Although the tech billionaire is officially only an advisor, Trump has bestowed him with enormous power to cut federal spending and bureaucracy, as part of his so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
Lawmakers in both parties are typically wary of the optics of large pay rises but acknowledge that competitive salaries are the best way of ensuring that the less well-off can serve.
Congress has been blocking the adjustments every year since 2009.
The real increase for members of both chambers would have been about $6,600 per year, or 3.8 percent.
Musk, the world's richest person, spoke about the controversial DOGE program at Trump's first cabinet meeting Wednesday.
- 'Musk in charge' -
Cabinet members have voiced frustration over the DOGE emails, according to US media, but Trump insisted that his team was “thrilled” with Musk.
Amy Gleason, a former official at the US Digital Service, is the acting DOGE administrator, a White House official said, without revealing when she was formally appointed.
“I signed an order creating the Department of Government Efficiency and put a man named Elon Musk in charge,“ Trump said in a speech in Miami as recently as last week. “Thank you, Elon, for doing it.”
Mike Lee, a hardline Trumpist, posted on social media that Musk had clarified that DOGE personnel “have no authority to fire federal workers or cancel federal contracts or payments.”
“Those most inclined to demagogue @DOGE are attributing to @DOGE authority it does not have.”
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