--- title: Clintons Earned $25 Million From Paid Speeches Since 2014 description: Hillary and Bill Clinton earned a combined $25 million giving paid speeches since 2014, according to documents filed with the FEC. canonical: https://time.com/3878061/hillary-bill-clinton-paid-speeches/ author: Sam Frizell article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-16T00:14:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T07:17:44.321Z article:section: Politics og:title: Clintons Earned $25 Million From Paid Speeches Since 2014 og:description: Hillary Clinton also earned $5 million on her book. og:url: https://time.com/3878061/hillary-bill-clinton-paid-speeches/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb6e427d79805ab97/6987ee89524fc01aabdf0932/471522568.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 471522568 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Clintons Earned $25 Million From Paid Speeches Since 2014 twitter:description: Hillary Clinton also earned $5 million on her book. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb6e427d79805ab97/6987ee89524fc01aabdf0932/471522568.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Clintons Earned $25 Million From Paid Speeches Since 2014 ## Video: Hillary Clinton's Top 10 Political Moments [Watch (HLS stream): Hillary Clinton's Top 10 Political Moments](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/L3I0gpwt.m3u8) (1:49)  _Published 2015-04-09. Watch the top 10 moments from Hillary Clinton's career in politics._ by [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell May 16, 2015 12:14 AM UTC  Presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered a speech during the David Dinkins Leadership and Public Policy Forum at Columbia University in Manhattan, NY April 29, 2015. Presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered a speech during the David Dinkins Leadership and Public Policy Forum at Columbia University in Manhattan, NY April 29, 2015.Kevin Hagen—2015 Getty Images by [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell May 16, 2015 12:14 AM UTC Hillary and Bill Clinton have earned a combined $25 million giving paid speeches since January 2014, a massive income boost ahead of Hillary’s candidacy for president. In addition, Hillary Clinton earned at least $5 million in income from her memoir _Hard Choices_, published in June. A senior campaign official confirmed the details of a financial disclosure form filed with the Federal Election Commission on Friday. The couple’s earnings over the last year puts them among the country’s very wealthiest earners, and among the wealthiest candidates for president in 2016\. Their effective federal income tax for 2014 was more than 30%, the campaign official said. The couple has an awkward history of talking about their wealth. Justifying her speaking fees last year, Hillary said the family was “dead broke” when they left the White House. In an interview this month with NBC, Bill said he had to give paid speeches because “I gotta pay our bills.” Bill and Hillary combined have given more than 100 paid speeches since last January. 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