Perhaps the biggest way that the president influences the departments and agencies of the executive branch is through his appointment powers. The president has the authority to fill the most critical positions within executive departments and agencies with the people he thinks will best implement his agenda. But this authority is not absolute; the Senate is authorized to confirm these appointments.
Unsurprisingly, Google Sourcers are earning an obnoxiously high amount. The average hourly contractor there is looking at $47.30/hr, while the salaried tech sourcer enjoys a range of $76-116k. There appears to be a pretty wide range for sourcers, from either $22/hr to $33k a year, all the way above six figures.
The monthly and yearly rates do not include per diem. For those of you who are not familiar with what per diem is........basically for every hour you are away from base you get the per diem rate per hour. So if your per diem is $1.40 per hour and you were away from base for 100 hours you would make $140.00.