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Special government employees are only required to make a public financial disclosure report if they earn above the GS-15 government pay rate, or about $123,000. If they make below that, they can ...
White House confirms Elon Musk is a ‘special government employee’ who could avoid publicly disclosing finances and conflicts of interest—and will only work for 130 days a year
Elon Musk is a special government employee. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed the tech billionaire’s official title to CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on Monday. Watch here ...
Special government employees are usually appointed to their position for up to 130 days. It's unclear how standard rules on ethics agreements and financial disclosures will apply to Musk, who has billions of dollars in federal contracts with SpaceX, his rocket company. Musk does not receive a paycheck for his work, the White House official said.
Elon Musk, who has moved swiftly to shrink the size of the U.S. government at President Donald Trump's behest, is now considered a "special government employee," the White House said on Monday.
Elon Reeve Musk (/ ˈ iː l ɒ n m ʌ s k /; born June 28, 1971) is a businessman known for his key roles in Tesla, Inc., SpaceX, and X, formerly Twitter (which he has owned since 2022). Since 2025, he has been a senior advisor to President Donald Trump and head of the Department of Government Efficiency .
According to a Justice Department summary, a special government employee is “anyone who works, or is expected to work, for the government for 130 days or less in a 365-day period.” Musk is not ...
In 2025, Elon Musk and his surrogates gained access to large parts of the United States Federal government, forcing thousands of United States Federal government employees out of their jobs, removing public records from the Internet, attempting to shutdown or terminate entire departments and agencies of the government, creating large amounts of controversy and resistance across government ...