{"id":898,"date":"2021-12-31T00:43:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-31T00:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=898"},"modified":"2025-09-29T00:45:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T00:45:55","slug":"nice-work-if-you-can-get-it-fauci-retirement-package-350k-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=898","title":{"rendered":"Nice work if you can get it: Fauci retirement package 350K a year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dr. Fauci is the highest paid government official in the country (more then the President). Thanks to Maria for pointing me to this article. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/6a00d834525a2f69e202788063656a200d-300wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12194\" title=\"Fauci 1\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/12\/29\/dr-fauci-on-track-for-annual-retirement-payout-up-to-350k-report\/\">Forbes used the last three available years of Fauci\u2019s salary \u2014 he also made $399,625 in 2018 \u2014 to calculate his potential retirement benefits. \u201cIf he\u2019d left federal service at the end of FY2020, figuring 80 [percent] of his highest three-year average, would mean a federal pension of $333,745 a year, plus cost-of-living increases (($1,251,545\/3) x 80% = $333,745),\u201d Forbes estimated<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If Dr. Anthony Fauci ever decides to call it quits, the White House chief medical adviser will walk away with a golden parachute worth up to $350,000 per year \u2014 the largest federal retirement package ever, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/adamandrzejewski\/2021\/12\/28\/dr-anthony-faucis-retirement-pay-will-exceed-350000-per-year--the-largest-in-us-federal-government-history\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">according to a report by Forbes<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The eye-popping amount reportedly does not include annual cost-of-living increases to Fauci\u2019s pension and benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fauci, who turned 81 on Christmas Eve, has worked for the government for 55 years and was paid $434,312 in 2020, making him the highest-compensated federal employee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Fauci is the highest paid government official in the country (more then the President). Thanks to Maria for pointing me to this article. Forbes used the last three available years of Fauci\u2019s salary \u2014 he also made $399,625 in 2018 \u2014 to calculate his potential retirement benefits. \u201cIf he\u2019d left federal service at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=898"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12195,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898\/revisions\/12195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}