The salary of the President of the Republic of Indonesia will increase drastically to reach Rp. 500 million per month or Rp. 6.6 billion per year. This increase occurs if the Draft Government Regulation (RPP) on Salaries, Benefits, and Facilities for Civil Servants is actually approved. The amount is stated in the RPP material. Presidential salary index of 96,000 points, found the figure of Rp 553 million According to Article 2 of Law No. 7 of 1978, the president's salary is 6 times the basic salary of the highest official in Indonesia (Chairman of DPR, MA, and BPK). The official receives a salary of Rp. 5040000 per month. Thus, the basic salary of the president is Rp. 30240000 per month. Presidential Decree 68/2001 also states that the allowance for the position of the President is Rp. 32500000. So the total money received by the president each month is Rp. 62740000 or Rp. 752880000 per year According to the palace , this amount has not changed since 2001 the amount of salary of the President of the Republic of Indonesia, is relatively small compared to the leaders of the major countries in the world Prime Minister (PM) of Singapore, Lee Hsien Loong recorded the highest salary of USD 2.2 million or equivalent to Rp. 30.3 billion per year After Lee, there was Doris Leuthard, President of Switzerland who recorded a salary of USD 437,000 or Rp. 6 billion per year. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Trunbull with a salary of USD 403700 or Rp 5.5 billion per year President Jokowi's salary is only higher than PRC President Xi Jinping is paid USD 20,500 or Rp 283 million per year while United States President Donald Trump recorded the smallest income, namely USD 1 per year. Of course, this is Trump's personal request. The 45th president of the US has a personal wealth of around USD 3 billion. University of Indonesia (UI) public policy observer Lina Miftahul Jannah said it was very natural for the President to have a very large income index. Indonesia is very high. "It makes sense too," he explained. He said he was both head of state and head of state He is the government, the duties, responsibilities, and risks of a President are so great that according to him it is not natural for an official to be paid a salary from the State Budget, his salary is greater than the President. the palace has not been able to comment further on the civil servant salary increase scheme, the president and other state officials Presidential spokesman Johan Budi Sapto Prabowo said his party had not received sufficient information about it.