The White House cut its payroll by $1.7 million in 2011, according to an annual report of salaries the White House sends to Congress. The 2010 payroll for 469 employees was $38,796,307.
According to the report, there are now 454 employees:
- 21 earn the maximum pay of $172,200 per year
- Lowest salary is $41,000
- 3 White House advisers work for free: Patricia McGinnis, Jessica Schumer and Shale Wong.
- 142 of them earned less than $50,000 a year.
- The average salary is about $82,000.
- President Barack Obama’s annual salary is $400,000.
