Here in the capitol of MO, we always hear the lament as to how our state workers are ‘underpaid’ and deserve a raise since they haven’t had one recently...umm, neither have many others either, but that’s beside the point.
I’ve always said that we’ll know when state workers are ‘underpaid’ when we have trouble finding people to take the state jobs...but right now, the state is at 100% employment.
Personally, I’d cut the entire state’s work force’s pay by 10% per year until I had a 5%-10% job turnover rate per year or a 2-5% state job opening rate...then, I’d know that state workers were ‘underpaid’.
"We're broke. Party's over." - Chris Doherty, 2012