Congressional staff retention

Introduction
This research is being performed by the Sunlight Foundation's policy office. We're looking into staff salaries over time.

Raw Data

 * Legistorm: Congressional staff salaries -- 2001 onward
 * Statement of House Disbursements, parsed by Sunlight Foundation into csv files -- July 2009 onward
 * Official House website for Statement of House Disbursements, PDf format only -- July 2009 onward
 * "Vital Statistics of Congress 2008" by Norman Ornstein, Thomas Mann, and Michael Malbin, published by The Brookings Institution in 2008

House Surveys
ICF International (Fairfax Office) -- Report team leader: Dr. Candace Blair Cronin 


 * "2010 House Compensation Study"
 * "2009 House Compensation Study"
 * "2006 House Compensation Study"

Congressional Management Foundation


 * 2004 House Staff Employment Study (available from CMF)
 * 2002 House Staff Employment Survey (available here)
 * 2000 House Staff Employment Study (available from multiple locations)
 * 1998 House Staff Employment Study (available from multiple locations)
 * 1996 House staff employment : salary, tenure, demographics, and benefits (available from multiple locations)
 * "Working in Congress: The Staff Perspective" (1995) (available from CMF)
 * 1994 U.S. House of Representatives employment practices : a study of staff salary, tenure, demographics and benefits (available here)
 * 1992 U.S. House of Representatives employment practices : a study of staff salary, tenure, demographics and benefits (available from multiple locations)
 * 1990 U.S. House of Representatives employment practices : a study of staff salary, tenure and demographics (available from multiple locations)
 * Setting course : a congressional management guide (1988)
 * U.S. House of Representatives: 1987 job description, salary and staff benefits survey (1987) (available from |/acongressional+management+foundation+u+s|/1%2C1%2C11%2CB/frameset&FF=acongressional+management+foundation+u+s&9%2C%2C11 UC Berkeley)
 * Setting course: a congressional management guide (1986)
 * Setting course: a congressional management guide (1984)

Senate Surveys
ICF International (Fairfax Office) -- Report team leader: Dr. Candace Blair Cronin 


 * 2006 Senate Study, "2006 U.S. Senate Employment, Compensation, Hiring and Benefits Study"

Congressional Management Foundation


 * "Senate Salary, Tenure &amp; Demographic Data: 1991-2001" (available from CMF)
 * "2001 Senate Staff Employment Study" (available from CMF)
 * 1999 Senate staff employment study (available from multiple locations)
 * 1997 Senate staff employment : salary, tenure, demographics, and benefits (available from multiple locations)
 * Senate staff employment : 1995 salaries, tenure, demographics and benefits (available from multiple locations)
 * "Working in Congress: The Staff Perspective" (1995) (available from CMF)
 * 1993 U.S. Senate employment practices : a study of staff salary, tenure, demographics and benefits (available from Kansas State Library and Georgetown)
 * 1991 U.S. Senate employment practices : a study of staff salary, tenure, demographics and benefits (available from multiple locations)
 * U.S. Senate : 1988 staff position, salary and benefits survey (available from |/acongressional+management+foundation+u+s|/1%2C1%2C11%2CB/frameset&FF=acongressional+management+foundation+u+s&10%2C%2C11 UC Berkeley)

Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress Final Report (1993)

 * See in particular "Congressional Staff and Management: Historical Overview"
 * See in particular "Congressional Staff and Management: Summary of Hearings on Congressional Staff and Management"

The Obey Commission Report (1978)

 * "Background Information on Administrative Units, Members' Offices, and Committees and Leadership Offices," Commission on Administrative Review, U.S. House of Representatives, June 30, 1977, House Document No. 95-178, 95th Congress, 1st session
 * "Administrative Reorganization and Legislative Management: Volume 1" Commission on Administrative Review, U.S. House of Representatives, September 28, 1977, House Document No. 95-232, 95th Congress, 1st session
 * "Administrative Reorganization and Legislative Management: Volume 2" Commission on Administrative Review, U.S. House of Representatives, September 28, 1977, House Document No. 95-232, 95th Congress, 1st session
 * "Final Report of the Commission on Administrative Review: Volume 1," Commission on Administrative Review, U.S. House of Representatives, December 31, 1977, House Document No. 95-272, 95th Congress, 1st session
 * "Final Report of the Commission on Administrative Review: Volume 2," Commission on Administrative Review, U.S. House of Representatives, December 31, 1977, House Document No. 95-272, 95th Congress, 1st session
 * Congressional Management Foundation Report "How Citizen Advocacy is Changing Mail Operations on the Hill" (2011)

Sunlight Blog Posts

 * "How House Operating Budget Cuts are Paving the Way for More Special Interest Influence" 1/17/2012
 * "Congress's Diminishing Budget Strengthens Lobbyist Influence" 9/14/2011
 * "Report Ties Financial Industry Lobbying to the Financial Crisis" 8/11/2011
 * "The Incredible Shrinking Congress: Budget Bill Diminishes Legislative Capacity" 7/7/2011
 * "Explore the House's Expenditures" 4/28/2010
 * "Is it better for lobbyists to be smart or well connected" 3/3/2011
 * "Sunlight Creates Database of Members’ Expenditures" 12/2/2009
 * "What’s The Average Salary of House Staff?" 12/2/2009
 * "Are House staff salaries set to avoid the post-employment lobbying ban?" 12/7/2009
 * "Are staff salaries correlated with a Representative’s tenure?" 12/7/2009
 * "The Going Rate for Senior Senate Staff" 12/18/2009

= Academic Research and Other Studies =


 * "Three's Company: Wall Street, Capitol Hill, and K Street," IMF (This is a DRAFT, check back for final version) (January 2011)


 * "Former Lobbyists Working for Congress Outnumber Elected Lawmakers," Legistorm, (September 2011)


 * "From Hired Guns to Hired Hands: 'Reverse Revolvers' in the 111th and 112th Congresses," Center for Responsive Politics (July 12, 2011)
 * "Is it Whom You Know or What You Know? An Empirical Assessment of the Lobbying Process," National Bureau of Economic Research (February 2011)


 * "A Fistful of Dollars: Lobbying and the Financial Crisis," from IMF (2009)


 * Discussion Paper "Revolving Door Lobbyists" from Centre for Economic Performance (August 2010)


 * "A Matter of Trust: How the Revolving Door Undermines Public Confidence in Government" Revolving Door Working Group (October 2005)

= Other =

Searchable database of federal employees (including salaries, titles, etc.)

"Reports Obscure House Expenses" Roll Call (1/26/2009)

"Federal officials fight back over criticism about salaries" Washington Post (8/17/2010)

"Independent analysis of federal and private salary data needed" Gov Central (3/17/2010)

"Congressional staffers, public shortchanged by high turnover, low pay" Washington Times (6/6/2012)