Sean Doocey (Director Of Presidential Personnel) — $168,000
When there is a position that has to be filled, it is up to the Presidential Personnel Office staff to vet possible candidates before they make recommendations for candidates that the U.S. Senate might have to confirm. The director of the PPO earns $168,000 each year, and Sean Doocey showed how much power his role has by rejecting 2 candidates Trump nominated for the position of Homeland Security secretary. During the Obama administration, Rodin Mehrbani made $172,200 for the same position.
Sean Doocey (Director Of Presidential Personnel) — $168,000
Frank Walsh (Ethics Counsel) — $151,633
When you give the president legal advice when it comes to ethics, you will get a big salary. There are two lawyers on the payroll under Trump who hold the position of ethics counsel. Frank Walsh, a graduate of Georgetown Law, earns more than his colleague. He was a former U.S. Army Reserve judge advocate and worked as an ethics counsel for the United States Agency for International Development. Under Obama, there were also two ethics counsel, the higher paid of whom made $123,406 in 2016.
Frank Walsh (Ethics Counsel) — $151,633