Eric H. Holder’s salary has not been made public, hence it is unknown how much he earns.
The American lawyer and politician Holder served as the 82nd Attorney General of the United States from 2009 to 2015.
A native of New York City, Holder graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 1969. He then earned Columbia College, where he earned a B.A. degree in American history in 1973 and received a Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School in 1976. While at Columbia University, Holder was a co-captain of his basketball team.
Holder worked for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and the United States Attorney.
From 1976 to 1988, he worked for the U.S. Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section.
Holder was appointed by Ronald Reagan in 1988 to serve as a judge for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. He prosecuted Congressman Dan Rostenkowski from Illinois for corruption charges. In 1993 he stepped down and was appointed United States Attorney for the District of Columbia by President Bill Clinton, becoming the first African American U.S. Attorney to hold that office.
Following the retirement of Jamie Gorelick, Clinton nominated Holder to be the Deputy Attorney General under Janet Reno in 1997.
In 2009, Holder became the 82nd Attorney General of the United States. Serving in the administration of President Barack Obama, Holder was the first African American to hold the position of U.S. attorney general.
Eric H. Holder worked for Covington & Burling and was a senior legal advisor to Barack Obama. He became the first and only cabinet member in United States history to be held in contempt of Congress as a result of the Fast and Furious investigation.