Salaries of the White House staff

The West Wing, with the White House in background.

After years of watching The West Wing TV show we all know about many of the positions on the President’s staff– just the high profile ones, as it turns out. What we didn’t know is how many there are working there and how much they make in dollars for doing their jobs.

Now we do. (See link to the .pdf list.) I’m amazed at how many people serve The President directly and even more amazed at how little many of them get in salary— which ranges from $0 to about $172,200. It’s a 29-page list!

http://www.whitehouse.gov/assets/documents/July1Report-Draft12.pdf

My comment: With this many people jockeying for his time, I’m surprised the President ever gets anything accomplished. If it is Rahm Emanuel’s job to manage most of this staff, well, good luck to the little Chicago pit bull/border collie. For a bio of ‘Rahm-bo’, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahm_Emanuel