Contract Shows $1.3M Payroll For Four DOGE Workers

Wired reports:

An unsigned agreement between the US DOGE Service (USDS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) provides significant insight into the evolving working protocols between DOGE and federal agencies. Notably, the agreement, obtained by WIRED, calls for the DOL to reimburse the USDS up to $1.3 million for work done by four DOGE affiliates, or “a slightly different number,” over an 18-month period.

The agreement is backdated to start on January 20, the day Trump was inaugurated, and ends on July 4, 2026—a timeline consistent with the executive order that created DOGE. Paying the USDS an estimated $1.3 million for the total services of four employees, or their equivalent, over that timespan would establish what is potentially an annualized pay of about $217,000. (The federal pay scale for career civil servants tops out at $195,200.)

Read the full article. Musk has repeatedly claimed that DOGE workers would not be paid.

The unsigned agreement between the US DOGE Service and the Department of Labor provides significant insight into DOGE’s work with federal agencies. https://t.co/1oj7tcJxBj

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