[circlecity]

"The guys who fill chuckholes in Virginia are state government employees. What do you think a Government Research Doctor should get? More than a pavement patcher? Less than a pavement patcher? About the same perhaps?"

I narrowed my comparison to D.C Fed worker and Virgina State workers "with similar duties" so I have no idea what you are talking about. But I don't think a Fed. Research Doctor deserves any more than a State Research Doctor. Although they get substantially more.

[muawiyah]

Most US government employees work somewhere other than DC.

Richmond is a good hour's drive South of here.

Their state accountants get pretty much the same as federal accountants ~