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You have to remember that most actual employees are white-collar types. Almost anything commoditizable or blue-collar gets sent to contractors. Also, let's not

You have to remember that most actual employees are white-collar types. Almost anything commoditizable or blue-collar gets sent to contractors. Also, let's not forget the cost of living in DC.

phaus 13y ago
The percentage of contractors might be somewhat higher, but there are tons of blue-collar federal positions.
- mcguire 13y ago
  Weirdly, not on this list. In the raw data[1], the top 4 plan/grades are GS 11-14, which account for 40% (~536,000 of 1.35M) of the entries. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6560459 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6560459
maaku 13y ago
Most federal employees aren't in DC.
- petsounds 13y ago
  ~161k are! second only to "N/A": http://cl.ly/image/3U2K232E3102 http://cl.ly/image/3U2K232E3102
  - maaku 13y ago
    ~1,189k are not!
    - georgemcbay 13y ago
      Much less than that. Bethesda and Rockville are, for all practical purposes, "DC", as are Beltsville, Suitland, Arlington, VA, and a bunch of other locations that are listed in that data. Segmenting them out is like not considering MIT or Harvard as part of the college scene in Boston because they are in Cambridge, which is just being uselessly pedantic. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_metropolitan_area http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_metropolitan_area
      - msh345 13y ago
        15% are in the DC metro area: http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/data-analysis-documentation/federal-employment-reports/reports-publications/profile-of-federal-civilian-non-postal-employees/ http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/data-analysis-docum...
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yogo 13y ago
I thought this was for all federal employees. I couldn't see all of the data due to some 10 page limit error that kept being displayed.
incision 13y ago
>Also, let's not forget the cost of living in DC. For the folks misunderstanding that comment: The link goes straight to at least ten pages of positions with USDA which is located in Beltsville, about 10 miles outside of DC. Bethesda and Rockville, both of which are in the top five, are other also DC suburbs. At a glance there are 300K+ positions in the DMV area, a significant percentage of the 1.3M listed.

You have to remember that most actual employees are white-collar types. Almost anything commoditizable or blue-collar gets sent to contractors. Also, let's not forget the cost of living in DC.

phaus 13y ago

The percentage of contractors might be somewhat higher, but there are tons of blue-collar federal positions.

mcguire 13y ago
Weirdly, not on this list. In the raw data[1], the top 4 plan/grades are GS 11-14, which account for 40% (~536,000 of 1.35M) of the entries. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6560459 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6560459

maaku 13y ago

Most federal employees aren't in DC.

petsounds 13y ago
~161k are! second only to "N/A": http://cl.ly/image/3U2K232E3102 http://cl.ly/image/3U2K232E3102
- maaku 13y ago
  ~1,189k are not!
  - georgemcbay 13y ago
    Much less than that. Bethesda and Rockville are, for all practical purposes, "DC", as are Beltsville, Suitland, Arlington, VA, and a bunch of other locations that are listed in that data. Segmenting them out is like not considering MIT or Harvard as part of the college scene in Boston because they are in Cambridge, which is just being uselessly pedantic. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_metropolitan_area http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_metropolitan_area
    - msh345 13y ago
      15% are in the DC metro area: http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/data-analysis-documentation/federal-employment-reports/reports-publications/profile-of-federal-civilian-non-postal-employees/ http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/data-analysis-docum...
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yogo 13y ago

I thought this was for all federal employees. I couldn't see all of the data due to some 10 page limit error that kept being displayed.

incision 13y ago

>Also, let's not forget the cost of living in DC. For the folks misunderstanding that comment: The link goes straight to at least ten pages of positions with USDA which is located in Beltsville, about 10 miles outside of DC. Bethesda and Rockville, both of which are in the top five, are other also DC suburbs. At a glance there are 300K+ positions in the DMV area, a significant percentage of the 1.3M listed.