Sean Doocey (Director Of Presidential Personnel) — $168,000
When a position needs to be filled, folks in the Presidential Personnel Office are responsible for vetting possible candidates before making recommendations for potential candidates whom the U.S. Senate may need to confirm. Making $168,000 a year, the director of the PPO Sean Doocey recently showed his role’s power by shooting down two candidates whom Trump wanted to serves as secretary of Homeland Security. In Obama’s White House, Rodin Mehrbani held the position and got paid $172,200 in 2016.
Sean Doocey (Director Of Presidential Personnel) — $168,000
Frank Walsh (Ethics Counsel) — $151,633
It turns out that providing legal advice to the president regarding matters of ethics is worth a pretty penny. Trump has two lawyers on payroll and they have the title of ethics counsel. Georgetown law graduate Frank Walsh is the highest-earning of the two. He used to be a U.S. Army Reserve judge advocate and served as the United States Agency for International Development ethics counsel. Obama’s staff also included two ethics counsel attorneys and the highest-paid made $123,406 in 2016.
Frank Walsh (Ethics Counsel) — $151,633