A handful of youthful White House staffers have started leaving the new Trump administration after six months - with burnout, family obligations and the prospect of higher salaries encouraging them to seek new opportunities in the private sector. 

The recent departures include deputy press Secretary Harrison Fields, who is starting a new job at a lobbying firm, CGCN.

"I look forward to continuing to support the MAGA movement in a new, deeply rewarding, and impactful capacity," Fields told the Daily Mail. 

White House staffers leaving

While top White House staffers are usually paid in the low six-figures, they can expect to double their salaries as lobbyists, the Mail noted.

Fields was earning $139,500 - a higher salary than the average American's, but fairly modest for D.C.'s astronomical cost of living.

In addition to Fields, Trump's cryptocurrency director, Hines, is leaving for a position at the crypto firm Tether; Trent Morse, deputy director of presidential personnel, is starting a lobbying company, Morse Strategies; and director of digital content, Billy McLaughlin, who helped create "banger memes" for the White House social media, is returning to his PR firm.

May Davis Mailman, deputy assistant to the president, had been commuting to Washington D.C. on a weekly basis - while pregnant - from her home in Houston, where she will now settle down and start her own firm.

"The realities of life, like living with my family and having my third child, made this transition an apparent and necessary one," she said.

Revolving door

So far, Trump's administration has not suffered the sort of turmoil that he experienced during his chaotic first term, when he faced constant turnover.

In his second term, Trump has prioritized personal loyalty, assembling a team of people with whom he has built strong relationships.

Some White House stars have been with Trump since his political career began, like MAGA diehard and immigration zealot Stephen Miller, while others, like Robert F. Kennedy Jr., are new additions to Trump's expansive coalition.

The team powering Trump's second term is notably youthful, with 27-year-old press secretary Karoline Leavitt - who is a working mom - being the youngest ever to serve in the role.

"Revolving door"

Critics are sure to see the new departures as further evidence of the cozy relationship between the federal government and lobbyists in the private sector - a trend sometimes known as the "revolving door."

MAGA loyalists may see a quick exit as an opportunistic move, although others may be more forgiving toward young parents juggling work and family.

"While it is now commonplace, it is still concerning to have people trading on their government experience and worse, for government officials to be thinking about their future private sector employment while making decisions that should be solely guided by the public interest," Open Secrets Senior researcher Dan Auble told the Daily Mail.