The White House released its annual report to Congress on personnel, which details White House staff members and their salaries, on July 1, 2026.
The Trump White House includes 411 staff members, according to the report. Forty-six are detailees — staff temporarily assigned to the White House from another agency or department — including three part-time detailees. The other 365 are employees.
Ten staff members receive no salary, four of whom are advisors. The average salary among paid staff members is $115,513.
Forty-five staff members earn a salary of more than $180,000. The nine highest-paid staff members are detailees who each receive an annual salary of $197,200.
The largest share of staff members, 137, receive salaries between $60,001 and $90,000, and the second-largest share, 98, receive salaries between $120,001 and $150,000.
As of the July 2025 report, the second Trump administration had 404 staff members. Thirty were detailees, and the other 374 were employees. The average salary among paid staff members was $115,483, adjusted for inflation to 2026 dollars.
See the chart below for the average and median salaries of paid White House staff members from 2013 to 2026. Salaries between 2013 and 2025 were inflation-adjusted to 2026 dollars.
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