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Salaries for federal workers have outpaced those in the private sector
While the ranks of federal government workers have not expanded, their average salaries have increased more than those in the private sector. This is partly because the government employs many highly skilled professionals, like economic analysts and scientists

Education plays a role in the pay disparities
Federal workers, on the whole, tend to be more educated than those in the private sector. Comparing workers with similar educations shows that, at lower levels, federal workers are paid more than their counterparts in the private sector. At the highest levels of education, though, private-sector workers are paid more.

Federal government jobs are few, compared with the private sector
The number of civilian federal government workers has always been quite small, relative to workers in the private sector and local government, and their proportion is decreasing

Since 2000, average pay has grown twice as fast for federal employees as it has in the private sector. That’s partly because the federal work force has become more educated and specialized. It is also built into the job. Even without the salaries that top performers can command in the corporate world, government workers who do well are entitled by law to regular pay increases, an increasingly rare guarantee elsewhere.

Back pay approved for furloughed federal employees once shutdown ends | _WaPo

In reply to RemainsUnknown

Excellent pension and defined contribution plans, now all ya’all gun run look a govt wuk

In reply to Runs

In reply to RemainsUnknown

But a gat dis fuh toss ya’all way

The number of civilian federal government workers has always been quite small, relative to workers in the private sector and local government, and their proportion is decreasing

In reply to Runs

best job in the world. Overall pays better than most private sector and has better benefits.

Plus, as hard as you try, dem can't fire you!

In reply to goofballs

Nah they can but many mgrs/spvs prefer not to fight that battle.

In reply to Runs

Unions. Bureaucracy. Counter suits for discrimination, etc.

Men come in to work drunk or high.
Some don't show up.

In reply to goofballs

Hence govt workers inept and lazy stigma but not totally true
Now in Corporate they offer you a package and say sign this letter.

In reply to Runs

I am jealous of them.

Now with the disease of substance abuse, nobody can touch them due to American with Disabilities Act, invoking FMLA, etc.

In reply to goofballs