Forget studies that say federal workers make twice what private sector employees make. Research compiled by analysts at conservative think tanks has found that the average federal employee receives 85 percent more in compensation, including wages and benefits, than private sector employees who perform the same jobs.
Chris Edwards, director of tax policy studies at the libertarian Cato Institute, has studied the discrepancies between federal compensation and that received by their private sector counterparts and concluded that federal government workers are vastly overpaid.
Edwards said his analysis of Bureau of Economic Analysis data clearly shows that wage increases for government workers have far exceeded those of workers in the private sector.
“Overall trends are really dramatic,” said Edwards. “Over the last 9 years, average private sector wages and compensation in the U.S. have risen about 30 percent, but average federal wages and compensation have risen about 60 percent.”
The typical federal worker received a salary of more than $79,000 in 2008, with benefits raising total annual compensation to more than $119,000. The typical private sector worker received pay of about $50,000, with total compensation just under $60,000.
Edwards was one of three conservative experts who presented their data at a discussion panel held Tuesday at The Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C.Details
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7 comments:
unless you work for the city of salisbury where you make less than the private sector.
The funny part is they work for the government because they couldn't make it in the private sector. What a joke.
Government workers by and large, are people that can't get a real job in the private sector.
Government jobs are all about who you know and nothing about what you know.
Government workers are scum!
The good news is were all going to be employed by the government in the Socialist/Marxist utopia the Democrats have in store for us!
The City of Salisbury has several job openings. Check it out at:
http://www.ci.salisbury.md.us/Departments/HumanResources/SalisburyMDCityEmploymentandJobs/tabid/117/Default.aspx
For those of you who falsely believe that city employees make oh so much money, go ahead and apply.
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I hope you remember that when you call 911 for help. While you are scared and hoping the government scum hurry.
One question, so how many government jobs did you appy for and get denied?
I know of federal workers that are not making the $50K mentioned for the typical worker in the private sector. The $79K, and higher, are largely supervisory or Washington, DC worker, or those in large metropolitan areas, not in the MD and DE areas. The grass is not always greener on the other side (over the septic tank!!)
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