Congressional Salary over time

I don't why, but I was googling around the other day for some info on our wonderful, in-effective congress, and I stumbled upon the following:


I found the image here.

This graph got me wondering about the data outside the date range shown... specifically about the data since 2000. So, more googling revealed the following report which includes the data I was looking for. The following graph (which I created based on the data in the report) sums it up:

In case you're counting, that's about $175,000 a year for our elected representatives. It's no wonder they aren't in favor of term limits.

P.S. Here's a link to the raw data I used to create the updated chart which I compiled from the other CRS report. It shows the percentage increases.