crossbody
Diamond Member
- Jan 30, 2024
- 1,997
- 1,876
- 1,893
Biden White House boasts biggest staff since Nixon, has 77 percent turnover
435 of Biden's initial 560 employees have since departed the White House
Published July 6, 2024 1:05pm EDTPresident Biden's White House staff is the largest since former President Richard Nixon's and has seen a turnover rate of 77% since he took office in 2021.
The White House boasts 565 staffers at a price tag of nearly $61 million, a slight increase from the record-setting 560 staffers Biden had his first year in office, according to a report from Open the Books.
Biden is the first president to boast over 500 staffers since Nixon, the report noted, a staff that was so big that Time magazine declared in 1971 that it was growing with "startling rapidity."
![www.foxnews.com](https://static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2023/09/GettyImages-1668424535.jpg)
Biden White House boasts biggest staff since Nixon, has 77 percent turnover
President Biden's staff of 565 and payroll of $60.8 million are larger and more expensive staff than those seen under former Presidents Donald Trump and Barack Obama.