$235,300. The salary level was set by the Government Salary Reform Act of 1989, which provides an automatic cost of living adjustment for federal employees. The vice president receives the same pension as other members of Congress based on their ex officio position as the president of the Senate. Current Cabinet and Cabinet-rank officials The individuals listed below were nominated by President Joe Biden to form his Cabinet and were confirmed by the United States Senate on the date noted or are serving as acting department heads by his request, pending the confirmation of his nominees. Vice president and the heads of the executive departments The Cabinet permanently includes the vice president and the heads of 15 executive departments, listed here according to their order of succession to the presidency. The speaker of the House and the president pro tempore of the Senate follow the vice president and precede the secretary of state in the order of succession, but both are in the legislative branch and are not part of the Cabinet. Cabinet-level officials The president may designate additional positions to be members of the Cabinet, which can vary under each president. They are not in the line of succession and are not necessarily officers of the United States. Former executive and Cabinet-level departments Department of War (1789–1947), headed by the secretary of war: renamed Department of the Army by the National Security Act of 1947. Department of the Navy (1798–1949), headed by the secretary of the Navy: became a military department within the Department of Defense. Post Office Department (1829–1971), headed by the postmaster general: reorganized as the United States Postal Service, an independent agency. National Military Establishment (1947–1949), headed by the secretary of Defense: created by the National Security Act of 1947 and recreated as the Department of Defense in 1949. Department of the Army (1947–1949), headed by the secretary of the Army: became a military department within the Department of Defense. Department of the Air Force (1947–1949), headed by the secretary of the Air Force: became a military department within the Department of Defense. Renamed heads of the executive departments Secretary of Foreign Affairs: created in July 1781 and renamed Secretary of State in September 1789. Secretary of War: created in 1789 and was renamed as Secretary of the Army by the National Security Act of 1947. The 1949 Amendments to the National Security Act of 1947