6:01 AM ET


If you're a member of Congress hoping for a raise, you'll have to wait at least another year.The vast majority of House and Senate members will continue to earn an annual salary of $174,000 — a figure that hasn't budged since 2009 — after President Donald Trump signed a bill to fund the government and end the longest shutdown in American history.

While the bill only keeps the entirety of the government funded through January 30, it includes funding for the legislative branch for the entire fiscal year, which ends after September 30 of next year.

That portion of the bill contained language that blocked an automatic cost-of-living adjustment — something most other federal employees receive each year.

"I would like to see how well that would go over if we did that to all federal employees," Republican Rep. Andrew Clyde of Georgia told BI in July. "I mean, do you think that would survive?" A version of that provision has been included in every annual government funding bill over the last 16 years.

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