[Archie Bunker on steroids]

Federal Govt salaries have skyrocketed. My guess is 10s of thousands make six figures. Just 15 years ago, people worked for the govt so they could get experience to move to the private sector and make more money. Not anymore, people now hook up with the private sector to gain experience in hopes of getting a cushy govt job down the road. The Government claims that they need to offer competitive wages and overboard retirement plans to attract the best and brightest. No, the best and brightest need to be in the private sector.

[PhiKapMom]

You are so right! I worked there in the days where the cost of health insurance raise was more than the pay raise which meant you made less after the pay raise.

Seven years ago a GS-13, Step 10, made around $64,000 -- now a GS-12, Step 10 makes over $70,000! The Clinton years saw a huge increase in pay for GS employees.

[jackbill]

Federal Govt salaries have skyrocketed. My guess is 10s of thousands make six figures.

Another article on this pay raise issue stated that the average salary of the 300,000 federal employees in the Washington DC area was over $68,000.

In order to give that additional 1% to these 300,000 DC area employees, it would have cost the government over $200 million. Per year, every year.