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Perhaps ironically, the Federal government's bureaucratic approach to equitable pay is why public-sector jobs are not competitive in the United States. Why woul
by i_am_proteus 7y ago
Perhaps ironically, the Federal government's bureaucratic approach to equitable pay is why public-sector jobs are not competitive in the United States. Why would a talented person work for a fraction of the pay that the private sector offers?
- hollerith 7y agoI got curious about your assertion, so decided to get some numbers. https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/999101.htm https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/999101.htm -- annual mean wage of the 2,639,180 employees of the federal government, $76,810 https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm -- annual mean wage off all 144,733,270 employees in the nation, $51,960 Of course the federal government might legitimately need higher average skill levels than the rest of the economy does. I wonder how that ratio, $76,810 / $51,960, compares to the ratio in other countries, particularly those with a reputation for being well-governed.
- Analemma_ 7y agoThat's a useless comparison, you can't just take the mean over all workers like that. The Federal government employs a larger percentage of skilled workers, and a smaller percentage of burger-flippers, than the workforce as a whole.
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