USA Today Verifies McHenry County Blog Article
Today, USA Today wrote an article verifying the information published on McHenry County Blog Monday.
Here’s the start of the article:
Many federal workers would still get pay raises the next two years despite the limited salary freeze President Obama proposed this week for 2.2 million government employees.The president’s proposal, if approved by Congress, would stop across-the-board pay hikes set for January 2011 and January 2012.
But many federal workers will receive other pay hikes — longevity increases (called steps), promotions in grade, bonuses, overtime and other cash payments.
Most federal employees are ranked at a General Schedule (GS) grade from 1 to 15, and each grade has 10 steps within it.
How much more do Federal employees earn than those in the private sector?
USA Today reports,
Full-time federal employees earned an average of $81,258 in pay last year and $41,791 in benefits, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reports.
By comparison, the private worker earned $50,462 in pay and $10,589 in benefits, meaning that federal workers earn about half more in pay but four times as much in benefits, the BEA says…
The big advantage for federal workers over private-sector workers comes in time off, pensions and lesser-known benefits.
What is this thing called “time off” and where can I find it?????
1Wow amazing how you “forgot” (Republican for lying and hoping you don’t get called on it) to mention the fact that the USA Today article has been thoroughly debunked.
But lets face it, little about this blog is based on a need for truth or honesty.
2Perhaps a reference would be in order.
3Try actually reading the article, they admit they didn’t bother to take into account for differences in experience and education. Guess what a guy with a masters and twenty years of experience in a government job is likely going to be making more money than a guy just out of college working for a for profit corporation.
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