The White House list of staff salaries for 2014 reveals just how much income lawyers can sacrifice for the privilege of working with the president.

White House Counsel W. Neil Eggleston, who left his white-collar defense practice at Kirkland & Ellis in May, makes the highest available annual salary of $172,200. Compare that to Kirkland’s reported profit per partner in 2013: $3.28 million.

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