--- title: This Is the Only Part of Warren Buffett's Pay That Changed in the Past 7 Years description: Warren Buffett's salary has remained at a flat $100,000 for decades, but his compensation jumped 5 percent last year due to security costs. authors: - name: Rob Wile url: https://money.com/author/rob-wile/ at_money_since: 2017 articles: 191 covers: - Business - Career Advice - Economy and Politics - Education - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Personal Finance - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://x.com/rjwile former_staff: true published: '2017-03-21T13:37:22.000Z' modified: '2017-03-21T13:37:22.000Z' section: Business tags: - CEO pay - CEOs - Earnings - Security - Warren Buffett word_count: 240 canonical: https://money.com/warren-buffett-salary-personal-security-berkshire-hathaway/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Allen And Company Annual Meeting Draws Top Business Leaders To Sun Valley, Idaho](https://img.money.com/2017/03/warrenbuffettsecurity-em-451880974.jpg) Being a billionaire is usually pretty great — but it can also come with a huge target on your back. Which explains why Warren Buffett's compensation has fluctuated over the years, including a 5 percent jump in 2016. For decades, Buffett has received a flat $100,000 in annual salary. But in [a filing](http://secfilings.nasdaq.com/filingFrameset.asp?FilingID=11940496&RcvdDate=3/17/2017&CoName=BERKSHIRE%20HATHAWAY%20INC&FormType=DEF%2014A&View=html) posted last week, Berkshire Hathaway said it spent $387,881 on security services protecting its chairman and CEO, up from $370,244 in 2015 and $364,011 in 2014. In its filing, Berkshire highlights the fact that it itemized these services, unlike "many large companies \[that\] maintain security departments that provide costly services to top executives but for which no itemization is provided in their proxy statements." According to [Quartz](https://qz.com/936288/most-of-warren-buffetts-paycheck-goes-toward-his-personal-security/), Berkshire first began tallying these costs in 2008. The website speculates that an attempted break-in at his home in Omaha the year before may have prompted the move. In 2009, Buffett's security costs soared to over $400,000. In fact, these costs are relatively modest compared with what other major companies spend protecting their CEOs. In 2015, [Facebook spent](http://fortune.com/2016/04/28/protect-mark-zuckerberg/) more than $4 million protecting Mark Zuckerberg. In 2013, [according to a *Fortune* report](http://fortune.com/2015/01/07/ceo-security-jeff-bezos/), Amazon and Oracle spent more than $1 million protecting their respective CEOs, while Disney spent more than half a million on security services for CEO Bob Iger. 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