Do you make more than $71,206 per year?

[Plasmaball]

nope....if i worked a lot of OT i would

 

[jillian]

The fact is many federal workers fair much better than their private sector counterparts.
It is not just their wages that are above market rate. The benefits package and the pension program is also superior.
http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/salary-tables/pdf/2014/GS.pdf
So please. Spare us the "poor abused government worker" routine. No one is listening.
BTW, the above is the general schedule. There are other schedules which are based on location.
For example, a federal worker in Dallas makes 20% more than the general schedule.
The same worker in Denver gets a 22.67% bump. In Boston, it's almost 25% above general.Then there is the special schedule. This is for overseas work such as security.
I have an acquaintance through a friend who is a former Navy Seal. He does security for foreign dignitaries. His schedule is much higher than the general rate.
Face it, government work in general is more lucrative than private sector work.
It just is.

no. government work in general is not more lucrative. in most professions you trade salary for security if you work for the government. of course, you wouldn't know that. and some vague claim about "a federal worker in Dallas" adds nothing in terms of information. what profession or skill set are we talking about? 22.67% bump over what?? and i'm pretty sure you're measuring that "overseas security work" by what haliburton type mercenaries make. they aren't the norm in terms of government employees.

admit it, you haven't a clue.