Eric Cantor — Compensation & Financial Record

Eric Cantor Position: U.S. Representative, Virginia 7th District (2001–2014); House Majority Leader (2011–2014) Party: R

Government Compensation Annual salary: $174,000 (rank-and-file); $193,400 (Majority Leader) Total salary earned: approximately $2,400,000 (13 years)

Retirement Cantor served 13 years in the House. Under FERS he is eligible for a deferred pension beginning at age 62. Estimated annual pension: approximately $38,000-$44,000 per year based on FERS formula applied to 13 years of service. His Moelis and Company signing package of approximately $3,400,000 alone represents nearly 80 times his estimated annual pension.

Financial Position Net worth at exit (2014): $3,000,000–$5,000,000 Source: House Financial Disclosure Reports (2001–2014) Primary source: https://disclosures-clerk.house.gov/PublicDisclosure/financialdisclosure - search "Cantor, Eric" OpenSecrets aggregated history: https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/eric-cantor/other-data

Post-Government Income Moelis & Company - Vice Chairman and Managing Director (2014)

Compensation package (confirmed via SEC filing):

  • Base salary: $400,000

  • Cash signing bonus: $400,000

  • RSU grant: $1,000,000

  • 2015 minimum cash incentive: $1,200,000

  • 2015 RSU grant: $400,000

  • Total 2-year package: approximately $3,400,000–$3,500,000

Primary source: Moelis & Company SEC 8-K filing, September 2, 2014 Access: https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar - Company: "Moelis & Company," Form: 8-K, Date: September 2014

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Campaign Finance FEC Candidate ID: H0VA07041 Direct link: https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H0VA07041/

Primary Sources

Notes Cantor left Congress in August 2014 after losing his primary election — the first sitting House Majority Leader to lose a primary in modern history. Within weeks he was hired by Moelis & Company at a total package worth approximately $3.4M — nearly 20 times his Congressional salary. Post-government income: No primary source document available for income beyond the Moelis package. Official disclosure requirements end upon departure from government service.