Editing Cabinet of the United States (section)

==Confirmation process==
[[File: Top Left Cabinet Image.png|thumb|Historical makeup of the Cabinet of the United States by year|center|884x884px]]
The heads of the executive departments and all other federal agency heads are nominated by the president and then presented to the Senate for [[Appointments Clause|confirmation or rejection]] by a [[majority|simple majority]] (although before the use of the "[[nuclear option]]" during the [[113th United States Congress]], they could have been blocked by [[filibuster]], requiring [[cloture]] to be invoked by {{frac|3|5}} [[supermajority]] to further consideration). If approved, they receive their [[Commission (document)|commission scroll]], are [[Oath of office|sworn in]], and begin their duties. When the Senate is not in session, the president can appoint acting heads of the executive departments, and do so at the beginning of their term.

An elected vice president does not require Senate confirmation, nor does the [[White House Chief of Staff|White House chief of staff]], which is an appointed staff position of the Executive Office of the President.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left"
!Office
!Senate confirmation review committee
|-
|[[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]]
|[[United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations|Foreign Relations Committee]]
|-
|[[United States Secretary of the Treasury|Secretary of the Treasury]]
|[[United States Senate Committee on Finance|Finance Committee]]
|-
|[[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]]
|[[United States Senate Committee on Armed Services|Armed Services Committee]]
|-
|[[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]]
|[[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|Judiciary Committee]]
|-
|[[United States Secretary of the Interior|Secretary of the Interior]]
|[[United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources|Energy and Natural Resources Committee]]
|-
|[[United States Secretary of Agriculture|Secretary of Agriculture]]
|[[United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry|Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee]]
|-
|[[United States Secretary of Commerce|Secretary of Commerce]]
|[[United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation|Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee]]
|-
|[[United States Secretary of Labor|Secretary of Labor]]
|[[United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions|Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee]]
|-
|[[United States Secretary of Health and Human Services|Secretary of Health and Human Services]]
|Finance Committee (official)<br>Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (consult)
|-
|[[United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development|Secretary of Housing and Urban Development]]
|[[United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs|Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee]]
|-
|[[United States Secretary of Transportation|Secretary of Transportation]]
|Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
|-
|[[United States Secretary of Energy|Secretary of Energy]]
|[[United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources|Energy and Natural Resources Committee]]
|-
|[[United States Secretary of Education|Secretary of Education]]
|Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
|-
|[[United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs|Secretary of Veterans Affairs]]
|[[United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs|Veterans Affairs Committee]]
|-
|[[United States Secretary of Homeland Security|Secretary of Homeland Security]]
|[[United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs|Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee]]
|-
|[[United States Trade Representative|Trade Representative]]
|Finance Committee
|-
|[[Director of National Intelligence]]
|[[United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence|Select Committee on Intelligence]]
|-
|[[Office of Management and Budget|Director of the Office of Management and Budget]]
|[[United States Senate Committee on the Budget|Budget Committee]]<br>Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
|-
|[[Office of Science and Technology Policy|Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy]]
|Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
|-
|[[Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency]]
|[[United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works|Environment and Public Works Committee]]
|-
|[[Administrator of the Small Business Administration]]
|[[United States Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship|Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee]]
|}

===Salary===
{{Main|Executive Schedule}}
The heads of the executive departments and most other senior federal officers at cabinet or sub-cabinet level receive their salary under a fixed five-level pay plan known as the [[Executive Schedule]], which is codified in [[Title 5 of the United States Code]]. Twenty-one positions, including the heads of the executive departments and others, receiving Level{{spaces}}I pay are listed in {{UnitedStatesCode|5|5312}}, and those forty-six positions on Level{{spaces}}II pay (including the number two positions of the executive departments) are listed in {{UnitedStatesCode|5|5313}}. {{as of|2025|January|}}, the Level{{spaces}}I annual pay was set at $250,600.

The annual salary of the vice president is $235,300.<ref name="Executive Order 13686">{{cite web
 |last         = Obama
 |first        = Barack
 |title        = Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay
 |work         = Executive Order 13686
 |publisher    = The White House
 |date         = 2014-12-19
 |url          = https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/pay-executive-order-2015-adjustments-of-certain-rates-of-pay.pdf
 |access-date  = 2015-09-18
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20170201181710/https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/pay-executive-order-2015-adjustments-of-certain-rates-of-pay.pdf
 |archive-date = February 1, 2017
 |url-status   = live
 |df           = mdy-all
}}</ref> The salary level was set by the Government Salary Reform Act of 1989, which provides an automatic [[Cost of living|cost of living adjustment]] for federal employees. The vice president receives the same pension as other members of Congress as the [[United States Senate|president of the Senate]].<ref>{{cite web
 |last         = Purcell
 |first        = Patrick J.
 |title        = Retirement Benefits for Members of Congress
 |work         = CRS Report for Congress
 |publisher    = [[Congressional Research Service]]
 |date         = 2005-01-21
 |url          = https://www.senate.gov/reference/resources/pdf/RL30631.pdf
 |access-date  = 2017-02-19
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20180103064138/https://www.senate.gov/reference/resources/pdf/RL30631.pdf
 |archive-date = January 3, 2018
 |url-status   = live
 |df           = mdy-all
}}</ref>