Elon Musk Just Got An Official Title In The U.s. Government. Does It Come With A Paycheck?

Elon Musk has a batch of jobs—Tesla CEO, SpaceX CEO, xAI founder, Chairman and Chief Technology Officer of X—to punishment a few. But erstwhile it comes to nan richest personification successful nan world's domiciled pinch nan U.S. authorities and nan precocious created via executive bid DOGE, things haven't been arsenic clear—until now.

Musk is considered a "special authorities employee," and is officially serving nether President Donald Trump, White House officials confirmed connected Monday. He's starring nan DOGE team, which is identifying and eliminating authorities waste, fraud, and abuse, according to nan agency.

Related: Elon Musk Says DOGE Is Working '120 Hour' Weeks While 'Bureaucratic Opponents' Work 40

Trump too confirmed connected Monday that Musk's squad has entree to nan Treasury Department's captious costs system, which is what nan nationalist authorities uses to nonstop payments.

"Elon can't do and won't do point without our approval," Trump said. "And we'll springiness him nan support wherever appropriate. Where not appropriate, we won't."

CNN reports that Musk is not being paid, according to a guidelines who knows astir his employment, though it's not for illustration he'll petition it—he's worthy $433 cardinal arsenic of spot time, per Bloomberg.

Related: Elon Musk's DOGE Is Hiring People Eager to 'Work Long Hours' to Eliminate 'Waste, Fraud and Abuse' successful nan Government. Here's How to Apply.

According to nan U.S. Department of Justice, "A emblematic authorities worker is anyone who works, aliases is expected to work, for nan authorities for 130 days aliases small successful a 365-day period" and must beryllium impartial successful performing their duties.

"The standards of behaviour reside matters that do not effect your financial interests but which could bespeak connected your impartiality," nan mentation reads.