Sean Doocey (Director Of Presidential Personnel) — $168,000
Vetting possible candidates for a position at the White House and making recommendations about potential candidates to the president is what the Presidential Personnel Office does. Confirmation by the U.S. Senate may be needed for the candidates. Sean Doocey makes $168,000 annually as the PPO director, and he recently showed how much power his role has when he shot down two candidates that Trump wanted to work as Homeland Security secretary. Rodin Mehrbani held the title under Obama and got $172,200 in 2016.
Sean Doocey (Director Of Presidential Personnel) — $168,000
Frank Walsh (Ethics Counsel) — $151,633
Apparently, providing the president with legal advice related to matters of ethics pays well. There are two lawyers on Trump’s staff and they are listed as ethics counsel on the payroll. The highest-earning is Frank Walsh, who is a Georgetown law graduate and was an Army Reserve judge advocate. He was an ethics counsel for the USAID or United States Agency for International Development. There were two ethics counsel lawyers on Obama’s staff as well, and the highest-paid got $123,406 in 2016.
Frank Walsh (Ethics Counsel) — $151,633