Presidential Salary The President of the United States deserves every penny of his salary I don't care who it is Democrat or Republican. The President runs the most powerful country in the world and he deserves to get paid well. The salary of $400,000 a year is good compared to what other foreign leaders get paid. The Queen of England for example got a raise of 5.6 million dollars while the people got a decreased minimum wage. The Queen is not even in charge of the country, the prime minister is. She just gets paid to be the symbol of the UK and to hold state dinners for foreign leaders.