So what does it pay to work for President Donald Trump?
The latest list of White House employees and their salaries has 412 people, including names you see every day in press conferences and other high profile events, including squabbles with Democrats.
Then there are members of Trump’s cabinet, who don’t work out of the White House but take their orders from the president.
Members of Trump’s cabinet and his top White House aides all earn more than members of Congress, who are paid $174,000 annually.
Since 1995, Congress has required the White House to report the names, titles and salaries of those working for the president annually. Here’s a sampling how much some of them make, as well as some of Trump’s cabinet officers and the president himself:
Kellyanne Conway, $183,000
A New Jersey native, Conway was the first woman to run a successful presidential campaign. Conway, assistant to the president and senior counselor, was raised in the Atco section of Waterford Township.
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany speaks during a briefing on July 16, 2020.AP Photo/Evan Vucci
Kayleigh McEnany, $183,000
Trump’s new press secretary came over from his re-election campaign in April.
Mark Meadows, $183,000
The former Republican congressman is the current White House chief of staff.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks about the coronavirus at the State Department on May 6, 2020.AP
Mike Pompeo, $203,500
Pompeo is secretary of state.
Stephen Miller, $183,000
One of the few top aides who has been in the White House since the start of the Trump administration, Miller is senior adviser to the president for policy.
Wearing a mask, White House adviser Jared Kushner leaves after President Donald Trump spoke about the coronavirus during a press briefing in the Rose Garden on May 11, 2020.AP
Jared Kushner, $0
The Livingston native, who is married to Trump’s daughter Ivanka, takes no salary as a senior adviser.
Stephanie Grisham, $183,000
The former White House press secretary is now chief of staff to first lady Melania Trump and her chief spokeswoman.
Hope Hicks, $183,000
Trump’s former campaign spokeswoman and former White House communications director is back as counselor to the president.
White House chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow talks with reporters outside the White House on Aug. 6, 2019.AP
Larry Kudlow, $183,000
Kudlow is Trump’s top economic adviser.
Ivanka Trump, $0
Trump’s daughter is an unsalaried adviser to the president.
Roma Daravi, $95,000
A special assistant to the president, Daravi is director of broadcast media.
Pasquale Cipollone, $183,000
As counsel to the president, Cipollone defended Trump during his impeachment trial in the Senate.
Ben Carson, $203,500
The former Republican presidential candidate lost to Trump and then joined his administration as housing secretary.
Brian Jack, $168,000
The White House director of political affairs, Jack occupies the position once held by Bill Stepien, the former aide to then-Gov. Chris Christie who now is Trump’s campaign manager.
President Donald Trump and national security adviser Robert O’Brien board Air Force One at Los Angeles International Airport on Sept. 18, 2019.AP
Robert O’Brien, $183,000
John Bolton’s successor as national security adviser previously served as the government’s top hostage negotiator.
Judd Deere, $135,000
Deere is deputy White House press secretary.
Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway, left, and White House Social Media Director Dan Scavino, right, walk across the South Lawn of the White House on July 10, 2020, before boarding Marine One to join President Donald Trump.AP
Dan Scavino, $183,000
Scavino, deputy chief of staff for communications, serves as social media director.
Joy Otaño, $135,000
Otaño is White House personnel director.
Elaine L. Chao is the U.S. secretary of transportation.
Elaine Chao, $203,500
The U.S. transportation secretary and Gateway Tunnel foe is the wife of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.
Andrew Giuliani, $95,000
The son of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, he is associate director of the Office of Public Liaison and helps arrange the visits of sports teams to the White House.
John Crews, $120,000
He is special assistant to the president for economic policy.
President Donald Trump holds a face mask as he speaks during a news conference at the White House on July 21, 2020.AP
Donald Trump, $400,000
The president donates his salary every quarter to various federal agencies.
He also receives $100,000 for travel, $50,000 for expenses and $19,000 for entertainment.
Presidential pay has remained unchanged since 2001.
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