Stephen Miller, Susie Wiles, and Tom Homan are among the highest-paid staffers at the White House. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg via Getty Images/Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Working at the White House might be one of the most exclusive and prestigious jobs in the US, but you'd be surprised by how much some of the people around the president make each year.

For starters, having the top job — that is, being the president of the US — brings in a salary of $400,000, which some independently wealthy presidents, such as John F.…