Jay Carney: The Wage Gap at the White House ‘Is Better than the National Average’

Carney: WH Wage Gap 'Better Than the National Average' (CNS News)

White House spokesman Jay Carney insists there is "equal pay for equal work" at the White House.

On Monday, he was asked about a study showing that in Obama's White House, the median salary of women is 88 percent that of men.

"I think that those studies look at the aggregate of everyone on staff," Carney said. "What I can tell you is that we have, as an institution here, have aggressively addressed this challenge, and obviously, though, at the 88 cents that you cite, that is not a hundred, but it is better than the national average.