White House Releases Staffers' Salaries

The Hill reports:

The top earners in the Obama White House take home $172,200 a year, according to figures posted on whitehouse.gov Friday afternoon.

Twenty-one administration officials earn the top salary, including Chief of Staff Bill Daley, top healthcare adviser Nancy-Ann Deparle, senior adviser David Plouffe and White House spokesman Jay Carney.

"Since 1995, the White House has been required to deliver a report to Congress listing the title and salary of every White House Office employee," a post on thestrong>White House website<states. "Consistent with President Obama's commitment to transparency, this report is being publicly disclosed on our website as it is transmitted to Congress."