More On Obama Staff Salary Nos.

Another look at the Obama admin. salary numbers ...

The following individuals were included in the Obama WH's total but their counterparts in the Bush admin. were not listed in the admin's '08 report, accounting for some of the increase in staff spending this year over last:

Melody Barnes, dir., Domestic Policy Council, $172,200

Larry Summers, dir. National Economic Council, $172,200

Heather Higginbottom, dep. dir., Domestic Policy Council, $150K

Marne Levine, chief of staff and special asst. to the president, National Economic Council, $130,500

Matthew Onek, chief of staff, Domestic Policy Council, $110K

David A. Lipton, special asst. to the president for international economic affairs, $149K

Total: $844,900

So the Obama admin. is spending about $5.1M more on staff salaries in '09 than the Bush admin. did in '08 (not $6M as we previously reported). That's an approximately 15% increase in overall staff salaries.

Remember Obama pledged to freeze staff salaries over $100K when he took office. It seems he did that. But it also seems he has more people working for him.

If we learn of other WH staffers who fall within the Office of Policy Development, National Economic Council and Domestic Policy Council -- whose staffers were disclosed by Obama but not Bush -- we'll update the totals.

(JENNIFER SKALKA)