President Joe Biden and first lady Dr. Jill Biden earned $619,976 in 2023, according to their joint tax returnreleased by the White House on Monday – the deadline date for Americans to file their taxes.
The White House also released the return for Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff, showing that pair made $450,299 last year.
“President Biden believes that all occupants of the Oval Office should be open and honest with the American people,” the White House said in a statement on Monday, “and that the longstanding tradition of annually releasing presidential tax returns should continue unbroken.”
That statement could be seen as a dig at former President Donald Trump, who declined to voluntarily release his tax returns while he was president. Six years of Trump’s tax returns, including from his time as president, were released to the public by the House Ways and Means Committee at the end of 2022.
The bulk of the Bidens’ income came from President Biden’s congressionally mandated $400,000 salary, along with pensions. The first lady also earned $85,985 from her position as a teacher at Northern Virginia Community College.
You know what’s disgusting? 85k salary for a teacher. Teachers need more.
Oh boy don’t look at Florida’s teacher salaries then. (Or whatever hell holes are the 2 states lower than us)
Cries in Oklahoma. I’m hearing from other locals that, since we’re losing so many teachers, some classes are being combined into gymnasiums with 120 kids to 1 teacher. Fuck Governor Stitt and his goon Ryan Walters.
I mean, in general, sure? It’s a very expensive area, 100k is middle class even with the public servant housing programs they run
It’s community college though - is she teaching a class a week or full time?
I’m more concerned about elementary school teachers being sucked dry for $55-75k with higher degrees ( that’s 10k up from what it was a decade ago… I hope I’m way under but I’m probably over)
But you see the point of the article is to get folk thinking about the inequity and blame the President. Thus, while you didn’t take the bait, you are circling the hook and paying attention.
incorrect. the assumption is implied from the headline and while no that was not the comment’s intent it is playing along none the less.
$85k for teacher seems reasonable in my opinion, especially considering how much time they get off during the year.
I thought it was much lower than that.
That said, I would love to see them make more than that. However, teaching is a fulfilling and rewarding job, and a lot of people do it for that reason. That makes it a competitive job market, and that’s probably why salaries are low.
First of all, she’s a college professor not a “teacher”.
Second, teachers at lower levels are leaving the profession. There’s not enough teachers for the roles right now. It’s not rewarding anymore.
my wife is a senior lecturer at a university and makes 50k, so these aren’t accurate numbers at all.
Now let’s compare the numbers to Donald Trump’s…oh thats right, he said he would release his nine years ago and never did.
He couldn’t even scrape together $200m despite insisting that he’s a billionaire. I think we can pretty confidently assume he has hamberder wrappers in his wallet and nothing else.
Two more weeks! There are just so many papers. Two more weeks. They’ll be perfect tax returns.
Okay?
The presidential salary is $400,000/yr, which is pretty small compared to a lot of NATO countries. Jill just has to pull in $200k, which is probably pretty doable for people with their background- I’d bet they own a business or two at least, in which case this is still fairly modest in the US. It’s an unimaginable amount of money for me and almost anyone I know, but it’s really not out of the ordinary (and maybe even pretty low) for someone in an ownership/leadership position in the US.
Here’s a full breakdown:
Biden’s presidential salary is $400,000. Jill Biden reported earning $85,985 from Northern Virginia Community College, where she teaches. The Bidens collected $129,876 in taxable interest, pensions and annuities, Social Security benefits, and IRA distributions − significantly more than in 2022, producing the spike in income. Jill Biden also reported $4,115 in royalties from prior book publications.
From USA Today
Biden does get a pension for his time as Vice President and senator and they both qualify for social security.
Article says Jill pulls $85k. So the rest is probably investments, which is pretty damn modest, considering their age.
The Bidens collected $129,876 in taxable interest, pensions and annuities, Social Security benefits, and IRA distributions − significantly more than in 2022, producing the spike in income. Jill Biden also reported $4,115 in royalties from prior book publications.
Considering the dude has been in the Senate since dinosaurs were on the planet during which time he could partake legally in inside trading and he had access to much of the world’s confidential information and a long list of people volunteering to do him favors.
That’s Jimmy-Carter-selling-his-peanut-farm modest.
That’s way lower than I’d expect for someone with a doctorate. I guess it makes sense if she only works part time?
Seems very modest for the most powerful positon on earth
I’m of two minds here. I don’t think anyone for any reason should be allowed to earn over a half million per year. But also there are people whose positions are far less important who have earnings significantly higher than this.
The carryover effect of an economic system that that has catastrophically imbalanced wealth distribution means that in order for actually qualified people occupying roles that are important, you need to compensate them at a very high rate.
I generally agree with you, but half a mil is peanuts and those aren’t the people I think we should be eating. I think something in the 5-10m range is where we should be taking 90% of it or something. But yeah, you need to pay leaders enough for the job to be worth doing, because the goodness of one’s heart doesn’t provide unfortunately.
Out of curiosity, What position do you feel is more powerful?
I’m not American, but I don’t feel there is anyone more powerful than the person commanding the single most powerful fighting force in the history of the earth.
