Sunday, March 7, 2010

Let's all go to work for the Feds

This USA Today article shows salary descrepancies between Fed and private sector jobs. Casually mentioned, but not expounded upon when presenting the stats:

"These salary figures do not include the value of health, pension and other benefits, which averaged $40,785 per federal employee in 2008 vs. $9,882 per private worker, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis."

 Whoa  now- that makes all of the data that follows completely misleading. This means the lowest paying Fed job, Janitor, pays $70k equivalent (benefits exceed pay), and unless you are an Optometrist, you a probably better off on the Fed gravy train.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-03-04-federal-pay_N.htm

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