Pete Buttigieg
Former Secretary of Transportation · United States[1]
Pete Buttigieg served as the 19th United States Secretary of Transportation from February 2021 to January 2025 under President Joe Biden. He was mayor of South Bend, Indiana, from 2012 to 2020 and a candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.
- In office since
- February 3, 2021
- Left office
- January 20, 2025
- Born
- January 19, 1982
- Politics
- Former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and 2020 presidential candidate who served as Secretary of Transportation under President Biden.[1]
Earnings by year1
What each year added up to: salary, plus outside income, royalties, endorsements, prizes and investment income where a source reports them. A financial disclosure gives ranges, shown as such.
- 2023$5,001 – $15,000Total
- Liveright Publishing (W.W. Norton): royalties for "Shortest Way Home" (print edition)[2]
- $5,001 – $15,000
A disclosure gives a range; its bar is drawn at the middle of the range.
Life phases1
One octagon for each phase of the life of Pete Buttigieg. Each of the eight axes is scored 0 to 5 against a written rubric from documented evidence, with its source; an axis without evidence is a gap, not a zero. There is no total and no ideal shape: it is a profile, not a ranking. Appearance and personality are not axes, because they cannot be scored from evidence.
No total and no ideal shape: a longer spoke means more of that axis, so a long Misconduct spoke is more documented misconduct.
Scores, rubric and sources
- 01Education3 of 5
- Medium confidenceHighest recorded degree: BA.[1]Highest attainment by then: 1 secondary school, 2 some college, 3 bachelor's degree, 4 master's or professional degree, 5 doctorate.
- 02Wealth1 of 5
- Low confidenceDocumented income of $10,001 in 2023 is below the median of US returns by adjusted gross income (IRS, tax year 2022, as tabulated by the Tax Foundation). Income, not net worth.[2]Net worth or income against the national thresholds of the time: 1 below the median household, 3 top 5%, 5 top 0.1%.
- 03Position4 of 5
- High confidenceFormer Secretary of Transportation: a national-level executive office.[1]Scope of the role held: 1 entry level, 3 senior manager or legislator, 5 head of state or government, or the top role of a major institution.
- 04Public standingNo evidence
- Public approval or favourability where it was measured: 1 under 20%, 3 35 to 50%, 5 over 65%.
- 05HealthNo evidence
- Documented health where an examination or disclosure exists: 5 no documented concern, 1 a serious documented condition.
- 06Misconduct1 of 5
- High confidence1 documented matter(s) in the reviewed legal record, counted as the misconduct meter counts them.[5]The documented legal and ethics record within the phase, as in the misconduct meter: 0 none documented, 1 only matters resolved in their favour, 2 an open matter, 3 one finding, 4 two or three, 5 four or more. More is more documented misconduct.
- 07Social goodNo evidence
- Assessed effects of what they did in the phase on health, safety, education, rights and the environment, from official statistics or peer-reviewed evidence: 0 clearly harmful, 2.5 mixed, 5 clearly beneficial.
- 08Economic goodNo evidence
- Assessed effects of what they did in the phase on efficiency, growth and fiscal sustainability, from CBO and peer-reviewed evidence, as in the good-for-society reading: 0 clearly harmful, 2.5 mixed, 5 clearly beneficial.
Health, weight and religion appear only where the person, their physician or a reputable outlet has published them; each links to its source.