--- title: Here's How Much Money Hope Hicks Makes as White House Communications Director description: Hope Hicks, Donald Trump's trusted communications director, was one of the youngest, highest-paid White House staffers before resigning. authors: - name: Brad Tuttle role: Senior Editor url: https://money.com/author/brad-tuttle/ bio: Brad Tuttle is a former senior editor at Money with over 10 years’ experience covering a vast number of personal finance topics, including careers, cars, travel, budgeting, investing, insurance, credit cards, consumer psychology, real estate, banking, and shopping and deals. education: Columbia University School of Journalism, MS at_money_since: 2014 articles: 366 covers: - Career Advice - Banking - Business - Credit - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Health and Wellness - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Pets - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://twitter.com/bradrtuttle - https://linkedin.com/in/brad-tuttle-834b225 former_staff: true published: '2018-03-01T15:16:12.000Z' modified: '2024-04-17T10:02:51.000Z' section: Career Advice tags: - Donald Trump - Hope Hicks - Stephen Miller - trump - trump white house - White House word_count: 292 canonical: https://money.com/hope-hicks-resigns-salary-money-donald-trump/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Trump Holds Listening Session With Students And Teachers On Mass Shootings](https://img.money.com/2018/03/hopehicksmoney-em-922479978.jpg) *White House Communications Director Hope Hicks attends a listening session hosted by President Donald Trump with survivors of school shootings, on February 21, 2018.* Hope Hicks, the White House communications director and trusted confidante of President Donald Trump, abruptly [announced on Wednesday she was resigning](https://time.com/5180300/hope-hicks-resigning-donald-trump/) from the role that made her the youngest and highest-paid White House staff member. The announcement came one day after Hicks reportedly told a House intelligence panel that she had sometimes told "white lies" for President Trump. But the White House released a statement in which Trump had nothing but praise for Hicks. “She is as smart and thoughtful as they come, a truly great person. I will miss having her by my side, but when she approached me about pursuing other opportunities, I totally understood. I am sure we will work together again in the future,” Trump said in the statement. Hicks is a former model and public relations professional who is 29 years old. A document released last summer by the [White House](https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/docs/disclosures/07012017-report-final.pdf) revealed that the highest annual salary for staffers was $179,700. A total of 22 White House personnel earned that $179,700 per year, and Hope Hicks was among them. Hicks was then listed as "Assistant to the President and Director of Strategic Communications." Several of the other White House staffers who were earning $179,700 per year have already left the administration, including Steve Bannon, Omarosa Manigault, K.T. McFarland, Robert Porter, Reince Priebus, and Sean Spicer. Dina Powell, another $179,700-per-year Trump staffer, resigned recently in her role as deputy national security and has [rejoined Goldman Sachs](https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/27/former-white-house-aide-dina-powell-rejoins-goldman-sachs-430096), where she worked before being hired by the White House. Staffers making $179,700 annually who are still employed at the White House include Tom Bossert, Kellyanne Conway, and Stephen Miller. 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