Kepada The Times, Salam Fayyad mengatakan bahwa tantangan yang paling besar baginya memotong bengkaknya gaji pemerintah, namun, dia mengemukakan ada keterbatasan sehingga dia tidak dapat segera menguranginya.
Speaking to The Times, Salam Fayyad also said that the biggest challenge for him was cutting the PA's inflated payroll, but noted that there are constraints that meant he would not be able to reduce it quickly.