The Secret Service Journal

I was watching Fox News this morning and a retired SS agent came on "Fox and Friends" to complain that his active duty SS agent pals weren't getting paid enough, as it would appear their pay is capped at $174,000 per year, which is the lowest wage for a U.S. Congress Creature, regardless of the number of hours worked. I did a quick fact checking by way of Google and it would appear that most SS agents have a salary that is above $100,000 a year after only five years service - and if they get the maximum salary allowed of $174K - this puts those lucky individuals in the elite 1.5 percent of all wage earners in America! The above $100,000 wage is just one item in the SS agents five star golden compensation package: they receive 30 days paid vacation per year, retirement (which they do not contribute) after 25 years, Excellent federal civil service medical benefits, free life insurance, and membership in the federal credit union with low cost loans for h...