Posted by
Defend America on Friday, March 05, 2010 3:23:09 PM
Federal pay ahead of private industry
Updated 7h 13m ago
Federal employees earn higher average salaries
than private-sector workers in more than eight out of 10 occupations, a
USA TODAY analysis of federal data finds.
Accountants, nurses, chemists, surveyors, cooks,
clerks and janitors are among the wide range of jobs that get paid more
on average in the federal government than in the private sector.
Overall, federal workers earned an average
salary of $67,691 in 2008 for occupations that exist both in government
and the private sector, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data. The average pay for the same mix of jobs in the private sector was $60,046 in 2008, the most recent data available.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-03-04-federal-pay_N.htm?csp=usat.me