Pelosi Orders Minimum Pay Boost for House Aides to $45,000

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Rep. Brenda Lawrence (D-Mich.) (L), Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), (2L) Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) (2R), and Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) participate in a bill enrolment ceremony for the Postal Service Reform Act at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on March 17, 2022. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced on May 6 that she is ordering the minimum salary to be paid to congressional aides in the lower chamber of Congress to be increased to $45,000.

“I am pleased to announce that ... the House will for the first time ever set the minimum annual pay for staff at $45,000.”