<P> The annual salary of the Vice President is $235,300 . The salary level was set by the Government Salary Reform Act of 1989, which also provides an automatic cost of living adjustment for federal employees . The Vice President does not automatically receive a pension based on that office, but instead receives the same pension as other members of Congress based on his ex officio position as President of the Senate . </P> <P> The individuals listed below were nominated by President Donald Trump to form his Cabinet and were confirmed by the United States Senate on the date noted, or are serving as acting department heads by his request pending the confirmation of his nominees . For a full list of people nominated for Cabinet positions, see Formation of Donald Trump's Cabinet . </P> <P> The Cabinet includes the Vice President and the heads of 15 executive departments, listed here according to their order of succession to the Presidency . These 15 positions are the core "cabinet member" seats, as distinct from other Cabinet - level seats for other various top level White House staffers and heads of other government agencies, none of whom are in the presidential line of succession and not all of whom are Officers of the United States . Note that the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate follow the Vice President and precede the Secretary of State in the order of succession, but both are in the legislative branch and are not part of the Cabinet . </P> <Table> Cabinet hide <Tr> <Th> Office (Constituting instrument) </Th> <Th> Incumbent </Th> <Th> Took office </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Vice President (Constitution, Art . II, Sec . I) </Td> <Td> Mike Pence </Td> <Td> January 20, 2017 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Secretary of State (22 U.S.C. § 2651a) </Td> <Td> Mike Pompeo </Td> <Td> April 26, 2018 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Secretary of the Treasury (31 U.S.C. § 301) </Td> <Td> Steven Mnuchin </Td> <Td> February 13, 2017 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Secretary of Defense (10 U.S.C. § 113) </Td> <Td> James Mattis </Td> <Td> January 20, 2017 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Attorney General (28 U.S.C. § 503) </Td> <Td> Jeff Sessions </Td> <Td> February 9, 2017 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Secretary of the Interior (43 U.S.C. § 1451) </Td> <Td> Ryan Zinke </Td> <Td> March 1, 2017 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Secretary of Agriculture (7 U.S.C. § 2202) </Td> <Td> Sonny Perdue </Td> <Td> April 25, 2017 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Secretary of Commerce (15 U.S.C. § 1501) </Td> <Td> Wilbur Ross </Td> <Td> February 28, 2017 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Secretary of Labor (29 U.S.C. § 551) </Td> <Td> Alex Acosta </Td> <Td> April 28, 2017 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Secretary of Health and Human Services (Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953, 67 Stat. 631 and 42 U.S.C. § 3501) </Td> <Td> Alex Azar </Td> <Td> January 29, 2018 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (42 U.S.C. § 3532) </Td> <Td> Ben Carson </Td> <Td> March 2, 2017 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Secretary of Transportation (49 U.S.C. § 102) </Td> <Td> Elaine Chao </Td> <Td> January 31, 2017 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Secretary of Energy (42 U.S.C. § 7131) </Td> <Td> Rick Perry </Td> <Td> March 2, 2017 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Secretary of Education (20 U.S.C. § 3411) </Td> <Td> Betsy DeVos </Td> <Td> February 7, 2017 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Secretary of Veterans Affairs (38 U.S.C. § 303) </Td> <Td> Robert Wilkie </Td> <Td> July 30, 2018 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Secretary of Homeland Security (6 U.S.C. § 112) </Td> <Td> Kirstjen Nielsen </Td> <Td> December 6, 2017 </Td> </Tr> </Table>

Is the speaker of the house part of the cabinet