President Clinton may have had trouble meeting his campaign pledge to cut the size of the White House staff, but he seems to be meeting another promise -- to pay White House employees less than the previous administration did.
The Clinton White House can't crow about the lower pay, however, because it won't talk about individual salaries at all.
Despite repeated requests for a list of who works at the White House and how much each one earns, the White House declines to say. Requests for salary lists from members of a congressional committee that oversees the White House budget also have been turned down. Last week, Patsy L. Thomasson, director of the White House Office of Administration, said that information is private, even though taxpayers foot the bill.
One senior official cited privacy concerns and how much angst it might cause if everyone at the White House knew how much everyone else made.
The Washington Post, which published salary lists in the final months of the Bush administration, has obtained printouts of computerized salary information for the Executive Office of the President covering those on the Clinton payroll as of Sept. 11. A review of hundreds of workers and their pay shows that the highest salary, for the chief of staff and assistants to the president, was $125,000, compared with $134,000 for the highest-level Bush staff members.
Salaries for lower-level employees show comparable reductions, and hundreds of lower-level staff members receive very low pay by Washington standards. Comparable jobs in congressional offices, for example, pay more -- and in private industry much more. While $125,000 is the most any staff member is paid at the White House, the average salary for the head of a Washington corporate office is $134,000 this year, according to a study by the Foundation for Public Affairs. Most of those executives receive bonuses.
The White House, unlike Congress, is not compelled by law or regulation to reveal individual salaries. In the Reagan administration, requests for an individual's salary were filled, but a full list of all workers and their salaries was not. The Bush administration also refused to routinely provide such information until its final year, when it turned over a salary list, comparable to the one obtained by The Post last week, to a congressional committee.
While the Clinton salaries generally are lower than those for comparable positions in the last days of the Bush White House, only a pay quirk allowed for that. A 3 percent pay raise took effect in January, boosting White House salaries. Compared against that high-water mark, Clinton's salaries seem lower, but compared to salaries in December they are about the same.
This page lists staff members and their salaries selected from the computerized payroll document. Names of hundreds of other career workers; Defense Department, State Department and CIA workers detailed to the White House; employees on Congress's payroll; and some employees not on the September payroll have been omitted, as have those of White House staff members paid less than $25,000.
IMMEDIATE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
President Clinton, $200,000
David R. Gergen, counselor to the president, $125,000
Jodi Greenstone, special assistant to the president and deputy to the counselor, $80,000
Diana Pierce, executive assistant to the counselor, $35,000
George Stephanopoulos, senior adviser to the president for policy and strategy, $125,000
Nancy Heinreich, deputy assistant to the president for appointments and scheduling, $85,000
Andrew Friendly, the president's aide, $40,000
Betty Curie, executive secretary, $52,300
Deborah Coyle, personal secretary, $46,000
Kelly Crawford, staff assistant, $27,500
Debi Schiff, VIP receptionist, $30,000
CABINET AFFAIRS
Christine A. Varney, deputy assistant to the president and secretary to the Cabinet, $100,000
Stephen B. Silverman, special assistant to the president and deputy secretary to the Cabinet, $53,000
Laurie Labuda, staff director, $35,000
CHIEF OF STAFF
Thomas F. "Mack" McLarty, chief of staff to the president, $125,000
Roy Neel, assistant to the president and deputy chief of staff, $125,000
Laura Spining, special assistant to the deputy chief of staff, $37,500
Ricki Seidman, assistant to the president and counselor to the chief of staff, $110,000
Charles W. "Bill" Burton, deputy assistant to the president and policy and staff director, $95,000
Karen Sudbay, assistant to the staff director, $40,000
Mark Middleton, special assistant to the president and assistant to the chief of staff, $75,000
Sara O. Johnson, special assistant to the chief of staff, $50,000
Andre Oliver, special assistant to the chief of staff, $50,000
Lynda Rathbone, special assistant to the chief of staff, $32,500
Janine Stanzione, special assistant to the chief of staff, $32,500
COMMUNICATIONS
Mark D. Gearan, director, $125,000
*Heather Beckel, executive assistant to the director, $37,500
Rahm Emanuel, assistant to the president and deputy director, $118,000
Steven Cohen, staff assistant to the director, $25,000
Dee Dee Myers, White House press secretary, $100,000
David Leavy, staff assistant to the press secretary, $25,000
Lorraine Voles, deputy press secretary, $60,000
Arthur Louis Jones, deputy press secretary, $60,000
Kathy McKiernan, press assistant, $25,000
Anne Edwards, director of press advance, $50,000
*Steve Rabinowitz, director of production, $50,000
Dawn Alexander, assistant press secretary, $36,000
A. Victoria Rivas-Vasquez, assistant press secretary, $36,000
David Seldin, press assistant, $25,000
Nancy Ward, press office manager, $25,000
David Kusnet, special assistant to the president for speechwriting, $85,000
Alan Stone, presidential speechwriter, $80,000
Carolyn Curiel, presidential speechwriter, $80,000
Alison Muscatine, presidential speechwriter, $80,000
Liz Bowyer, staff assistant to the speechwriters, $25,000
Jeffrey Eller, deputy assistant to the president and director of media affairs, $100,000
Lisa Mortman, staff assistant to the director of media affairs, $25,000
Ernie Gibble, regional assistant, $30,000
Jock Gill, regional assistant, $35,000
Lavora Barnes, regional assistant, $30,000
Kim Hopper, regional assistant, $30,000
Richard Strauss, radio services coordinator, $30,000
Dave Anderson, television services coordinator, $30,000
Maria Tio, director of specialty press, $50,000
Joshua Silverman, assistant for specialty press, $30,000
Jess Sarmiento, assistant for specialty press, $35,000
Patti Cogdell, receptionist for media affairs, $20,000
Ann Walker, special assistant to the president and director of research, $60,000
*Eric Berman, associate director of research, $40,000
Meeghan Prunty, associate director of research, $35,000
Kimberly Tilley, associate director of research, $35,000
Carter Wilkie, speechwriter, $35,000
Robert Boorstin, special assistant to the president for policy, $85,000
Jason Matthew Soloman, staff assistant for policy, $25,000
Michael Waldman, special assistant to the president for policy, $85,000
Liz Bernstein, staff assistant for policy, $35,000
David Dreyer, deputy assistant to the president and deputy director for planning, $100,000
Jonathan Prince, data analyst, $35,000
Julia Moffett, staff analyst, $30,000
Carola McGiffert, special assistant to the deputy director, $26,000
FIRST LADY
Margaret A. Williams, assistant to the president and chief of staff to the First Lady, $125,000
Evelyn S. Lieberman, assistant to the chief of staff to the First Lady, $50,000
Melanne Verveer, deputy assistant to the president and deputy chief of staff to the First Lady, $90,000
Diane G. Limo, special assistant/office manager, $32,416
Lisa Caputo, deputy assistant to the president and press secretary to the First Lady, $65,000
Neel Lattimore, deputy press secretary to the First Lady, $45,000
Karen Finney, deputy press secretary to the First Lady, $28,000
Capricia Marshall, special assistant to the First Lady, $50,000
Ann Stock, special assistant to the president, social secretary, $70,000
Ann McCoy, deputy social secretary, $55,000
Joyce Bonnett, special assistant to the social secretary, $28,000
GENERAL COUNSEL
Bernard Nussbaum, counsel to the president, $125,000
Betsy L. Pond, executive assistant to the president's counsel, $42,000
Linda R. Tripp, special assistant to the counsel to the president, $47,920
Deborah L. Gorham, executive assistant to the deputy counsel to the president, $42,000
William H. Kennedy, associate counsel to the president, $98,000
Ronald A. Klain, associate counsel to the president, $90,000
Cheryl D. Mills, associate counsel to the president, $90,000
Stephen R. Neuwirth, associate counsel to the president, $90,000
Beth Nolan, associate counsel to the president, $90,000
Clifford M. Sloan, associate counsel to the president, $90,000
Clarissa Cerda, assistant counsel to the president, $75,000
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Marcia L. Hale, assistant to the president for intergovernmental affairs, $125,000
Dawn M. Friedkin, special assistant, $35,000
Loretta Avent, special assistant to the president for intergovernmental affairs, $80,000
Elizabeth Spencer, executive assistant, $30,000
Sharon Kennedy, executive assistant, $25,000
John P. Hart, deputy assistant to the president for intergovernmental affairs, $85,000
Keith Mason, deputy assistant to the president and deputy director, $92,500
LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS
Howard Paster, assistant to the president for legislative affairs, $125,000
Susan Brophy, deputy assistant to the president for legislative affairs, $110,000
Tim Keating, special assistant to the president for legislative affairs, $65,000
Unice Lieberman, staff assistant, $28,000
Ann Cattalini, staff assistant, $25,000
Steve Ricchetti, deputy assistant to the president for legislative affairs (Senate), $110,000
Paul R. Carey, special assistant to the president for legislative affairs (Senate), $56,0000
Barbara Chow, special assistant to the president for legislative affairs (Senate), $86,0000
Tracey Thornton, special assistant to the president for legislative affairs (Senate), $86,000
Nestor Davidson, staff assistant (Senate), $25,000
Gordon Li, staff assistant (Senate), $25,000
Erin O'Connor, staff assistant (Senate), $25,000
Lorraine Miller, deputy assistant to the president for legislative affairs (House), $100,000
Karen L. Hancox, special assistant to the president for legislative affairs (House), $86,000
Alphonse Maldon Jr., special assistant to the president for legislative affairs (House), $86,000
Lillian Fernandez, special assistant to the president for legislative affairs (House), $84,000
LeeAnn Inadomi, director of congressional correspondence, $30,000
Jocelyn Jolley, staff assistant (House), $25,000
Kathleen "Cassie" O'Neill, staff assistant (House), $25,000
Stuart Trevelyan, staff assistant (House), $25,000
Melissa Banks, staff assistant, $25,000
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
David Watkins, assistant to the president for management and administration, $125,000
Patsy L. Thomasson, special assistant to the president for management and administration and director of the Office of Administration, $85,000
Alice Honea, assistant to the Office of Management and Administration, $45,000
Tracy Beckett, staff assistant, $30,000
Tricia Northcutt, staff assistant, $25,200
Brian L. Foucart, acting director of White House administration, $80,000
Jennifer O'Connor, deputy director of the Office of Management and Administration, $75,000
Matthew L. Moore, special hearings counsel, $35,000
NATIONAL SERVICE
Eli J. Segal, assistant to the president and director, $125,000
Karen D. Ewing, executive assistant to the director, $30,000
Richard C. Allen, deputy assistant to the president and deputy director, $102,000
Jacob J. "Jack" Lew, special assistant to the president and general counsel, $108,000
Gloria P. Johnson, special assistant to the president and public liaison director, $65,000
Sarah Whitman, corporation project director, $66,000
POLITICAL AFFAIRS
Joan N. Baggett, assistant to the president and director, $118,000
Tara L. Burns, special assistant to the director, $25,000
Tom Epstein, special assistant to the president for political affairs, $75,000
Reta Lewis, special assistant to the president for political affairs, $60,000
Linda L. Moore, special assistant to the president for political affairs, $50,000
PRESIDENTIAL PERSONNEL
*Bruce Lindsey, assistant to the president and senior adviser, $125,000
*Deborah Coyle, assistant to the director, $46,000
Antonella Pianalto, assistant director, $75,000
John Emerson, deputy assistant to the president and deputy director, $110,000
Dana Lawrence, assistant to the deputy director, $33,000
Jan O. Piercy, deputy assistant to the president and deputy director, $110,000
Emma Horton, assistant to the deputy director, $33,000
James Bailey, associate director, $85,000
Gary A. Christopherson, associate director, $65,000
M. Ryan Conroy, associate director, $50,000
Maria L. Haley, associate director, $85,000
Kevin O'Keefe, associate director, $85,000
Alfred Ramirez, associate director, $85,000
Thomas Shea, deputy associate director, $60,000
PUBLIC LIAISON
Alexis Herman, assistant to the president and director, $125,000
Ruby Moy, executive assistant to the director, $60,000
Steve Hilton, deputy assistant to the president and deputy director, $91,000
Doris Matsui, deputy assistant to the president and deputy director, $80,000
Michael Lux, special assistant to the president for public liaison, $75,000
Amy Zisook, special assistant to the president for public liaison, $70,000
Marilyn Yager, special assistant to the president for public liaison, $85,000
Marilyn DiGiacobbe, associate director, $35,000
Flo McAfee, associate director, $55,000
Suzanna A. Valdez, associate director, $33,000
Dan Wexler, associate director, $40,000
Debbie Fine, assistant to the deputy director, $26,000
Christina Lin, assistant to the deputy director, $35,000
Dana Wyckoff, assistant to the deputy director, $25,000
SCHEDULING AND ADVANCE
Isabelle Tapia, deputy assistant to the president and deputy director, $85,000
Patti Solis, special assistant to the president and director of scheduling for the First Lady, $52,000
Wendy Smith, deputy director of scheduling and advance and trip director, $60,000
Stephanie Streett, deputy director of scheduling for the president, $50,000
Anne Walley, deputy director of scheduling for the president, $50,000
Michael Lufrano, associate director of scheduling and advance for the president, $48,000
Josh King, deputy director of scheduling for the president, $50,000
Kelly Craighead, deputy director for advance for the First Lady and trip director, $42,000
Kara McGuire, presidential advance, $43,250
Brian James McPartlin, presidential advance, $43,250
Kathy Roth, presidential advance, $43,250
Sam Meyers, presidential advance, $43,250
Anna Winderbaum, director of scheduling correspondence, $30,000
Charles "Bart" Handford, staff assistant, $28,000
STAFF SECRETARY
John D. Podesta, assistant to the president and staff secretary, $125,000
Todd D. Stern, special assistant to the president and deputy staff secretary, $70,000
R. Paul Richard, deputy staff secretary, $52,000
Frances R. "Fran" Wessel, administrative assistant, $41,470
Sharon E. Wagner, administrative assistant, $48,356
CORRESPONDENCE
Marsha Scott, deputy assistant to the president and director, $95,000
Jim Dorskind, deputy director, $55,000
Jeffrey L. Riley, administrative assistant, $35,000
Julie Watson, special assistant, $33,342
Dan Burkhardt, special assistant, $30,000
Sandra Hudnall, special assistant, $48,000
Sharleen E. Martin, special assistant, $49,699
Mark Miller, quality control, $34,000
Jenny Boshears, quality control, $45,000
Maureen A. Hudson, systems manager, $54,308
FIRST LADY'S CORRESPONDENCE
Alice Pushkar, director, $40,000
Wendy Allison Towber, $25,000
GIFTS
Timothy Flynn, director, $40,000
Johanna Ramos, $25,000
Margaret Whitehead, $38,833
GREETINGS/COMMENTS
Jamie Williams, director, $40,000
Judy Albright, $27,500
VOLUNTEER OFFICE
Claude A. Taylor, $35,000
Jennifer Dudley, $35,000
AGENCY LIAISON
Jennifer McCarthy, director, $45,000
Catherine Cornelius, $35,000
Charlene C. Cozart, executive assistant to the director, $50,937
Mike A. Ortega, $42,591
PRESIDENTIAL LETTERS
Andrew Hahn, director, $45,000
Erich Vaden, assistant director, $35,000
Kimberly Carol Cain, chief of staff's mail, $25,000
PRESIDENTIAL SUPPORT
Eileen M. Upperman, director, $50,000
Lynn A. Crable, assistant director, $37,743
Eunice C. Hendrix, administrative assistant, $39,783
Earlene F. Rick, night supervisor, $38,763
Kristine K. Baer, $34,683
Debra D. Bird, $33,345
Janet F. Curtis, $35,197
PRESIDENT'S PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE
Carolyn Huber, director, $55,000
Millie Alston, $45,000
Robert "Trey" Schroeder, $27,500
Laura Tayman, $25,000
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL**
Anthony Lake, assistant to the president for national security affairs, $125,000
Samuel "Sandy" R. Berger, deputy assistant to the president for national security, $110,000
Nancy E. Soderberg, special assistant to the president and staff director, $105,000
Leon S. Fuerth, national security adviser for the vice president, $119,500
DOMESTIC POLICY COUNCIL
Carol H. Rasco, assistant to the president for domestic policy, $125,000
Rosalyn Kelly, executive assistant, $45,000
Ira Magaziner, senior policy adviser to the president for policy development, $110,000
William Galston, deputy assistant to the president for domestic policy, $100,000
Bruce Reed, deputy assistant to the president for domestic policy, $100,000
Shirley Sagawa, special assistant to the president for domestic policy, $60,000
Kathryn Way, special assistant to the president for domestic policy, $75,000
Jose Cerda, senior policy analyst, $60,403
Christine Heenan, senior policy analyst, $65,000
Lynn Margherio, senior policy analyst, $65,000
Donisa Strong, senior policy analyst, $60,000
Paul Weinstein Jr., senior policy analyst, $60,000
Pam Barnett, executive assistant to the First Lady, $50,000
Cathy R. Mays, staff assistant, $38,500
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
Kathleen McGinty, deputy assistant to the president for environmental policy and director, $100,000
Marc Chupka, chief economist/energy, $70,000
David Doniger, associate director for global environment, $73,000
Keith Laughlin, associate director for pollution prevention, $85,000
Trey Lindseth, special assistant for correspondence, $25,000
Pam McElwee, special assistant for congressional and public affairs, $30,000
Cathering Zoi, chief of staff and deputy director, $85,000
NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL
Robert E. Rubin, assistant to the president for economic policy, $100,000
Sylvia Mathews, special assistant to the assistant to the president for economic policy, $80,000
Linda McLaughlin, administrative officer, $70,000
Paul A. Deegan, scheduling and correspondence, $40,000
W. Bowman "Bo" Cutter, deputy assistant to the president for economic policy, $110,000
Elisabeth Lindemuth, executive assistant, $42,000
Gene Sperling, deputy assistant to the president for economic policy, $105,000
Patricia M. Smith, executive assistant, $40,000
Michael Deich, special assistant to the president for economic policy, $94,000
Robert D. Kyle, special assistant to the president for economic policy, $100,000
Dorothy Robyn, special assistant to the president for economic policy, $94,000
Heather Ross, special assistant to the president for economic policy, $100,000
Sheryll D. Cashin, director to the NEC, $70,000
Bonnie St. John Deane, director to the NEC, $70,000
Thomas Kalil, director to the NEC, $70,000
David Lane, director to the NEC, $80,000
Peter Yu, director to the NEC, $70,000
David Cutler, director to the NEC/CEA, $70,000
Michael Punke, director to the NEC/NSC, $70,000
Gaylen Barbour, staff assistant, $40,000
Nicole R. Lindsay, staff assistant, $29,000
Sandy Mancini, staff assistant, $39,000
Sonyia Matthews, staff assistant, $32,000
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT***
John M. "Jack" Quinn, chief of staff and counselor, $125,000
Evvie Nazro, $32,000
Todd J. Campbell, counsel and director of administration, $90,000
Michael Gill, $52,500
Angelina Walker, $39,000
*Marla E. Romash, communications director, $119,500
Heidi Kukis, $40,000
Bob Lehrman, $65,000
Julia Payne, $25,000
Greg C. Simon, chief domestic policy adviser, $90,000
Charlotte Hayes, $63,000
Elaine C. Kamarck, senior policy adviser, $100,000
Anthony T. "Tony" Wilson, director of scheduling, $80,000
Dennis W. Alpert, director of advance; deputy scheduling director, $60,000
OFFICE OF MRS. GORE
Skila S. Harris, special assistant to the vice president and chief of staff to Mrs. Gore, $87,500
Sally J. Aman, $50,000
Araceli Ruano, $25,000
Alexia Wilson, $32,000
*No longer in that position.
**More than 100 members of the National Security Council staff are career CIA, State or Defense Department employees and not on the White House payroll.
***Several members of the vice president's staff are on the Senate payroll and so are not included in the White House salary list.
-- Compiled by Jennifer Kyle Herd, Megan Garvey and Ben Abramson
