--- title: Kamala Harris Net Worth: What We Know description: From her years as a prosecutor to her Vice President salary and California properties, here's what we know about Kamala Harris' net worth. canonical: https://time.com/7001574/kamala-harris-net-worth/ author: Simmone Shah article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2024-07-23T15:28:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-24T17:59:56.583Z article:section: Politics og:title: What We Know About Kamala Harris' Net Worth og:description: From her years as a prosecutor to her Vice President salary and California properties, here's what we know about Kamala Harris' net worth. og:url: https://time.com/7001574/kamala-harris-net-worth/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd69410fe51f58b15/698a5905457a524641d6a8b1/harris-net-worth.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: President-Elect Joe Biden And Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris Address The Nation After Election Win og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: What We Know About Kamala Harris' Net Worth twitter:description: From her years as a prosecutor to her Vice President salary and California properties, here's what we know about Kamala Harris' net worth. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd69410fe51f58b15/698a5905457a524641d6a8b1/harris-net-worth.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # What We Know About Kamala Harris' Net Worth > Sponsored content. 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It explains the politics, personalities and power dynamics behind the headlines, three times a week. #### Where can I get analysis of Washington politics by email? D.C. Brief is TIME's free Washington politics newsletter, available at time.com/newsletters. It is written by a TIME senior correspondent who covers the capital full time. #### Who writes TIME's D.C. Brief? Philip Elliott, a senior correspondent at TIME, writes D.C. Brief. #### Is D.C. Brief free? Yes. D.C. Brief is free at time.com/newsletters.  by [Simmone Shah](https://time.com/author/simmone-shah/)  ## Simmone Shah Reporter Jul 23, 2024 3:28 PM UTC  Vice President-elect Kamala Harris takes the stage before President-elect Biden addresses the nation from the Chase Center November 07, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris takes the stage before President-elect Biden addresses the nation from the Chase Center November 07, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images  by [Simmone Shah](https://time.com/author/simmone-shah/)  ## Simmone Shah Reporter Jul 23, 2024 3:28 PM UTC Vice President Kamala Harris announced her intent to run for President, [replacing President Joe Biden](https://time.com/7001028/why-joe-biden-stepped-down/) on the Democratic ticket after his stunning decision to drop out of the race. She has secured [numerous endorsements](https://time.com/7001125/kamala-harris-endorsements-biden-bill-hillary-clinton/) from key Democrats. Harris earns [$218,000](https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/VP-2023-tax-returns-SIGNED-REDACTED.pdf) per year as Vice President, and her net worth stands at an estimated $8 million, _Forbes_ reports, due in large part to a multimillion dollar home in California that [her husband DougEmhoff](https://time.com/7001806/doug-emhoff-career-family-life/) bought in 2012\. The home’s value has surged from about $1 million in 2021 to an estimated $4.4 million in 2024,according to [_Forbes_](https://www.forbes.com/sites/kylemullins/2024/05/26/heres-how-much-kamala-harris-is-worth/). Harris has also earned [more](https://efdsearch.senate.gov/search/view/annual/c1dda077-5ff9-4077-82af-a56f9c8df9ec/) [than](https://efdsearch.senate.gov/search/view/annual/d4e60474-d46d-43a5-99cb-592cbe98ed80/) $500,000 in advances from books she published before taking office. Harris rose to prominence as a prosecutor in California, beginning her legal career at the Alameda County district attorney’s office after earning a J.D. from U.C. Hastings in 1989\. In 2004, she became San Francisco’s District Attorney, where she made[ $140,000 a year](https://s3.amazonaws.com/pdfs.taxnotes.com/2019/K%5FHarris%5F2004.pdf)—a salary that climbed to more than [$200,000 in 2010](https://s3.amazonaws.com/pdfs.taxnotes.com/2019/K%5FHarris%5F2010.pdf). **Read More:** [_‘I Know Donald Trump’s Type’: Harris Launches New Attack as She Takes Over Campaign_](https://time.com/7001650/kamala-harris-speech-trump/) When she was elected Attorney General of California in 2010, the title came with a pay cut to a [salary of $159,000](https://s3.amazonaws.com/pdfs.taxnotes.com/2019/K%5FHarris%5F2011.pdf). When she joined the U.S. Senate in 2017, Harris began earning [$174,000 a year](https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/RL/RL30064#:~:text=The%20compensation%20for%20most%20Senators,from%20Puerto%20Rico%20is%20%24174%2C000.&text=These%20levels%20have%20remained%20unchanged%20since%202009.).Shehad between $250,000 and $500,000 in a savings account and a similar amount in retirement accounts, plus pensions from her work in public service totaling approximately $1 million, according to [_Forbes_](https://www.forbes.com/sites/kylemullins/2024/05/26/heres-how-much-kamala-harris-is-worth/). When she ran for President in the Democratic primary in the 2020 election, Harris’s net worth was estimated to be $6 million dollars, boosted by Emhoff, who _Forbes_ [estimates](https://www.forbes.com/sites/kylemullins/2024/05/26/heres-how-much-kamala-harris-is-worth/) brought in close to one million dollars per year working as an entertainment lawyer. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/7001574/kamala-harris-net-worth/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/7001574/kamala-harris-net-worth/"},"headline":"What We Know About Kamala Harris' Net Worth","datePublished":"2024-07-23T15:28:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-24T17:59:56.583Z","description":"From her years as a prosecutor to her Vice President salary and California properties, here's what we know about Kamala Harris' net worth.","url":"https://time.com/7001574/kamala-harris-net-worth/","keywords":["2024 Elections","News Desk","Second click"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd69410fe51f58b15/698a5905457a524641d6a8b1/harris-net-worth.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Simmone Shah","jobTitle":"Reporter","url":"https://time.com/author/simmone-shah/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd69410fe51f58b15/698a5905457a524641d6a8b1/harris-net-worth.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President-Elect Joe Biden And Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris Address The Nation After Election Win","caption":"President-Elect Joe Biden And Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris Address The Nation After Election Win","creditText":"Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2024-election/","name":"2024 Elections"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/7001574/kamala-harris-net-worth/","name":"What We Know About Kamala Harris' Net Worth"}}]}] ```