Salary for fbi director: How Much Does the FBI Director Make? Christopher Wray Would Have to Take Big Salary Cut if Confirmed

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How Much Does the FBI Director Make? Christopher Wray Would Have to Take Big Salary Cut if Confirmed

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Jason Le Miere
On 7/12/17 at 7:40 AM EDT

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Christopher Wray
FBI Director

Christopher Wray can look forward to a healthy salary if he is confirmed as FBI director, but he will have to take a massive pay cut from what he has been taking home in recent years. Wray will face a Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday as lawmakers weigh whether he is the man to replace James Comey, who was fired by President Donald Trump in May.

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Comey earned a salary of $172,000, according to U.S. Office of Personnel Management documents. While that’s more than $100,000 more than the median U.S. household income, it’s around $9 million less than Wray has pocketed in the past 18 months.

Since January 2016, the 50-year-old made $9.2 million as a private lawyer at the firm King & Spalding, according to his financial disclosure form released earlier this week. The form lists 20 clients who paid him more than $5,000 since January 2015, including New Jersey governor, and early Trump backer, Chris Christie.

His wealth does not end there. From his 20 pages of listed assets, Wray is shown to be worth $23 million to $42 million, according to a calculation from the Wall Street Journal. His appointment would help maintain the Trump administration’s position as one of the wealthiest in memory. And thus, while Wray’s salary will take a substantial hit if confirmed by the FBI, his net worth should help soften the blow.

Christopher Wray pauses during a press conference at the Justice Department in November 2003, when he was assistant U.S. attorney general. President Donald Trump nominated him to be FBI director on June 7.
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Wray, described by Trump as a man of “impeccable credentials” when nominating him last month, also will have the comfort of knowing that he will be entitled to a pension under the Federal Employees Retirement System. There is a warning, though, if Wray gets on the wrong side of Trump, or Trump’s successor. It emerged when Comey was abruptly fired that, according to the Office of Personnel Management, presidential appointments aren’t entitled to severance pay.

I will be nominating Christopher A. Wray, a man of impeccable credentials, to be the new Director of the FBI. Details to follow.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 7, 2017

FBI directors are, however, granted 10-year terms in order to insulate them from politics and partisanship. Thus, even if Trump is replaced by a Democrat in the White House it does not mean Wray will lose his comfortable salary.

Wray is no stranger to working in Washington. From 2003 to 2005 he worked as assistant attorney general when he oversaw the Department of Justice’s criminal division. Wray was nominated by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the Senate.

He will now go back before the Senate Wednesday looking to avoid becoming only the second individual to have his FBI director nomination withdrawn by the president since hearings began in 1973.

6-figure salary, no severance: What an FBI director has to lose

An FBI spokesperson says the bureau had no comment about retirement benefits for FBI employees, or Comey’s benefits specifically.

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The FBI director can qualify for the normal federal retirement plan

But presidential appointments aren’t eligible for severance pay

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James Comey’s ouster from the top of the FBI sent shock waves through Washington, and left many wondering what happens next for him.

The FBI director job was a step down in pay from his previous roles as general counsel for an aerospace giant and a hedge fund, even though the role is a level III position in the executive schedule. According to the Office of Personnel Management as of 2017, that should have an annual salary of $172,100.

FBI spokesperson Susan McKee said the bureau had no comment about retirement benefits for FBI employees, or Comey’s benefits specifically.

But unlike other federal employees, it doesn’t appear that Comey has any severance package coming his way.

The president appoints the FBI director for a typical 10-year term, and the Office of Personnel Management says presidential appointments aren’t eligible for severance pay. As far as a pension goes, the FBI director, like other federal employees, can qualify for the Federal Employees Retirement System.

John Grobe, a retired federal benefits manager and president of Federal Career Experts, said Comey’s firing “should not affect anything with regard to a pension” under the Federal Employees Retirement System.

Comey submitted financial documents in 2013 when the Senate was considering him for the job. Those documents showed he had a net worth of more than $11 million. He also said he’d get a payout from the massive hedge fund Bridgewater Associates of more than $3 million if he became FBI director.

Comey was the company’s general counsel for more than two years in addition to five years as general counsel for the defense industry giant Lockheed Martin.

How are FBI directors appointed and how much do they earn?

A collection of facts about the history of the agency, designed to stop violations of federal laws and ensure the safety of the state and citizens of the United States

The main tasks of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are: protecting the United States from terrorist attacks, countering foreign intelligence, combating cyber and white-collar crime, combating corruption and especially serious crimes, etc.

The FBI has more than 36,000 employees and a 2012 budget of $8.1 billion.

Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is nominated by the President of the United States and cannot be appointed without the consent of the Senate.

First, the presidential staff selects potential candidates, after the choice is made, the candidate is submitted for consideration by the Senate Judiciary Committee. If the candidate for the post of FBI director is approved by the committee, then his candidacy is put to a vote by the full composition of the upper house of Congress. nine0003

Most of the directors of the FBI were not FBI career employees who had made careers in the department, but they all had a law degree and relevant law enforcement experience. The immediate superior of the FBI Director is the Attorney General of the United States.

Under current law, the director of the FBI cannot hold this position for more than ten years, and cannot be appointed to this post in the future. However, every rule has exceptions. The current director, Robert Muller, was appointed in August 2001, but his term was later extended by two years. All other directors of the FBI did not complete the 10-year term: they either left the civil service or moved to another position. nine0003

The first director of the FBI, Edgar Hoover, led this organization for almost 48 consecutive years. In 1924, Hoover became head of the Bureau of Investigation within the US Department of Justice (the forerunner of the FBI) in 1924, he created the FBI in 1935, and left his post in 1972 due to his own death. Then he was 77 years old. Throughout this time, Hoover was considered one of the most powerful men in Washington.

The current procedure was developed – by analogy with the appointment of other high-ranking officials – four years before the death of Edgar Hoover. However, in practice it began to be used only in 1972 year. The ten-year term of office of the director of the FBI was established in 1976 – as part of the fight against corruption.

In the 41 years since Hoover’s death, senators have considered six nominees. The approval process took no more than three weeks.

In two cases, the presidents withdrew their proposed candidates. This happened for the first time in the same 1972 – the candidate proposed by President Richard Nixon did not have a chance to pass the Senate, since the confidence in the president was at an all-time low due to the Watergate scandal flaring up. At 19In 1977, President Jimmy Carter recalled his candidate – because the candidate for the post of director of the FBI became seriously ill.

During the period before the FBI had a designated director, the bureau was led by “acting directors” – all veterans of the bureau. One of them held this position for 11 months.

The President of the United States has the right to remove the director of the FBI from office, and the reasons for which this decision can be taken are not clearly stated in the law. In the entire history of this special service, this happened only once – William Sessions, whose candidacy at 1987 unanimously approved by the Senate, six years later was removed by President Bill Clinton due to the emergence of “serious questions related to the performance of his official duties.”

Since 2004, the director of the FBI has not had direct access to the President of the United States. He reports the situation to the director of national intelligence, who coordinates the work of all the intelligence agencies of the United States, who, in turn, informs the president.

Now, according to the salary scale, the salary of the director of the FBI is 179$700 per year.

How are FBI directors appointed and how much do they earn?

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Today, the FBI employs more than 36,000 employees, the 2012 budget was 8.1 billion dollars. A collection of facts about the history of the agency, designed to stop violations of federal laws and ensure the safety of the state and citizens of the United States.

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In the staff of the FBI – more than 36 thousand employees, the budget of 2012 was 8. 1 billion dollars.

Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is nominated by the President of the United States and cannot be appointed without the consent of the Senate. nine0003

First, the presidential staff selects potential candidates, after the choice is made, the candidate is submitted to the Senate Judiciary Committee for consideration. If the candidate for the post of FBI director is approved by the committee, then his candidacy is put to a vote by the full composition of the upper house of Congress.

Most of the directors of the FBI were not FBI career employees who had made careers in the department, but they all had a law degree and experience in relevant law enforcement work. The immediate superior of the FBI Director is the Attorney General of the United States. nine0003

Under current law, the director of the FBI cannot hold this position for more than 10 years, and cannot be appointed to this post in the future. However, every rule has exceptions. The current director, Robert Muller, was appointed in August 2001, but his term was later extended by two years. All other directors of the FBI did not complete the 10-year term: they either left the civil service or moved to another position.

The first director of the FBI, Edgar Hoover, led this structure for almost 48 consecutive years. At 1924 Hoover headed the Bureau of Investigation within the US Department of Justice (the forerunner of the FBI) in 1924, in 1935 he created the FBI, and left his post in 1972 due to his own death. Then he was 77 years old. Throughout this time, Hoover was considered one of the most powerful men in Washington.

The current procedure was developed – by analogy with the appointment of other high-ranking officials – four years before the death of Edgar Hoover. However, in practice it began to be used only in 1972 year. The 10-year term of office of the director of the FBI was established in 1976 – as part of the fight against corruption.

In the 41 years since Hoover’s death, senators have considered six nominees. The approval process took no more than three weeks.

During the period before the FBI had a designated director, the bureau was led by “acting directors” – all veterans of the bureau. One of them held this position for 11 months.