In most of the world, public administrations tend to have lower overhead than similar private sectors. Administrations usually benefit more from the economy of

In most of the world, public administrations tend to have lower overhead than similar private sectors. Administrations usually benefit more from the economy of scale and if you consider dividends as a cost for the end user, they don't have those. Is a 100k salary the norm for people writing DB queries in the US? That sounds a lot.