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White House payroll cut

   July 2, 2011

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.
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