Bush pays his ‘director of fact-checking’ $60,000.

Director of Fact-Checking position? Unbelievable..

Thinkprogress:

Dan Froomkin reports that the latest list of White House staffers and their respective salaries has been released. Among the highest-paid White House staffers: Press Secretary Dana Perino, National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley, Counsel Fred Fielding, and Counselor Ed Gillespie. Froomkin highlights some interesting bits from the disclosure:

– After four years of stagnating at $30,000, the bottom of the payscale was finally raised this year to $33,400.

– There are fully 25 lawyers in the White House counsel’s office.

– Staci A. Wheeler, the White House’s director of fact checking, is — at $60,000 — either being paid way too little or way too much, depending on how you want to look at it.

Here are some of the most unbelievable made of position in the White House. No wonder the job market is bad:

Speight Watson, Kerri Lynn $77,200 Deputy Director Presidential Correspondence

Brooke, Mary J $76,742 Supervisor of Correspondence Review

Jones, Crystal B $76,742 Assistant Supervisor Document Management and Tracking Unit

Neiman, Wanda M $67,908 Assistant to the Executive Clerk

Bohn lll, Carl H $67,900 Director of Radio and Spokesman

Parker, Doris D $64,027 Assistant Supervisor of Classification

Johnson, Linda M $60,044 Shift Leader

Johnson, Linda M $60,044 Shift Leader

Clarke, Kay F $58,277 Shift Leader

Jackson, Theresa R $58,277 Shift Leader

Krivijanski, Joseph R $57,500 Director of Presidential Writers

Mende, Kirstin M $53,000 Deputy Director of Policy and Projects for the First Lady

Wallingford, Jane M $52,200 Director of the Gift Office

Lien, Leslie E $50,000 Director of Comment Line Greetings and Volunteers

Boyer, Bradley J $42,700 Travel Manager

Hildebrand, Katherine S $42,700 Travel Manager

Lane, Holly E $35,500 Gift Analyst

Jackson, Sally W $34,000 Assistant for Arrangements