Some employees at Elon Musk are called Efficiency of the Ministry of the Government are withdrawing strong wages of taxpayers from the federal agencies they are slashing and burning, Wired has learned.
Jeremy Lewin, one of the Doge employees, was tasked with destroying USAID, who also played a role in Doge's invasion. National Health Institute And Department of Consumer Finance ProtectionListed to earn more than $ 167,000 every year, Wired has confirmed. Lewin is assigned to the administrator office in the general service management agency.
Kyle Schutt, a software engineer at the infrastructure and network security agency, listed as a wage with $ 195,200 through GSA, where he was assigned to the administrator's office. That is maximum amount That any of the Viking people, federal staff can perform every year, including bonuses. You cannot be provided more in any case, GSA website compensation and reading benefits.
Nate Cavanaugh, a 28 -year -old technology businessman, who has played an internal role GSA staff interview As part of Doge's work at the office, listed as paid just over $ 120,500 per year. According to Doge's Official websiteThe average GSA staff earned $ 128,565 and has worked at this agency for 13 years.
When Elon Musk started recruiting Doge in November, he describe The work is as tedious and noted that compensation is no. Wired previously reported that DOGE recruiting efforts were partly The team of engineers associated with Peter Thiel and are done on platforms like Discord.
Since Trump took office in January, Doge has supervised the active dismissal in GSA, including The recent 18F removalThe unit of the agency is dedicated to technology efficiency. It also has developed a plan To sell more than 500 government buildings.
Although Musk described Doge as maximum transparency, it did not make its spending or salary public. Sponsor Doge developed About $ 40 million on February 20, according to a recent report of Propblica. The White House did not answer questions about the scope of the DOGO staff or the budget allocation to pay them.
Some of the Doge team members, including Musk, are appointed as a special government employee, a limited advisory role during working time 130 days. These positions may be paid or not paid; SGES withdraw wages on a certain class paid Forms of financial publication, but volunteers are not. This type of employee is not considered the same rules as typical federal workers; They are allowed Continue to draw outside the salary And in some cases, there is no need to reveal conflicts of interest. Other prominent SGE staff linked With Doge including Aide Aide Katie MillerPeople who continue to have public relations earlier work through the conversion process and more than a month in the current government. Customers of her company include Apple and a golf tournament sponsored by Saudi, according to Wall Street magazine.