Kamala Harris’s Financial Profile

Vice President Kamala Harris announced her intent to run for President, on the Democratic ticket after his stunning decision to drop out of the race. She has secured from key Democrats.

Harris earns 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 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 . Harris has also earned $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—a salary that climbed to more than .

When she was elected Attorney General of California in 2010, the title came with a pay cut to a . When she joined the U.S. Senate in 2017, Harris began earning . She had 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 .

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 brought in close to one million dollars per year working as an entertainment lawyer.