Net Worth - 2011

It is difficult to gauge what a lawmaker is worth because disclosure forms do not require exact values. Instead, lawmakers report the value of assets and liabilities within a range.

For example, Energy Secretary Rick Perry said the value of his San Antonio rental property was between $100,001 and $250,000 in 2016. This does provide a minimum, maximum and average value ($175,000) of the asset, however.

To calculate net worth, therefore, we added a lawmaker's ranges of assets and subtracted their range of liabilities. Next, we calculated the midpoint of the resulting range and used this figure for the rankings below.

(Read more about our methodology.)

Below you will find data for specific lawmakers as well as for members of the executive and judicial branches.

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For individuals, the top range for an asset is "over $50 million", which limits the valuation of those holdings. Likewise, the top range for assets owned by a spouse or dependent child is "over $1 million." When further research definitively revealed a more accurate figure, it was used in place of the range.

NOTE: Members of each branch of government are required to disclose items belonging to their spouse and/or dependent children. When present, those items are displayed on this page and are included in all calculations throughout this section.

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