Updated: How Much More Does It Cost to Hire a Federal Bureaucrat?

ATR ^ | 2012-09-25 | Ryan Ellis

[92nina]

When politicians claim that they will save money by “in-sourcing” federal functions from contractors, or will respond to some new need by expanding the federal workforce, that has a cost to taxpayers. How much is that cost?

In order to determine the cost of hiring a new federal bureaucrat, ATR has calculated the “all-in” cost of hiring a new federal employee. We include salary as well as benefits, pension contributions, training and other expenses, and payroll taxes. We assume a 40-year federal career. The numbers presented are both nominal and inflation-adjusted.

Here are the results for a low-cost, medium-cost, and high-cost employee:

	Low Cost (GS-7)	Intermediate Cost (GS-11)	High Cost (GS-15)
Nominal	$4.8 million	$7.1 million	$14.1 million
Inflation-Adjusted	$2.5 million	$3.8 million	$7.5 million

• The federal general pay schedule for the Washington, DC area is used

• There are separate estimates for low-cost (GS-7), intermediate-cost (GS-11) and high-cost (GS-15) employees. This was recommended as appropriate levels by former administration officials to give a sense of scope

• The employee is assigned a “Step 5” in the GS table for a 40-year career. As employees move up the GS-scale, their steps bounce up and down.

• In order to account for benefits, pension contributions, training and other expenses, and payroll taxes, the GS salarylevels are increased by 33 percent, which was standard budgeting practice in the Department of Labor in the Bush Administration

• The dollar value is expressed in nominal terms and after-inflation (3% historical average

Read more: http://atr.org/updated-more-cost-hire-federal-bureaucrat-a7210#ixzz27nZjOfwr

[92nina]

How much does it really cost taxpayers to hire one new federal employee? Conversely, how much do taxpayers save by eliminating one federal bureaucrat position?

[andyk]

A lot?

[TheLawyerFormerlyKnownAsAl]

How Much More Does It Cost to Hire a Federal Bureaucrat?

Do not know, but I can answer the light bulb question if you are interested.

[RetiredTexasVet]

A proportionate amount of loss of freedom for each one hired!

[True Republican Patriot]

There are at last count, 30,000 Employees in the Office of Education that didn’t even exist until Carter created it!
Just eliminating the Federal Office of Education will save
$300,000,000 in wages and benefits over the life of these useless bereaucrats! In addition, all of the costs of their regulations, programs, and perks will be eliminated as well!
Thats just one useless department! Next lets look at Janet Napolatano’s Department of Terrorist Protection of the Terrorists! Doesn’t one want to ask the obvious question? Is Janet Napolatano being blackmailed by the Drug Cartels and the Worldwide Terrorist Organizations?

[True Republican Patriot]

Major Correction!
I lost count of my zero’s!
The real savings is $ 300,000,000,000.00!
Thats Three hundred Billion DOLLARS SAVED Just in personnel costs!

[True Republican Patriot]

Major Correction!
I lost count of my zero’s!
The real savings is $ 300,000,000,000.00!
Thats Three hundred Billion DOLLARS SAVED Just in personnel costs!

[redshawk]

Lets look at 0pansyCARE and his 15K IRS agents added:

15,000 new agents X 4,800,000 = 72,000,000,000

Dang, what a great deal!

I wonder how many other govt. jerkWads other than IRS will be needed to keep the data bases, and push the paperwork around?