NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — When Dr. Anthony Fauci decides to retire, he will be eligible for the largest federal retirement package in American history, according to a new report.
Fauci, 81, has served as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984 and his over 50 years of service would qualify him for an annual retirement package of more than $350,000 – which would continue to increase with annual cost-of-living adjustments, according to Forbes auditors with OpenTheBook.com.
Fauci is currently the highest-paid federal employee, even out earning the president, according to the report. In 2020 he was paid $434,312.
Forbes reported Fauci’s largest salary boost in his career came in 2004, when he received a “permanent pay adjustment” for his biodefense work for George W. Bush’s administration.
Citing information from the U.S. Office of Personal Management, Forbes reported that federal employees with Fauci’s length of service can retire with up to 8% of their “high-3 average salary, plus credit for sick leave.”
As a federal employee from 2018 to 2020, Fauci earned a total of $1.252 million, according to Forbes auditors. That would allow him to receive upwards of $350,000 upon retirement.
Fauci, however, has stressed that he has no plans to retire and recently told ABC’s Jonathan Karl that he wants to remain at his post until the coronavirus pandemic is under control.
“This is what I’ve been trained and experienced in doing my entire professional life. There's no way I’m going to walk away from this until we get this under control,” he said. “I mean, that's the purpose of what we do.
That's our mission in life. In the middle of it, I’m not going to walk away.
You know, we’re in a war.”
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