Who Gets Paid More

There's now a report summarizing other reports that scrutinize whether federal employees are paid better than private-sector workers. The bottom line is you probably shouldn't worry about it. The Government Accountability Office reviewed six reports that compared the pay of federal and private-sector workers and found the reports used different methods to crunch the numbers. The conservative Cato Institute found federal employees earned 58 percent more than other workers. But the President's pay agent found federal workers earn 28 percent less. House Oversight Committee leaders, who have proposed extending the federal pay freeze and reducing benefits, requested the report.