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Jim Costa

Jim Costa

Representative· CADHouse● In officeOn the ballot in 2026
Before officeAdvocate
File · Money Read

What the money shows

Jim Costa has an estimated net worth of $4.4M. The 2026 campaign raised $1.3M. Jim Costa sits on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry and Forestry and Horticulture.

Sources: House disclosures · Senate disclosures · FEC

Est. net worth
$4.4M
$1.9M+
Raised (last cycle)
$1.3M
FEC · 2026
Years in role
21
Representative since 2005
Net-worth filings
15
+$1.2M since 2008
File A — Net Worth

Net worth over time

Estimated from financial disclosures. The band shows the disclosed range; the line is the midpoint estimate.

midpoint disclosed range govt salary
source filing →

† Includes one or more open-ended top brackets (over $50M). The high end is a floor, so the true figure may be higher.

File C — Service

Term history

  1. RepresentativeCA-21D
    2025 – 2027 · 2 yrs
  2. RepresentativeCA-21D
    2023 – 2025 · 2 yrs
  3. RepresentativeCA-16D
    2021 – 2023 · 2 yrs
  4. RepresentativeCA-16D
    2019 – 2021 · 2 yrs
  5. RepresentativeCA-16D
    2017 – 2019 · 2 yrs
  6. RepresentativeCA-16D
    2015 – 2017 · 2 yrs
  7. RepresentativeCA-16D
    2013 – 2015 · 2 yrs
  8. RepresentativeCA-20D
    2011 – 2013 · 2 yrs
  9. Show 3 earlier terms2005–2011▸
    1. RepresentativeCA-20D
      2009 – 2011 · 2 yrs
    2. RepresentativeCA-20D
      2007 – 2009 · 2 yrs
    3. RepresentativeCA-20D
      2005 – 2007 · 2 yrs
File D — Benchmark

If they'd just invested 20%

A disciplined-saver benchmark: 20% of each year's government salary, invested at an assumed 10%/yr return — versus actual disclosed net worth.

hypothetical retirement actual net worth salary

Hypothetical, not actual savings — see methodology.