Newly elected member of Congress pose for the 118th Congress member-elect class photo on the House steps on Tuesday, November 15, 2022.Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images UPS workers could get $170,000 in combined pay and benefits in 5 years' time thanks to their new union deal. Some tech workers seem mad about this. But members of Congress make $174,000 annually, and are only required to work about 155 days a year. Earlier this summer, the Teamsters union secured a tentative contract agreement with UPS that could result in employees for the shipping company making up to $170,000 in annual pay and benefits in five years.