Fauci, 80, raked in $417,608 in 2019, the latest year for which the information is available, Forbes reported.
The face of the White House COVID-19 task force under former President Donald Trump, Fauci will have earned $2.5 million in salary from 2019 until 2024 if he proceeds on as President Biden’s chief medical adviser, the outlet reported.
And that doesn’t even account for a potential raise he is likely to get throughout that period.
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Between 2010 and 2019, the head US infectious diseases specialist got $3.6 million in salary, according to the news outlet, which mentioned data gathered by OpenTheBooks.com through Freedom of Information Act requests.
Since 2014, his pay grew from $335,000 to the current $417,608, which is $17,608 more than the presidential salary.
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Actor Matthew McConaughey asked Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, in an Aug. 13, 2020, Instagram interview if he owned millions of dollars used on the vaccines.
“Matthew, no, I got zero! I am a government worker. I have a government salary,” Fauci replied, smiling, but withdrew declaring his take, the largest in the entire federal government.
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The study cited by Forbes only involved federal employees whose salaries were financed by taxpayers.
Vice President Mike Pence, who picked the coronavirus task force, made $235,100 in salary in 2019, according to the report. Dr. Deborah Birx, the previous White House coronavirus response director, made $305,972 in 2019.
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Other personalities whose salaries drop far below Fauci’s include House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who will get $223,500 this year; Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, who will earn $270,700; and members of Congress, who make $174,000.
Four-star generals get $268,000 a year, the report said.
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Fauci, who owns a medical degree from Cornell University, started his 53-year career at the National Institute for Health in 1968.
He found his place as NIAID director in 1984 and has advised every president since Ronald Reagan, though he works directly under NIH chief Francis Collins.
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The top doc qualifies for a full federal pension and Social Security under pre-1984 federal pension reform rules.
On October 19, 2020, President Trump described Dr. Fauci was “a disaster,” though his judgment seemed to be unrelated to the doctor’s salary.
In 2008, President George W. Bush honored Dr. Anthony Fauci with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor.
Dr. Fauci is the 32nd-most highly cited living researcher according to an analysis of Google Scholar citations. Polling has proved he’s the most trusted public face in the U.S. for data on the pandemic and trustworthy information on Covid-19 vaccines.
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