White House aspirant Hillary Clinton’s longtime associate Huma Abedin, whose father is from India and mother from Pakistan, is the highest paid staffer in the US presidential campaign, taking home an annual salary of more than $277,000.
Abedin was paid $69,263.09 in the first quarter, according to the latest quarterly financial figures submitted by the Clinton Campaign to Federal Election Commission this week.
At this rate, her annual pay check is pegged at $2,77,052.
Interestingly, John Podesta, the chairman of the Clinton campaign received only $3,586, while Robby Mook, the campaign manager, got $27,625; Jennifer Palmieri, the communications director, received $31,710 during the first quarter of the campaign.
Married to former New York congressman Anthony Weiner, Abedin is currently vice chair of the campaign – Hillary for America.