[abb]

https://www.downsizinggovernment.org/federal-worker-pay

The first table show wages only. The second includes pensions and health care beneifts.

[Sequoyah101]

Oh, but they make more because they are so much smarter than the average private sector worker.

BS

[lepton]

There’ve got to be some missing labels on those.

Private sector average pay did not go up by 50% in 15 years. So what else goes into that? And why only 38k total compensation in 2000?

[Almondjoy]

Is it all private sector jobs? Which if so is extremely weighted down by tons of minimum wage jobs. While I’m sure there are plenty of mail clerks in Government most jobs require a bigger skill set than your private sector minimum wage jobs.

[ladyjane]

Just think of the average person working in government, e.g., social security and they’re getting 47% more than average employee in the private sector.