Effective January 1, 2001, the annual salary of the President of the United States was increased to $400,000 per year, including a $50,000 expense allowance.he president's salary is set by Congress, and under Article II, Section 1 of the United States Constitution, may not be increased or reduced during his or her current term of office.
As such, stratification is the relative social position of persons within a social group, category, geographic region, or social unit.
Most of us are accustomed to thinking of global stratification as economic inequality. For example, we can compare Chinaâs average workerâs wage to Americaâs average wage. Social inequality, however, is just as harmful as economic discrepancies.