The top 113 earners among staff at the Federal Reserve’s Washington headquarters make an average of $246,506 per year, excluding bonuses and other benefits – more than Fed Chair Janet Yellen and nearly double the normal top government rate. The details on Fed pay were provided to Reuters in response to a Freedom of Information Act request for data on all employees of the U.S. House of Representatives have sponsored a bill that would require the Fed to divulge that information publicly.