White House Lawyers Make Less Than $200K

Being a White House lawyer may be prestigious, but it’s not as high-paying as a big law firm job.

Salary information released by the Obama administration shows White House counsel Gregory Craig makes $172,200—far short of the $1.7 million he made last year as a partner at Williams & Connolly, the National Law Journal reports.

Three people who are deputy White House counsel make $158,500 each. Twelve people who are associate White House counsel make $130,500. Detailees from other federal agencies do a little better. One lawyer detailed from the Treasury Department, for example, makes $163,940.

Most of the salaries haven’t risen above the amounts paid to lawyers in the Bush administration, the story says.