Female employees in the Obama White House make considerably less than their male colleagues, records show

◼ HOSTILE WORKPLACE - OBAMA WHITE HOUSE PAYS WOMEN LESS THAN MEN, RECORDS SHOW

According to the 2011 annual report on White House staff, female employees earned a median annual salary of $60,000, which was about 18 percent less than the median salary for male employees ($71,000)....

President Obama has frequently criticized the gender pay gap, such as the one that exists in White House.

“Paycheck discrimination hurts families who lose out on badly needed income,” he said in a July 2010 statement. “And with so many families depending on women’s wages, it hurts the American economy as a whole....”

The president and his Democratic allies have accused Republicans of waging a “war on women,” and have touted themselves as champions of female equality. Obama’s rhetoric, however, has not always been supported by his actions.

◼ Past reports: The White House Boys’ Club: President Obama Has a Woman Problem - Amy Sullivan/TIME (2011)

◼ Oh my: Obama White House paying women employees less than men? - HotAir

◼ Romney campaign says 92.3% of the jobs lost under Obama were women's jobs. - Althouse