Joe Biden and First Lady Earned Nearly $580,000 in 2022, Tax Returns Show
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden made a combined income of nearly $580,000 in 2022, according to documents published on April 18 by the White House.
Biden and the first lady filed their income tax return jointly and reported federal adjusted gross income of $579,514 last year, the tax returns show (pdf). That’s down roughly $31,000 from the $610,702 they earned in 2021 (pdf).
The president earned $400,000, which makes up the majority of the couple’s income, and was granted an expense allowance of $50,000, an amount that is determined by Congress to help him fulfill his duties. Any unused expense from that allowance goes back to the Treasury Department….