Some DOGE employees are earning six-figure taxpayer-funded salaries from the federal agencies they are shutting down

Elon Musk stands in the Oval Office in front of son, X, and Donald Trump

• DOGE, Elon Musk’s cost-cutting government task force, was set up to eliminate inefficiencies—but some of its staff are reportedly earning hefty six-figure salaries while slashing federal jobs. Musk had initially claimed positions within DOGE would be "tedious work" where "compensation is zero."

Some employees at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), established to reduce bureaucracy and streamline federal agencies, are taking home six-figure taxpayer-funded salaries, according to reports.