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Originally Posted by Monkei
I doubt we as a group (fed employees) are any different than any other group. I don't have the stats with me but I would imagine that the average govt employee is probably a GS9. A GS9 is a middle class citizen.
I am really tired of people picking on Fed employees. I still run across people who think I pay no federal taxes and that I receive free paid healthcare. I usually try to enlighten them to the real facts but stupid is stupid and all the facts in the world simply float over their heads.
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Federal Employees Pay Lookup www.fedsdatacenter.com/federal-pay-rates/
Apparently you missed this in a previous post. If our federal government cannot police it's own what incentive is there for the private sector? By no means every federal employee or even most are in tax trouble but surely you are not happy or think it is acceptable that this many owe this much $$ and the numbers are increasing . If it is like the private sector those making the most are usually the ones that owe the taxes.
Nearly 312,000 federal workers and retirees owed more than $3.5 billion in back taxes as of Sept. 30, 2011, the agency said. The year before, about 279,000 workers and retirees owed $3.4 billion.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0...n_2839212.html
Average Federal Salary and Average Compensation Including Benefits
http://www.fedsmith.com/2012/03/25/a...t-average-pay/
According to BEA data, the average federal employee salary in 2010 was $83,679 and $51,986 for the average private sector salary.
When benefits are added in, the average compensation for each federal employee comes to $126,141. For private sector workers, the average compensation package, including benefits, was $62,757 for the same year.
In other words, the federal government often pays salaries that are higher than the private sector at the lower end of the skill levels required and often pays lower salaries than the private sector when more complex skills are required.
Average Federal Salary: $83,679 and Lowest Average Pay Increase in 10 Years - FedSmith.com