Sean Doocey (Director Of Presidential Personnel) — $168,000
Some of the responsibilities of the Presidential Personnel Office include vetting possible candidates for a position that needs to be filled and making recommendations for potential candidates. Sean Doocey, the current director of the PPO, makes $168,000 a year. He showed his position’s power by shooting down the recommendations of two candidates that Trump wanted to be secretary of Homeland Security. Rodin Mehrbani made $172,200 for the same job in 2016 under Obama.
Sean Doocey (Director Of Presidential Personnel) — $168,000
Frank Walsh (Ethics Counsel) — $151,633
As it turns out, providing the president legal advice on matters of ethics is worth quite a lot. There are two attorneys on Trump’s staff and they are listed as ethics counsel. Georgetown law graduate Frank Walsh is the highest-earning. He was a former judge advocate for the Army Reserve and ethics counsel for the Agency for International Development. There were also two ethics counsel attorneys in Obama’s White House. In 2016, the highest-paid one made $123,406.
Frank Walsh (Ethics Counsel) — $151,633
